Sustainable Development and Risk Evaluation: Challenges and Possible New Methodologies

2003 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Alexander Makarenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
New Methodologies

A Lean-Kaizen Implementation

2021 ◽  
pp. 182-195
Author(s):  
Pedro Silva ◽  
Alexandra Braga ◽  
Sara Mota ◽  
Miguel Soares ◽  
Marisa R. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Retail ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Will Force ◽  
The Impact

Sustainable development is one of the greatest challenges facing our generation and the next, and achieving this goal will force society to continuously challenge and overcome itself. In order to attain the required sustainable objectives, many companies are investing in new methodologies, such as the Kaizen-Lean methodology. This chapter focuses on a case study in the food retail industry, a strategic and one of the largest and oldest industries in the world able to thrive even in the face of substantial adversity. The authors systematized the case study in three different stages via an action-research intervention. In a first stage, they identified the most sensitive areas, which enabled them to detect and target the intervention. In a second stage, they implemented and monitored several actions supported by the Kaizen/Lean methodologies. In a third stage, a survey was applied to workers whose work areas had changed in order to analyze and assess the impact of the implemented measures.

scholarly journals Strategies for Managing Shocking Global Crises in a Disruptive Environment: Proposal for a Intelligence Management Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel A. Fernández-Villacañas Marín ◽  
Ignacio Fernández-Villacañas Marcos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Management Model ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
New Strategies

The high global vulnerability revealed by the current pandemic confirms the existence of a very threatening and disruptive environment. The development of new strategies is needed in response to the new shocking global disruptive crisis, analysing the use of new methodologies and digital tools for their early detection and prospective planning. This will allow the development of more proactive, effective, and efficient response plans, with minimal risks. The work considers the convenience of standardized use and optimisation of social welfare functions that integrate social, economic, and ecological variables and indicators, around the achievement of 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda, and 169 objectives associated with them.

scholarly journals Business Risk Evaluation of Electricity Retail Company in China Using a Hybrid MCDM Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sen Guo ◽  
Wenyue Zhang ◽  
Xiao Gao
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
High Grade ◽  
Business Risk ◽  
Extension Model ◽  
Criteria Weights ◽  
Mcdm Method ◽  
Marketization Reform

Electricity retail marketization reform is in progress in China, and many electricity retail companies (ERC) have been founded. The comprehensive evaluation of business risk for ERC can help effectively manage business risk and reduce risk loss, which is vital for its healthy and sustainable development. In this paper, a new hybrid multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method integrating the Bayesian best-worst method (BBWM) and improved matter-element extension model (IMEEM) is proposed for business risk evaluation for an ERC. The latest group MCDM method, namely the BBWM is employed to determine risk criteria weights, and the IMEEM is used to rank the business risk of ERC. The evaluation index system is built including three aspects of economic operation risk, marketable risk and political risk. The business risk of ERC in China is evaluated by using the proposed MCDM method, and the result shows the current business risk belongs to ‘High’ grade and closer to ‘Very High’ grade more. The proposed MCDM method for business risk evaluation of ERC is effective and practical, which can provide references for risk management and sustainable development of ERC.

scholarly journals Um método para gerenciamento do processo de fiscalização dos recursos hídricos

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Luiz F. Alves ◽  
Hélisson L. Nascimento ◽  
Cláudio de Souza Baptista ◽  
Hugo Feitosa de Figueirêdo ◽  
Érica S. A. B. de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information System ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
System Architecture ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Information System Architecture ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
New Methodologies

Water has become a concern throughout the planet because it has become a scarce resource in recent years, due to several factors, especially the disrespect of human being for sustainable development. Nowadays, it is imperative to create public policies, legislation and the proposal of new methodologies, processes and products that can help in the fight against pollution, waste and rational use of water resources. Particularly, the use of information technology provides a modern, agile and efficient management of water resources. One of the important actions in this sense is the water use surveillance. In this article, we discuss the surveillance process, we approach a surveillance methodology used in the Water Management Agency, and we present a Web-based information system architecture and a mobile platform to provide a management of the surveillance in an efficient and effective way. The proposed system is already online at agency and some partial results, especially regarding the denunciations, notifications and proceedings are discussed.

scholarly journals MATERIAL SELECTION AS COOPERATIVE PROCESS: A FRAMEWORK PROPOSAL FOR A CHANGING ECONOMY

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 2017-2026
Author(s):  
Flavia Papile ◽  
Barbara Del Curto ◽  
Andrea Coccia
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Problem Framing ◽  
Cooperative Process ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Changing Economy ◽  
Technical Professionals

AbstractIn current era of Anthropocene, human activities and their consequences on Earth ecosystems are under the lens of scientific research. Researchers in every field of study are trying to find alternatives to promote sustainable development. So it is for design, where researchers exploiting the problem-framing and problem-solving nature of the design discipline itself, trying to find new methodologies and tools to enhance sustainable development.One of the most important tasks in the design for a sustainable production is focused on material selection. In this paper, authors will present a reflection upon material selection methods and an overview of existing material repositories. Traditionally, material selection is usually attributed to designers or technical professionals but nowadays information concurring in materials selection became a complex task to manage. Therefore, authors propose a case study concerning information management upon materials and their selection presented in a new possible approach: material selection as a collaborative task between several departments of an industrial company, to promote an aware information management activity upon materials.

The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Orebech ◽  
Fred Bosselman ◽  
Jes Bjarup ◽  
David Callies ◽  
Martin Chanock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Customary Law
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