successor planning process in family businesses is recognized as one of the most important phases of family business lifecycle. family businesses play a vital role in developing regional and global economy and fuel the creation of new jobs, new business growth and increase in entrepreneurial activities. in this study, it was attempted to investigate the impact of family business characteristics...

This paper provides a survey on implementing wireless sensor network (WSN) technology on industrial process monitoring and control. First, the existing industrial applications are explored, following with a review of the advantages of adopting WSN technology for industrial control. Then, challenging factors influencing the design and acceptance of WSNs in the process control world are outlined,...

This paper presents a management process for creating adaptive, real-time security policies within the Six Sigma 6σ framework. A key challenge for the creation of a management process is the integration with models of known Industrial processes. One of the most used industrial process models is Six Sigma which is a business management model wherein customer centric needs are put in perspective ...

Multiple-process performance analysis chart based on process loss indices W. L. Pearn a , Y. C. Chang b & Chien-Wei Wu c a Department of Industrial Engineering and Management , National Chiao Tung University , Taiwan b Department of Industrial Engineering and Management , Ching Yun University , Taiwan c Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management , Feng Chia University , Taiwan ...

Industry, as a major emitter of CO 2 in the process heat sector Europe, needs to switch from fossil fuels renewable energy for supply. High temperature pumps (HTHP) can electrify and integrate electricity into industrial processes. The Institute Low-Carbon Industrial Processes German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing HTHPs based on reversed Brayton Rankine cycles delivery temperatures above ...

Abstract In a deregulated market context, industrial consumers often have multiple participation options available to bid their flexible consumption in electricity markets and thereby reduce bill. Yet most strategies for demand response are developed fixed predefined set of submarkets. Meanwhile, little literature has compared participants. Therefore, this paper proposes comparative approach be...