30 research outputs found
The role of reductionism and systems thinking in managing projects
No full textVernon Ireland, Larissa Statsenk
Self-organising supply networks: A case study of the SA mining industry
No full textFor efficient operation, it is vital for supply chain management leaders and policy makers to recognize the nature of the system they deal with. Supply chains, are increasingly recognized as systems of systems, which are complex networks exhibiting selforganising properties. In large scale real-life networks, selforganisation manifests itself in distinctive structural patterns, such as Power Law connectivity distribution, scale-free, fractal, and nearly decomposable modular structure. Identification of such structural patterns in real-world supply networks may provide useful insights into their dynamics and functionality, and as a result, apply adequate governance frameworks to embrace structural complexity. To this end, the methods for identification of complexity traits in real-world industrial supply networks are of interest. A case study of the mining industry supply network in South Australia has been used to propose a method for identifying self-organisation patterns in regional industrial supply network structures. The approach combines network analysis and recent methods for testing Power Law distributions. The findings provide insights into the mining industry supply network functionality, including such operational characteristics as robustness, responsiveness, flexibility, and resilience.Larissa Statsenko, Vernon Ireland, Alex Goro
Information System for Designing Effective Ore-Blending Schemes for Open-Pit Mine
No full textOre blending is an important process in open pit mining, which to a great extent determines the effectiveness of processing plant output. Therefore, it is necessary to manage this process effectively, using modern information and communication infrastructure. Currently software market in Kazakhstan is occupied by foreign IT companies offering expensive solutions for local mining companies. At the same time state of information technology and modeling methods allow to develop algorithms of mining processes as a basis for national mining software development. The paper suggests information system for designing effective technological schemes for open pit mining, which is supposed to trigger native IT developments for Kazakh mining industry
Интерьер усадьбы русского художника второй половины XIX – начала ХХ века (на примере музейных комплексов Ленинградской области)
No full textВыпускная квалификационная работа на тему «Интерьер усадьбы русского художника второй половины XIX - начала XX века (на примере музейных комплексов Ленинградской области)» выполнена студенткой Института истории СПбГУ Стаценко Алевтиной Андреевной. Целью данной работы является рассмотрение характера формирования мастерской как особой части интерьера усадьбы художника второй половины XIX – начала XX века на примере музейных комплексов Ленинградской области: дома-музея П. П. Чистякова, музея-усадьбы И. Е. Репина «Пенаты» и музея-усадьбы Н. К. Рериха в Изваре. Для достижения заявленной цели автором были проанализированы источники и историография по данной тематике; рассмотрен феномен русской усадебной культуры как историко-культурного явления второй половины XIX столетия; прослежена история строительства домов-дач художников; проанализированы интерьеры рассматриваемых усадеб в целом, и убранство мастерских в частности; определена степень влияния художника на формирование и оформление собственной усадьбы и мастерской.This graduation thesis «Interior of the Russian artist’s estate of the second half of the XIX - beginning of the XX century (based on the example of the Leningrad Region's museum complexes)» was written by Statsenko Alevtina Andreevna, student of the History Institute of St. Petersburg State University. The purpose of this work is to consider the nature of the formation of the studio as a specific part of the interior of the artist’s estate of the second half of the XIX - beginning of the XX century. This research is based on the example of the Leningrad region’s museum complexes: the house museum of P. P. Chistyakov, the Repin’s memorial estate «Penates» and the estate of N. K. Roerich in Izvara. The author analyzes sources and historiography on this subject; considers the Russian estate culture as a historical and cultural phenomenon of the second half of the XIX century; traces construction history of the artist’s country houses. The author also explores the interiors of estates as a whole, and particularly analyzes studios furniture; determines degree of the artist’s impact on formation and design of their own estate and studio in it
A CASE STUDY ON BLENDING RAW ORES AT OPEN PIT STOCKYARD USING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGICAL SCHEMES FOR OPEN PIT MINES
No full textCASE STUDY OF APPLYING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL THEORY FOR ACCELERATING INNOVATIONS IN KAZAKH MINING COMPANY
No full textThe impact of regional supply network structure and governance on the resilience of resource extractive regions: the case of South Australia
No full textThis thesis examines the adaptation processes among mining equipment and technology services
(METS) firms’ in the South Australian resource sector from 2014 till 2016 during a global downturn in resource commodity prices. Of special interest was the effect on the METS firms of the structure and governance of the resource industry regional supply network in terms of their ability to adapt to the downturn and the implications for regional resilience.
The research was driven by the common problem faced by METS suppliers operating in resource extractive economies of how to prosper in spite of fluctuating mineral commodity prices. Downturns in commodity prices usually result in significant job losses, reduction in GDP growth and economic decline. It requires resilience at the firm and regional level to not only cope and recover from external shocks, but also to create new technological paths.
Previous research into the regional development of resource-extractive regions has proved that the development of technology and knowledge intensive, value-adding industries around resource extractive activity enhances the resilience of resource economies. A diverse and technology intensive METS sector emerging naturally in proximity to resource extraction sites is potentially able to use its accumulated knowledge and capabilities to overcome the consequences of a decline. In the right environment, METS firms can develop high value-added products and services that can have other industrial applications and find new niches in domestic and overseas markets. The ability of local METS companies to diversify and innovate results in the lateral transfer of technologies developed initially to serve the resource sector, encouraging regional economic diversification and the
development of alternative growth paths during a decline in the resource sector.
Supply chain relationships are critical to the strategic diversification and innovation of regional METS
experiencing resource constraints. Their ability to innovate and diversify depends not only on their own internal research and development efforts, but mostly on their collaboration with customers and supply chain partners around customer problems and solutions. Since there are multiple shared suppliers and clients, a regional supply network serves as a conduit for information and knowledge transfer. Our knowledge of the impact of the structure and governance in a regional supply network and firm diversification and innovativeness is still limited, however. There is a lack of conceptual explanation specific to how network governance in a regional supply network influences METS firms’ ability to respond during those periods when the whole network is experiencing constrained resources.
To address this problem in the current research, a multilevel conceptual framework was developed, and a mixed-method research design adopted. The findings demonstrated that formal and informal instruments of regional supply network governance impact firms’ strategies and facilitates both short- term adaptation and the long-term adaptability of regional METS. The research contributes to the economic resilience literature by providing empirical evidence of the role of regional supply network structure and governance as factors influencing regional firms’ strategies at the micro-level. In turn, the strategies and behaviour of regional METS firms at the micro level impact adaptability and regional resilience at the meso-level. Therefore, a coordinated effort by governing bodies through policies and resource allocation is required to ensure the formation of well-connected, integrated regional supply networks that can foster long term adaptability and resilience in resource extractive
regions.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innovation Centre, 201
A Framework for Understanding the Complexity of Regional Production Networks: A Case Study
No full textModeling Blending Process at Open-Pit Stockyards: A Northern Kazakhstan Mining Company Case Study
No full textNumerical simulation of solidification processes of a molten powder particle when falling on a substrate during laser-plasma surfacing
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