Costs for Rescheduling Actions: A Critical Issue for Reducing the Gap between Scheduling Theory and Practice

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (22) ◽  
pp. 8785-8795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios M. Kopanos ◽  
Elisabet Capón-García ◽  
Antonio Espuña, ◽  
Luis Puigjaner
Keyword(s):  
Critical Issue ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Scheduling Theory

scholarly journals Surgery during COVID-19 crisis conditions: can we protect our ethical integrity against the odds?

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 505-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Macleod ◽  
Sermed Mezher ◽  
Ragheb Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Operative Management ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Ethical Frameworks ◽  
Unknown Risk ◽  
Moral Duties ◽  
Crisis Conditions ◽  
Long Term Impact

COVID-19 is reducing the ability to perform surgical procedures worldwide, giving rise to a multitude of ethical, practical and medical dilemmas. Adapting to crisis conditions requires a rethink of traditional best practices in surgical management, delving into an area of unknown risk profiles. Key challenging areas include cancelling elective operations, modifying procedures to adapt local services and updating the consenting process. We aim to provide an ethical rationale to support change in practice and guide future decision-making. Using the four principles approach as a structure, Medline was searched for existing ethical frameworks aimed at resolving conflicting moral duties. Where insufficient data were available, best guidance was sought from educational institutions: National Health Service England and The Royal College of Surgeons. Multiple papers presenting high-quality, reasoned, ethical theory and practice guidance were collected. Using this as a basis to assess current practice, multiple requirements were generated to ensure preservation of ethical integrity when making management decisions. Careful consideration of ethical principles must guide production of local guidance ensuring consistent patient selection thus preserving equality as well as quality of clinical services. A critical issue is balancing the benefit of surgery against the unknown risk of developing COVID-19 and its associated complications. As such, the need for surgery must be sufficiently pressing to proceed with conventional or non-conventional operative management; otherwise, delaying intervention is justified. For delayed operations, it is our duty to quantify the long-term impact on patients’ outcome within the constraints of pandemic management and its long-term outlook.

Intelligent Real-Time Control in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 1039 ◽  
pp. 677-685
Author(s):  
Jan Ola Strandhagen ◽  
Emrah Arica ◽  
Heidi C. Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Production Scheduling ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Scheduling Theory ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Control Under Uncertainty ◽  
And Control

Production scheduling and control under uncertainty is among the most persistent challenges in the field of operation management. Despite the significant amount of research in this domain, many studies still underline the gap between scheduling theory and practice. In this paper, we outline the important aspects to consider in the design and implementation of decision support systems for the scheduling task by reviewing the literature. From the identified guidelines, we examine a practical case and propose a decision support system for the production scheduling task in an actual manufacturing environment.

Professor Renzo De Felice and the Fascist Phenomenon

1978 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. James Gregor
Keyword(s):  
Critical Issue ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Italian Fascism

Renzo De Felice's most recent publications, Mussolini il duce and Fascism: An Informal Introduction to Its Theory and Practice, have caused considerable consternation among both the lay and academic public. De Felice has suggested that generic fascism, and particularly Italian Fascism, may have displayed some progressive and revolutionary features. He goes on to suggest that Italian Fascism shared some affinities with the traditional “left.” Most of these contentions are well supported in the specialized literature; while they may cause some political discomfort, they should generate little intellectual resistance. The discussion concerning sensitive political issues has caused scholars to neglect some important methodological theses which De Felice is prepared to defend. The most critical issue turns on the role and legitimacy of generalizing over an ill-defined generic fascism. De Felice has attempted to restrict the characterization “fascist” to one or two strictly European regimes. The article concludes that there are no methodological grounds for such a restriction.

Designing a Practical Production Scheduling and Control System: A Case Study in a Norwegian Manufacturing Company

2014 ◽  
Vol 1039 ◽  
pp. 669-676
Author(s):  
Emrah Arica ◽  
Mads Baardsgaard ◽  
Jan Ola Strandhagen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Production Scheduling ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Scheduling Theory ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
System A ◽  
Control Under Uncertainty ◽  
And Control

Production scheduling and control under uncertainty is among the most persistent challenges in the field of operation management. Despite the significant amount of research in this domain, many studies still underline the gap between scheduling theory and practice. In this paper, we outline the important aspects to consider in the design and implementation of decision support systems for the scheduling task by reviewing the literature. From the identified guidelines, we examine a practical case and propose a decision support system for the production scheduling task in an actual manufacturing environment.

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