scholarly journals Estimating Dairy Young Stock Rearing Cost of Different Management Systems in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
X.T. Ang ◽  
N. Mohd Nor ◽  
M.W.H. Hiew ◽  
U. Khairuddin ◽  
C.T. Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Average Cost ◽  
Management System ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Young Stock ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Feed Costs ◽  
The Cost

Background: Rearing young stock is costly, yet study on the economics of dairy young stock rearing in Malaysia is scarce. This study aims to determine the cost of rearing dairy young stock in different management system at the largest milk producer area located in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia. Methods: A survey was conducted at 7 smallholders, 6 semi-commercial sand 1 commercial dairy farms between July and August 2019 to estimate costs of rearing young stock from birth until first calving age (FCA) with the average number of milking cows as 16±2.495, 40±3.256 and 1,303 heads, respectively and the average number of young stocks was 2±0.769, 14±4.578 and 2,221 heads, respectively. Only feed costs were estimated. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS software. Result: The average cost of rearing was RM4, 052 (USD1,000)/heifer across three different management systems, which were RM3,478 (USD858)/heifer in small scale, RM4,380 (USD1,081)/heifer) in semi-commercial and RM4,300 (USD1,061)/ heifer) in commercial farms.

Automatic Milking Systems: an option to address the labour shortage on New Zealand dairy farms?

2002 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
J.G. Jago ◽  
M.W. Woolford
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Dairy Industry ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Labour Shortage ◽  
Commercial Farms ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Automatic Milking Systems

There is a growing shortage of labour within the dairy industry. To address this the industry needs to attract more people and/or reduce the labour requirements on dairy farms. Current milk harvesting techniques contribute to both the labour requirements and the current labour shortage within the industry as the process is labour-intensive and necessitates long and unsociable working hours. Automated milking systems (AMS) have been in operation, albeit on a small scale, on commercial farms in Europe for a decade and may have the potential to address labour issues within the New Zealand dairy industry. A research programme has been established (The Greenfield Project) which aims to determine the feasibility of automated milking under New Zealand dairying conditions. A Fullwoods MERLIN AMS has been installed on a protoype farmlet and is successfully milking a small herd of 41 cows. Progress from the prototype Greenfields system offers considerable potential for implementing AMS in extensive grazing systems. Keywords: automated milking systems, dairy cattle, grazing, labour

scholarly journals CRITERIAL APPROACH TO ANALYSIS OF THE COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF BUSINESS STRUCTURES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (36) ◽  
pp. 190-202
Author(s):  
N. Radionova ◽  
S. Breus ◽  
M. Denysenko ◽  
Ye. Khaustova ◽  
A. Matiukh
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Cost Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
Complex Criterion ◽  
Cost Management System ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Intermediate Value ◽  
Business Structure

The article presents the basic principles of a criteria-based approach to the analysis of the cost management system of business structures. The expediency of analysis for each stage of the cost management process is indicated. The stages of cost management are determined: development (adoption) of a solution, implementation of a solution and control. The method for calculating complex and resulting criteria for analyzing the effectiveness of the cost management system on the example of sewing enterprises is proposed. Among the main results of the proposed criterial approach, the assessment of the effectiveness of the cost management system of a business structure in the context of each stage of management and the possibility of comparing the effectiveness of cost management systems at different enterprises are determined. For each stage of management, the six local criteria have been developed and their quantitative characteristics are indicated to analyze the level of efficiency of the cost management system. Local criteria can take values from 0 to 1. For each of them, there are three options for the accepted value: the most and least effective and intermediate value. Local criteria are combined into a complex criterion. The complex criteria for each stage of management constitute the resulting criterion for assessing the cost management system of the business structure. The closer the obtained value of the resulting criterion is to 1, the more effective the cost management system at the enterprise becomes. The analysis of indicators of five leading domestic enterprises of the garment industry was carried out according to the given methodology. It was found that the performance indicators of each of the studied enterprises are almost half of the optimal result. It is noted that the researched enterprises need to focus on improving the existing cost management systems. Moreover, each enterprise has the cost management system with the different operating efficiency at each stage of management. That is, the proposed methodology allows enterprises to identify problematic aspects in the context of management stages and to make changes to the cost management system in order to increase its efficiency.

scholarly journals Microbial biomass and soil chemical properties under different land use systems in northeastern Pará

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1127-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elessandra Laura Nogueira Lopes ◽  
Antonio Rodrigues Fernandes ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro Ruivo ◽  
José Henrique Cattanio ◽  
Gladys Ferreira de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Soil Surface ◽  
Plant Residue ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Productive Capacity ◽  
Intensive Management ◽  
Slash And Burn ◽  
Brazilian Amazon Region ◽  
Residue Incorporation

The increase in agricultural production in the Brazilian Amazon region is mostly a result of the agricultural frontier expansion, into areas previously influenced by humans or of native vegetation. At the same time, burning is still used to clear areas in small-scale agricultural systems, leading to a loss of the soil productive capacity shortly after, forcing the opening of new areas. This study had the objective of evaluating the effect of soil preparation methods that involve plant residue shredding, left on the surface or incorporated to the soil, with or without chemical fertilization, on the soil chemical and biological properties. The experiment was conducted in 1995, in an experimental field of Yellow Latosol (Oxisol) of the Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, northeastern Pará (Brazil). The experiment was arranged in randomized blocks, in a 2x6 factorial design, with two management systems and six treatments evaluated twice. The management systems consisted of rice (Oriza sativa), followed by cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) with manioc (Manihot esculenta). In the first system the crops were planted in two consecutive cycles, followed by a three-year fallow period (natural regrowth); the second system consisted of one cultivation cycle and was left fallow for three years. The following treatments were applied to the secondary forest vegetation: slash and burn, fertilized with NPK (Q+NPK); slash and burn, without fertilizer NPK (Q-NPK); cutting and shredding, leaving the residues on the soil surface, fertilized with NPK (C+NPK); cutting and shredding, leaving residues on the soil surface, without fertilizer (C-NPK); cutting and shredding, with residue incorporation and fertilized with NPK (I+NPK); cutting and shredding, with residue incorporation and without NPK fertilizer (I-NPK). The soil was sampled in the rainier season (April 2006) and in the drier season (September 2006), in the 0-0.1 m layer. From each plot, 10 simple samples were collected in order to generate a composite sample. In the more intensive management system the contents of microbial C (Cmic) and microbial N (Nmic) were higher, while the C (Corg) level was higher in the less intensive system. The treatments with highest Cmic and Nmic levels were those with cutting, shredding and distribution of biomass on the soil surface. Under both management systems, the chemical characteristics were in ranges that classify the soil as little fertile, although P and K (in the rainy season) were higher in the less intensive management system.

Warehouse Management System Applicable to Small and Medium Retailer Enterprises

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 2867-2871
Author(s):  
Yun Na Wu ◽  
Wei Luo ◽  
Xi Ba
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Management System ◽  
General Pattern ◽  
Logistics Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Warehouse Management ◽  
Operation Performance ◽  
Warehouse Management System ◽  
The Cost

Warehouse management is an extremely elementary and important part of logistics management, its effect would affect the cost of logistics immediately, and thereby it would influence an enterprise’s operation performance as a whole. Taking advantage of information technology to realize warehouse management could increase managing efficiency and record precision and improve economic performance.The article concludes all kinds of functional requirements in warehouse management, like inquiry and retrieval, and then abstract out the general pattern of warehouse management systems and design the system.

scholarly journals Optimal Power Dispatch of Small-Scale Standalone Microgrid Located in Colombian Territory

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Henao-Muñoz ◽  
Andrés Saavedra-Montes ◽  
Carlos Ramos-Paja
Keyword(s):  
Energy Management ◽  
Heuristic Algorithm ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Management System ◽  
Optimization Problem ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Energy Management System ◽  
Optimal Power ◽  
Power Dispatch ◽  
The Cost

An optimal power dispatch of a small-scale standalone microgrid for remote area power supply in Colombian territory is proposed in this paper. The power dispatch is generated by an energy management system based on a mixed-integer linear programming, which minimizes the cost of operating the microgrid while fulfilling the technical constraints of its elements. The energy management system solves an optimization problem using the algebraic representation of the generators and its constraints. Basic steady-state models of the generators are selected to solve the optimization problem. The small-scale microgrid is considered for a remote area power supply in Taroa, a small settlement in La Guajira, Colombia. The microgrid is composed of photovoltaic modules, a wind generator, a diesel generator, a battery bank, and residential loads. To validate the solution, the elements of the microgrids are parameterized with information from commercial equipment. Moreover, the power dispatch obtained with the proposed solution is compared with a power dispatch generated by a heuristic algorithm, which has been previously used to dispatch power in a small-scale standalone microgrid. Results show that the cost of operating the microgrid is minimized using the proposed optimization approach: a reduction of the operating cost equal to 25.5% of the cost imposed by the heuristic algorithm is obtained.

Exploration-Stage Implementation Variation

2014 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Romney ◽  
Nathaniel Israel ◽  
Danijela Zlatevski
Keyword(s):  
Parent Training ◽  
Average Cost ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Training Group ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Triple P ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Parent Training Program ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Cost

The present study examines the effect of agency-level implementation variation on the cost-effectiveness of an evidence-based parent training program (Positive Parenting Program: “Triple P”). Staff from six community-based agencies participated in a five-day training to prepare them to deliver a 12-week Triple P parent training group to caregivers. Prior to the training, administrators and staff from four of the agencies completed a site readiness process intended to prepare them for the implementation demands of successfully delivering the group, while the other two agencies did not complete the process. Following the delivery of each agency’s first Triple P group, the graduation rate and average cost per class graduate were calculated. The average cost-per-graduate was over seven times higher for the two agencies that had not completed the readiness process than for the four completing agencies ($7,811 vs. $1,052). The contrast in costs was due to high participant attrition in the Triple P groups delivered by the two agencies that did not complete the readiness process. The odds of Triple P participants graduating were 12.2 times greater for those in groups run by sites that had completed the readiness process. This differential attrition was not accounted for by between-group differences in participant characteristics at pretest. While the natural design of this study limits the ability to empirically test all alternative explanations, these findings indicate a striking cost savings for sites completing the readiness process and support the thoughtful application of readiness procedures in the early stages of an implementation initiative.

Milk Production Efficiency as Dependent on the Scale of Production and Cow Management Systems on Dairy Farms

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Wroński ◽  
Marek Cichocki ◽  
Katarzyna Borkowska ◽  
Jan Redmer
Keyword(s):  
Milk Production ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Management Systems

Perspectives of using standards based on management systems for increasing the competitiveness of fruit and vegetable products in the republic of Uzbekistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Imomov Jamshidxon Odilovich
Keyword(s):  
Network Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Network Management System ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Vegetable Products ◽  
The Republic

This article examines the role and importance of agriculture in the economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and demonstrates the need to improve the competitiveness of fruit and vegetable products in future economic reforms and the need for implementing a network management system. The SWOT method also shows the prospects and ways to increase the competitiveness of fruits and vegetables in the global agrarian and food markets.

New approaches to improving enterprise management systems using international models and standards in a digital transformation environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
V.V. Silaeva ◽  
◽  
V.P. Semenov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
International Standards ◽  
System Model ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Integrated Management System ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Iso 31000

The relevance of creating integrated management systems for enterprises in a digital transformation environment is proved. New approaches to improving the management system in accordance with the new European excellence model (EFQM 2020) and international standards for achieving sustainable success and risk management are described. Approach to the development of integrated management system model based on the new EFQM 2020 model and international standards such as ISO 9004:2018 and ISO 31000:2018 is offered.

Inventory optimization considering the vehicle capacity and specifics of cash flows at rental storage sites

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
V.D. Gerami ◽  
I.G. Shidlovskii
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Cargo Capacity ◽  
Special Modification ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
Vehicle Capacity

The article presents a special modification of the EOQ formula and its application to the accounting of the cargo capacity factor for the relevant procedures for optimizing deliveries when renting storage facilities. The specified development will allow managers to take into account the following process specifics in the format of a simulated supply chain when managing inventory. First of all, it will allow considering the most important factor of cargo capacity when optimizing stocks. Moreover, this formula will make it possible to find the optimal strategy for the supply of goods if, also, it is necessary to take into account the combined effect of several factors necessary for practice, which will undoubtedly affect decision-making procedures. Here we are talking about the need for additional consideration of the following essential attributes of the simulated cash flow of the supply chain: 1) time value of money; 2) deferral of payment of the cost of the order; 3) pre-agreed allowable delays in the receipt of revenue from goods sold. Developed analysis and optimization procedures have been implemented to models of this type that are interesting and important for a business. This — inventory management systems, the format of which is related to the special concept of efficient supply. We are talking about models where the presence of the specified delays for the outgoing cash flows allows you to pay for the order and the corresponding costs of the supply chain from the corresponding revenue on the re-order interval. Accordingly, the necessary and sufficient conditions are established based on which managers will be able to identify models of the specified type. The purpose of the article is to draw the attention of managers to real opportunities to improve the efficiency of inventory management systems by taking into account these factors for a simulated supply chain.

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