Pazarda yoğun rekabetin artması sonucu, yalın prensipler birçok işletme tarafından takip edilmektedir. Bu prensipler, israfları azaltarak ve yok ederek operasyonların etkinliğini artırmaya ...odaklanmaktadır. Yalın olabilmek için ise birçok değişik teknik ve yöntem uygulanmaktadır. Bu tekniklerden biri de kolaylıkla farklı sektörlere uygulanabilen Değer Akış Haritalandırmadır (DAH). Fakat, DAH sadece bir organizasyonun mevcut durumunu gösteren statik bir araçtır. Bu eksikliği giderebilmek adına, önerilen iyileştirmelerin değerlendirilmesini kolayca yapabilen simülasyon yardımcı teknik olarak yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışma, israfın çok olduğu mobilya sektörüne yönelik DAH ve simülasyonu birleştiren bir endüstriyel uygulama örneği sunmaktadır. Belirlenen bir ürün ailesine yönelik iyileştirme önerileri ile birlikte mevcut ve gelecek durum haritaları DAH kullanılarak açıklanmıştır. Bir simülasyon modeli oluşturularak “önce” ve “sonra” senaryoları detaylı olarak analiz edilmiştir.
This article analyzes the behavior of surface finish and pressing time in glued pieces of eucalyptus wood. The importance of the study lies in verifying the influence of two variables (surface finish ...and pressing time) on the gluing of wood pieces for the furniture industry over time. For this purpose, the quality of adhesion of Eucalyptus urograndis wood pieces with polyvinyl acetate adhesive and the behavior of the wood to shear in the glue line are evaluated. It was necessary to produce test specimens according to the ABNT-NBR 7190 standard; three different surface finishes were evaluated on the faces to be adhered and three different cold pressing times, a variable that has not been analyzed in previous studies. It was possible to determine the shear resistance in the glue line and also to observe the percentage of wood failure when performing the destructive test on the test specimen 1 year after being glued. The highest shear strength was obtained for test specimens without surface finish and with a pressing time of 24 hours. With the results obtained in this study, the optimal surface finish and pressing time to be used in the furniture industry is evidenced.
This study examines the interaction between change-minded human agents and environmental and organizational contingencies to understand contested change in highly institutionalized practices. We ...propose a theory of how individuals, including those who are structurally highly embedded, can become change agents when confronted with amplified institutional contradictions. Using the empirical example of family presence in the leadership of Taiwanese business groups, we argue that despite the structural constraints on second-generation key leaders, these leaders are more likely to actualize their motivation to reduce family presence in the contexts of market-oriented transition and highly diversified business groups, and that key leaders with a management education from the United States are more likely to deviate from this institutionalized practice than are non-U.S.-educated key leaders, because they can transport ideas from different business models. A longitudinal analysis of the top 100 business groups in Taiwan between 1977 and 1998 largely supports our arguments. This study contributes to recent endeavors to understand antecedents to institutional change with an explicit focus on the interplay between agency and context, and to business-group research by examining the change of one foundational feature of the group form.
► Level of vibration to which sanders are exposed is above acceptable levels. ► A definite link could not be established with the incidence of vibration syndrome. ► The dose–effect relationship in ...ISO 5349-1 could not be confirmed by this study. ► Vibration exposure affects some workers and plays a role in their past WMSDs.
The wood furniture industry has a strong presence in Canada, where it employs over 100,000 workers. Because of the extensive number of manual tasks required in this industry, several studies have been undertaken to characterize the health and safety risk factors to which these workers are exposed, such as awkward postures, repetitive movements and the application of undue force. However, very little research has been done on workers’ exposure to vibration from portable orbital sanders, one of the most common tools used in this industry. Vibration is responsible for a specific occupational disease called vibration syndrome, but is also recognized as a risk factor that increases the prevalence of more common work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). This study proposed to determine the level of vibration to which sanders of furniture parts are exposed, and to analyze its impact on the risk of WMSDs. The results show that the level of vibration to which the workers are exposed is well above acceptable levels defined by recognized standards and directives and that this vibration is combined with many other risk factors, thus representing a risk for the development of WMSDs.
This article assesses impacts of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain (FVC) project, which was intended to address challenges faced by small-scale furniture producers in Jepara, Indonesia. The assessment ...focuses on the effects of membership in the Jepara Small-Scale Furniture Producers Association (APKJ), a body started as part of the FVC project. Propensity score matching was used to compare differences in outcome variables between association members and matched non-members. A limited, positive impact of APKJ membership was found. Members improved their marketing, allowing them to retain more value than non-members. APKJ members were also more likely to have obtained certificates of timber legality. However, APKJ membership did not significantly affect firm profit and there was little evidence of an industry transformation. The paper also critiques the indiscriminate use of a value chain approach.
This article examines how IKEA handles a complex network of business relationships with its suppliers and partners. This industrial network is fundamental to IKEA's strategy in terms of efficiency ...and development goals. From the analysis of IKEA's experiences in dealing with its industrial network, the article discusses a set of struaural components and dynamic interactions of a network strategy. The three structural components are: defining the content of relationships; forming the network structure; and evaluating goal matching with the network. The two dynamic interactions are: interacting via inter-organizational routines for efficiency goals; and interacting via joint projects for development goals. Network strategies cannot be used as shortcuts to compensate for severe weaknesses, but instead can only be pursued by firms that possess adequate competences, external organizational interfaces, and network-oriented cultures.
A globalizacao e um fenomeno que se faz presente na sociedade moderna e, com a sua expansao, e essencial que as empresas possam atender as constantes exigencias do mercado, mas, para isso, e ...necessario tomar as melhores decisoes e lidar com varias adversidades relacionadas a economia, concorrencia, gestao, entre outros. O sucesso de projetos de investimento e determinado por um conjunto de tecnicas que devem ser aplicadas para nao comprometer a viabilidade do projeto. Quando essa viabilidade e cercada por incertezas, uma alternativa util, para se conhecer os riscos, e a utilizacao do metodo de Monte Carlo. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo abordar os fatores de riscos, em uma empresa do setor moveleiro, utilizando a simulacao de Monte Carlo para analisar a viabilidade deste projeto. A metodologia adotada foi desenvolvida com base em um estudo de caso, mediante uma pesquisa exploratoria. Os resultados mostraram que o projeto de investimento se faz viavel, estimando um retorno entre o 4 e o 5 ano do projeto, alem disso, o saldo, apos os 10 anos de investimento, giraria em torno de R$ 4.128.211,63, um valor que representa 161,25% do investimento inicial. KEY-WORDS: Decision. Project management. Investment. Strategy. Viability.
Patenting and commercialization of the patents are one of the important directions of the companies to gain their competitiveness compared to their competition. The aim of this research is to ...identify the main influential factors for motivation to patenting. It is performed in Macedonian furniture industry and it is focusing on the patenting in existing enterprise. The core of the research methodology is the Delphi method. Auxiliary aim of the research is to compare the results to similar research in more developed countries. The research results show that the most important motivation factor for patenting is commercial exploitation, followed by the licensing and enhance of the ability to raise funds. These results, to certain extent are compatible with the results of the similar research performed in different industries and more developed countries (highest importance of the factors like "Commercial exploitation", "Prevention of imitation"), but differs from those research in some factors, like "Licensing" and "Enhance ability to raise funds".
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