VIDEBAS is a relational database management system in which a database consists of two parts, namely a “real-only” and an “update” part. The first part remains unmodified until the next reorganization and exploits redundancy to achieve fast access to data. A prototype of VIDEBAS has been built. In this paper a performance comparison between this relational system and a DBTG-system (UDS) is made...

A study on capstan partial pressure suits (PPSs) was conducted to determine their effects on pilots' operational performance on a series of ergonomic measures at different pressure levels using objective and subjective approaches. Tests of range of motion, operational performance and operational strength were carried out on ten male subjects wearing PPSs under 6 different pressure conditions. S...

The present work attempts to find the gap between agreement level and adoption level of various supply chain management (SCM) practices in paint companies who are operating in India. An empirical study was carried out with paint companies. Paired samples ttest was used to find out the difference in agreement and adoption level of various SCM practices and multiple regression analysis was used t...

In many services, the value or quality derived by a customer from a service depends upon the time the service provider (SP) devotes to the customer and this valuation differs across customers. Examples of such services are website or landscape design. Customers procure the service based on the expected value to be delivered, prices charged and the timeliness of service. Two commonly used pricin...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of three strategies organisational, business and information system – in post implementation of technological innovations. The findings reported in the paper are that improvements in operational performance can only be achieved by aligning technological innovation effectiveness with operational effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach...

introduction: this research investigated the factors affecting implementation of activity based costing (abc) in operational budgeting of government agencies in isfahan province. methods: being an applied, cross-sectional and descriptive research, this study made use of a questionnaire for gathering data. governmental agencies that used provincial budget in isfahan province in 1388 comprised th...