TY - GEN
T1 - Enhancing collaborative decision-making processes using a web-based application
T2 - 14th conference of the INFORMS Section on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2014
AU - Hernandez, Jorge E.
AU - Savin, David
AU - Lyons, Andrew C.
AU - Stamatopoulos, Konstantinos
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The precision engineering sector lies at the heart of the UK's manufacturing capability. Successful precision engineering businesses are required to master process innovation and supply chain solutions. Companies operating in this sector support, amongst others, economy-driving industries such as aerospace, defence, motorsport, nuclear, off-highway equipment, oil and gas and renewable energy. The main companies that constitute this sector are SMEs (or small and medium-sized enterprises). In these types of business environment, the implementation of innovative, collaborative solutions has become a necessary strategy for enhancing SME decision-making processes as well as for improving overall business competitiveness. The aim of the research described in this paper is to present how, by implementing a web and online-based collaborative tool, precision engineering SME's can benefit, and are able to enhance their performance, by improving their production planning processes collaboratively. The research is presented with the help of a description of case study undertaken in a precision engineering SME.
AB - The precision engineering sector lies at the heart of the UK's manufacturing capability. Successful precision engineering businesses are required to master process innovation and supply chain solutions. Companies operating in this sector support, amongst others, economy-driving industries such as aerospace, defence, motorsport, nuclear, off-highway equipment, oil and gas and renewable energy. The main companies that constitute this sector are SMEs (or small and medium-sized enterprises). In these types of business environment, the implementation of innovative, collaborative solutions has become a necessary strategy for enhancing SME decision-making processes as well as for improving overall business competitiveness. The aim of the research described in this paper is to present how, by implementing a web and online-based collaborative tool, precision engineering SME's can benefit, and are able to enhance their performance, by improving their production planning processes collaboratively. The research is presented with the help of a description of case study undertaken in a precision engineering SME.
KW - Collaborative decision-making
KW - Operations Management
KW - Precision Engineering
KW - Web-based solutions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904566461&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-07179-4_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-07179-4_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904566461
SN - 9783319071787
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 11
EP - 19
BT - Group Decision and Negotiation
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 10 June 2014 through 13 June 2014
ER -