Like no other industry, until today microsystems technology is dominated by a few, large companies covering the whole development and production chain. Besides limitations coming from huge costs for equipment and manufacturing (especially in the field of Si-Microsystem technology) one of the reasons for the weak position of Small Medium Enterprises (SME) in this branch refers to organizational ...

With the ongoing globalization an increase in international deliveries of goods goes hand in hand. All goods produced within a customs union and leave this territory, must be transferred to an export procedure associated with a required customs clearance. This is frequently perceived as an obstacle in the export process. According to a United Nations study, an inefficient customs clearance is r...

At our research institute, we explored to what extent it is possible to build complex applications with standard software. Using Microsoft Office packages we established an MRP II-system which contains all important modules. For small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) it might be an alternative to today’s planning systems, most of which focusing on organizing and supervising complex manufacturi...

Research indicates that the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in organizations offers promising opportunities in order to meet the challenges of an ever-changing environment (Kapurubandara and Lawson, 2006). ICTs, having a remarkable potential to contribute to sustained competitive advantage for businesses, have been identified as key tools in management processes (Ion and A...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the economy of many countries. Still, due to the highly turbulent business environment, SMEs experience more severe challenges in maintaining and expanding their business. To support SMEs at improving their competitiveness, researchers recently turned their focus on applying web mining (WM) to build growth prediction models. WM enabl...

This paper presents some findings from an ongoing doctoral research project investigating the adoption of Information Technology (IT) within Indonesian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The aim of this research is to compare the actual factors influencing Indonesian SME managers in IT adoption decisions with those factors suggested in the literature, which is drawn mainly from research in de...

Networks of organizations improve the competitiveness of its member companies. Computer applications can make the competencies of organizations more visible to encourage companies to find matching costumers, suppliers, or cooperation partners. Business Finder (BF) is a tool for improving mutual awareness among small and medium enterprises (SME) in regional networks. BF is based on text matching...

This paper elaborates on the role of computer simulations in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) collaborative robot (cobot) implementation process. The cobot process a Danish small-medium enterprise (SME) is studied challenges along way are highlighted. main discovered underutilization inefficient work cell design. argues that use with PDCA methodology can help to overcome these challenges. ca...