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Development of CAE Service Platform Based on Cloud Computing Concept (클라우드 컴퓨팅기반 CAE서비스 플랫폼 개발)

  • Cho, Sang-Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.218-223
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    • 2011
  • Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) is very helpful field for every manufacturing industry including foundry. It covers CAD, CAM, and simulation technology also, and becomes as common sense in developing new products and processes. In South Korea, more than 600 foundries exist, and their average employee number is less than 40. Moreover, average age of them becomes higher. To break out these situations of foundry, software tools can be effective, and many commercial software tools had already been introduced. But their high costs and risks of investment act as difficulties in introducing the software tools to SMEs (Small and Medium size Enterprise). So we had developed cloud computing platform to propagate the CAE technologies to foundries. It includes HPC (High Performance Computing), platforms and software. So that users can try, enjoy, and utilize CAE software at cyber space without any investment. In addition, we also developed platform APIs (Application Programming Interface) to import not only our own CAE codes but also 3rd-party's packages to our cloud-computing platforms. As a result, CAE developers can upload their products on cloud platforms and distribute them through internet.

A Study of Trials on Material Integration Pool System for Logistics Rationalization - Basing on the Improvement a precedent about Logistics System of 'A' Enterprise - (물류혁신을 위한 자재통합공동물류 시행에 관한 연구(A사 물류시스템 개선사례를 중심으로))

  • Won, You-Jon;Kang, Kyung-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.373-383
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    • 2006
  • Logistics is one of the most important factors to manage a stream of materials in economic environment. Establishing effective logistics system needs to consider some constraints which are fluctuation of materials volume, a long distance between makers and consumers, one way logistics and small quantity batch production. It is estimated that Unit Load System should be a powerful method to cope with those problems. It helps to realize the key issues which are Standardization and Logistics Pool System The Material Unification of Logistics System is able to participate in all kinds of industries including manufacturing, distribution and logistics. This system has some merits which are a long distance transportation cost down, product recovery, and treatment in the unbalance of demand and supply caused by unstable materials volume. Four strategies of Material Logistics Model are Packing Rationalization, Logistics Pool System, JIT System application and establishing effective infrastructure. The Material Unification Of Logistics System based on Unit Load System achieves efficiency of logistics and largely decreases moving cost.

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A Study on Government R&D Subsides for the W Small and Medium Enterprise (IT중소벤처기업에 대한 정부지원 개선방안)

  • 송학현;최세하;이명길;김윤호
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.81-85
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    • 2002
  • IT분야에 대한 정부지원은 직접적인 자금지원방식과 간접적인 인력양성지원, 기반환경조성 등 다양한 형태로 추진되고 있다. 그러나 중소벤처기업들은 기업의 영세성과 무경험성, 기술 중심적인 경영과 국내 편향적인 경영 둥으로 인해 많은 어려움을 겪게 되고 이를 극복하기 위한 노력에 대해 정부의 지원이 한계에 도달할 수밖에 없다. 이를 보다 효율적으로 지원하기 위해서 기술개발자금 지원업체의 운영실태를 조사하여 문제점을 살펴보고 개선방안을 모색하였다. 중소벤처기업의 기술개발 진행상황 및 연구비 집행사항 파악을 통해 기술개발 부진과제 독려, 자금 부당집행 등 위반사항 적발ㆍ제재, 지급집행방법 교육 등을 통해 집행의 적정성을 도모하고 기술개발 애로사항을 청취하고 연계 지원사업을 안내하였다. 중소 벤처기업의 경우 회계에 관한 지식ㆍ관심의 부족, 내ㆍ외부 감사시스템 미비, 자금 애로 둥의 사유로 출연연구소 등에 비해 연구비 집행 증빙 둥 회계처리에 미숙하고, 고의 또는 과실에 의해 연구비를 목적 외의 용도로 사용할 가능성이 커서 중소ㆍ벤처기업을 대상으로 하는 사업의 경우 연구비 집행의 적정성 제고를 위해 집행관련 사항을 간소화ㆍ투명화하여 연구비 부당 집행, 집행 오류 둥의 여지를 줄이는 둥 개선방안을 모색하였다.

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An Empirical Study on Adoption of Open Technological Innovation for SMEs based on Information and Technology (국내 IT중소기업의 개방형 기술혁신 수용에 관한 실증연구)

  • Joung, Seok-In
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.47-66
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    • 2013
  • Recently, with the diffusion of a new paradigm named as the creative economy, the government's interests and efforts regarding support of SMEs' R&D have been concentrated. In particular, due to the dominant perception that the fundamental science and original technology from government-funded research institutes can further enhance the capabilities of SMEs' R&D, the importance of performance's diffusion on national R&D is further emphasized. In fact, the domestic SMEs don't have enough budget and workforce, so that all of self-contained technologies, product's competitiveness as well as the R&D capabilities, are very vulnerable, and thereby SMEs' commercialization is very likely to fail. For this end, SMEs need to adopt the concept of open innovation as the use of external R&D resources by licensing. In this study, we conducted a survey on a total of 286 domestic IT SMEs, and analyzed empirically to compare the degree of their acceptance on technological innovation between two groups divided by open/not-open innovation. As a result, we drew some of the key factors influencing the acceptance of the SMEs' open technological innovation, and found a variety of implications through them.

A Visual Motion and Time Study Software, VITAMAX (비주얼 작업관리 소프트웨어, VITAMAX 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Seong-Hoon;Mo, Chang-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.33-38
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    • 2010
  • To survive head-to-head competition, we should keep our labor productivities above those of other nations. However, our labor productivities are low compared to those of the developed countries. It is the well-known fact that we make up for the productivities with long work hours. Entering the line of developed nations safely and enjoying well-being age freely, we need to achieve high labor productivities without sacrificing work hours. What would be a fine solution? Back to the basics! Although it is important to enforce R&D on high-tech products, we should have so-called bluebird philosophy, being faithful to the basics and trying to find solutions at a stone's throw. Basics of basics may be unceasing improvement, establishing reasonable standard times, and maintaining them. To support going back to the basics, this thesis proposes VITAMAX, a motion and time study software. As VITAMAX stands for "Visual Improvement and Time Analysis for Maximizing Profits", it provides a simple and powerful visual tool which is useful for improving manual works and determining standard times. Since VITAMAX is based on the Microsoft Excel and VBA, it is very cost-effective and easy to use. VITAMAX may contribute to the profit increase of manufacturing companies, especially for the small and medium-sized enterprise.

The Influence of Core Competence on Organizational Performance of Domestic Small and Medium Enterprise and the Moderating Effect of Technology Transfer (국내 중소기업의 핵심역량과 조직성과, 그리고 기술이전의 조절효과)

  • Moon, Tae-Soo;Choi, Sang-Min
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2009
  • Technology transfer has emerged as one of me important key issues for obtaining competitive advantage. To improve the chances of effective technology transfer, a strategic alliance between partners have to mirror respective objectives. The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of core competences on organizational performance in domestic companies, including the moderating effect of technology transfer. This study adopted research variables such as technology competence, resource competence, marketing competence as independent variables, with organizational performance as a dependent variable, including the moderating variable of technology transfer. 113 companies data were collected from me survey. The result of this empirical study is summarized as follows. First, marketing, resource, and technology competence are the important determinants to influence organizational performance in direct effect model. Second, only marketing competence has positive influence to organizational performance in organizations with higher needs of technology transfer. Third, technology transfer as a moderating variable moderates me effect of the core competences on organizational performance.

A Policy Direction for Network Structuring of Partnered Growth with 2nd and 3rd Vendor (2.3차 협력기업 동반성장 네트워크 구축에 관한 정책적 방향성)

  • Kim, Jumi
    • Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.465-476
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    • 2012
  • These days, the importance of network structuring of partnered growth with 2nd and 3rd vendor is increasing among the issues of partnered growth. I show the status of 2nd and 3rd vendor based on the survey of 2nd and 3rd vendor and the policy review related with partnered growth of big companies and reviews the best practices and policies of network structuring of partnered growth such as USA, German, and so on. In this paper, I suggest the roles of government and parent company including big company based on the status of 2nd and 3rd vendor and the review of the best practices and policies of advanced foreign countries.

Analysis of Global Project Trends for the Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Innovation (4차 산업혁명 제조업 혁신을 위한 글로벌 R&D 과제 트렌드 분석 연구)

  • Cheong, Yoonmo;Park, Hyejin;Heo, Yoseob
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.583-589
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    • 2019
  • One of the core pillars of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the innovation of the manufacturing industry. From the beginning, the 4th Industrial Revolution appeared in Germany under the concept of 'Industrial 4.0', which means a radical change in the manufacturing industry that can provide super intelligent product production and services based on artificial intelligence and big data. Since manufacturing innovation is a change in the industrial character of the entire nation, the initial role of government is important. Korea also has various policies related to the 4th Industrial Revolution, but there are still various problems to be solved. Therefore, this paper monitors and analyzes the public R&D projects of the advanced countries on manufacturing innovations in the background mentioned above, and through this, the policy implications are drawn.

Effectuality of Cleaning Workers' Training and Cleaning Enterprises' Chemical Health Hazard Risk Profiling

  • Suleiman, Abdulqadir M.;Svendsen, Kristin V.H.
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.345-352
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    • 2015
  • Background: Goal-oriented communication of risk of hazards is necessary in order to reduce risk of workers' exposure to chemicals. Adequate training of workers and enterprise priority setting are essential elements. Cleaning enterprises have many challenges and the existing paradigms influence the risk levels of these enterprises. Methods: Information on organization and enterprises' prioritization in training programs was gathered from cleaning enterprises. A measure of enterprises' conceptual level of importance of chemical health hazards and a model for working out the risk index (RI) indicating enterprises' conceptual risk level was established and used to categorize the enterprises. Results: In 72.3% of cases, training takes place concurrently with task performances and in 67.4% experienced workers conduct the trainings. There is disparity between employers' opinion on competence level of the workers and reality. Lower conceptual level of importance was observed for cleaning enterprises of different sizes compared with regional safety delegates and occupational hygienists. Risk index values show no difference in risk level between small and large enterprises. Conclusion: Training of cleaning workers lacks the prerequisite for suitability and effectiveness to counter risks of chemical health hazards. There is dereliction of duty by management in the sector resulting in a lack of competence among the cleaning workers. Instituting acceptable easily attainable safety competence level for cleaners will conduce to risk reduction, and enforcement of attainment of the competence level would be a positive step.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Batik Industry: An Empirical Study in Indonesia

  • PANJAITAN, Feliks Anggia B.K.;SAYYID, Mokhtar;MAQSUDI, Achmad;ANDJARWATI, Tri
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.923-930
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    • 2021
  • The COVID-19 pandemic weakened the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. The decline in turnover is one that is felt by the batik industry in East Java, and the decline in turnover in the batik industry is very drastic. This research was conducted to prove the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on SMEs in the batik industry. One model is proposed to prove the existence of an increase in the performance of the batik industry's SMEs by implementing a customer relationship management strategy, business strategy, and market orientation. The study population was the batik industry entrepreneurs in East Java, Indonesia, using SEM analysis based on Amos, purposive sampling method, and a sample of 180 respondents. The results showed that the model was accepted. The results also show that customer relationship management and business strategy contributed to the performance of SMEs, while market orientation did not contribute to the performance of SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. To be able to maintain the sustainability of the company, the steps taken by the company are to lay off some of the employees, and during the production period the production stops, and focus on selling goods that have been previously produced.