Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

About: Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is a education organization based out in Kolkata, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Supply chain & Emerging markets. The organization has 415 authors who have published 1354 publications receiving 21725 citations. The organization is also known as: IIMC & IIM Calcutta.

A novel two phase heuristic routing technique in digital microfluidic biochip

Abstract: Efficient routing and cross-contamination minimization are two interrelated challenging areas in Digital Microfluidic Biochip (DMFB). This paper proposes a two phase heuristic technique for routing droplets on a two-dimensional DMFB. Initially it attempts to route maximum number of nets in a concurrent fashion depending on the evaluated value of a proposed function named Interfering Index (II net ). Next the remaining nets having interfering index values higher than threshold will be routed considering various constraints in DMFB framework. Our method will check all the conflict arises between various routing paths from same assay or from different assays and also with the unsuccessful routing paths from the first phase (if any). If conflict occurs it determines the conflict zone on the chip as Critical Region(CR). Another metric named Routable Ratio (RR) is proposed and depending on RR metric, our method prioritized the routing order among conflicting paths(nets) to avoid deadlock from there onwards till the droplet reaches its target location. Experimental results on Benchmark suites III show our proposed technique reduces latest arrival time upto certain extent but significantly reduces average assay execution time and number of used cell compared to earlier routing methods for DMFB.

A comparative study of North American and Indian third-party logistics (3PL) service providers

Abstract: This paper makes a comparison between the North American and Indian third-party logistics (3PL) industries in terms of demographics, key success factors and performance metrics. One of the important observations of the paper is that although breadth of service offerings, investment in information systems, availability of skilled manpower and integration of supply chains are identified as significant predictor variables for performance metrics, there are wide gaps between Indian 3PL firms' expectations and achievements with respect to these variables. It is expected that the findings of the paper would provide valuable managerial insights into the Indian 3PL industry and help logistics managers make better, informed decisions concerning the allocation of scarce resources.

Organic sensor networks for pervasive computing

Abstract: This research effort presents a viewpoint with regard to employing organic sensor systems for effective and efficient pervasive computing. We deal specifically with criteria that are critical to the components used to build the underlying sensor network employing hybrid data collection and event sensing nodes, electronic as well as biological. We intend to discuss the low level sensor architecture in concord with the IEEE 4451 family of interface specifications as well as highlight a generic BIOS, easily molded to fit standard 8-bit microprocessors which may be effectively deployed for realizing data fusion points in such hybrid sensor networks.

The role of operating efficiency and asset productivity in relative performance evaluation and CEO compensation in Indian firms

Abstract: The use of relative performance evaluation (RPE) to determine compensation improves contracting efficiency, reduces moral hazard, and provides effort incentive. This study investigates how RPE usage in CEO compensation in Indian private sector firms is associated with a firm’s operating efficiency and asset productivity. It documents that firms with lower operating efficiency and asset productivity use more RPE by placing a more negative weight on their peer’s performance. Further, this study documents that more RPE usage is associated with lower asset productivity in both business group-affiliated firms as well as independent firms. In contrast, more RPE usage is associated with lower operating efficiency only in independent firms. This indicates that a firm’s ownership structure too plays a role in the RPE usage in Indian private sector firms.