...Summary Automated vs. Manual Warehouses: A Different Way of Thinking About ROI This summary illustrates the differences between an automated warehouse and a manual warehouse by giving the advantages and disadvantages of both methods. Automated warehouses use sortation devices, retrieval systems and several other automated solutions. In contrast, Physical employees play a bigger part in a manual warehouse, by picking locations and goods and moving them to the delivery dock. Automated solutions are generally more popular in Germany and Japan than in America and the UK, mainly because America and the UK tend to focus more on the shorter payback period of a manual system. The payback period of an automated warehouse, on the other hand, is commonly around five years. Although an automated system increases (market) risks, the costs to perform logistic tasks decrease significantly. However, automated warehouses are not as flexible as manual warehouses because manual solutions make it easier to add or remove new services. In contrast, adding or removing new services is more difficult and more costly in an automated system. Moreover, manual systems can recover quicker from a poor supply chain design than the automated counterpart. This risk concerning supply chain design is important to keep in mind when one wants an automated system with a high throughput flow. When a company builds an automated warehouse, they should make sure they have good overall visibility to deliveries. This...
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...differences of the new AI-based applications versus the old cause the authors to declare that automated decision making is finally coming of age? One reason that previous attempt to use artificial intelligence failed was because it was difficult to extract knowledge from the experts. It was also very expensive to keep running,so this definitely played a role in the demise of previous attempts. Due to limited capabilities there was a lack of business applications. There was also a lack of interest in the technology all together. Some of the key differences were the reduction of overhead, which primarily was due to maintenance. The new AI also was embeded directly into the workflow and was not a separate step in the process. The new one also translates into action. 2. What types of decisions are best suited for automated decision making? Provide several examples of successful applications from the companies in this case to illustrate your answer. There are many decisions best suited for automated decision making, but the first that stands out to me is that inputs are available electronically rather than human input. There is also more frequency in automated decision making. The automated decision making problems are not so broad, but are more narrow and well defined. One example of successful application is bank credit customers can complete the application within five minutes, at which point the automated process begins. After being used initially by airlines to optimize seat pricing, decision-making...
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...Justifications…………………………………………………………page9&10 9. Expectation…………………………………………………………..page11&12 10. Conclusion…………………………………………………………..page13 1. 1 INTRODUCTION Is software and system engineering company founded in 2012, our offices are located in 292 Smith Street Durban South Africa. We supply software engineering solutions through consulting services and implementations of new software products. We strive to provide integrated and innovation solutions to our clients by utilizing the latest technology, best practices and recognized industry standards. Through our knowledge and significant experience in the industry, we add value to our client’s operations and build long term relationships that are mutually beneficial. We achieve excellence through the application of our extensive knowledge and experience in software engineering management (SEM) and system development life cycle (SDLC) combined with process models, simulators and advanced process control systems through project life cycle (PLC). Our company is managed and structured to achieve trustworthy and effective results, even the most challenging client requirements. We endeavor to exceed our client’s expectations with the solutions we provide by giving our clients solutions that add value to their operations and give them a competitive edge. 1.2 AIM Our aim is to...
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...school which can offer affordable higher education. At that time, there were no institutions of higher learning in Tuguegarao nor in nearby areas, have that one to go to Manila to obtain a college education. The University of Cagayan Valley started modestly. Its course offering during its first year of academic operation limited to Elementary Teacher’s Certificate. Soon after, other courses were offered. The imperative to innovate, the reason to create faster, stronger, better solutions that advance society in significant ways these are the forces driving the researchers to study at expanding the realm of what’s possible. Every Election happened in a country, school or in community people doubted how their votes secured in a ballot or how can they be sure that their votes are tallied by a personnel in a voting station or precinct. The researcher seeks a fully automated voting system that is secure, accurate and reliable so that the system to guarantee elections the voters can trust the implemented system in our school. In today’s modern age where computer has become a way of life, it is evident that a majority of the countries institutions...
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...VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WHITEPAPER Automating Vulnerability Assessment This paper describes how enterprises can more effectively assess and manage network vulnerabilities and reduce costs related to meeting regulatory requirements. Automated Vulnerability Assessment / Vulnerability Management (VA/VM) solutions are supplementing and in some cases replacing manual penetration testing with an overall improvement in network security without increasing costs. New advances have eliminated the high management overhead and false positive rate issues that plagued open source and early market VA/VM entries. This whitepaper discusses: Speed of change in networks, equipment and applications plus the speed of exploit deployment is revealing weakness in corporate policies specifying relatively infrequent manual penetration testing. Perimeter defences (anti-virus, firewall and IPS/IDS) are vital, but can be bypassed by determined effort to reach and exploit known vulnerabilities that reside just inside the fence. The introduction of an automated network scanning mechanism and consolidated reporting to identify and track mitigation of known vulnerabilities is establishing a higher overall security level often using already existing budget and manpower. Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 3 The Challenges of Network Security Assessments .......
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...Chapter 1 Introduction Problem and Background of the Study AMA Computer College Campus was founded last June 1999 with SEC. Reg. No. 183768 under the leadership of its President and founding Chairman of the Board, Mr. Amable Mendoza Aguiluz V, it variably offers 4 year degree courses: BS Computer Science, BS Computer Engineering, BS Information Technology, BS Accountancy and other technical courses. The core objective and desire of its founder is to enable the vast majority of the youth and masses to acquire international-level education at a very affordable local cost, thus acquiring available viable employment upon completion. Its graduates not limited to territorial constraints but possibly venture into foreign companies. Thus AMA Computer College was born into reality at Plaza Nova building, Santiago Boulevard General Santos City. The following are the school director after its first operation, Ms. Glenda Guirrero, Mr. Pareja, succeeded by Mr. Alcaraz, Mr. Lornito Beaniza and Presently Ms. Leah Y. Tolimao, AMA Computer College – Gensan campus has acquired a nationwide status on the Philippine archipelago. It strives to soon acquire Socsargen area under the leadership of school BS Information Technology, BS Computer Science, and BS Electronics and Communication Engineering. Computer Programming was implemented under Pangulong Gloria Scholarship Program. Software developer in Java and Micro.net will soon to be offered this school year 2009-2010. AMA Computer...
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...in any thesis to develop before other chapters 4.1 Introduction We have already stated the research problem and the technology to be used for devising a solution for the problem.in chapter 3 we discussed the technology to be used or solving the problem identifying in the chapter 3.in chapter 3 we have identified MySQL and some other thing as the technology for devising automated solution for the inventory management system In this chapter we describe or put forward our approach to automated solution for (the system u are going to build) for this purpose first we present our hypothesis then go into the discussion of input, output, process, users and features. In this discussion we point out how our proposed solution (write the acronym) differ from similar system 4.2. Hypothesis (using this technology can solve the problem, it the assumption) Open source based computer solution can improve the efficiency of order management system. 4.3. Users This system is targeted for officers and other staff members in kdu.it can also be accessed by administrators and other technical staff for maintaining and updating the system 4.4 .input Capturing the video and sound using web cam by the system as the main input 4.5. Output Video is broadcasted between lectures and students 4.6. Process Explain the details of the system with the relevant technology used or conversion of input to the out put The captured video and sounds will be processed and sent to the web browser. After...
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...Automated Inventory System for a Small Business CIS 210 January 15, 2015 Budget Plan for Automated Inventory System Inventory systems can be a challenging and costly part of running a small business. Many businesses today are heavily reliant on automated inventory systems to alleviate the frustrations of manually tracking and reordering items. Automating the inventory system to a small business may seem costly, but it is really cost efficient and reduces the time consuming tasks involved with inventory. A key advantage of having an automated inventory system is producing an accurate count which can prevent costly issues. Several programs are available to keep track of products with a myriad of features and can be assessed without any financial risk. In the initial process, a barcode scanner is needed to scan the barcode or the information encoded on the item. The scanned information is then sent to and tracked by a central system. A prime example of this process is entailed in purchasing an order. A list of items that are due to for shipping and packing should be included with the purchase order. With this system in process, it should be helpful to locate the items, encode shipping information, and remove purchased items for an accurate count. Along with the barcode scanner, a mobile computer would be necessary for the automated process to serve as the central system. In addition, a barcode printer, barcode label, and the proper inventory software is needed...
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...285_NSS_01.qxd 8/10/04 10:40 AM Page 1 Chapter 1 Vulnerability Assessment Solutions in this Chapter: I What Is a Vulnerability Assessment? I Automated Assessments I Two Approaches I Realistic Expectations Summary Solutions Fast Track Frequently Asked Questions 1 285_NSS_01.qxd 2 8/10/04 10:40 AM Page 2 Chapter 1 • Vulnerability Assessment Introduction In the war zone that is the modern Internet, manually reviewing each networked system for security flaws is no longer feasible. Operating systems, applications, and network protocols have grown so complex over the last decade that it takes a dedicated security administrator to keep even a relatively small network shielded from attack. Each technical advance brings wave after wave of security holes. A new protocol might result in dozens of actual implementations, each of which could contain exploitable programming errors. Logic errors, vendor-installed backdoors, and default configurations plague everything from modern operating systems to the simplest print server.Yesterday’s viruses seem positively tame compared to the highly optimized Internet worms that continuously assault every system attached to the global Internet. To combat these attacks, a network administrator needs the appropriate tools and knowledge to identify vulnerable systems and resolve their security problems before they can be exploited. One of the most powerful tools available today...
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...DESIGNING AN INVENTORY SYSTEM WEEK 2 – ASSIGNMENT 1 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Designing an effective inventory system for a small business can have a rewarding effect on a business with proper planning and implementation to provide employees and management a way to manage inventory. Having a proper plan in place it will save the company money, time, and provide a balances way of having stock available for customer. Assigning product code numbers on clothing merchandise upon delivery from vendors allow the item to be accounted for and to re-ordered the item and ensure that it will always be in stock and not create overstock that hurts company profit. Not meeting customer demands for a product by not keeping it in stock lessens the chance of repeat customers. There are a few disadvantages to having an automated inventory system such as human error due to inventory not being logged properly, software issues such as power outages, and software errors. Viruses and hacking can be an issue as well. Providing a backup of the inventory is a great way to ensure no total loss of inventory information. Policy and Procedures will need to be developed for employees and management to ensure everyone is being consistent with documenting inventory and to reduce errors. A case study done on the Herman Goelitz Candy Co. showed the difference having an automated inventory system had on the operations of the company. By utilizing this time of inventory control it gave them greater control...
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...June and July of 2010, CFO Research Services (a unit of CFO Publishing LLC) conducted an electronic survey among senior finance executives representing mid-size to large companies in Europe. Our goal was to understand finance executives’ concerns with working capital management in the wake of global recession, as well as their plans for improving working capital performance. We asked finance executives a series of questions about the impact that the recession had on their working capital management, which areas of working capital their companies would focus on during the course of economic recovery and whom their companies worked with to improve working capital management. We also asked about current and planned levels of usage for specific, automated cash-management and tradefinancing techniques. Overall, our research reveals the following main points: • In Europe, effective management of working capital has assumed greater urgency as market demand is slow to return and short-term credit remains both difficult to access...
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...representative of the reason for the call (new problem or Incident ID #), and transfers the caller. Proposed Solution: The role of the assistant who answers the call could easily be replaced by an automated system, which would allow the customer to press 1 for a new problem or 2 for a previously reported issue. If the customer pressed 2, they would be prompted to enter their Incident ID #. The caller would then be routed to a customer service representative, along with the Incident ID #, if applicable, which would be passed along via the phone system. Steps Involved: 1 Purchase a new phone routing system that would allow these capabilities. 2 Program and test the new routing system. 3 Convert Incident ID #s from a combination of letters and numbers to numbers only. 4 Communicate the new workflow to customer service representatives. Benefits: * The new process would eliminate the need for assistants to answer customer calls, freeing them up for other tasks. Each assistant typically answers 30 calls per day. At an average of 42 seconds per call, this would give each assistant an additional 21 minutes per day. * Customer service would be enhanced, as the first voice that would greet the customer would be that of the customer service representative who will ultimately assist them. Potential Obstacles: * The cost of the new phone routing system (approximately $700 dollars). This cost would be miniscule compared with...
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...Artificial Intelligence systems to be able to prove theorems in an automated way? First of all, knowing that a problem can be solved is a big help. Running search algorithms on problems that can not be solved can waste resources. Resolution is an important part of Artificial Intelligence research and provides a common method for systems to reason logically. This provides a basis for for computer systems to automatically reason about a database of facts. Please see http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/17/ibm_watson_jeopardy_success/ for information about the Knowledge gameshow Jeopardy and IBM’s Watson. 2. How does resolution differ from the way humans generally reason? Humans typically must learn or be taught logical methods of contradiction. Whereas deduction, and abduction are part of our everyday reasoning processes, proof by contradiction is not. I will go out on a limb and state that most humans have a limited number of steps in which to solve a proof. Resolution can be very mechanical and tedious. 3. What are some possible uses of automated reasoning? I think what has been opened up is that automated reasoning (AR) can greatly assist in problem solving to determine that a solution indeed does exist. Besides mathematics and logic, there are the fields of engineering, chemistry, and medicine that could benefit from AR 4. If automated reasoning discovers a scientific fact that no scientist knew before, does that mean that automated reasoning is superior to...
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...Chapter I Background of the study An automated system nowadays is becoming prominent for a business that needs accurate, efficient and reliable results. Today, many businesses are engaging to automated systems, its manual setup can be applied automatically through computer. By using a computer, a business can perform its transaction in a less amount of time. Having a way to organize transactions by the use of automated system is an asset. Especially when you apply the automation to the most commonly used transaction, Sales and Inventory System. Inventory is a list of goods and raw materials that is needed for the everyday production of a business which is held available in stock. Updating the records of the stocks in a business plays an important part for the organization of business functions. Manual application of transaction can bring interruption, thus, the Automated Sales and Inventory System is considered as the best solution to this problem. A business owner can franchise more than one line of franchise, Mrs. Teresa has a group of franchised business which she named, R and E food station. Her business started last February 2014 and successfully opened 2 branches in 3 months. Since then, they record their daily sales and inventory manually by the use of record book and Microsoft excel. It starts from counting and checking their previous available stocks individually, computer for the total used stocks, record it in a record book and update the whole record in Microsoft...
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...characteristics of automated decision support (ADS) systems. Also provide an example of a process that can be supported by an ADS system. In this fast paced economy where decisions have to be made quickly to meet the requirements of the market, managers need more than just enterprise data at hand. Although, humans can never be replaced by technology but there are some decisions to repetitive tasks in an organization that may not need a human intervention. “Decision automation is a deceptively simple and intriguingly complex concept. On the surface, the idea is that a computer program is making decisions. A decision automation system is not a decision support system. Rather a decision automation system eliminates the need for a human decision maker in a programmed decision situation. Business rules and programmed instructions are triggered by events and contingent choices are made. The greatly expanded and evolving computing infrastructure makes it increasingly cost effective to apply decision automation in situations where that had been prohibitively costly” (Dan Power, 2011). Automated decision support (ADS) systems are basically rule-based systems that automatically provide solutions to repetitive managerial problems. In implementing the ADS systems, organizations use business analytic models to create business rules that are used to trigger the automatic decisions. Business rules are the criteria used for taking a decision. For example, in a simple inventory control system, the application...
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