TY - CHAP A1 - Bensberg, Frank A1 - Auth, Gunnar A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Fettke, Peter T1 - Finding the perfect RPA match : a criteria-based selection method for RPA solutions T2 - Robotic process automation : Management, technology, applications N2 - The benefits of robotic process automation (RPA) are highly related to the usage of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software products that can be easily implemented and customized by business units. But, how to find the best fitting RPA product for a specific situation that creates the expected benefits? This question is related to the general area of software evaluation and selection. In the face of more than 75 RPA products currently on the market, guidance considering those specifics is required. Therefore, this chapter proposes a criteria-based selection method specifically for RPA. The method includes a quantitative evaluation of costs and benefits as well as a qualitative utility analysis based on functional criteria. By using the visualization of financial implications (VOFI) method, an application-oriented structure is provided that opposes the total cost of ownership to the time savings times salary (TSTS). For the utility analysis a detailed list of functional criteria for RPA is offered. The whole method is based on a multi-vocal review of scientific and non-scholarly literature including publications by business practitioners, consultants, and vendors. The application of the method is illustrated by a concrete RPA example. The illustrated structures, templates, and criteria can be directly utilized by practitioners in their real-life RPA implementations. In addition, a normative decision process for selecting RPA alternatives is proposed before the chapter closes with a discussion and outlook. KW - robotic process automation KW - business process automation KW - commercial offthe- shelf solutions KW - software evaluation KW - software selection Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-11-067677-8 SN - 978-3-11-067669-3 SN - 9783110676686 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110676693-201 SP - 47 EP - 75 PB - De Gruyter CY - Oldenbourg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bensberg, Frank A1 - Buscher, Gandalf A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Nissen, Volker T1 - Digital transformation and IT topics in the consulting industry: a labor market perspective T2 - Advances in consulting research : recent findings and practical cases N2 - Information technologies, such as big data analytics, cloud computing, cyber physical systems, robotic process automation, and the internet of things, provide a sustainable impetus for the structural development of business sectors as well as the digitalization of markets, enterprises, and processes. Within the consulting industry, the proliferation of these technologies opened up the new segment of digital transformation, which focuses on setting up, controlling, and implementing projects for enterprises from a broad range of sectors. These recent developments raise the question, which requirements evolve for IT consultants as important success factors of those digital transformation projects. Therefore, this empirical contribution provides indications regarding the qualifications and competences necessary for IT consultants in the era of digital transformation from a labor market perspective. On the one hand, this knowledge base is interesting for the academic education of consultants, since it supports a market-oriented design of adequate training measures. On the other hand, insights into the competence requirements for consultants are considered relevant for skill and talent management processes in consulting practice. Assuming that consulting companies pursue a strategic human resource management approach, labor market information may also be useful to discover strategic behavioral patterns. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-319-95998-6 SN - 978-3-030-07125-7 SN - 978-3-319-95999-3 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95999-3_16 SP - 341 EP - 357 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bensberg, Frank A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Grob, Heinz Lothar ED - Bruhn, Manfred ED - Hadwich, Karsten T1 - Wirtschaftlichkeitsbewertung von Smart Services mit vollständigen Finanzplänen T2 - Smart Services: Band 1: Konzepte – Methoden – Prozesse N2 - Dieser Beitrag stellt einen Bewertungsrahmen für Smart Services vor, der auf dem Konzept vollständiger Finanzpläne (VOFI) basiert. Zunächst wird eine IoT-Architektur für Smart Services eingeführt, die die Grundlage für deren Betrachtung aus Sicht der Unternehmensplanung liefert. Hierauf aufbauend wird ein Bewertungsrahmen für die finanzplanorientierte Wirtschaftlichkeitsbewertung von Smart Services geschaffen, mit dem die relevanten Zahlungsfolgen differenziert erfasst werden. Mithilfe des entwickelten VOFI-Systems wird anschließend aufgezeigt, wie mithilfe einer Risikoanalyse die Unsicherheit von Modellparametern berücksichtigt werden kann. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-658-37344-3 (Online) SN - 978-3-658-37343-6 (Print) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37344-3_6 SP - 225 EP - 251 PB - Springer Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bergener, Philipp A1 - Delfmann, Patrick A1 - Eggert, Mathias A1 - Fritz, Fleur A1 - Heddier, Marcel A1 - Herring, Eva-Maria A1 - Hofmann, Sara A1 - Knackstedt, Ralf A1 - Meiländer, Dominique A1 - Meyer, Eric A1 - Räckers, Michael A1 - Seiler, Julia ED - Becker, Jörg ED - Bergener, Philipp ED - Eggert, Mathias ED - Heddier, Marcel ED - Hofmann, Sara ED - Knackstedt, Ralf ED - Räckers, Michael T1 - Forschungsperspektiven im Kontext Informationstechnik und Recht T2 - IT-Risiken: Ursachen, Methoden, Forschungsperspektiven, Arbeitsberichte des Instituts für Wirtschaftsinformatik Y1 - 2010 SN - 1438-3985 IS - 128 SP - 115 EP - 147 PB - Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik CY - Münster ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bhattarai, Aroj A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Computational Analysis of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction T2 - Women's Health and Biomechanics N2 - Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) is characterized by the failure of the levator ani (LA) muscle to maintain the pelvic hiatus, resulting in the descent of the pelvic organs below the pubococcygeal line. This chapter adopts the modified Humphrey material model to consider the effect of the muscle fiber on passive stretching of the LA muscle. The deformation of the LA muscle subjected to intra-abdominal pressure during Valsalva maneuver is compared with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination of a nulliparous female. Numerical result shows that the fiber-based Humphrey model simulates the muscle behavior better than isotropic constitutive models. Greater posterior movement of the LA muscle widens the levator hiatus due to lack of support from the anococcygeal ligament and the perineal structure as a consequence of birth-related injury and aging. Old and multiparous females with uncontrolled urogenital and rectal hiatus tend to develop PFDs such as prolapse and incontinence. KW - Pelvic muscle KW - Muscle fibers KW - Passive stretching KW - Pelvic floor dysfunction Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-71574-2 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71574-2_17 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol 29 SP - 217 EP - 230 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bhattarai, Aroj A1 - Staat, Manfred ED - Artmann, Gerhard ED - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül ED - Zhubanova, Azhar A. ED - Digel, Ilya T1 - Mechanics of soft tissue reactions to textile mesh implants T2 - Biological, Physical and Technical Basics of Cell Engineering N2 - For pelvic floor disorders that cannot be treated with non-surgical procedures, minimally invasive surgery has become a more frequent and safer repair procedure. More than 20 million prosthetic meshes are implanted each year worldwide. The simple selection of a single synthetic mesh construction for any level and type of pelvic floor dysfunctions without adopting the design to specific requirements increase the risks for mesh related complications. Adverse events are closely related to chronic foreign body reaction, with enhanced formation of scar tissue around the surgical meshes, manifested as pain, mesh erosion in adjacent structures (with organ tissue cut), mesh shrinkage, mesh rejection and eventually recurrence. Such events, especially scar formation depend on effective porosity of the mesh, which decreases discontinuously at a critical stretch when pore areas decrease making the surgical reconstruction ineffective that further augments the re-operation costs. The extent of fibrotic reaction is increased with higher amount of foreign body material, larger surface, small pore size or with inadequate textile elasticity. Standardized studies of different meshes are essential to evaluate influencing factors for the failure and success of the reconstruction. Measurements of elasticity and tensile strength have to consider the mesh anisotropy as result of the textile structure. An appropriate mesh then should show some integration with limited scar reaction and preserved pores that are filled with local fat tissue. This chapter reviews various tissue reactions to different monofilament mesh implants that are used for incontinence and hernia repairs and study their mechanical behavior. This helps to predict the functional and biological outcomes after tissue reinforcement with meshes and permits further optimization of the meshes for the specific indications to improve the success of the surgical treatment. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-981-10-7904-7 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7904-7_11 SP - 251 EP - 275 PB - Springer CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bialonski, Stephan T1 - Are interaction clusters in epileptic networks predictive of seizures? T2 - Epilepsy: The Intersection of Neurosciences, Biology, Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-143983886-0 SP - 349 EP - 355 PB - CRC Press ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bialonski, Stephan A1 - Lehnertz, Klaus T1 - From time series to complex networks: an overview T2 - Recent Advances in Predicting and Preventing Epileptic Seizures: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Seizure Prediction N2 - The network approach towards the analysis of the dynamics of complex systems has been successfully applied in a multitude of studies in the neurosciences and has yielded fascinating insights. With this approach, a complex system is considered to be composed of different constituents which interact with each other. Interaction structures can be compactly represented in interaction networks. In this contribution, we present a brief overview about how interaction networks are derived from multivariate time series, about basic network characteristics, and about challenges associated with this analysis approach. Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-981-4525-36-7 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814525350_0010 SP - 132 EP - 147 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Wendehorst Beispiele aus der Baupraxis / Otto W. Wetzell (Hrsg.). Bearb. von: Herwig Baumgartner ... Y1 - 2005 SN - 3-519-00489-5 N1 - Abschnitt 10 SP - 255 EP - 269 PB - Teubner CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Bautechnische Zahlentafeln : mit 225 Beispielen / Wendehorst. Hrsg. von Otto W. Wetzell. Bearb. von Hubert Achten ... - 28., neubearb. Aufl. Y1 - 1998 SN - 3-519-25002-0 SP - 1265 EP - 1292 PB - Teubner [u.a.] CY - Stuttgart [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst ED - Vismann, Ulrich T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Wendehorst Bautechnische Zahlentafeln Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8348-0960-5 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8348-8613-2_20 N1 - Kapitel 20 SP - 1499 EP - 1540 PB - Vieweg + Teubner CY - Wiesbaden ET - 34 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Wendehorst Beispiele aus der Baupraxis. - 4. Aufl. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-8348-0999-5 ; 978-3-8348-8229-5 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8348-8229-5_17 SP - 567 EP - 603 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Wendehorst Beispiele aus der Baupraxis. - 3. Aufl. Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-8348-0684-0 ; 978-3-8348-9997-2 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8348-9997-2_16 SP - 463 EP - 499 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Wendehorst Beispiele aus der Baupraxis. - 5. Aufl. Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-658-01689-0 ; 978-3-410-24199-7 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01681-4_17 SP - 680 EP - 723 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Biener, Ernst T1 - Abfallwirtschaft T2 - Wendehorst bautechnische Zahlentafeln / hrsg. von Ulrich Vismann. Ernst Biener ... 35. Aufl. Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-658-01688-3 SP - 1231 EP - 1260 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Blachian, Marion A1 - Fissabre, Anke T1 - Der Hof Dorfstraße 32 in Kaulsdorf : Bauforschung und Dorfgeschichte T2 - Die Denkmale in Berlin : Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf : Ortsteile Kaulsdorf, Mahlsdorf und Hellersdorf Y1 - 2002 SN - 3-931836-73-8 SP - 102 EP - 107 PB - Lukas-Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim T1 - Die Tragweite der physikalischen Kosmologie T2 - Exploring Uncertainty Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-658-00897-0 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-00897-0_6 SP - 105 EP - 150 PB - Springer Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Boonzaaijer, Karel A1 - Helmig, Ilka T1 - 2D Room : cardboard installation T2 - Papercraft [1] : design and art with paper KW - Papierkunst Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-89955-251-5 SP - 206 PB - Gestalten Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Borchert, Jörg T1 - Der Elektrizitätsmarkt in Indonesien und Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten privater Unternehmen T2 - Investitionsführer ASEAN, Indochina, 1997 : Brunei, Indonesien, Kambodscha, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippinen, Singapur, Thailand, Vietnam Y1 - 2015 SP - 42 EP - 52 PB - Berliner Bank AG CY - Berlin ET - Stand: Mai 1997 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Borchert, Jörg ED - Zenke, Ines T1 - Aufbau von Handelseinheiten T2 - Energiehandel in Europa Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-406-63237-2 SP - 467 EP - 479 PB - Beck CY - München ET - 3. 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