Papers by Draghici George

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2016

This paper presents a new method of using TRIZ methodology for the validation of the corrective p... more This paper presents a new method of using TRIZ methodology for the validation of the corrective permanent action during complaints in completion of the 8D Report in the automotive industry. This article focuses on complaints which appear in the development phase. If during the production, specific methodologies regarding the complaints management for control and analysis are defined, then in the development phase these become more sensitive. Therefore a new method of using TRIZ in validation of the corrective permanent actions, before being implemented on the product, is proposed.

Research paper thumbnail of Opportunities for the European Certification of the Integrated Designer and Entrepreneur Professions

Opportunities for the European Certification of the Integrated Designer and Entrepreneur Professions

ANNALS OF THE ORADEA UNIVERSITY. Fascicle of Management and Technological Engineering., 2010

ABSTRACT The paper presents the European Certification and Qualification Association, the evaluat... more ABSTRACT The paper presents the European Certification and Qualification Association, the evaluation and certification procedure, and then the content of the training program for the Integrated Design Engineer and Research-Entrepreneur job roles (based on defined skills card). The Integrated Design Engineer training program is based on seven skills unit: the Reasons for Integration in Design, the Targets of Integration in Design, Essential Methods of Integration in Design, Mastering Complexity in Integrated Design, Collaborative Integrated Design, and Selected Aspects of Integration. The Research-Entrepreneur training program consists of six skills unit as: Understanding the Entrepreneurship, Shaping Ideas, Innovation Transfer, Knowledge Networking, Empowerment by Learning Organization Environments and General Subjects. The training program is based on skills unit: that have been detailed in skills elements and corresponding performance criteria. Finally, the main opportunities for Romanian are presented taking into consideration the ECQA schema and the defined training program.

Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2010

The paper presents a specific approach for defining a new job role so call Research-Entrepreneur ... more The paper presents a specific approach for defining a new job role so call Research-Entrepreneur that have to be trained and certified at the European level. These processes are supported by an e-learning platform developed by the European Certification and Qualification Association in the last ten years. After a brief description of the Research-Entrepreneur skill card definition there are presented the skills acquisition within the platform, the methodology of the skill sets provision and the qualification and certification procedures. Also, the link with a national e-learning platform in the same field is described.

Research paper thumbnail of Process and product innovation needs integrated engineering collaboration skills

Process and product innovation needs integrated engineering collaboration skills

Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2010

ABSTRACT Collaboration skills have become an incontestable necessity for professionals in enginee... more ABSTRACT Collaboration skills have become an incontestable necessity for professionals in engineering teams. Engineering teams are becoming more and more interdisciplinary and distributed, products and the environments they are created, used and recycled in are increasingly complex. Design engineers, system architects as well as requirements engineers and managers have to be able to understand the product and its whole lifecycle in order to be able to respect the constraints and requirements that are imposed on the product by different actors. Many of these skills have to be developed and improved in the course of a professional career rather than in initial education. This paper gives insight into the development of one component of a consistent qualification and certification scheme, which is in its entirety particularly targeted at Integrated Design Engineers in various industrial sectors. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Research paper thumbnail of A Way to Support SPI Strategy through CertiBPM Training and Certification Program in Romania

Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2012

Through this article we intent to demonstrate how a qualification and certification program, like... more Through this article we intent to demonstrate how a qualification and certification program, like CertiBPM, developed and implemented with the support of European Certification and Qualification Association (ECQA), can be use to better support the SPI efforts and strategies into Romanian companies. The research results show only the preliminary opinions (collected through the trainees/employees feedback) about the SPI efforts and how could the knowledge pool generated by the CertiBPM training program, to support these efforts. First, there will be explained briefly the SPI concept and its impact upon the modern companies. Also, the SPI Manifesto initiative will be described as a good practice, a Community of Practice that have been developed in relation with the EuroSPI series of conferences of ECQA, to support SPI general trend and standard implementation. The context of this paper is defined by the CertiBPM project activities of research and development of a qualification and certification program using the ECQA schema and guidelines. Feedback was collected (after each training unit, element) after 6 days of training sessions in Business Process Management field, with a large group of employees and students (67 people trained) from the West Region of Romania. The debates and employees answers analysis allow us to make an inventory and to describe the initiated process improvement (SPI efforts and strategies) in important companies from the West Region of Romania. The presented paper is linked with the research activities of the project: CertiBPM-Certified Business Process Manager LLP-LdV/TOI/10/RO/010, founded with support from the European Commission. This paper and communication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use, which may be made of the information contained therein

The INPRO–Romanian Research Network for Integrated Product and Process Engineering

Simulation of the diagnosis based on model to a nuclear detritiation installation

ABSTRACT Embedded systems are components integrating software and hardware that are jointly and s... more ABSTRACT Embedded systems are components integrating software and hardware that are jointly and specifically designed to provide given functionalities, which are often critical. They are used in a very wide array of application areas - including transport, consumer ...

Research paper thumbnail of Leadership in Sustainability – an Opportunity for Green Skills Developement in Romania

Leadership in Sustainability – an Opportunity for Green Skills Developement in Romania

The aim of this paper is to present an opportunity for improving leadership in sustainability and... more The aim of this paper is to present an opportunity for improving leadership in sustainability and/or management for sustainability by green skills/competencies development in the case of Romanian managers. Through the designed training and certification program, managers will develop their professional competencies in order to better identify, document, measure, analyze and manage, sustainable business processes in their companies. The proposed approach includes the learning materials development together with the certification procedure supported by the European Certification and Qualification Association (ECQA). The preliminary research phase consists of the marketing needs identification based on several focus groups developed with companies’ representatives from the West and Central Regions of Romania. The expected research results consist of the Leadership in Sustainability (LeadSUS) certification and qualification program that will be tested and validated through several train...

Research paper thumbnail of A New Functional Approach to Support Fmea Method in Product Conceptual Design

A New Functional Approach to Support Fmea Method in Product Conceptual Design

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis is a qualitative method that basically consists in identifying... more Failure Modes and Effects Analysis is a qualitative method that basically consists in identifying and listing all potential failure modes during the design process and it is one of the design evaluation procedures. In conceptual design stages FMEA can be applied through a functional analysis and following a top-down approach. The new products functions are increasingly more and more complex. This complexity creates the need to employ not a single method or approach to solve a specific problem but methods and approaches, combined, to see the specific problems from a combined perspective. In this sense in order to deploy a FMEA, the failures and their effects identification, in this paper is proposed a functional approach based on functional analysis techniques and functional modeling approach from TRIZ. Applying to functions resulted from an external an internal functional analysis a functional modeling, it can be followed more easily the harmful functions and their effects and thus ...

In this paper the aim is to define and explain a quotation phase (estimation of effort and costs)... more In this paper the aim is to define and explain a quotation phase (estimation of effort and costs), for complex development projects (mechanical, hardware and software development), based on project classifications. One of the most important activities that are carried out on the project is the quotation phase. After receiving a Request for Quotation, the estimation of effort and cost and also the profitability calculation for the new project is needed. Both, under and over estimation of the project, may cause losses for the business. Due to carry over of the projects, action requested by the customers, quotation is not precisely done. By introducing the project standardizations, based on the level of novelty, the estimation of cost and effort can be improved.

Research paper thumbnail of Opportunities for the European Certification of the Integrated Designer and Entrepreneur Professions

Opportunities for the European Certification of the Integrated Designer and Entrepreneur Professions

ABSTRACT The paper presents the European Certification and Qualification Association, the evaluat... more ABSTRACT The paper presents the European Certification and Qualification Association, the evaluation and certification procedure, and then the content of the training program for the qualification and certification of the Integrated Designer job role (based on a defined skill card). The integrated design training program is based on 7 skill units: the Reasons for Integration in Design, the Targets of Integration in Design, Essential Methods of Integration in Design, Mastering Complexity in Integrated Design, Collaborative Integrated Design, and Selected Aspects of Integration. These skill units have been detailed in skill elements and corresponding performance criteria. Finally, the main opportunities for Romanian students are presented taking into consideration the ECQA schema and the defined training program.

Qualification and certification of research-entrepreneur skills using the ECQA platform

... Skills Using the ECQA Platform Anca Draghici1, George Draghici1, Monica Izvercianu1, Andreas ... more ... Skills Using the ECQA Platform Anca Draghici1, George Draghici1, Monica Izvercianu1, Andreas Riel2, Serge Tichkiewitch3, and Richard Messnarz4 ... Responding to this, EC launched a series of initiatives aimed at fostering support for small busi-nesses in Europe. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Process and product innovation needs integrated engineering collaboration skills

Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2010

Collaboration skills have become an incontestable necessity for professionals in engineering team... more Collaboration skills have become an incontestable necessity for professionals in engineering teams. Engineering teams are becoming more and more interdisciplinary and distributed, products and the environments they are created, used and recycled in are increasingly complex. Design engineers, system architects as well as requirements engineers and managers have to be able to understand the product and its whole lifecycle in order to be able to respect the constraints and requirements that are imposed on the product by different actors. Many of these skills have to be developed and improved in the course of a professional career rather than in initial education. This paper gives insight into the development of one component of a consistent qualification and certification scheme, which is in its entirety particularly targeted at Integrated Design Engineers in various industrial sectors.