Industrial control systems are essential for the functioning of our society since they control our electricity, water, agriculture, health, communication, transportation, emergency service and financial service. In the digital age of big data and data analytics these so-called critical infrastructures …

Dit is de managementsamenvatting van het onderzoek betreffende het informatiemanagement van de onderhoudscontracten. De scriptie is geschreven door Tom Brouwer en in opdracht van Schulte en Lestraden, een geheel zelfstandig middelgroot installatiebedrijf. Het bedrijf richt zich al meer dan 70 jaar op …

This paper identifies dimensions of perceived cleanliness and subsequently presents a scale for measuring perceived cleanliness in service environments. The cleanliness perceptions scale (CPS) is more comprehensive than existing scales, which focus on how customers perceive the cleanliness of specific …

In this study we investigate, through a questionnaire, in-service student-teachers’ needs and preferences in a master program for a course about learning with technology. Results show that about half of the student-teachers would like to have such a course and about one third has doubts about it. The …

Organizations in legal practice, under pressure to do “more for less,” are searching for ways to automate legal work, to improve efficiency of legal service delivery. Automated drafting of contracts (or: contract automation) is one of the areas where technology is—partly—replacing legal professionals. …

The conscious living movement, also known as the slow movement, has recently shifted from the food to the fashion industry, resulting in the emergence of the slow fashion movement with many upcoming slow fashion initiatives. The gradual shift towards more sustainable innovations in the design process …

In het instellingsplan van de Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (CHE) wordt benoemd dat gasten kunnen verwachten dat de CHE een plaats is waar men persoonlijk betrokken is en dat iedereen elkaar vriendelijk en gastvrij tegemoet treedt (CHE, 2016). Deze verwachting wordt gewekt bij de gast maar wordt in de …

A decade ago many gushed at the possibilities of 3D printers and other DIY tech. Today makers are increasingly shaking off their initial blind enthusiasm to numerically control everything, rediscovering an interest in sociocultural histories and futures and waking up to the environmental and economic …

Distribution structures, as studied in this paper, involve the spatial layout of the freight transport and storage system used to move goods between production and consumption locations. Decisions on this layout are important to companies as they allow them to balance customer service levels and logistics …