Prefácio Lean

This book gives an account on the progress of C. Rolim Engenharia regarding lean and green targets in recent years. It contains a theoretical introduction, a history of lean and green developments in the company, research papers made in or supported by the company, as well as results and future prospects in the field considered. This is the second book by the company giving an account of its progress; the first was published in 2010

Money as an indicator variable for monetary policy when money demand is forward looking

This paper studies the gain from using money as an indicator when monetary policy in made under data uncertainty. We use a forward and backward looking model, calibrated for the euro area. The policymaker cannot completely observe the state of the economy. Money reveals some of the private sector’s information to the policymaker, especially if there is a forward looking element in money demand. We show that observing money can considerably reduce the loss that is due to incomplete information. However, taking also into account other financial market data could decrease the marginal importance of money as an indicator.monetary policy, partial information, money, monetary aggregates, euro area

The role of knowledge engineering in information management on the construction site

During 1984-1986, a study on information management on building sites was made in the Technical Research Centre of Finland. As one result guidelines for the development of computerized information systems were presented (Salo & Tyrvainen 1985, 1986a, 1986b, Tyrvainen et al. 1987). In the ongoing study "Expert systems on the building sites", further analysis has been carried out as regards the role of knowledge engineering in the enhancement of site information systems. This paper considers both the needs for and possibilities of knowledge engineering in the context of site information management