Journal of System Management: 1 (1)

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1 - Modified Super Efficiency in Presence of Infeasibility: A Nonradial Approach
Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi G.L. Jahanshahloo Z. Moghaddas M. Vaez-ghasemi

As regards of supper efficiency models which increased thediscrimination power of the standard DEA models, still infeasibility mayoccure. In literature there exists some models overcome this difficulty.In this paper a new procedure has been mooted in order to remove thi More

As regards of supper efficiency models which increased thediscrimination power of the standard DEA models, still infeasibility mayoccure. In literature there exists some models overcome this difficulty.In this paper a new procedure has been mooted in order to remove thisshortcoming in a way that both input savings and output surplus arebeing considered. This procedure deals with nonradial changes for bothinputs and outputs at the same time. The great feature of this model isits simplicity and that correspondence linear counter part can be easilywritten. Manuscript profile

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2 - Performance Evaluation in Bank Branch with Two-Stage DEA Model
Hilda Saleh M. Rostamy Malkhalifeh

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been applied inmany studies in the banking sector. Conventional DEA models considerthe system as a single-process black box. There are however a number ofso-called network DEA approach that consider the system as composedby distinct p More

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been applied inmany studies in the banking sector. Conventional DEA models considerthe system as a single-process black box. There are however a number ofso-called network DEA approach that consider the system as composedby distinct processes or stages, each one with its own inputs and outputsand with intermediate flows among the stages. In this paper some ofthese approaches that have been applied to banking sector are reviewedand in particular applications of two-stage DEA to Iranian bankingbranches are presented and discussed. The conclusions of this researchare that two-stage DEA models have a greater discrimination powerthan conventional, single-process DEA and since they allow a more finegrainedanalysis their results are generally more valid and useful. Themain drawback is the need for more detailed data (i.e. at the processlevel) and the greater complexity of the resulting models, especially ifthere are inputs or outputs that are shared among the processes. Manuscript profile

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3 - Business and Manufacturing Strategies: a Model for Alignment (Case Study: Iranian Automative Industry)
Mehrdad Hoseini shakib

Production and operation strategy is one of the functionallevel strategies of the organization, which needs to be linked to businessstrategy and other functional strategies. Current literature dividesproduction and operation into two main branches: manufacturing andserv More

Production and operation strategy is one of the functionallevel strategies of the organization, which needs to be linked to businessstrategy and other functional strategies. Current literature dividesproduction and operation into two main branches: manufacturing andservice. The role and importance of manufacturing strategy in the successfulperformance of organizations was initially emphasized by WickhamSkinner’s work in 1969. In the following years, various studieshave been conducted in this field, which could be divided into two mainstreams: (i) Content studies, which includes research on the reason andpurpose of the subject (i.e. why manufacturing strategy?); (ii) Processstudies that deal with the methodology of formulating manufacturingstrategy (i.e. the know-how of planning manufacturing strategy). Inthis paper, after a literature review on various researches on manufacturingstrategy, including its relation to strategies at corporate andbusiness levels and various models for its formulation, a model has beendeveloped and introduced to empower the linkage between manufacturingstrategy from one hand and Business and corporate strategy fromthe other hand. The developed model then Combined to a decision Tableand align the manufacturing strategy with Business Strategy. Tovalidate the model developed by the researcher, it was introduced toexperts in the automotive industry of Iran, who supported the modeldescriptively and analytically. Manuscript profile

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4 - Studying the Relationship Between Knowledge Management Effectiveness and Administrative Innovation Among Shiraz Manufacturing Firms
Seyed Masoud Seyedi Nima Shahidi Siroos Hadadnia

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effectof knowledge management effectiveness on administrative innovation.Knowledge management effectiveness is conceptualised as comprisingof knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and kno More

The purpose of this study was to examine the direct effectof knowledge management effectiveness on administrative innovation.Knowledge management effectiveness is conceptualised as comprisingof knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and knowledge application effectiveness. Three hypothesised relationshipswere tested using a sample of 85 manufacturing firms in Shirazindustrial zone. The results derived from the regression analyses showedthat of the three dimensions of knowledge management effectiveness(knowledge acquisition effectiveness, knowledge sharing effectiveness,and knowledge application effectiveness), only knowledge acquisitioneffectiveness was found to have a significant positive effect on administrativeinnovation. Manuscript profile

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5 - Supply Chain Risk Assessment Using Analytic Network Processes Case Study: Zagros Petrochemical Company Located in South Pars Economic Zone
Andisheh Honarvar Mohammad Ali Soukhakian Ali Honarvar

Considering the increase in the dynamics of logistics, salesmarkets and hence the uncertainty associated with planning, companiesshould be capable of make informed decisions under risk. The keycharacteristic of risks involved in supply chain is that the risks extendbeyo More

Considering the increase in the dynamics of logistics, salesmarkets and hence the uncertainty associated with planning, companiesshould be capable of make informed decisions under risk. The keycharacteristic of risks involved in supply chain is that the risks extendbeyond the corporate boundaries. Furthermore, these extended boundariescan, in themselves, provide the source for the supply chain risks.The present research aims to identify the supply chain risks of ZagrosPetrochemical Company, to prioritize the risks , and to make recommendationsto managers to confront them. To achieve these objectives,Analytic Network Processes (ANP) are employed. The nature of theresearch method is applied survey. The data for this research were collectedusing questionnaires distributed among managers. It is concludedthat boycott are the most important risk involved in the supply chainof Zagros Petrochemical Company. Manuscript profile

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6 - Identification and Evaluation of the Risks of Information and Communication Technology Projects
Maryam Teimoorirad Ali Reza Azizi

A few minutes of risk management on even the smallestproject gets a good return for the effort. We just need to scale risk management,so the payback is proportional to the cost. In this era, becauseof the quick technological changes, globalization and the developmentof More

A few minutes of risk management on even the smallestproject gets a good return for the effort. We just need to scale risk management,so the payback is proportional to the cost. In this era, becauseof the quick technological changes, globalization and the developmentof enterprises activities, possessing of an efficient information systemis necessary to attain a competitive advantage. This article shows theimportance of risk management. Using risk recognition methods, theeffective risks of the projects of information and communication technologyin Fars Telecommunication Company are determined and qualifiedby Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) algorithm. For this purpose,based on FMEA model these factors” occurrence, intensity and indication”indices have been considered. After providing the guide table forassigning numbers between one and ten for these factors, the expertsassign a number to each risk factor and then the model categorizes therisks according to their priority numbers. Another method of evaluatingthe risks is Topsis from Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM)model which help us to categorize the risks. In some cases the resultsfrom FMEA and TOPSIS models have some differences. For improvingvalidity of the research, the non-parametric correlation test have beendone, the result shows that there is a high correlation between FMEAand TOPSIS models. Manuscript profile

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7 - The Effect of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on the Control Activities, Case Study: Steel Company
Hashem Valipour Mohammad Hossein Fatheh

In the recent years, using organizational integrated systemshas been foremost in organizational projects all over the world. Inthis respect the most significant available mean is Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP). Competitive business environments, necessity of interand More

In the recent years, using organizational integrated systemshas been foremost in organizational projects all over the world. Inthis respect the most significant available mean is Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP). Competitive business environments, necessity of interand intra organizational integration and unity, and poor internal controlare the key reasons of developing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).This paper aims to study the relation between ERP and one of thecomponents of internal control (under the COSO), control activities,and to help the auditors to reduce time and costs of auditing relatedto the test of controls. It finally results in increasing the reliability offinancial reporting and reasonable assurance regarding the achievementof an organization’s objectives. The higher the reliability and assurance,the easier it will be for the management to make decisions andplan to reach short-term and long-term goals of the organization.Thisresearch mostly tries to focus on the financial parts of an organizationand contains two main hypotheses. The first hypothesis tries to see theeffectiveness of ERP implementation in an organization, and the second one measures these effects on 4 different financial segments, includingmanagement accounting, cost accounting, public accounting and financialaccounting.This study has been conducted as a case study and bydistribution of the questionnaire in four areas of Esfahan Steel Company.In this paper we have used the T-test and ANOVA to analyze thedata. According to the conducted tests, it seems clear that the ERPhave influenced on control activities in all those 4 parts. However, theimpacts are different in each segment. Manuscript profile

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