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Quantum Computing Impact on SCM and Hotel Performance

  • Adhikari, Binaya;Chang, Byeong-Yun
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2021
  • For competitive hotel business, the hotel must have a sound prediction capability to balance the demand and supply of hospitality products. To have a sound prediction capability in the hotel, it should be prepared to be equipped with a new technology such as quantum computing. The quantum computing is a brand new cutting-edge technology. It will change hotel business and even the whole world too. Therefore, we study the impact of quantum computing on supply chain management (SCM) and hotel performance. Toward the goal we have developed the research model including six constructs: quantum (computing) prediction, communication, supplier relationship, service quality, non-financial performance, and financial performance. The result of the study shows a significant influence of quantum (computing) prediction on hotel performance through the mediating role of SCM in the hotel. Quantum prediction is highly significant in enhancing the SCM in the hotel. However, the direct effect between the quantum prediction and hotel performance is not significant. The finding indicates that hotels which would install the quantum computing technology and utilize the quantum prediction could hugely benefit from the performance improvement.

Analyses of Vulnerability in RFID application with Lightweight Security Scheme (경량화 보안 기능을 가진 RFID 응용 분야에 대한 취약성 분석)

  • Kim, Jung-Tae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.789-792
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    • 2009
  • As RFID technology is becoming ubiquitous, the secunty of these systems gets much attention. Its fields of usage include personal identification, supply-chain management systems, and many more. Many kinds of RFID tags are available on the market which differ both in storage, and computational capacity. Since by standard IT means all the tags have small capacities, the security mechanisms which are in use in computer networks are not suitable. For expensive tags with relatively large computational capacities many secure communication protocols were developed, for cheap low-end tags, only a few lightweight protocols exist. In this paper we introduce our solution, which is based on the least computation demanding operator, the exclusive or function. By introducing two tags instead of one in the RFID system, our scheme provides security solutions which are comparable with those provided by the lightweight protocols. In the meantime, our scheme does not demand any computational steps to be made by the ta.

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An Effect Analysis for Improvement of Information Lead Time on Supply Chains : A Case Study of Manufacturing Industry (제조업 공급체인에서 정보리드타임 개선의 효과 사례분석)

  • Kim, Chul-Soo;Kim, Garp-Choong
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.10D no.1
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    • pp.161-166
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    • 2003
  • Information lead time is defined as the time spent by processing orders from some buyers, whereas order lead time is defined as producing and supplying the products. The information lead time significantly serve to magnify the increase in variability due to demand forecasting. This paper models a decentralized supply chain composed of cascade type which has four type phases (or divisions) such as retailer, wholesaler, distributor, and factory. Each phases is managed by different centers individually with their own local inventory information. We investigate whether each phase's Information lead time affects companies networked a value chain. In particular, on several experiments performed with a programmed simulation (like a MIT beer game), we study the following question ; Can information lead times do better than material lead times in cost-benefit perspective\ulcorner Can more much Information lead times in downstream reasonably do worser than in upstream when playing the simulation\ulcorner In the conclusion, we show the importance of information lead time on a SC and, besides, guarantee that improvement of information lead time in upstream do more effective than one in downstream in cost-benefit perspective.

A Study on the Industrial Economic-Importance Index of Minerals in Korea (한국의 광물자원 산업적 경제중요도 지수 산정 연구)

  • Yujeong Kim
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.60-66
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    • 2023
  • As supply chain management becomes a key factor in the sustainable growth of the industry, securing minerals at the national or corporate level is becoming important. Depending on the industrial structure, the economic status of each minerals is different and the supply risk is different In this study, to examine the economic status of minerals, an index that can quantify the Industrial Economic Importance by minerals was developed and calculated by reflecting the demand structure and cost weight of each industry. As a result, Li, Al, Cu, Si, Co, Ni, etc. were evaluated as having high industrial importance in Korea. In addition, by industry, Al, Cu, Zn, and Pb for primary metal manufacturing, general machinery, assembly metals,Sn, Ba, Ti, Si and Ga for precision equipment, Si and Ga for semiconductors, and Li, Ni, Co, Si, etc. for electronic components had high industrial importance. Such as Europe and the United States, in order to select Critical-minerals, Korea will need to analyze the economic impact on the domestic industry as well as the risks of supply chain by minerals.

GIS-based Pickup-Delivery Scheduling Model for Container Transportation (컨테이너 운송체계 개선을 위한 화물수거-배송계획 시스템 개발)

  • Yoon Hang-Mook;Hwang Heung-Suk;Kim Hyung-Bo
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.29 no.3 s.99
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 2005
  • This paper provides a method to implement IT system for supply chain management problem The fundamental scheduling issues that arise in the pickup delivery system are optimizing the system with the minimum cost, the maximum throughput and the service level. This study is concerned with the development of the customer responsive pickup-delivery system based on e-logistics and demand chain management. Through this study, the pickup-delivery problem of the vehicle using the GIS PDP and GUI- type computer programs are formulated. The computational results show that the proposed method is very effective on a set of test problems.

A Blockchain System for History Management of Agrifood (농식품의 이력관리를 위한 블록체인 시스템)

  • Lee, Gi-Sung;Lee, Jong-Chan
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.10
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    • pp.159-165
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    • 2020
  • The demand for food safety has emerged as a major social issue due to changes in diet patterns and consumers' perceptions, along with the advancements in society and the development of the food industry. Consumers are demanding more information about the food they consume, and are sensitive to food scandals. With such interest in food safety, blockchain technology is attracting attention as a means of effectively responding to poor food management resulting in food fraud or unsafe distribution. By ensuring the accuracy of, and trust in, traceability in the food supply chain, it is possible to build trust between traders and to ensure safe food distribution. This paper proposes a next-generation agri-food distribution system that can provide and manage (for suppliers, consumers, and distribution officials) a variety of agri-food information, such as the history, distribution, safety, quality, and freshness of food. Information on product status and distribution status in all processes, including production, processing, distribution, sales, and consumption, can be monitored and controlled in real time (anytime, anywhere), and users can check the safety level of each type of food in real time through an app.

A Case Study on SCM Establishment: C Corporation (SCM(Supply Chain Management) 구현에 관한 사례연구 : C기업을 중심으로)

  • 이영민;주상호
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2003
  • Business environment is changing rapidly because of the introduction of the newest Technologies development and the newest management skills. With the development of Information Technology (IT) and the rapid growth of Internet based business, there have been great improvements of business processes and total costs of many firms. Many firms realize that they have to change their organizational structure and managerial skills in order to carry on their corporate goals(growth and development) according to business paradigm shift. The purpose of this dissertation is to watch how consumer product manufacturer(C corporation) could build effective SCM strategies under Electronic Commerce paradigm shift and how it can reform its organizational structure in order to perform its business goat. C corporation has been doing a groat role in logistics and distribution for the last 50 years with logistics know-how in domestic market, however there were many problems such as lack of shared information, demand Paradox, order batch, stock shortage and duplicated processes among vendors and chain members. Most of problems were based on lack of shared information and old business processes.

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Effect of Continuity Rate on Multistage Logistic Network Optimization under Disruption Risk

  • Rusman, Muhammad;Shimizu, Yoshiaki
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.74-84
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    • 2013
  • Modern companies have been facing devastating impacts from unexpected events such as demand uncertainties, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks due to the increasing global supply chain complexity. This paper proposes a multi stage logistic network model under disruption risk. To formulate the problem practically, we consider the effect of continuity rate, which is defined as a percentage of ability of the facility to provide backup allocation to customers in the abnormal situation and affect the investments and operational costs. Then we vary the fixed charge for opening facilities and the operational cost according to the continuity rate. The operational level of the company decreases below the normal condition when disruption occurs. The backup source after the disrup-tion is recovered not only as soon as possible, but also as much as possible. This is a concept of the business continuity plan to reduce the recovery time objective such a continuity rate will affect the investments and op-erational costs. Through numerical experiments, we have shown the proposed idea is capable of designing a resilient logistic network available for business continuity management/plan.

The Incremental Cost Matrix Procedure for Locating Repair Service Centers in Multinational Reverse Logistics

  • Chen, Hsin Min;Hsieh, Chih Kuang;Wu, Ming Cheng;Luo, Shin Wei
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.194-200
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    • 2009
  • This study provides a heuristic algorithm to solve the locating problem of repair service centers (RSCs). To enhance the customer service level with more satisfaction and quicker responsiveness, the locating problem of RSCs has become one of the important issues in reverse supply chain management. This problem is formulated as a zero-one mixed integer programming in which an exiting distributor will be considered to be an un-capacitated repair service center for the objective of cost-minimizing. Since logistical costs are highly interrelated with the multinational location of distributors and RSCs, the fixed cost for setting a repair service center, variable cost, transportation cost, and exchange rates are considered in this study. Recognizing the selection of un-capacitated RSCs' locations is a combinatorial optimization problem and is a zero-one mixed integer programming with NP-hard complexity, we provide a heuristic algorithm named as incremental cost matrix procedure (ICMP) to simplify the solving procedure. By using the concise and structural cost matrix, ICMP can efficiently screen the potential location with cost advantage and effectively decide which distributor should be a RSC. Results obtained from the numerical experiments conducted in small scale problem have shown the fact that ICMP is an effective and efficient heuristic algorithm for solving the RSCs locating problem. In the future, using the extended ICMP to solve problems with larger industrial scale or problems with congestion effects caused by the variation of customer demand and the restriction of the RSC capacity is worth a further investigation.

Modelling Study on Sustainable Resources Management System Using Material Flow Analysis(MFA) in Korea (물질흐름분석을 이용한 국내 지속가능한 자원관리 시스템 모형 연구)

  • Kim, Yu-Jeong;Kim, Seong-Yong;Heo, Eun-Nyeong
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.253-265
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    • 2008
  • Sustainable resource management(SRM) is regarded as the core strategy to achieve Dematerialisation and Decoupling of economic growth from the use of natural resources and environmental degradation. This paper presents status SRM policy and research in worldwide, and analyzes decoupling of economic activity from energy consumption of domestic manufacturing, using decoupling factor. Also This paper suggests methodologies and strategies of SRM in Korea. SRM is established through various analysis and survey as following; forecasting of resource demand, material flow analysis and value chain analysis, resource market structure analysis. Through these analysis, we can obtain hot-spot and solution of environmental burden, recycling market management, recycling technology and best-optimal supply rate of primary and secondary resource. In Korea, resource management system must be linked with national and regional material flow analysis, and it is necessary to make SRM-law of national dimension for effective run of sustainable resource management system.