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Ching-Torng Lin is a full professor in the Department of Information Management at Da-Yeh University, Chang-Hua, Taiwan. Prior to that, he was the manager of Industrial Engineering Dept., Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation; a specialist of new product development project management of Aerospace Systems Development Division, Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from National Tsin-Hua University, Taiwan in 1998. His research interests include product innovation management, supply chain management, technology management, project management, decision support systems, systems analysis and design, and human factor engineering. His articles have been published in Reliability Engineering and System Safety, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Smart Engineering System Design, International Journal of Project Management, International Journal of Production Economics, IEEE Transactions on SMC, Part A, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Online Information Review, Expert Systems with Applications, Information Science, Group Decision and Negotiation, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Sustainability, Journal of Economics and Management, Mathematics.
Promoting successful aging strategies through well-reasoned caregiving programs is, and should be, one of the main objectives of many government policies and their implementing agencies. Well-being has been considered an important indicator of successful aging. Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within well-being research, few studies have made the connection between leisure participation as accepted behavior and subjective well-being in senior citizens. This study proposed to examine the applicability of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) in explaining senior citizens’ decision-making processes in terms of leisure participation behavior and the effect of such behavioral engagement on subjective well-being. The respondents were senior citizens in Taiwan who played gateball and were aged 60 years or older. A total of 595 usable responses were obtained and used to answer the research question. The empirical results indicate that performance expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions are positively and significantly related to senior citizens’ gateball participation behavior. In addition, gateball participation behavior had a positive and significant effect on respondents’ subjective well-being. The results of this study not only extend the application of UTAUT in terms of participation behavior in leisure activities, but also can provide gateball associations and government entities a theoretical model for developing and promoting gateball programs which serve or involve the elderly, as well as helping older adults to pursue satisfactory levels of wellbeing.
Chia-Chien Hsu; Brian Sandford; Chia-Ju Ling; Ching-Torng Lin. Can the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Help Explain Subjective Well-Being in Senior Citizens due to Gateball Participation? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 9015 .
AMA StyleChia-Chien Hsu, Brian Sandford, Chia-Ju Ling, Ching-Torng Lin. Can the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Help Explain Subjective Well-Being in Senior Citizens due to Gateball Participation? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (17):9015.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChia-Chien Hsu; Brian Sandford; Chia-Ju Ling; Ching-Torng Lin. 2021. "Can the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Help Explain Subjective Well-Being in Senior Citizens due to Gateball Participation?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 17: 9015.
Globally, in the innovative and distributional circular textiles, the textile sector of Taiwan has a prominent place. Within the textile industry, the circular economy (CE) obstacles adopted have been studied by several scholars. However, the interrelationships among these obstacles are easily ignored. The present study aimed to identify CE adoption obstacles from the supply chain (SC) perspective in Taiwan’s textile sector by analyzing the interrelationships among the CE adoption obstacles and establishing a hierarchical network and the causal inter relationships of the identified obstacles. Furthermore, the CE adoption obstacles and interrelationships were analyzed using interpretative structural modeling and the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (ISM-DEMATEL). The common results of the two methods demonstrated that two obstacles, consumers not having sufficient knowledge and awareness of reuse/recycling (B1) and a lack of successful business models and frameworks for CE implementation (B3), were the significant obstacles influencing adopting CE in the textile supply chain, while the obstacle making the most efficient way (B12) of the right decision to implement CE was minor. Thus, the government should formulate friendly laws and regulations that encourage CE adoption, while textile firms should monitor and control recycling and efficiency approaches handling the CE adoption problems. Our results could offer first-hand knowledge to textile firms or managers to effetely achieve CE implementation objectives.
Wen-Kuo Chen; Ching-Torng Lin. Interrelationship among CE Adoption Obstacles of Supply Chain in the Textile Sector: Based on the DEMATEL-ISM Approach. Mathematics 2021, 9, 1425 .
AMA StyleWen-Kuo Chen, Ching-Torng Lin. Interrelationship among CE Adoption Obstacles of Supply Chain in the Textile Sector: Based on the DEMATEL-ISM Approach. Mathematics. 2021; 9 (12):1425.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWen-Kuo Chen; Ching-Torng Lin. 2021. "Interrelationship among CE Adoption Obstacles of Supply Chain in the Textile Sector: Based on the DEMATEL-ISM Approach." Mathematics 9, no. 12: 1425.
Continuous improvement and innovation are solid foundations for the textile sector to maintain excellent growth and active sustainability. As the limited resources possessed by textile companies generally result in the incapability of implementing circular economy (CE) strategies simultaneously, recently, researchers advocate that organizations should analyze the influential inter-relationship between key barriers to explore the more dominant determinants for designing improved actions for implementing CE in the textile sector. CE implementation in the textile sector appears to be in its infancy. Although much attention has been paid to CE implementation barriers, the present study tries to fill this research gap by analyzing the causal relationships among the CE barriers in the textile sector. Therefore, the twelve barriers are identified by an extensive literature review, and the application of the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) based on the expert options from the textile sector. Subsequently, the causal inter-relationship among the key CE barriers is based on expert opinions using the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL). The results of this study indicate that three key barriers require quick action: “consumers lack knowledge and awareness about reused/recycle (B1)”, “lack of successful business models and frameworks to implement CE (B3)”, and “lack of an information exchange system between different stakeholders (B8)”. In addition, the results provide significant managerial implications, including implementations of CE in the textile sector. Not only should the government build regulations and friendly laws and encourage environmentally-friendly materials but the textile companies should also focus or monitor the recycling methods and quality to overcome the CE implementation issues. In addition, this study contributes to the textile sector transition toward CE by using the novel methodology for determining and prioritizing the key barriers. Finally, this work would help top management and the practitioners to better design effective infrastructural strategies for the textile sector transition towards CE.
Wen-Kuo Chen; Venkateswarlu Nalluri; Hsing-Chun Hung; Ming-Cheng Chang; Ching-Torng Lin. Apply DEMATEL to Analyzing Key Barriers to Implementing the Circular Economy: An Application for the Textile Sector. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 3335 .
AMA StyleWen-Kuo Chen, Venkateswarlu Nalluri, Hsing-Chun Hung, Ming-Cheng Chang, Ching-Torng Lin. Apply DEMATEL to Analyzing Key Barriers to Implementing the Circular Economy: An Application for the Textile Sector. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (8):3335.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWen-Kuo Chen; Venkateswarlu Nalluri; Hsing-Chun Hung; Ming-Cheng Chang; Ching-Torng Lin. 2021. "Apply DEMATEL to Analyzing Key Barriers to Implementing the Circular Economy: An Application for the Textile Sector." Applied Sciences 11, no. 8: 3335.
The banking sector often plays a crucial role in the improvement of infrastructure and economy of any country. In many emerging economies, it is apparent that a wide variety of social and political issues are related to the associated supply chain sustainability of financial service firms. Although such sustainability and its implementation issues have largely been addressed in existing research literature and in practice for many years, the attention towards socio-political sustainability aspects has been quite limited. Thus, this study attempted to explore the determinants for improving socio-political sustainability in financial service firms. Through adopting the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), performing an exhaustive literature review, and conducting semi-structured interviews with the decision-makers of the service firms, nine key barriers for socio-political sustainability were first identified in this study. Then, the influence relationships of the key barriers were assessed by 15 experts. During the assessment process, the interrelationships and their dependence powers among key barriers were analyzed using the interpretive structural modelling (ISM) approach and cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification (MICMAC) methods. The assessment results show that among the studied barriers, “antisocial considerations”, “unstable political climate”, and “lack of political coherence” are the decisive barriers that affect the socio-political sustainability in the supply chain of financial service firms. The knowledge in understanding and reducing these decisive barriers can provide service sector practitioners, especially those with limited resources, the enhanced capability to conduct better planning and designing of effective and continuous improvement programs, so as to win over new consumers and retain existing clients by offering sustainable services.
Wen-Kuo Chen; Venkateswarlu Nalluri; Man-Li Lin; Ching-Torng Lin. Identifying Decisive Socio-Political Sustainability Barriers in the Supply Chain of Banking Sector in India: Causality Analysis Using ISM and MICMAC. Mathematics 2021, 9, 240 .
AMA StyleWen-Kuo Chen, Venkateswarlu Nalluri, Man-Li Lin, Ching-Torng Lin. Identifying Decisive Socio-Political Sustainability Barriers in the Supply Chain of Banking Sector in India: Causality Analysis Using ISM and MICMAC. Mathematics. 2021; 9 (3):240.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWen-Kuo Chen; Venkateswarlu Nalluri; Man-Li Lin; Ching-Torng Lin. 2021. "Identifying Decisive Socio-Political Sustainability Barriers in the Supply Chain of Banking Sector in India: Causality Analysis Using ISM and MICMAC." Mathematics 9, no. 3: 240.
Different sources of risk factors can occur in sustainable supply chain management due to its complex nature. The telecommunication service firm cannot implement multiple improvement practices altogether to overcome the risk factors with limited resources. The industries should evaluate the relationship between risk factors and explore the determinants of improvement measures. The purpose of the present study is to identify and analyze critical risk factors (CRFs) for enhancing sustainable supply chain management practices in the Indian telecommunication industry using interpretive structural modelling (ISM). Risk factors are identified through a literature survey, and then with the help of experts, nine CRFs are identified using a fuzzy Delphi method (FDM). The relationship among these CRFs has been analyzed using ISM, and the driving and the dependence power of those CRFs are analyzed. Results indicate that both “government policies (laws and regulations)” and “the impact of rapid change in technology” are independent or key factors that affect the sustainability of the telecommunications supply chain. In addition, results provide significant managerial implications, including enhanced sustainability, and the government should build justice, fairness, open laws, certainties, and regulations to prevent risk in the telecommunications industry supply chain; service providers should monitor the rapidly evolving technologies and focus on technical learning and organizational capacity development to overcome the impact of technological changes. The contribution of this study is using a novel approach to establish a hierarchical structural model for an effective understanding of CRFs relationships and to explore decisive risk factors that can help telecom service providers to better plan and design effective improvement strategies to enhance sustainability supply chain management.
Wen-Kuo Chen; Venkateswarlu Nalluri; Suresh Ma; Mei-Min Lin; Ching-Torng Lin. An Exploration of the Critical Risk Factors in Sustainable Telecom Services: An Analysis of Indian Telecom Industries. Sustainability 2021, 13, 445 .
AMA StyleWen-Kuo Chen, Venkateswarlu Nalluri, Suresh Ma, Mei-Min Lin, Ching-Torng Lin. An Exploration of the Critical Risk Factors in Sustainable Telecom Services: An Analysis of Indian Telecom Industries. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):445.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWen-Kuo Chen; Venkateswarlu Nalluri; Suresh Ma; Mei-Min Lin; Ching-Torng Lin. 2021. "An Exploration of the Critical Risk Factors in Sustainable Telecom Services: An Analysis of Indian Telecom Industries." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 445.
Continuous improvement and innovation are solid foundations for the company to maintain excellent performance and competitive advantage. As the limited resources possessed by companies generally result in the incapability of implementing several improving plans simultaneously, researchers advocate that companies should evaluate the influential relationships among key success factors (KSFs) to explore the more dominant determinants for designing improving actions. This study focused on the auto lighting aftermarket (AM) industry in which the KSFs have not yet been adequately performed to explore the decisive criteria of an improvement strategy. After a literature review and a survey of experts, a preliminary list of suitable evaluation criteria was derived. Consequently, the fuzzy and decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) method were employed to analyze and establish the causal relationship among criteria. This study contributes to the auto lighting AM industry by using a novel approach for identifying and prioritizing the KSFs. The result indicates that product integrity was the “cause” construct on the constructs of operating cost, quality and brand, technology development, and customer satisfaction. These findings contribute to help practitioners better design effective improvement strategies.
Jing Li; Chi-Hui Wu; Chien-Wen Chen; Yi-Fen Huang; Ching-Torng Lin. Apply Fuzzy DEMATEL to Explore the Decisive Factors of the Auto Lighting Aftermarket Industry in Taiwan. Mathematics 2020, 8, 1187 .
AMA StyleJing Li, Chi-Hui Wu, Chien-Wen Chen, Yi-Fen Huang, Ching-Torng Lin. Apply Fuzzy DEMATEL to Explore the Decisive Factors of the Auto Lighting Aftermarket Industry in Taiwan. Mathematics. 2020; 8 (7):1187.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJing Li; Chi-Hui Wu; Chien-Wen Chen; Yi-Fen Huang; Ching-Torng Lin. 2020. "Apply Fuzzy DEMATEL to Explore the Decisive Factors of the Auto Lighting Aftermarket Industry in Taiwan." Mathematics 8, no. 7: 1187.
To be sustainable and growing amongst uncertain environments and intensive global competition, supply-chain network leaders have established supply-chain management systems (SCMS) to leverage the resources and knowledge of their partners to achieve greater supply-chain capabilities (SCC) to respond to market changes and complexity. Although several studies have investigated the benefits to network leaders from these systems in various industries, little attention has been paid to the delivery of substantial benefits and advantages to its partners. Based on information technology (IT) applications and SCC literature, this paper proposes a model relating partners use of SCMS to benefits. Data from 168 partners using an SCMS implemented by a leading bicycle supply chain in Taiwan to test the hypotheses that SCC and operational performance has a mediating role linking SCMS use in order to affect a partner’s performance. The results indicate that SCMS implementation has a significant impact on SCC, which in turn create a significant positive effect on operational (sustainable) performance, ultimately leading to improved growth rate and profitability in partners. Another interesting finding of the research is that SCMS cannot directly affect financial performance. In addition, from sustainable performance aspects, it is revealed that IT enables supply chain management (SCM) to achieve environmental value through information sharing (up and down), process integration (vertical and horizontal) and automation (i.e., planning, operation and control). This finding highlights the importance for maximizing benefits and sustainability for the whole supply-chain partners, the IT implementation must be integrated with the sustainable development goals and inserted in the eco-operation supply-chain platform process. The results also contribute to the debate in prior studies by disclosing why so many partners could not find to gain benefit from these IT implementations. Furthermore, this study represents the first attempt to examine how partners benefit from IT use in SCC for traditional industry.
Jing Li; Chien-Wen Chen; Chi-Hui Wu; Hsing-Chun Hung; Ching-Torng Lin. How do Partners Benefit from IT Use in Supply-Chain Management: An Empirical Study of Taiwan’s Bicycle Industry. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2883 .
AMA StyleJing Li, Chien-Wen Chen, Chi-Hui Wu, Hsing-Chun Hung, Ching-Torng Lin. How do Partners Benefit from IT Use in Supply-Chain Management: An Empirical Study of Taiwan’s Bicycle Industry. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (7):2883.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJing Li; Chien-Wen Chen; Chi-Hui Wu; Hsing-Chun Hung; Ching-Torng Lin. 2020. "How do Partners Benefit from IT Use in Supply-Chain Management: An Empirical Study of Taiwan’s Bicycle Industry." Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2883.
Theoretical explanation concerning the psychological well-being of elderly adults as they participate in a particular leisure activity has been rare. Based on the theory of planned behavior and the technology acceptance model, this study sought to understand the Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) participation influence factors, process, and psychological well-being of Chinese people. A self-developed questionnaire was developed to test the hypotheses of this study. Applying structural equation models, a survey of 769 TCC participations were used to test the theoretical model. The results indicated that perceived usefulness significantly and positively affect respondent attitude, family members’ influences significantly and positively affect participants’ subjective norm, and resource facilitating conditions significantly and positively affect perceived behavioral control. Perceived behavioral control, attitude, and subjective norm significantly and positively affect TCC participants. The study lends support to the notion that leisure activity participation is vital for elderly adults and their well-being, and it develops a theoretical reference model for better understanding the leisure participation perceptual reasoning processes of elderly adults. Furthermore, the results offer important implications for health policy makers, clinical prevention, and interventions using participation behavior relationships to develop well-constructed leisure programs to attract and inspire participation and, hence, improve the psychological well-being of elderly adults.
Jing Li; Chia-Chien Hsu; Ching-Torng Lin; Li; Hsu; Lin. Leisure Participation Behavior and Psychological Well-Being of Elderly Adults: An Empirical Study of Tai Chi Chuan in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 3387 .
AMA StyleJing Li, Chia-Chien Hsu, Ching-Torng Lin, Li, Hsu, Lin. Leisure Participation Behavior and Psychological Well-Being of Elderly Adults: An Empirical Study of Tai Chi Chuan in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (18):3387.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJing Li; Chia-Chien Hsu; Ching-Torng Lin; Li; Hsu; Lin. 2019. "Leisure Participation Behavior and Psychological Well-Being of Elderly Adults: An Empirical Study of Tai Chi Chuan in China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 18: 3387.
To stand out in the hot spring tourism industry, customer satisfaction has become the crucial issue for competitiveness. A company cannot implement several customer satisfaction improvement practices altogether with limited resources. Researchers advocate that companies should evaluate the relationships among success factors and explore determinants for their improvement implementation. However, such a relationship evaluation has not yet been adequately performed. This paper intends to explore the determinants for improving hot spring customer satisfaction. Adopting grounded theory (GT) and using data collected from websites, Ctrip and Qunar, the first 12 key factors for customer satisfaction were identified. Then, their interrelationships were assessed by 15 experts, and interpretive structural modeling (ISM) was employed to analyze the interrelationships and the driving and dependence power among key factors. The results show that “Environment Quality”, “Special Resource”, “Convenience”, “Food”, Service Quality”, and “Facilities” were the decisive factors affecting customer satisfaction. The findings offer important implications for hot spring management and practice. The contribution of this study is using a novel approach to establish a hierarchical structural model for comprehensive understanding of factor relationships that influence hot spring tourists’ satisfaction and to explore decisive factors which can help hot spring practitioners to better plan and design effective improvement strategies to attract potential new consumers and retain their current consumers, especially with limited resources.
Chuanmin Mi; Yetian Chen; Chiung-Shu Cheng; Joselyne Lucky Uwanyirigira; Ching-Torng Lin. Exploring the Determinants of Hot Spring Tourism Customer Satisfaction: Causal Relationships Analysis Using ISM. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2613 .
AMA StyleChuanmin Mi, Yetian Chen, Chiung-Shu Cheng, Joselyne Lucky Uwanyirigira, Ching-Torng Lin. Exploring the Determinants of Hot Spring Tourism Customer Satisfaction: Causal Relationships Analysis Using ISM. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (9):2613.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChuanmin Mi; Yetian Chen; Chiung-Shu Cheng; Joselyne Lucky Uwanyirigira; Ching-Torng Lin. 2019. "Exploring the Determinants of Hot Spring Tourism Customer Satisfaction: Causal Relationships Analysis Using ISM." Sustainability 11, no. 9: 2613.
During the past several years, many governments and non-government organizations in the world made efforts to promote policies and activities regarding corporate social responsibility and proposal of relevant regulations. However, scandals of international financial organizations and transnational corporations are enduring issues, which threaten to reduce social responsibility to a mere corporate slogan. This is not only the basis for sustainable operations but, also it is a vital academic issue. Understanding the factors behind the intention of a corporation’s social responsibility practice is a problem that governments and other governance organizations urgently need to solve and is also an issue that scholars and other relevant workers need to pay attention to and investigate. This study tries to discuss the behavioral intention behind social responsibility practices, and to point out exogenous factors, corresponding with theory of reasoned action, among the factors proposed by literature regarding corporate social responsibility. Then we apply structural equation modelling to analyze each hypothesis of the study. Finally, the results show several determinants which empirically affect behavioral intentions towards social responsibility practices. This study serves as a supplement for present literature, which did not clearly explain the reason why corporations hesitate to put social responsibility into action. In addition, although the theory of reasoned action was widely used to discuss the motive of various reasoned actions, the current study might be a pioneer in using theory of reasoned action to discuss the behavioral models for corporate social responsibility practices and discussing the applicability of the theory of reasoned action based on empirical data.
Chuanmin Mi; Fangkai Chang; ChingTorng Lin; Yuhsuan Chang. The Theory of Reasoned Action to CSR Behavioral Intentions: The Role of CSR Expected Benefit, CSR Expected Effort and Stakeholders. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4462 .
AMA StyleChuanmin Mi, Fangkai Chang, ChingTorng Lin, Yuhsuan Chang. The Theory of Reasoned Action to CSR Behavioral Intentions: The Role of CSR Expected Benefit, CSR Expected Effort and Stakeholders. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (12):4462.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChuanmin Mi; Fangkai Chang; ChingTorng Lin; Yuhsuan Chang. 2018. "The Theory of Reasoned Action to CSR Behavioral Intentions: The Role of CSR Expected Benefit, CSR Expected Effort and Stakeholders." Sustainability 10, no. 12: 4462.
Environmental friendliness has been regarded as a fundamental characteristic of sustainability and competitiveness, yet such eco-friendliness is often not performed well. Based on the relationship matrix in the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method and fuzzy logic, this paper presents an original integrated approach that, by linking competitive bases, green capabilities, and providers, aims at identifying the most appropriate providers to be implemented by companies starting from competitive characteristics. As an illustration, an international electronics-related manufacturing firm’s eco-friendliness developing project is cited which provides evidence of a robust method that can improve the eco-friendliness of an enterprise and enhance competitive advantage. The approach allows for avoiding the risk of misalignments between green providers and competition requirements for practitioners that seek to implement green supply chain management systems.
Ching-Torng Lin; Yu-Hsuan Chang; Chuanmin Mi. Develop Eco-Friendly Enterprise: Aligning Enablers with Strategy. Sustainability 2017, 9, 570 .
AMA StyleChing-Torng Lin, Yu-Hsuan Chang, Chuanmin Mi. Develop Eco-Friendly Enterprise: Aligning Enablers with Strategy. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (4):570.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChing-Torng Lin; Yu-Hsuan Chang; Chuanmin Mi. 2017. "Develop Eco-Friendly Enterprise: Aligning Enablers with Strategy." Sustainability 9, no. 4: 570.
Chia-Chien Hsu; Yu-Chin Hsu; Ching-Torng Lin. Towards Understanding Senior Citizens’ Gateball Participations Behavior and Well-Being: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2016, 466 -477.
AMA StyleChia-Chien Hsu, Yu-Chin Hsu, Ching-Torng Lin. Towards Understanding Senior Citizens’ Gateball Participations Behavior and Well-Being: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2016; ():466-477.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChia-Chien Hsu; Yu-Chin Hsu; Ching-Torng Lin. 2016. "Towards Understanding Senior Citizens’ Gateball Participations Behavior and Well-Being: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 466-477.
New software development (NSD) has inherent complexity, uncertainty, and risk. Risk analysis and mitigation is perhaps the most critical activity in an NSD project, yet such risk evaluation is often not adequately performed. To reduce the high failure rate of NSD projects, managers require more effective tools for evaluating and managing NSD project risks. Limited by both the nature and timing of NSD, risk evaluation is associated with data, information, and imprecise or ambiguous knowledge. Fuzzy logic is well suited for analysis in this situation. Thus, a fuzzy risk impact rating (FRIR) was developed for determining the total project risk exposure level for an NSD project according to risk attributes associated with the project, such as organizational environment, users, requirements, project complexity, team, and planning and control. The FRIR is composed of attributes’ possible ratings and corresponding severity levels, and is aggregated using fuzzy weighted average. As an illustration, the development of a new electronic toll collection project by a Taiwanese company is evaluated. This evaluation evidences that the fuzzy logic-based risk evaluation model can efficiently aid managers in dealing with ambiguity, imprecision, and complexity in NSD risk evaluation.
Ming-Yuan Hsieh; Yu-Chin Hsu; Ching-Torng Lin. Risk assessment in new software development projects at the front end: a fuzzy logic approach. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 2016, 9, 295 -305.
AMA StyleMing-Yuan Hsieh, Yu-Chin Hsu, Ching-Torng Lin. Risk assessment in new software development projects at the front end: a fuzzy logic approach. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 2016; 9 (2):295-305.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMing-Yuan Hsieh; Yu-Chin Hsu; Ching-Torng Lin. 2016. "Risk assessment in new software development projects at the front end: a fuzzy logic approach." Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 9, no. 2: 295-305.
Agility is perceived as the dominant competitive vehicle for all organizations in an uncertain and ever-changing business environment. When embracing agility, important questions must be asked. What precisely is agility and how can it be measured? How can one adopt the appropriate agile enablers to develop agility? How can one effectively assist in enhancing agility? For an enterprise to achieve agility, it is critical to create an effective integrated procedure within the business that coordinates and ensures that the agility providers can satisfy the agility capabilities and cope with drivers, ultimately transforming all of these attributes into strategic competitive edges. However, the existing literature on enterprise agility has failed to sufficiently address the relevant perspectives in such analyzes. The relationship matrix in the quality function deployment (QFD) method provides an excellent tool for deploying important concepts and linking processes. This report suggests a new agility development method for dealing with the interface and alignment issues among the agility drivers, capabilities and providers using the QFD relationship matrix and fuzzy logic. A fuzzy agility index (FAI) for an enterprise composed of agility capability ratings and a total relation-weight with agility drivers was developed to measure the agility level of an enterprise. This report also describes how this robust approach has been applied to develop agility in a Taiwanese information technology (IT) product and service enterprise. This development project revealed that the proposed framework and procedures can enhance the agility of an enterprise as well as ensure a competitive edge.
Yi-Hong Tseng; Ching-Torng Lin. Enhancing enterprise agility by deploying agile drivers, capabilities and providers. Information Sciences 2011, 181, 3693 -3708.
AMA StyleYi-Hong Tseng, Ching-Torng Lin. Enhancing enterprise agility by deploying agile drivers, capabilities and providers. Information Sciences. 2011; 181 (17):3693-3708.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYi-Hong Tseng; Ching-Torng Lin. 2011. "Enhancing enterprise agility by deploying agile drivers, capabilities and providers." Information Sciences 181, no. 17: 3693-3708.
The success and survival of companies are becoming increasingly difficult to ensure in this era of increasing competition and ever-changing environments. Modern technology is playing a key role in the ability of manufacturing companies to compete as world-class enterprises. Therefore, new manufacturing technologies are needed to assist in compressing the production time to move products to the market more quickly and efficiently than competitors. Acquiring and implementing new technologies are perceived as high-risk investments and determinants of competition. To ensure that a selected technology meets these requirements, companies should simultaneously explore and communicate the relationships between evolving and developing markets, as well as competitive and operational strategies over time. However, the published literature on new technology selection hitherto has failed to sufficiently address the relevant perspectives in such analyses. The relationship matrix in the quality function deployment (QFD) method provides an excellent tool for aligning important concepts and linking processes. This report suggests an operational strategy for the selection of a new production technology that integrates the market trends, competitive and operational strategies, as well as manufacturing attributes by using the relationship matrix in the QFD method and also describes how this robust approach has been applied to the selection of new manufacturing technology in a Taiwanese company. This selection substantiates our assertion that the proposed framework and procedures do in fact meet the real requirements of an individual commercial entity as well as ensuring a competitive edge.
M. Chuang; Y.-S. Yang; C.-T. Lin. Production technology selection: Deploying market requirements, competitive and operational strategies, and manufacturing attributes. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 2009, 22, 345 -355.
AMA StyleM. Chuang, Y.-S. Yang, C.-T. Lin. Production technology selection: Deploying market requirements, competitive and operational strategies, and manufacturing attributes. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 2009; 22 (4):345-355.
Chicago/Turabian StyleM. Chuang; Y.-S. Yang; C.-T. Lin. 2009. "Production technology selection: Deploying market requirements, competitive and operational strategies, and manufacturing attributes." International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing 22, no. 4: 345-355.