The Measurement of Logistics Industry Efficiency Based on the Construction of Tobacco Transport Logistics Infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 2827-2847
Author(s):  
Li Jian ◽  
Zhang Lu
Keyword(s):  
Market Competition ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Infrastructure Network ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Logistics Performance Index

With the increasingly fierce market competition, China’s tobacco industry has been severely tested. At the same time, according to the latest report of global Logistics Performance Index (LPI), there is a significant difference between China’s LPI and other developed countries, indicating that China’s logistics has low efficiency, high input and low output. How to improve the service level and operation efficiency of tobacco enterprises by strengthening the construction of logistics infrastructure network is an urgent problem for tobacco enterprises to solve. Therefore, DEA model and Malmquist index model are adopted in this paper to measure the logistics efficiency of Chinese tobacco enterprises from the aspect of logistics infrastructure network construction. This paper analyzes the state of logistics efficiency and the reasons of low efficiency in some economic regions and puts forward countermeasures and suggestions to improve the logistics efficiency of tobacco enterprises based on the construction of logistics infrastructure network.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Carbon Emissions Efficiency of the Logistics Industry Based on a Super-SBM Model and the Malmquist Index from a Strong Transportation Strategy Perspective in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8459
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Jiang ◽  
Jianxiao Ma ◽  
Huizhe Zhu ◽  
Xiucheng Guo ◽  
Zhaoguo Huang
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Sbm Model ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Emission Growth ◽  
Second Category

Carbon emissions from the logistics industry have been rising year after year. Correct handling of the relationship between economic development and environmental protection is of great significance to the implementation of green logistics, which is an important component of China’s strategy for strong transportation. This paper focuses on the evaluation of the carbon emissions efficiency of logistics industry from a new strong transportation strategy perspective. A super-efficiency slack-based measurement (Super-SBM) model and Malmquist index are combined to evaluate the static and dynamic carbon emissions efficiency of the logistics industry. The results indicate that compared with the SBM model, the Super-SBM model can more effectively measure the carbon emissions efficiency of the logistics industry. Pilot regions for the strong transportation strategy were divided into two categories, namely regions with slow carbon emission growth rates but high efficiency, and regions with high carbon emission growth rates but low efficiency. Some policy recommendations from the strong transportation strategy perspective were proposed to improve the carbon emissions efficiency of the logistics industry, especially for the second category of pilot regions. This study is expected to provide a basis for decision-making for efficient emissions reduction measures and policies, and to encourage the pilot regions to take the lead in achieving the goal of China’s strategy for transportation.

Problems in the Development of Chinese Modern Logistics Industry and Countermeasures for Settlement

2011 ◽  
Vol 460-461 ◽  
pp. 284-287
Author(s):  
Qing Hua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Logistics Enterprise ◽  
Logistics Enterprises ◽  
Logistics Mode

Taking some developed countries as comparative objects, the paper analyzed problems in the development of Chinese logistics industry, from development course, management level, techniques and equipments, service level, managerial system and mechanism, legal environment, and talents aspects. Referring the developed logistics mode of developed countries, the paper gives some advices to the future of Chinese logistics industry and logistics enterprise, including advices in terms of macrocosmic aspects and microcosmic aspects. The constant improvement of market mechanism, sustained growth of social economy, continuous perfection of laws, rules and regulations, and wide application of modern science and technology has created beneficial conditions for logistics development. As for logistics enterprises, it is extremely crucial for them to comprehensively consider various factors, and establish the logistics mode truly suitable for themselves. Therefore, the research on the countermeasures for the development of Chinese logistics enterprises has important theoretical and practical significances on promoting the scientific and healthy development of Chinese logistics industry.

scholarly journals Efficiency Evaluation of Logistics Industry in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region under Low-Carbon Constraints Based on the DEA-Malmquist Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 03018
Author(s):  
Huiyi Chu ◽  
Qilan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Low Carbon Economy ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Input Method ◽  
Dea Efficiency ◽  
Projection Analysis ◽  
Carbon Economy

This paper studies the logistics efficiency of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region under the background of low-carbon economy from 2012 to 2017. We introduce the carbon dioxide emission into the input indicators on the basis of the pollutant input method, and we use the BCC model and Malmquist index model to make both static and dynamic efficiency evaluations of logistics industry. Also, we use the projection analysis method to analyze the root causes of DMUs with non-DEA efficiency. According to the problems of logistics efficiency in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, we put forward some recommendations to help the whole region achieve collaborative development under the low-carbon environment.

COMPARISON OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PATIENTS IN THE LOCALY ADVANCED BREAST CANCER FORMS AFTER SYSTEM AND INTRALYMPHATIC POLYCHEMOTHERAPY

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Yuriy Dumanskiy ◽  
Oleksandr Bondar ◽  
Oleksandr Tkachenko ◽  
Evhenii Stoliachuk ◽  
Vasilii Ermakov
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Locally Advanced ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Preoperative Treatment ◽  
Discrete Elements ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Significant Difference

In recent years, breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer pathology and the most common cause of disability among women in developed countries. Finding the most effective ways of interaction between the patient and the doctor creates the preconditions for the necessary analysis of the treatment process from an objective and subjective point of view. Therefore, an important indicator to be taken into account is the quality of life of a patient. To compare the indicators of a comprehensive assessment of the quality of life of patients to the adverse locally advanced forms (LA) of breast cancer before and after systemic intravenous polychemotherapy (SPCTx) and selective endolymphatic polychemotherapy (ELPCTx) in neoadjuvant mode. The study was conducted on the basis of a random analysis of outpatient cards from 112 patients with LA BC T4A-DN0-3M0 who received a comprehensive antitumor treatment on the basis of the Donetsk regional antitumor center and the University Clinic of the Odessa National Medical University from 2000 to 2017, which was proposed a questionnaire at various stages of preoperative treatment. The first (control) group consisted of 65 patients (58 %) with inoperable forms of LA BC, which was performed in neoadjuvant mode by SPCTx. The second (study group) included 47 patients (42 %) with inoperable forms of LA BC, which was performed as a neoadjuvant course ELPCTx. According to the integral indicators of quality of life and quality of health between patients in the control and study groups, there was no statistically significant difference. In a detailed analysis of the indicators of symptomatic scales, the difference between the groups did not exceed the critical. Based on the results of a study conducted among patients receiving endolymphatic chemotherapy in a neoadjuvant mode, the subjective evaluations of treatment in absolute numbers have better reference values without statistical superiority. The study of the integrative indicator of quality of life and its discrete elements is an ergonomic and economical means of heuristic assessment of the health of patients in order to further develop more rational and convenient ways of solving urgent issues of modern oncology by increasing compliance and finding a compromise between the physician and the patient.

scholarly journals Time series analysis of the relationship between diarrhea in children and Rota 2 vaccine in the Fanteakwa District of the eastern region of Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Atampiiga Avoka ◽  
Elvis J. Dun-Dery ◽  
Issah Seidu ◽  
Armel N. E. Abou ◽  
Paul Twene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Seasonal Effects ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
R Software ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Severe Gastroenteritis ◽  
Access To Medical Care ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background Rotavirus is considered the main causal factor of severe gastroenteritis among infants and children globally. The association with severe rotavirus infection is mostly worse among the least developed countries, mainly due to inadequate access to medical care and poverty. This study was conducted to determine the seasonal effects in respect of diarrhea cases in children, the association between diarrhea cases and Rota2 vaccine in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Methods The study compares monthly diarrhea cases against children vaccinated with Rota2 extracted from DHIMS2 spanning May 2012 to December 2017 in Fanteakwa District. A univariate association between diarrhea cases and children vaccinated with Rota 2 was conducted using the R-software version 3.4.4 with the use of forecast, tseries and TSAPred. Pearson Correlation coefficient was also computed between monthly diarrhea cases and Rota 2 as well as lagged values of Rota 2 and Diarrhea cases. Results The study shows that February recorded the highest average number of diarrhea cases (172) over the period 2012 to 2017 with a standard deviation of 59. However, a one-way analysis of variance shows a significant difference amongst the monthly averages with an F-statistic of 0.042 and P-value of 0.064. It is observed that the correlations between each of the Rota2 doses and the lagged cases are positive, showing higher Rota2 doses a month ago ((Xt − 1),0.346 to0.735), two months ago ((Xt − 2),0.383 to 0.746), three months ago ((Xt − 3), 0.330 to 0.737) and four months ago ((Xt − 4), 0.236 to 0.723) are associated with lower diarrhea cases. The results also show that an increase in the previous two month’s Rota2 figures by 100 is associated with a significant decrease in the currently expected diarrhea cases by approximately 36. Conclusion Seasonal variations exist in the occurrence of diarrhea in children, with January recording the highest number of diarrhea cases (172). There is a relationship between episodes of diarrhea in children and Rota2 (p-value = 0.064); thus, the more children are vaccinated with Rota2, the less diarrhea cases are recorded. Diarrhea cases in Fanteakwa district are generally low, except 2013 and 2016 where the cases are higher than the rest of the other years.

scholarly journals Long-Term Economic Sustainability of Humanitarian Logistics—A Multi-Level and Time-Series Data Envelopment Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2219
Author(s):  
Matthias Klumpp ◽  
Dominic Loske
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Humanitarian Logistics ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Window Analysis

Although resources are scarce and outputs incorporate the potential to save human lives, efficiency measurement endeavors with data envelopment analysis (DEA) methods are not yet commonplace in the research and practice of non-government organizations (NGO) and states involved in humanitarian logistics. We present a boot-strapped DEA window analysis and Malmquist index application as a methodological state of the art for a multi-input and multi-output efficiency analysis and discuss specific adaptions to typical core challenges in humanitarian logistics. A characteristic feature of humanitarian operations is the fact that a multitude of organizations are involved on at least two levels, national and supra-national, as well as in two sectors, private NGO and government agencies. This is modeled and implemented in an international empirical analysis: First, a comprehensive dataset from the 34 least developed countries in Africa from 2002 to 2015 is applied for the first time in such a DEA Malmquist index efficiency analysis setting regarding the national state actor level. Second, an analysis of different sections in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh is analyzed based on a bootstrapped DEA with window analysis application for 2017, 2018, and 2019 quarter data regarding the private NGO level of operations in humanitarian logistics.

Host and backpacker perceptions of environmental impacts of backpacker tourism: A case study of the Yasawa Islands, Fiji

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supattra Sroypetch ◽  
Neil Carr ◽  
Tara Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Less Developed Countries ◽  
Significant Difference

This paper examines host and backpacker perceptions of the environmental impacts of backpacker tourism on local communities in less-developed countries. The discussion is based on data collected in 2011 via surveys and interviews with host and backpacker populations in the Yasawa Islands of Fiji. The results suggest that there is a significant difference between the perceptions of hosts and their guests towards the environmental impacts of backpacker tourism. Backpackers believe that they generate a higher extent of negative environmental impacts on the destination than those perceived by their hosts. This study broadens the understanding of the impacts of backpacker tourism from dual perspectives – both the hosts and guests.

Online teaching benefits and challenges during pandemic COVID-19: a comparative study of Pakistan and Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahib Khatoon Thaheem ◽  
Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin ◽  
Quratulain Mirza ◽  
Habib Ullah Pathan
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Research Society ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference

PurposeThe shift from physical class to online classes in the pandemic COVID-19 situation has posited opportunities as well as challenges for teachers and students. The primary purpose of this research is to investigate challenges faced and benefits availed by the teachers at the tertiary level in universities of Pakistan and Indonesia.Design/methodology/approachTo achieve the purpose a mixed-method approach is employed to answer the three research questions of the present study. The quantitative data is obtained from the responses of 66 teachers, teaching online in Mehran UET Pakistan and 102 teachers from Indonesian university. The personal, technological, and pedagogical challenges were analyzed by descriptive statistics on SPSS. Thus, the independent-samples t-test was run to test for statistically significant differences faced by teachers in both countries.FindingsThe findings revealed that there were no statistically significant differences found in personal, and pedagogical challenges faced by both countries' teachers, whereas there is a significant difference in facing technological challenges between Pakistani and Indonesian teachers. The benefits of online teaching were investigated qualitatively by conducting semi-structured interviews with 10 teachers 5 from each country. There are very positive aspects of online teaching revealed in the interviews.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper includes implications for the development of Computer Assisted Language Learning, the development of technology integrated courses, and for managing the balance between physical and online classes.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study have implications on finding out the solutions of the derived challenges, further it suggests to concentrate on students of public and private universities in Pakistan and Indonesia so that a comparison of challenges faced by teachers and faced by students can be researched and evaluated and it can generate significantly different results.Social implicationsThe implications on the research society and the teachers and designers' communities are very clear in this research because it paves the way forward towards the blending of technology in any way either synchronously/ asynchronously into education, further researches can be done on designing the new concepts, courses, instructional platforms for students and investigate the new dimensions and effects of them.Originality/valueFindings have value, because two countries' context (developing countries) with respect to the comparison of the challenges and benefits is better understood, it would have different results if had done in the developed countries.

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