scholarly journals Transport management in small and medium-sized enterprises in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Silveira Martins ◽  
Wescley Silva Xavier ◽  
Osmar Vieira De Souza Filho ◽  
Guilherme Silveira Martins
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Transport Management

The research reported in this paper, looks at the internal processes of Brazilian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) concerning the transport decision. SME represent over 99% of the formal enterprises in Brazil. The sample size was 400 industrial companies (with up to 100 employees) of Brazilian manufacturing sector. The results indicated that shippers do not use transportation as an opportunity to create competitive advantages. In addition, to get the needed services, Brazilian SMEs tend to buy transport services, readily available, without concerns for future transactions and more stringent and systematic criteria for the selection and evaluation of the service.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE SUSTAINABILITY FACTORS BASED ON THE KEY COMPETENCIES OF AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ENTERPRISE

2020 ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
S. B. Moiseev
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Evolutionary Mechanisms ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Engineering Enterprise

The factors influencing the possibility of the theory of key competencies adaptation within the traditional ideas of the resource approach to ensure the long-term competitiveness of companies have been considered. For this purpose, the review of features of application of key competencies during the formation of strategies of the industrial companies of mature sectors of industries has been carried out, in which thanks to action of evolutionary mechanisms of technological and organizational development there are objective preconditions for creation of steady competitive advantages on their basis. The necessity of development of methodological approaches to the formation of company’s competitive strategy in the sector of electrical production based on the formation of organizational-economic mechanism of adaptation to external influences and internal changes to manage the development of key competencies as factors of sustainable competitive advantage in the future and the formation of long-term effective business development model of the enterprise, has been substantiated.

scholarly journals Company’s strategic success as the basis of its potential sustainability

2020 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 12002
Author(s):  
Oliver Orlov ◽  
Kathrin Dumanska ◽  
Nataliya Ponomaryova ◽  
Dmytro Kobets
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Strategic Success ◽  
Corporate Social

The study of corporate sustainability is becoming more relevant in the world economy, thus the connection between global economic processes and political, environmental and society problems was revealed by authors. Given research is devoted to the analysis of the processes of sustainability of Ukrainian and foreign companies. The results of studies of scientific works and interviews with different countries businessmen showed that the sustainable development of the same company should be considered in several directions, namely, in economic, social and environmental. Supporting new institutional concept research that focuses on the sector problems of company’s stability, we have compared theories of corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility and highlighted the economic dimension as a basis of company’s sustainable development. As a result of our research in economic directions of corporate sustainability the Methodology of evaluation of company’s sustainability potential was proposed. The suggested methodology can ensure corporate sustainability for the strategic period. Proposed in the paper methodology assesses the strategic potential of company’s success, its competitive status and capacity potential, and transform capabilities into competitive advantages. The implementation of the Methodology of evaluation of company’s sustainability potential, according to authors view point, can be proposed as the basis of strategic management in forecasting and planning processes in industrial companies.

scholarly journals Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities in Production 4.0: Legal Foundations in Europe and Potentials Through Worker Assistance Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benedikt G. Mark ◽  
Sarah Hofmayer ◽  
Erwin Rauch ◽  
Dominik T. Matt
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Employees With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Foundations ◽  
Assistance Systems ◽  
The One

The inclusion of employees with disabilities in production is an issue that has rarely been addressed by scientists from the manufacturing sector. In this article, we examine to what extent the trend towards Industry 4.0 offers potential for the inclusion of people with disabilities in Production 4.0. First, we examine relevant legal foundations and restrictions in Europe and in more detail in Austria, Italy, and Norway. Next, based on a literature review, we examine which technological aids in the form of worker assistance systems derived from Industry 4.0 can make jobs in the manufacturing sector accessible for people with disabilities. Three types of assistance systems have been examined: sensorial aid systems, physical aid systems, and cognitive aid systems. In a concluding discussion of the results, we finally summarize the implications on management and policies as well as the potential and limitations of identified worker assistance technologies. On the one hand, the study is intended to draw the attention of researchers and industrial companies to new technological possibilities for the inclusion of people with disabilities in production. On the other hand, difficulties and grievances due to the legal foundations are pointed out to stimulate a critical discussion here as well.

scholarly journals The Influence of Corporate Networks on the Competitive Advantage of High Technology Enterprises in China: The Mediating Effects of Dynamic Capacities and Ambidextrous Combination

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Huayun Wang ◽  
Zhuoran Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Corporate Networks

As an essential channel to obtain external resources and information, corporate networks have played a key role in enhancing the competitive advantage of firms, especially during the period where most of the high-technology firms in China started to directly seek means other than import technology to boost their competitive advantages. However, there was still ambiguity concerning how exactly corporate networks would affect comparative advantage. This study sought to expose the internal mechanisms among two aspects of corporate networks, namely, the network strength and the network centrality, and competitive advantage. We also examined the mediating effects of the dynamic capabilities and the ambidextrous combination. Managers of 384 high technology enterprises in China were interviewed via telephone calls during the period of January to June 2020. The data were analyzed by utilizing the structural equation method, and the results show that both dynamic capacities and the ambidextrous combination significantly mediate the relationship between corporate networks and firms’ comparative advantage, where the two mediators also had a significant relationship with each other. Moreover, the multigroup analysis also unveiled that the corporate networks had a greater impact on competitive advantage and the ambidextrous combination in the manufacturing sector, while small-sized enterprises and service enterprises would benefit more than others from the improvement in the dynamic capabilities and ambidextrous combination. Our findings fill the gap in the literature and provide useful information to firms in China on how to allocate internal and external resources to enhance their competitive advantages.

scholarly journals Technologies of the distributed generation: empirical evaluations of the innovations acceptance

2018 ◽  
pp. 32-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Trachuk ◽  
N. V. Linder
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Distributed Generation ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Gradual Accumulation ◽  
Connection Cost ◽  
Significant Factors ◽  
Prospects Of Application

The assessment of problems and prospects of application of technologies of the distributed generation is presented by the industrial companies. The concept of the distributed generation and structure of technologies included in it is considered, sources of key competitive advantages of use of technologies of the distributed generation are revealed. For the analysis of the most significant factors of perception of technologies of the distributed generationtheindustrialcompanieshaveconductedthedeepsemi-structuredinterviewstorepresentativesof 8 large industrial companies, questioning of representatives of 69 industrial companies. For the analysis the regression model, allowing to determine force and the importance of influence of the selected factors on acceptance by the companies of the decision on own generation is used.For the analysed companies possibility of technical connection, cost of the electric power and the apprehended advantages are critical factors of decision-making on use of technologies of the distributed generation. Risk factor has appeared we don’t mean. In deep interviews respondents explained it to that systems of the distributed generation minimize emergence of the listed adverse effects. Receiving cheap electric and thermal energy, gradual accumulation of power capacities, uniformity of capital investments with fast obtaining energy for production and economic needs is possible to day in connection with use of power effective decisions on the basis of technologies of the distributed generation.

Changes in the Strategic Internal Control of Companies under Crisis Pressure

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Mihaylova ◽  
Emil Papazov
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Control Environment ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Strategic Model ◽  
The Impact

Purpose of the article: The article aims at presenting and analysing key changes in the strategic internal control of companies under the pressure of crisis phenomena. The research question is how to adapt the strategic internal control to an evolving crisis through inclusion of control environmental sustainability measures, and strategic model adaptation.Methodology: A qualitative approach has been applied along with the research of larger companies from the brewery sector and small-and medium sized enterprises from the knitted fabrics manufacturing sector in Bulgaria. The study has also taken into consideration some companies’ strategic documents, as well as interviews with companies’ managers. The gathered information has been systematized, compared and evaluated with the help of the “Relative (Competitive) Advantage Matrix” model.Scientific aim: Understanding the impact of changes in strategic internal control on management under the pressure of crisis phenomena.Findings: The analysing of the quasi-control environment and competitive advantages is an important strategic management issue during crises. Competitive advantages derive mainly from the characteristics of the product (or service) that make it better than the products (or services) of competitors and they are associated with changes in the strategic internal control of companies under the pressure of hard times.Conclusions: Strategic internal control has to be adapted to the crisis situation through control environmental sustainability measures, strategic model adaptation and selected competitive advantages. Business processes are changing as a result of crisis times, then the control environment, risk assessments and competitive advantages need to be more detailed and analysed in different aspects. At the same time, the strategic internal control in hard times faces unexpected results, such as a drastic reduction in the incomes, a decrease in retail sales or a drastic increase in online sales. Using the collected information, comparisons can be made to better outline similarities and differences that will point out ways for improvement. This information should be brought to the attention of the personnel of the companies. The change in the activities should not be delayed in time, since information quickly becomes out-dated.

ANTI-CRISIS MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY PRODUCTION COMPLEX UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF INNOVATIVE TRANSFORMATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
М.Б. ЩЕПАКИН ◽  
Э.Ф. ХАНДАМОВА ◽  
В.А. ГУБИН
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
The Face ◽  
Technological Base ◽  
Production Complex

Обозначено влияние состояния российской экономики и отраслей пищевой промышленности на решение проблем в укреплении конкурентоспособности отечественного товаропроизводителя. Накопление ресурсного потенциала производственными отраслями становится ключом в реализации реструктуризационных и модернизационных преобразований в условиях кризисных процессов и расширяющихся ограничений. Развитие маркетинговых сетей предполагает дифференцированное управление ресурсной адаптацией к вызовам рынка в производственной сфере, наращивание инвестиций в производственно-технологическую базу отраслей и накопление инновационно-творческого потенциала человеческого ресурса для воплощения в новационных решениях. Предложено строить реструктуризационную петлю, формируя антикризисный компонент как декомпенсатор кризисных проявлений в экономическом пространстве и инструмент ослабления проявления маркетингово-поведенческой миопатии в бизнес-среде. Ресурсный дефлектор настраивается на аккумулирование ресурсов разного назначения и предусматривает их вовлечение в процессы маркетинговой мимикрии при разработке проектов инновационных преобразований. Разработана модель антикризисного управления конкурентными преимуществами предприятий производственной сферы пищевой промышленности, учитывающая взаимовлияние факторов внутреннего и внешнего контуров воздействий, определяющих характер и масштаб реструктуризационных изменений. The influence of the state of the Russian economy and the food industry on the solution of problems in strengthening the competitiveness of the domestic commodity producer is indicated. The accumulation of resource potential by industrial sectors is becoming the key in the implementation of restructuring and modernization transformations in the face of crisis processes and expanding constraints. The development of marketing networks presupposes differentiated management of resource adaptation to market challenges in the manufacturing sector, increasing investment in the production and technological base of industries and accumulating the innovative and creative potential of human resources for its implementation in innovative solutions. It is proposed to build a restructuring loop, forming an anti-crisis component as a decompensator of crisis manifestations in the economic space and as a tool for weakening the manifestation of marketing-behavioral myopathy in the business environment. The resource deflector is configured to accumulate resources for various purposes and provides for their involvement in the processes of marketing mimicry in the development of projects for innovative transformations. A model of anti-crisis management of the competitive advantages of enterprises in the production sector of the food industry has been developed, taking into account the mutual influence of factors of the internal and external contours of impacts that determine the nature and scale of restructuring changes.

scholarly journals Service as a function of transport and an activity in the anthropotechnics management

2018 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 05013
Author(s):  
Vitaly Chulkov
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Logistics Services ◽  
Transport Cycle ◽  
Transport Management

Improvement of transport management, automation, modularity, containerization are the main directions for increasing labor productivity and reducing the duration of the transport cycle, not only due to the growth of traffic speeds, but also due to a reduction in downtime in points. At the end of the XX - beginning of the XXI century, significant changes occurred in the economies of developed countries, including Russia. Enterprises began to introduce new methods and technologies for the delivery of goods, based on the concept of integration of transport and logistics, on the development of advanced technology in the field of informatics and communications. The principles of certification of services in transport production, the specifics of transport services and their classification, logistics services, as well as the sequence and methods of system analysis in transport for service are considered.

scholarly journals A Decision-Making Tool Based on Exploratory Visualization for the Automotive Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Redondo ◽  
Álvaro Herrero ◽  
Emilio Corchado ◽  
Javier Sedano
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Projection Pursuit ◽  
Failure Detection ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
Key Enabling Technologies ◽  
Exploratory Projection Pursuit

In recent years, the digital transformation has been advancing in industrial companies, supported by the Key Enabling Technologies (Big Data, IoT, etc.) of Industry 4.0. As a consequence, companies have large volumes of data and information that must be analyzed to give them competitive advantages. This is of the utmost importance in fields such as Failure Detection (FD) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM). Finding patterns in such data is not easy, but cutting-edge technologies, such as Machine Learning (ML), can make great contributions. As a solution, this study extends Hybrid Unsupervised Exploratory Plots (HUEPs), as a visualization technique that combines Exploratory Projection Pursuit (EPP) and Clustering methods. An extended formulation of HUEPs is proposed, adding for the first time the following EPP methods: Classical Multidimensional Scaling, Sammon Mapping and Factor Analysis. Extended HUEPs are validated in a case study associated with a multinational company in the automotive industry sector. Two real-life datasets containing data gathered from a Waterjet Cutting tool are visualized in an intuitive and informative way. The obtained results show that HUEPs is a technique that supports the continuous monitoring of machines in order to anticipate failures. This contribution to visual data analytics can help companies in decision-making, regarding FD and PdM projects.

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