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Reviving Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation: An Aengda for Action
(2009-08-22)
In this article, we examine in detail the reasons related to the declining operating and financial performance of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). The contribution of various environmental and governance ...
Models in Management Science: Issues in Implementation
(2009-08-22)
Based on an empirical analysis of several real-life case studies in this paper, we identify the key drivers for maximizing the chances of successful implementation of management science models. The choice of (technique) ...
Transformation from rule bound government agency to a Customer centric service facility: The case of Indian Passport Offices
(2009-09-02)
This paper documents the existing systems, procedures and performance of regional passport offices in India. The system today is administered by rules and procedures. The average (response) time to obtain a passport by an ...
Improving In-plant Logistics by Process Reengineering: Case Study
(2009-09-02)
This paper documents the experience of redesigning in-plant logistics operations of a large petrochemical complex in India. The complex under reference is expected to have a traffic volume of one truck per one minute by ...
Finite horizon inventory model: an operational framework
(2009-12-12)
We paper present a simulation based decision support system to decide the inventory ordering policy in the context of a single commodity, multi pack, and finite horizon situation. The model addresses the decision choice ...
Tuberculosis control in developing countries: a generalized community health worker based model
(2009-12-12)
This paper documents the BRAC model for TB control. We introduce the concept of value chain, in the context of TB control. Based on the concept of value cahin, the logic for the effectiveness of the BRAC model is discussed. ...
Analysis of (S, s) inventory system with decaying items
(2010-03-14)
This article obtains the stationary distribution of the inventory level of an (S, s) inventory model with decaying items. The demand to this inventory system is governed by a general renewal process. Items decay at a ...
Stochastic analysis of continuous review perishable inventory system with positive lead time and Poisson demand
(1994-10-06)
This contribution is a study of the stochastic process associated with the inventory level of a continuous review
perishable inventory system of (S, s) type. The demands to the inventory system are governed by a ...
South Africa and the AIDS epidemic diagnosis
(2004-10-26)
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n summer 2002, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa wondered what
he should do to contain the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) epidemic that had engulfed his country. One out of every nine
South Africans ...
Ahmedabad Management Association : a search for strategic directions
(2004-10-25)
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n the 1950s, when management education in India was still in an em
bryonic stage, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, scientist, visionary, and a wellknown
institution builder, foresaw the need for professionalization of
management ...