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Partnership between Korean Apparel Manufacturers and Fabric Suppliers, and Performance of the Korean Apparel Manufacturer (의류 제조업체와 원단공급업체의 파트너십과 의류 제조업체의 성과와의 관계)

  • Jang, Se-Yoon;Lee, Yu-Ri
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.30 no.1 s.149
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    • pp.38-47
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    • 2006
  • As apparel manufacturers and fabric suppliers are positioned in the middle of the apparel supply chain, these supply chain members build up a partnership to establish a win-win mutual relationship and to gam global competition. This study aimed to provide useful suggestions in setting up operational strategies by investigating the current state of a partnership between apparel manufactures and fabric suppliers. Partnership variables were included as: cooperative attitude, information sharing, interdependency, communications, strategic fit trust and commitment. Manufacturers' performance included productive/economic/emotional performance. A questionnaire was distributed to apparel manufactures who are doing business with fabric suppliers. A total of 101 complete questionnaires were used for further analysis. The results were as follows; First, apparel manufacturers do business with $10\~20$ fabric suppliers mainly, duration of business relation with main partners ranged from 1 year to 30 years, with 7 years on average. Among criteria with which apparel manufactures select fabric suppliers, quality and delivery-time were the most important. Second, cooperative attributes, communications, and strategic fit were positively related with trust. The higher commitment led to the high level of interdependency and strategic fit and tend to more trustworthy. Trust and commitment were significantly re lated with manufacturers' performance(i.e., productive/economic/emotional performance). This study is expected to contribute to increase the better performance for domestic apparel manufacturers.

A Novel Approach for Deriving Test Scenarios and Test Cases from Events

  • Singh, Sandeep K.;Sabharwal, Sangeeta;Gupta, J.P.
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.213-240
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    • 2012
  • Safety critical systems, real time systems, and event-based systems have a complex set of events and their own interdependency, which makes them difficult to test ma Safety critic Safety critical systems, real time systems, and event-based systems have a complex set of events and their own interdependency, which makes them difficult to test manually. In order to cut down on costs, save time, and increase reliability, the model based testing approach is the best solution. Such an approach does not require applications or codes prior to generating test cases, so it leads to the early detection of faults, which helps in reducing the development time. Several model-based testing approaches have used different UML models but very few works have been reported to show the generation of test cases that use events. Test cases that use events are an apt choice for these types of systems. However, these works have considered events that happen at a user interface level in a system while other events that happen in a system are not considered. Such works have limited applications in testing the GUI of a system. In this paper, a novel model-based testing approach is presented using business events, state events, and control events that have been captured directly from requirement specifications. The proposed approach documents events in event templates and then builds an event-flow model and a fault model for a system. Test coverage criterion and an algorithm are designed using these models to generate event sequence based test scenarios and test cases. Unlike other event based approaches, our approach is able to detect the proposed faults in a system. A prototype tool is developed to automate and evaluate the applicability of the entire process. Results have shown that the proposed approach and supportive tool is able to successfully derive test scenarios and test cases from the requirement specifications of safety critical systems, real time systems, and event based systems.

Multilevel and Multivariate Structural Equation Models for Activity Participation and Travel Behavior (다수준 다변량 구조방정식을 이용한 활동참여와 통행행태 분석에 관한 연구)

  • 최연숙;정진혁
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2003
  • Multilevel and Multivariate Structural Equation Mpdel is applied to handle the hierarchical nature of the data and explain complex relationship among socioeconomic factors of individuals and household, activity participation, and travel behavior using Puset Sound Transportation Panel data. From analysis, variations of individual activity participation and travel behavior can be divided into two categories : Within-household variation and Between-households variation. Empirical results show that the interdependency index(p) of variables for household members within a household is between 0.13 and 0.33 indicating high interdependency. These results suggest that Multilevel and Multivariate SEM approach is an appropriate modeling methodology and gives additional information for activity participation and travel behavior. Also most of personal and household characteristics influence on activity participation and travel behavior within a household as well as between households.

A Study on the Moderating Effect of Perceived Voluntariness in the Organizational Information System Usage and Performance (정보시스템 사용과 성과에 있어서 자발성의 조절효과에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seung-Chang;Lee, Ho-Geun;Jung, Chang-Wook;Chung, Nam-Ho;Suh, Eung-Kyo
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.195-221
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    • 2009
  • According to an industry report, a large number of organizations have invested in Organizational Information System(OIS) in the past few years. Several research results indicate that successful investments in OIS lead to productivity enhancement, while failed ones result in undesirable consequences such as financial losses and dissatisfaction among employees. In spite of huge investments, however, many organizations have failed in achieving the hoped-for returns from OIS. Thus, understanding user acceptance, adoption, and usage of new IS(Information Systems) is an important issue for IS practitioners. Indeed, study of the user acceptance of new information system has been one of the most important research topics in the contemporary IS literature. Several theoretical models are tested to examine 'user acceptance' and 'usage behavior' in IS context. While many research models incorporate 'ease of use' or 'usefulness' as important factors in explaining user acceptance, Technology Acceptance Model(TAM) has been one of the most widely applied models in user acceptance and usage behavior. Even in recent IS studies that employ theories of innovation diffusion in the area of IS implementation, a major focus has been on the user's perception of information technologies. In this research, we study 'voluntariness' as an important factor in IS acceptance by users. Voluntariness is defined as "the degree to which the use of the innovation is perceived as being voluntary, or of free will" When examining the diffusion of accepting OIS, a thoughtful consideration should be given to 'perceived voluntariness.' Current article has following research questions: 1) What models are appropriate to explain the success of OIS? and 2) How does the 'voluntariness' affect the success of OIS? In order to answer these questions, a research model is proposed to describe the detailed nature of association among three independent variables (IT usage level, task interdependency, and organizational support), a mediating variable (IS usage), a dependent variable (perceived performance), and a moderating variable(perceived voluntariness). The central claim of this article is that organizations hardly realize expected returns from OIS investments unless perceived voluntariness is effectively managed after operating OIS. As an example of OIS in this study we have selected the Intranet of Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). ROKAF has implemented the Intranet in an attempt to improve communication and coordination within the organization. To test our research model and hypotheses, survey questionnaires were first sent out to 400 Intranet users. With the assistance of ROKAF, Intranet users were initially identified among its members, and subjects were randomly drawn from the pool. 377 survey responses were finally returned. The unit of measurement and analysis in this research is a personal level. Path analysis based on structural equation modeling was used to test research hypotheses. Construct validity represents accordance between the theoretical base concept of constructs and its measurement items. Tests for the reliability and discriminant validity are accepted, thus verifying our survey instrument. In this research, we have proposed a conceptual framework to highlight the importance of perceived voluntariness after organization deploys OIS. The results of our analysis present several key finding. First, all three independent variables (IT usage level, task interdependency, and organizational support) have significant effects on IS usage, which will eventually improve performance. Thus, IS usage plays a mediating role between antecedent variables (IT usage level. task interdependency, and organizational support) and performance improvement. Second, the effect of the task dependency was the highest for IS usage among the three antecedent variables. This is highly plausible since one of the Intranet's major capabilities is to facilitate communication among members within an organization. Accordingly, we conclude that the higher the task dependency, the higher Intranet usage. The effect of user's IT usage level was the second, while the effect of the organizational support was the third. Finally, the perceived voluntariness plays a pivotal role in enhancing perceived performance in personal level after launching the Intranet. Relationships among investigated variables were significantly different between groups with a high level and a low level of voluntariness. The impact of the Intranet usage on the performance was greater in the higher level voluntariness group than in the lower one. For the lower level voluntariness group, the user's IT usage had the highest effect on the Intranet usage among the three antecedent variables. In short, our study suggests that the higher the perceived voluntariness is the more IS usage will be. Perceived voluntariness was found to have a moderating effect on the relationships among user IT usage level, task interdependency, IS usage, and perceived performance, supporting all the hypotheses on the moderating effect. Most of all, user IT usage level has the strongest influence on IS usage, indicating that users with superior IT usage are more likely to enjoy a high level of perceived performance.

Healing of CAD Model Errors Using Design History (설계이력 정보를 이용한 CAD모델의 오류 수정)

  • Yang J. S.;Han S. H.
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.262-273
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    • 2005
  • For CAD data users, few things are as frustrating as receiving CAD data that is unusable due to poor data quality. Users waste time trying to get better data, fixing the data, or even rebuilding the data from scratch from paper drawings or other sources. Most related works and commercial tools handle the boundary representation (B-Rep) shape of CAD models. However, we propose a design history?based approach for healing CAD model errors. Because the design history, which covers the features, the history tree, the parameterization data and constraints, reflects the design intent, CAD model errors can be healed by an interdependency analysis of the feature commands or of the parametric data of each feature command, and by the reconstruction of these feature commands through the rule-based reasoning of an expert system. Unlike other B Rep correction methods, our method automatically heals parametric feature models without translating them to a B-Rep shape, and it also preserves engineering information.

Development of Expert System for the Diagnostic of NTM Decision-Making (특수가공법 의사결정 진단 전문가 시스템 개발)

  • Yoon, Moon-Chul;Cho, Hyun-Deog
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.94-100
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    • 2010
  • Nowadays, several nontraditional machining(NTM) processes are widely used to machine a complex and accurate shape part of hard materials, such as titanium, ceramics, high strength temperature resistant and refractory materials which are difficult to machine and having high strength, hardness, toughness. Machining of these complex shapes in such materials by traditional machining processes are very difficult. The NTM processes is important in the areas of micro- and nano scale machining, where high accuracy and superior surface characteristics are required, which can only be achieved using these NTM processes. So, for effective selection of different NTM processes, careful decision making for a given NTM application is often necessary. An appropriate NTM process for a given material and shape condition is very difficult for the novice engineers. In this paper, an expert system based on an analytic network process(ANP) is suggested for a best selection of NTM process in a NTM application considering an prior interdependency effect among various factors.

Analysis of Slender RC Short Beams(a/d<2.5) with Vertical Stirrups using Nonlinear FEM (비선형유한요소해석을 이용한 수직 스터럽이 있는 RC 짧은 보의 해석)

  • Jeong, Jae-Pyong;Kim, Dae-Joong;Kim, Woo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2002
  • This paper describes an attempt to develop a unified design approach for reinforced concrete short beam failing in shear based on a Arch Factor. Designing for short beam in shear is not as straightforward as designing for flexure due to the complicated interdependency of the variables involved and to the nonexistence of a rational theory tn current design code. Shear failure of reinforced concrete beams with stirrups is influenced greatly because of the actual geometrical shape(a/d) of the concrete and flexural reinforcement steel ratio, stirrup reinforcement ratio and concrete compression strength, size effect etc. The objective of this paper is to present a pilot study to develop a simplified physical model for estimating shear behavior of reinforced concrete short beams. The Key idea incorporated with this model is the Arch factor, introduced by Kim and White.

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금형공장에 있어서의 수주 Simulation

  • 강무진;김영기;이무성;도성희
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1993.04b
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    • pp.252-256
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    • 1993
  • 제조업으로서의 금형공장은 수주에서부터 출하까지의 과정에 금형설계와 공정설계및 가공계획, 그리고 금형제조 등 여러 기능을 표함한다. 금형제조는 다시 작업 일정의 계획, 작업지시, 작업현황의 모니터링 및 실적관리 등으로 이루어진다. 금형제작에 필요한 이들 각 기능간에는 일련의 생산정보가 생성, 전달 및 이용되며 서로 영향을 주는 상호종속관계 (Interdependency)가 존재한다. 금형의 주문 은 납기 및 제품도와 함게 주어지는 금형제작 의뢰로부터 시작된다. 금형제작의 의뢰가 들어오면, 우선적 으로 주문자가 요구하는 납기일과 현재의작업부하 및 생산능력을 토대로 그 주문을 받을 수 있는 지에 대한 수주 타당성 검토가 이루어져야 한다. 이와 함께 수주 담당부서에서는 원가견적을 산출하여 수주을 받을 것인가에 대한 가.부를 결정한다. 수주가 확정되면, 수주 검토단계에서 금형을 구성하는 주요부품 (Cntical Parts)들에 대해 수립된 대일정 계획에맞추어 설계가 시작된다.금형설계과에서는 주어진 제품도를 토대로 금형설계도를 작성하고, 금형설계가완료되는 대로각 부품의 제조에 필요한 공정 및 그 순서, 그리고 각 공정에 소요되는 공수, 가공조건 등을 결정하는 공정설계가 이루어진다.

A Low Power Hardware Allocation Algorithm for Design Automation (설계 자동화를 위한 저전력 하드웨어 할당 알고리듬)

  • 최지영;인치호
    • The Journal of Information Technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.117-124
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    • 2000
  • This paper proposes a new heuristic algorithm of a low power hardware allocation for Design Automation. The proposed algorithm works on scheduled input graph and allocates functional units, interconnections and registers by considering interdependency between operations and storage elements in each control step, in order to share registers and interconnections connected to functional units, as much as possible. The low power factor of the capacitance is reduced during the allocation. As the resource number reduce maximal . This paper shows the effectiveness of the algorithm by comparing experiments of existing system of the non low power.

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Cooperation and Share: An Experimental Study on the Effects of Task and Reward Interdependencies on the Fun of MMORPG (함께 나누면 재미있다?: MMORPG 게임의 상호 의존성에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Choi, Bo-Reum;Choi, Don-Seong;Lee, In-Seong;Kim, Jin-Woo
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.02b
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    • pp.676-683
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    • 2006
  • MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) 상에서 플레이어들 간의 다양한 상호 작용은 플레이어들의 재미를 증가시키는 중요한 요소로 인식되고 있다. 그러나 MMORPG 상에서 게임 플레이어들 간의 상호 작용을 높여 재미를 증가시킬 수 있는 디자인 전략에 관한 실증적인 연구는 아직까지 진행된 바 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 상호 의존 이론 (Interdependency Theory)을 중심으로 과업의 상호 의존성과 보상의 상호 의존성이 플레이어들의 게임에 대한 재미와 몰입, 행동적 의도, 성과에 미치는 영향에 초점을 맞추어 실험을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 결과 플레이어들의 인지적 재미와 성과는 플레이어들 간 과업의 상호 의존성과 보상의 상호 의존성에 따라 다르게 나타나고 있음을 확인하였다. 이와 같은 실증적 연구 결과를 통하여 본 연구는 MMORPG 플레이어들 간의 상호 의존성에 대한 학술적이고 실용적 의의를 제공하고자 한다.

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