Life

I haven't posted to this blog since November. Wow a lot of stuff has happened since then. For one, I graduated college. It was an awesome 4 1/2 years of my life that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world. Also I moved out of my apartment and came back home, I miss being at school not so much for the classes but for the awesome friends that I made.

Test 3

Test 3 posted on the wiki

http://kmfall2008.pbwiki.com/3500fall2008

each question will be a mini-paper

4 pages each double spaced

questions from the new age of innovations

and neural networks

bring book and laptop with me over thanksgiving break

chapters 1-6

Class notes 11/19/08

Dr. Jih's comments
What is N=1?
-company looks at customers on an individual basis
Who are customers?
-who ever buys product service or using service
-users=customers
-external customers and internal customers
-consider individual difference to satifsfy everyone's needs

New Age of Innovation Chapter 6

Efficiency and Flexibly
variety, flexibility, adaptation,
social architecture
-culture and training and are based on process execution excellence
technical architecture
-there are rigid controls for changes

line of business and CIO disconnect

the tension between flexibility and efficiency cannot be avoided.

Inside Neural Networks

Our Brain
-made up of billions of signals
-neurons are connected to millions of other neurons


Artificial neural network
-in the software there are only thousand not billions
-the connections in the brain are much more complex
-lots of redundancies in a natural neural network
--makes up for potential brain injuries
-created more simulations or emulation of our neurological make up

How it works
-use a software that can be used to create a model
-the model must be knowledgeable about something
-have input and output neurons
-only input variables effect the output domain
-start with a blank sheet, and start creating neurons, and the connections between neurons
-the more connection the strength of the network improves and gets more knowledgeable
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New Age of Innovation Chapter 3 notes

Quality of Business Processes
-determine the capability of firms to compete effectively
-cant be static
-Example: SMS messages used for settling

Analysis
-describe mathematical applications that permits bus. to crunch everything

Business Insights
-Analytics Engine
--focus on strategic priorities
--N=1, R=G
-Actionable Insights
--focus on co creation
-Rich Transaction Data
--consistent, transparent
--access database
--characteristics of the field are cleanly defined
--easy to deal with
-Unstructured Data
--difficult to put into a neat format
--web-page content
--wiki's
--minutes from a meeting
--weak signals
--audio file
--multimedia data

Analytical tools
-foresight, not hindsight is more valuable
-foresight is the understanding through data

Global Resource Access
-the capability of leverage global r will demand new levels of visibility in managing logistics of physical goods and resources globally to meet unique demands of customers

Examples
-Schneider Electric
--world's largest manufacture of electrical distribution systems
--$8.8 billion in sales
-UPS
--provide full visibility of 15 million packages shipped daily
--uses N=1
--uses GPS to track each truck and package
-DOD
--uses RFID tags to track supplies

Dynamic Real-Time Reconfiguration of Resources
-visibly in the supply chain is almost a requirement
-reconfigure resources globally starts with the simply trend analyitics of the key metrics across different markets
-online companies
--provide chat sessions

Building Blocks of R-G Capabilities
-visibility to process data
-real-time configuration of re
-anticipation of demand and resource needs
-insights

Building Blocks of N=1
-Focus on individual choice
-Capacity to co create with customers
-Anticipation of customer evolution pathways
-insights

Online Services
-Google, Facebook, Yahoo!
--allow customers to design their own choices of news topics and sources
-Amazon.com, eBay
--provides personalized products and services based on customers past choices

N=1 meets R=G
-the transformation to a customer centric co creation view of value pushes firms to new frontiers of the price performance envelope



Dr. Jih's comments
-more unstructured data in our Internet society
-gain more knowledge out of rich transaction data
-analytics
--data->knowledge
-technology->application
--analysis systems
--software applications
-business partners and suppliers can access inventory data
-manufacturs have enough info about a market places so they don't overproduce
-not everyone can access global resources

Exam 3: Nov.26

Topics:
-Buchman Laboratories
-Neural networking applications
-Definition
-Applications
-Advantages and Disadvantages
-Comparison with expert systems

-The new age of innovation chapters 1-6
-How is KM relevant to the innovative strategy of N=1 and R=G?
-Leadership provides vision and strategy. Implementation comes from commitment and hard works of the grassroot.
-The only way the N=1 value can be consistently and efficiently delivered is through well-designed and well-executed business processes. To be effecteive, high power knowledge must be embedded throughout the major business processes.
-Definitions of business process
-Operational, managerial, and strategic business processes
-Examples of business processes in information systems