scholarly journals Assessing the influence of project management on quality during the early phases of construction projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1584-1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Žanesa Ljevo ◽  
Mladen Vukomanović ◽  
Suada Džebo
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Basic Set ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Early Phases

AbstractAlthough the quality of a process affects the quality of the end product, there is currently an insignificant amount of knowledge about the quality of project management (PM) processes that directly affect the quality of the delivered product (constructed building). This study presents a proposal for modeling the impact of the quality of the PM process on the quality of the constructed building. The quality of the PM process is represented by the main quality factors and product quality indicators. It presents the results of the interviews that were conducted and study cases that were analyzed in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a variety of project participants (with different managerial perspectives) in terms of the indicators of quality of the delivered product. All participants, regardless of managerial perspective, believe that the most important indicator of the quality of products for each phase of the project is “customer satisfaction in the end phase”, the measurement of which is different for each project phase that is presented. The results of the factor analysis of the definition and the planning phases show that 11 variables, namely, the quality factors of the PM process, can be grouped into three new factors, which is described as 66.61% (77.046%) of the basic set of variables.

scholarly journals The impact of ethnic diversity on the quality of exports: evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuan Anh Luong
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
Differentiated Goods ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
Degree Of Differentiation ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe quality of exports is an important indicator of the economic development of a country. It is, therefore, important to understand its determinants. Existing literature reveals a number of determinants such as the position of a country, the distance to the trading partner, the size of the firm and the productivity or the quality of inputs. In this study, the author proposes a new determinant, namely ethnic diversity.Design/methodology/approachIn the first stage of this research, the author estimates the quality of exports following Berry (1994) approach. The author also addresses the endogeneity problem as suggested by Khandelwal (2010). The author’s measure of ethnic diversity follows Easterly and Levine (1997). In the second stage, the author regresses the estimated quality on the measure of ethnic diversity, interacted by the degree of differentiation of the goods.FindingsFirst, the author finds that ethnic diversity in general reduces the quality of exports. Second, the author finds that the impact varies with the degree of differentiation. In particular, while ethnic diversity decreases the quality of differentiated goods, it increases the quality of homogeneous goods.Research limitations/implicationsBecause of data limitations, the research cannot investigate the impact of migration.Practical implicationsThe findings of this paper show how one can improve the quality of products based on the characteristics of the population and of the products.Originality/valueIn the last decade, there has been growing attention paid to the impact of ethnic diversity on economic performance. As industrial powerhouses such as China continue to urbanize, stitching together once-disparate ethnic groups, the role ethnic diversity plays in the economic life of a country must be examined from a variety of angles. This paper is the first to investigate the specific impact of that diversity on product quality and on how diversity interacts with the characteristics of products.

Агрономическая эффективность промышленной (голландской) технологии возделывания картофеля

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Coy ◽  
A.V. Shuravilin ◽  
O.A. Zakharova
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact

Приведены результаты исследований по изучению влияния промышленной технологии возделывания картофеля на развитие, урожайность и качество продукции. Выявлена положительная реакция растений на подкормку K2SO4 в период посадки. Корреляционно-регрессионный анализ урожайности и качества клубней выявил высокую степень достоверности результатов опыта. Содержание нитратов и тяжелых металлов в клубнях было ниже допустимых величин.The results of studies on the impact of industrial technology of potato cultivation on growth, yield and quality of products. There was a positive response of plants to fertilizer K2SO4 in the period of planting. Correlation and regression analysis of yield and quality of tubers revealed a high degree of reliability of the results of experience. The contents of nitrates and heavy metals in tubers was below the permissible values.

scholarly journals A Simulation Model of Construction Projects Executed in Random Conditions with the Overlapping Construction Works

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5795
Author(s):  
Sławomir Biruk ◽  
Łukasz Rzepecki
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Technological Process ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Working Time ◽  
Simulation Studies ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Construction Works

Reducing the duration of construction works requires additional organizational measures, such as selecting construction methods that assure a shorter realization time, engaging additional resources, working overtime, or allowing construction works to be performed simultaneously in the same working units. The simultaneous work of crews may affect the quality of works and the efficiency of construction processes. This article presents a simulation model aimed at assessing the impact of the overlap period on the extension of the working time of the crews and the reduction of a repetitive project’s duration in random conditions. The purpose of simulation studies is to provide construction managers with guidelines when deciding on the dates of starting the sequential technological process lines realized by specialized working crews, for sustainable scheduling and organization of construction projects.

scholarly journals Benefits of implementing IT tools and procedures for the estimation and measurement uncertainty in testing laboratories

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 317-323
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Dijmarescu
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Uncertainty ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Testing Laboratories ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Non Destructive

Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials present a rapid expansion given by the increase in market demand caused by the desire to obtain an increasingly better quality of products. The continuous increase in quality demands leads directly to the need to implement and modernize the techniques, methods, and equipment used for quality control. Consequently, the need for product testing services has a rapid growth. This paper presents the strength and weaknesses of implementing IT tools for the estimation of the measurement uncertainty in testing laboratories and the impact of these tools on the economic part

scholarly journals Analysis of environmental impacts of combustion products of some pyrotechnic compositions

2019 ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Bożena Kukfisz ◽  
Jakub Rakus ◽  
Robert Piec
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Combustion Products ◽  
Rocket Engines ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Gas Products ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Pyrotechnic Mixtures ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
The Impact

The study examined mixtures obtained from ready pyrotechnic articles available on the market in Poland. Samples were taken from various products with different performance characteristics, i.e. pyrotechnic batteries, firecrackers, volcanoes, as well as smoke candles, rockets (including rocket engines), and cold fires. These are the product categories most frequently used by users. The research allowed to determine gaseous combustion products and showed their life cycle in the environment. A comparative analysis of selected pyrotechnic mixtures was carried out in terms of their impact on the climate change of gas products. Using the ICT-Thermodynamic Code program, gaseous combustion products were estimated and the life cycle was analysed using the SimaPro program. Determining the impact on the environment (upon the basis of Ecoindicator 99) allowed to know the scale of the problem and set the direction of development of the pyrotechnic industry, so that importers could compete not only with the price and quality of products offered, but also tried to reduce the potential impact on the environment.

Collaborative Scientific Writing Between Writing Art and Project Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 339-364
Author(s):  
Dragoș Iliescu ◽  
Felicia Veronica Banciu ◽  
Simona Vasilache
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Transactive Memory ◽  
Scientific Writing ◽  
Online Technology ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge

This chapter investigates collaborative scientific writing. The study presents a baseline and concepts embedded by research for an ad hoc group of authors. Transactive memory, which is a quality of a group achieving the desired synergy, is approached in literature through metaphors. The investigation focuses on a proposal to evaluate the transactive memory's quale. A specialization between group and team expresses the ability of online technology to enhance the authors' communication. The research examines synergy among the authors for different phases of experienced collaboration to achieve successful publishing. Three hypotheses were researched for the evaluation of transactive memory's quale. The findings suggest that the total amount of knowledge experienced by the group of authors, as resulting from the collaborative scientific writing, corresponds to the aggregated domains of deterministic and probabilistic spaces.

scholarly journals The impact of asymmetry on equilibrium of logistics systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 294 ◽  
pp. 06004
Author(s):  
Irina Savelieva ◽  
Serhij Melnikov ◽  
Alexandra Orlovska
Keyword(s):  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Asymmetry Of Information ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
The Impact

The article examines one of the actual problems of the theory and practice of the logistics systems functioning related to the asymmetry of information in the transport services market. Assessing the level of asymmetry in logistics systems is of fundamental importance to increase the competitiveness of relevant systems. New approach formulated herein estimates the logistics systems asymmetry by taking into account information asymmetry about the quality of transport products, as well as information asymmetry about the quality of products within the boundaries of the corresponding supply chain. This approach allows to take into account its potential capabilities and increase functional stability in the process of logistics systems design.

scholarly journals Environmental, social and governance and creditworthiness: Two contrary evidence from major Asian markets

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-187
Author(s):  
Narapong Srivisal ◽  
Natthawat Jamprasert ◽  
Jananya Sthienchoak ◽  
Pornpitchaya Kuwalairat
Keyword(s):  
Credit Rating ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Financial Quality ◽  
Sustainable Investment ◽  
The Impact

Assets managed under sustainable investment criteria have been massively growing during the recent years. Among the criteria, environmental, social and governance (ESG) score leads the group as an important indicator of non-financial quality of a firm, which may reflect value to investors either through higher expected profit or lower risk. In this paper, we focus on the latter by exploring whether ESG score has linkage to the credit rating of firms due to the risk mitigation effect. Ordered logistic regressions are applied on a panel dataset of listed companies in Shanghai Stock Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange from 2009 to 2018. The results suggest that only in Japan, having ESG coverage is greatly associated with being awarded higher credit rating. However, only the environmental and governance pillars positively link to the Japanese firms’ credit ratings, while the social pillar shows negative correlation. The finding of heterogeneous effects translates to an important implication that investment in ESG should be taken with care as the impact of ESG may depend on different nature or culture of markets.

scholarly journals Yield and quality of strawberries when applying fertilizers

2021 ◽  
pp. 94-99
Author(s):  
T. E. Ivanova ◽  
E. V. Lekomtseva ◽  
T. N. Tutova ◽  
E. V. Sokolova ◽  
L. A. Nesmelova
Keyword(s):  
Soluble Sugars ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Meteorological Conditions ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Udmurt Republic ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
The Impact

Relevance. One of the most important elements of the technology of cultivation of strawberries for increasing productivity and improving the quality of berries is the use of fertilizers that can regulate the growth, development, yield and quality of products.Methods. During 2016-2018, the impact of pre-planting application of complex mineral fertilizers on the yield and quality of strawberries in the Udmurt Republic was studied. The analysis of meteorological conditions during the growing season of the crop according to the research results is carried out.Results. The results of the use of complex fertilizers Azofoska, Perm-yagodnoye and Fusco-yagodnoye on garden strawberries when grown in the conditions of the Udmurt Republic are presented. It was found that the use of these fertilizers in comparison with the control (Azofoska) contributes to an increase in yield and has a positive effect on the quality of berries. The aftereffect of the studied fertilizers on the second and third year of fruiting of wild strawberries is noted. According to the results of research, the highest yield of berries of the garden strawberry was obtained in 2016 in the first year of fruiting when applying Chamfer-berry (1.33 kg/m2 ). The pre-planting application of the FaskoYagodnoye fertilizer provided a reliable increase in yield at all times of berry harvesting, and on average for three years by 0.13 kg/m2 with an NSR of 0.04 kg/m2 . The content of dry matter, water-soluble sugars and vitamin C in the berries corresponded to the characteristics of the Darenka variety and to a greater extent depended on the meteorological conditions of the growing season of strawberries.

scholarly journals Identification of Factors Causing Delays in Construction Projects in Algeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Salhi Roumeissa ◽  
Messaoudi Karima ◽  
Sassi Boudemagh Souad
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Success ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Organization And Management

Time is an indicator of project performance, and along with cost and quality factors, it is the project roadmap, as it determines its success. In Algeria, among the problems often encountered in the construction of projects are timeouts. A questionnaire survey was conducted with experts in the field of construction, in order to know the factors causing delays in projects. The results show that the managerial factors (relating to planning, organization and management) are the most important in Algeria. Therefore, the use of Project Management is essential, given the need to promote this area in terms of processes and tools used, to allow the various project stakeholders to optimize the planning of activities and resources, to complete the project. project in a timely manner and reach the stage of project success. Recommendations were proposed and managerial solutions were suggested using the guide of PMBOK version 5.

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