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Systems and Industries in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

A special issue of Applied System Innovation (ISSN 2571-5577).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 19292

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Zeeshan Asim

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Institute of Business Management, Pakistan
Interests: R&D; technology management; engineering
Dr. Vinitha Guptan

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Vice-Chancellor Office, Saito University College, Petaling Jaya 46200, Malaysia
Interests: leadership; management; social sciences
Dr. Shahryar Sorooshian

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Department of Business Administration, University of Gothenburg, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Interests: engineering management; business engineering; industrial management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Applied System Innovation, titled “Systems and Industries in Response to COVID-19 Crisis”.

Starting from the end of 2019 and due to the COVID-19, pandemic many systems and industries are facing challenges; among them, tourism, with the minimization of traveling; education, with social distancing; the health industry, with a decrease in patients; manufacturers, with a change in demands; organizations, with working from home; governments, with crisis management; the retail industry, with online practices, and many more. This all happened before the globe fully assimilated the implementation of Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR4.0). Industry 4.0, health 4.0, supply chain 4.0, smart cities and many more were developing. In short, not only has this crisis affected, more or less, numerous industries and systems, but it has also affected some upgrading and developments.

On the other hand, technologies, for instance digitalization, and information and communication technology, played a large role in many industries during the COVID-19 crisis. Hence, it would be interesting to see how technologies and innovations play or could play a role for a good to reduce the challenges faced by Coronavirus. The diversity of technologies, solutions, and innovations have been proposed and applied during this period. Some systems were ready to change themselves due to this force of the environment, but a few were not successful.

Thus, the guest editors invite submissions of papers that explore solutions to the COVID-19 crisis. We are interested in original case studies, conceptual and empirical papers and commentaries from a wide range of topics including (but not limited to):

  • Impacts of COVID-19 on different systems or industries;
  • Role of IR4.0 and modern technologies in addressing COVID-19 challenges;
  • Impact of COVID-19 on IR4.0 practices;
  • Readiness of systems and industries to use IR4.0 and technologies for managing COVID-19 effects;
  • Any other innovative solutions to help systems and industries to solve the challenges of COVID-19.

Dr. Zeeshan Asim
Dr. Vinitha Guptan
Dr. Shahryar Sorooshian
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Applied System Innovation is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

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Editorial
Systems and Industries in Response to COVID-19 Crisis: Closing Remarks
by Shahryar Sorooshian
Appl. Syst. Innov. 2022, 5(1), 22; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/asi5010022 - 07 Feb 2022
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Many industries and systems have faced consequences as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this time, we are happy to had the publication of a Special Issue of Applied System Innovation titled “Systems and Industries in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis”. This [...] Read more.
Many industries and systems have faced consequences as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this time, we are happy to had the publication of a Special Issue of Applied System Innovation titled “Systems and Industries in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis”. This editorial article contains the special issue’s closing remarks. However, while the scope of this given special issue grabbed the interest of practitioners and scholars, there is still much to be learned from COVID-19’s experience. Thus, suggestions for future special issues are included with this letter. Full article
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Acting Instead of Reacting—Ensuring Employee Retention during Successful Introduction of i4.0
by Steffen C. Eickemeyer, Jan Busch, Chia-Te Liu and Sonia Lippke
Appl. Syst. Innov. 2021, 4(4), 97; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/asi4040097 - 29 Nov 2021
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The increasing implementation of digital technologies has various positive impacts on companies. However, many companies often rush into such an implementation of technological trends without sufficient preparation and pay insufficient attention to the human factors involved in digitization. This phenomenon can be exacerbated [...] Read more.
The increasing implementation of digital technologies has various positive impacts on companies. However, many companies often rush into such an implementation of technological trends without sufficient preparation and pay insufficient attention to the human factors involved in digitization. This phenomenon can be exacerbated when these technologies become highly dependent, as during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to better understand challenges and to propose solutions for a successful implementation of digitized technology. A literature review is combined with survey results and specific consulting strategies. Data from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany were collected by means of an online survey, with a representative sample of the German population. However, we did not reveal any correlation between home office and suffering, mental health, and physical health (indicators of digitization usage to cope with COVID-19 pandemic), but rather that younger workers are more prone to using digitized technology. Based on previous findings that older individuals tend to have negative attitudes toward digital transformation, appropriate countermeasures are needed to help them become more tech-savvy. Accordingly, a software tool is proposed. The tool can help the management team to manage digitization efficiently. Employee well-being can be increased as companies are made aware of necessary measures such as training for individuals and groups at an early stage. Full article
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Epidemic Location Intelligence System as Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Almir Karabegovic, Mirza Ponjavic and Mirsada Hukic
Appl. Syst. Innov. 2021, 4(4), 79; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/asi4040079 - 14 Oct 2021
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The outbreak of COVID-19 is a public health emergency that caused disastrous results in many countries. The global aim is to stop transmission and prevent the spread of the disease. To achieve it, every country needs to scale up emergency response mechanisms, educate [...] Read more.
The outbreak of COVID-19 is a public health emergency that caused disastrous results in many countries. The global aim is to stop transmission and prevent the spread of the disease. To achieve it, every country needs to scale up emergency response mechanisms, educate and actively communicate with the public, intensify infected case finding, contact tracing, monitoring, quarantine of contacts, and isolation of cases. Responding to an emergency requires efficient collaboration and a multi-skilled approach (medical, information, statistical, political, social, and other expertise), which makes it hard to define one interface for all. As actors from different perspectives and domain backgrounds need to address diverse functions, the possibility to exchange available information quickly would be desirable. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a joint state-level public health institution has not been established, but is covered by entity competencies. In this sense, a geoportal has been developed as an epidemiological location-intelligence system (ELIS) that supports the exchange of such information between the entities and the cantons. For its development, open source software components in the cloud were used as a working platform with all the necessary functionalities. The geoportal provides an entry point for access to geospatial, epidemiological, environmental and statistical data used for analysis, geocoding of confirmed COVID-19 cases, identification of disease dynamics, identification of vulnerable groups, mapping of health capacities, and general modeling of infection spread with application support for communication and collaboration between all institutions and the public. The paper describes the challenges and ways to overcome them in the development and use of ELIS. Full article
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Lean-ing Method in an Emergency Department of the Italian Epicenter of the COVID-19 Outbreak: When the Algorithm Makes Difference
by Antonio Desai, Giulia Goretti, Mauro Giordano and Antonio Voza
Appl. Syst. Innov. 2021, 4(3), 55; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/asi4030055 - 12 Aug 2021
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The Lean method entails a set of standardized processes intending to optimize resources, reduce waste, and improve results. Lean has been proposed as an operative model for the COVID-19 outbreak. Herein, we summarized data resulted from the Lean model adoption in an Emergency [...] Read more.
The Lean method entails a set of standardized processes intending to optimize resources, reduce waste, and improve results. Lean has been proposed as an operative model for the COVID-19 outbreak. Herein, we summarized data resulted from the Lean model adoption in an Emergency Department of the Lombardy region, the Italian epicenter of the pandemic, to critically appraise its effectiveness and feasibility. The Lean algorithm was applied in the Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Milan, north of Italy. At admission, patients underwent outdoor pre-triage for fever, respiratory, and gastrointestinal symptoms, with a focus on SpO2. Based on these data, they were directed to the most appropriate area for the COVID-19 first-level screening. High-risk patients were assisted by trained staff for second-level screening and planning of treatment. Out of 7.778 patients, 21.9% were suspected of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Mortality was 21.9% and the infection rate in health workers was 4.8%. The lean model has proved to be effective in optimizing the overall management of COVID-19 patients in an emergency setting. It allowed for screening of a large volume of patients, while also limiting the health workers’ infection rate. Further studies are necessary to validate the suggested approach. Full article
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Shifting Paradigm of Education Landscape in Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Revealing of a Digital Education Management Information System
by Fahmi Ibrahim, Heru Susanto, Parastou Khodaparast Haghi and Desi Setiana
Appl. Syst. Innov. 2020, 3(4), 49; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/asi3040049 - 10 Nov 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has indirectly changed the landscape of the country’s education system. Through information-based decision-making, the management of the education system seeks to increase the access to and efficiency, effectiveness, equity and quality of education through effective systems of monitoring, evaluation, budgeting [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic has indirectly changed the landscape of the country’s education system. Through information-based decision-making, the management of the education system seeks to increase the access to and efficiency, effectiveness, equity and quality of education through effective systems of monitoring, evaluation, budgeting and planning. From this perspective, an Integrated National Education Information System (iNEISTM) was developed to streamline and transform business processes and to provide an application and technology platform to comply with the National Education System that may be suitable for the COVID-19 pandemic environment. The implementation of iNEIS™ aimed to significantly improve operational efficiency and productivity and provide better services, value and “holistic education” to students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the newly implemented, integrated iNEISTM and its implications for educational management systems that were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically examines the benefits and obstacles that hinder the efficiency and effectiveness of the system. The result is very interesting. These findings demonstrate that there was a lack of positive impact on end-users, such as lacking readiness to accept organizational change and uncoordinated communication and information exchange between stakeholders and end-users. This research implies that when both the stakeholder-provider and end-user understand the significance of iNEISTM, there is a great possibility that the implementation will succeed in harvesting the full value of the system. This paper provides the stakeholder-provider with useful guidelines, in the form of recommendations, that need to be implemented to ensure improvement in the effectiveness of iNEISTM. Full article
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