Productivity improvement and value creation of service system using an energy consumption model

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26730159
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Web informatics, Service informatics
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Nonaka Tomomi 青山学院大学, 理工学部, 助教 (60644812)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: サービス工学 / エネルギシミュレーション / 生産性 / サービスシステム / 従業員満足

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, the productivity of services is grasped from the viewpoint of energy consumption. We modeled energy consumption patterns of service providers and equipment in energy units as energy blocks and developed an energy optimization model considering combinations of them. Characteristic analysis was carried out using the constructed energy optimization model to clarify the relationship between value, productivity and energy consumption. Then, an energy management method consisting of short-term improvement and medium- to long-term improvement approach was proposed. Short-term improvement that improves productivity without lowering value and medium- to long-term improvement that creates added value without lowering productivity were proposed. Developing a more detailed model and verifying the effectiveness of the model to add a human's point of view to productivity and added value created are the next steps of this study.

Free Research Field

生産システム工学，サービス工学