... method developed in this research shows the promise in time saving of the optimal solution search for the OR efficiency improvement. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Operating room Healthcare Simulation Optimization Tabu search Operating theatres Health care Optimization...

.... As such, it fills in part an existing gap in knowledge. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Process management Best practice Optimization techniques Surveys Although the focus on the business process is now a widely accepted industrial attitude, business process redesign (BPR) in practice...

...: Optimization techniques Determinants Service operations The number of companies and customers embracing web‐based services is growing at a faster rate than ever before and as estimated by Forrester Research (cited in Chaffey, 2002), the growth of e‐business would increase three times between 2002...

... management Optimization techniques Information systems Business process re‐engineering Business process re‐engineering (BPR) is the examination and redesign of business processes to improve cost efficiency and service effectiveness. It fundamentally requires rethinking and redesigning business...

... 2004 Business process re‐engineering Business analysis Modelling Optimization techniques The three categories of BPR methodologies presented above have been working in relative isolation for some years. A BPR methodology called agent relationship morphism analysis (ARMA) has been...