Azevedo, S. G., K. Godivan, H. Carvalho, and V. Cruz-Machado. "
Deployment of radio frequency identification technology in healthcare organizations." In
POMS 23rd Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., 2012.
AbstractThe Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is a wireless technology that uses transmitted radio signals to tag, recognize, track and trace the movement of an item automatically. The study of this technology is actually considered a hot topic in all scientific areas and has been described as a major enabling technology for the automation of many processes. Although it is not a new technology it has only recently come to the awareness of the public and widely used in many sectors and particularly in the Healthcare. This paper aims to illustrate the deployment of RFID technology in Healthcare, more precisely in infant security systems. A case study about the experience of three hospitals and one RFID technology provider is presented to highlight the main architectural characteristics, functionality, and advantages associated to its deployment. After the case studies analysis it is possible to state that the infant security systems, using the RFID technology, are not so different among research case studies: they involve RFID tagging patients, they are easy to use not requiring an extensive training and also they are installed with an interface with others security systems.
Carvalho, H., V. Cruz-Machado, V. H. Machado, A. P. Barroso, and S. G. Azevedo. "
Supply Chain Management: Design For Resilient Systems." In
Actas das Conferências "Engenharias'07"- Inovação & Desenvolvimento, 256-261. Vol. I. Covilhã, Portugal: Universidade da Covilhã, 2007.
AbstractIn this paper, a research project intituled {“Supply} chain management: design for resilient systems” is presented. The project aim is to develop a Management Support System prototype to help managers to react quickly and efficiently to the effects of disruptions that can occur in supply chain. The research project is presented; including the current state of the art in Supply Chain disruptions, the research project objectives and main tasks. Preliminary research findings are presented and discussed.
Carvalho, H., A. P. Barroso, V. H. Machado, S. G. Azevedo, and V. Cruz-Machado. "
Supply chain resilience: a simulation study." In
Annals of DAAAM for 2011 & Proceedings of the 22nd International DAAAM Symposium, edited by Katalinc} {Branko, 1611-1612. Viena, Austria: DAAAM International, 2011.
AbstractThis paper aims to analyze the supply chain behavior when subject to disturbances using a simulation-based approach. The disturbance explored in this study is the transportation interruption between two suppliers in the automotive supply chain. The performance of the different supply chain entities is used to analyze supply chain design scenarios. The analysis of the outputs simulation study shows that even when a redundancy strategy is used, the negative effects of a disturbance are spread along the supply chain, but the resilience of supply chain entities is enhanced
Carvalho, H., S. A. Azevedo, and V. Cruz-Machado. "
Supply chain resilience: an empirical model." In
Euroma 2012. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012.
AbstractThis paper proposes a model for management of supply chain resilience. To this end the structured content analysis of media news is used to analyze a sample constituted by sixty two documents containing evidences of seventy seven companies that were affected by the Japan 2011 earthquake. The sample provides evidences that companies failed to sustain their operations mainly because capacity shortages and material shortages. Also provides empirical evidence of twelve resilience practices to reduce the disturbance severity and the recovery time. Based on these findings four propositions were made and aggregated to propose a model for supply chain resilience management.