scholarly journals STREAMLINING PACKAGING AS PART OF SUSTAINABLE REVERSE LOGISTICS PROCESSES

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-433
Author(s):  
Helena Fidlerová ◽  
Helena Makyšová ◽  
Lucia Sklenárová ◽  
Paula Bajdor
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Registration System ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Packaging Process ◽  
Management Hierarchy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Reduced Time

The aim of the article is to present streamlining reverse logistics challenging the trends of increased amount costs of packaging and a need to meet sustainable development goals. Analysis of the packaging process has identified increased costs for the purchase of packaging, increased volume of imported and produced packaging material, increased volume of packaging waste and thus high recycling fees (related to producer responsibility). A proposed solution for streamlining reverse logistics processes have been introduced, including workflow of the packaging process, a new packaging registration system and measures for standardisation of the packaging process. The solution's main benefits are economical and ecological: first, cost reduction for purchasing new packaging materials and cost reduction for recycling fees, the second elimination of negative influence on the environment by respecting the waste management hierarchy and principles of the circular economy. Other benefits expected for the company are shorter, more informative, and practical training of new employees, reduced time for packaging process through its standardisation and visualisation, and more efficient separation of reusable packaging.

Framework Proposition Strategy for Collection of Returned Products in Reverse Logistics Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 462-475
Author(s):  
Hendrik Lamsali
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Logistics Network ◽  
Plastics Recycling ◽  
Product Return ◽  
Development Goals

The importance of reverse logistics and product recovery is evident in various industries as well as in current UNESCO sustainable development goals. This includes plastics and recycling with the former “contributed” significantly towards environmental issues and the latter being one of the primary solutions. The motivations of its implementation are generally divided into legal, economic, and socio-environmental factors. One of the crucial components of plastics recycling and a reverse logistics system is product return channels. The success of other components especially the recovery operations depends on the effectiveness of the return channels. Although numerous investigations on product return channels have been carried out, research on some critical aspects remains wanting. This study presents a review that highlights this deficiency, depicts relevant research development on product return channels, decision-making issues, and direction for future research. At the end of the study, the authors propose a new closed-loop logistics network and future research framework propositions.

Collaboration project around United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with focus on climate change and human rights

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Bredberg ◽  
Anna Bergqvist
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Science ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Development Goals

<p>Climate change is one of the most important global issues affecting the entire population on the earth, particularly young people. Since climate change is already threating us all, it is of utmost importance to raise this issue in a wide range of community policies, including school programs. In line with this reasoning, teacher at our school have together started a collaborative project in different subject as Natural Science, Swedish, Economics, Human Rights and Social Science focused on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The primary objective with this collaborative project is to work with United Nations sustainaable Development Goals since it is applicable to the school subjects in many different aspects, including Economic, Social science and Science. An important objective of this project is to provide students with educational and practical training in how to make scientific inquiries and write a scientific report. During this school year, participating students will attend lectures and exhibitions concerning United Nations’ Sustanable Development Goals. In April 2020 the students will present their reports in a conference at the department of Geological Sciences at Stockholm University.</p>

Analysis on Game Behavior of Local Governments in Reverse Logistics of ELV

2013 ◽  
Vol 483 ◽  
pp. 471-478
Author(s):  
Chun Xin Bao ◽  
Xian Zhong Mu
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Recycling Industry ◽  
Supervision And Management ◽  
The Game Theory ◽  
Article Analysis ◽  
Development Goals

This article analysis the game relationship between local governments without cooperation or not by the game theory during the recycling process of ELV, and then get the optimal strategy choice. Results show that regional income and environmental monitoring are the important factors that affect regional game, as a result, although our country has clearly defined the responsibility of" supervision and management " to local government in the reverse logistics of ELV, this can only play a guiding significance in the process of implementation and the operability is not strong. So we should need to improve the management of special funds, strengthen financial support, adjust the national industrial development policy, establish a regional mechanism of cooperation, setting the development goals scientifically of the recycling industry of ELV, and do further refinement of local government powers and duties, so as to promote the development of recycling industry of ELV healthily.

The effects of subcontracting forms on the sustenance of SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-307
Author(s):  
Victor Chukwunweike Nwokocha ◽  
Christopher Nwankwo
Keyword(s):  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Common ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Despite the potential of SMEs in economic development, their activities have remained largely unsustainable in Nigeria. These enterprises are constrained by a number of challenges- high cost of production, poor power supply, high infrastructural deficit etc. which have made there operations largely unproductive. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of production subcontracting forms on the sustenance of small and medium enterprises as a panacea for achieving the targets of goal 8 of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Enugu State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopted a number of methods comprising of field observations, a reference to relevant literature and a questionnaire survey of 96 SMEs. The paper also adopted a quantitative approach comprising of simple descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation as well as regression analysis to analyze the data. Findings This paper found that the three forms of production subcontracting (supplier, specialized and capacity subcontracting) identified in the paper were used by SMEs to achieve sustenance (cost reduction, risk reduction and access to resources) in their operations. The paper suggests that the sustenance of SMEs through the utilisation of the different forms of subcontracting can become a strategy towards achieving the targets of SDG 8 in Nigeria. Practical implications This paper has shown that the prevalent high cost of production and ever-increasing production risks, which are the common features of SMEs in Nigeria, can be mitigated through the various forms of production subcontracting analysed in this paper. SMEs, through seminars, workshops, entrepreneurship and business fares, can be encouraged to take up this strategy, considering its ability to address their various operational bottlenecks. Originality/value This study adds to the limited available evidence concerning the effects of subcontracting forms on the sustenance of SMEs in Nigeria. This study is the first to consider subcontracting forms and how they have led to sustenance SMEs in Nigeria.

An analysis of tools to assess the effectiveness of government development programmes at the meso-level

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1204-1230
Author(s):  
Boris G. PREOBRAZHENSKII
Keyword(s):  
Economic Systems ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Management Hierarchy ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Implementation Management ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
State Regional

Subject. This article analyzes the effectiveness of government-sponsored schemes. Objectives. The article aims to analyze the use of tools to assess the effectiveness of public programmes in the management of regional development and assess the preference for the use of certain analytical tools. Methods. For the study, I used a comparative analysis, and the systems, logical and structural, and descriptive approaches. Results. The article classifies the prerequisites for monitoring the implementation of public programmes, performs a content analysis of methodological approaches to assessing the effectiveness of State (regional) programmes, and presents an interpretation of the results of their comparison. Conclusions. A comprehensive assessment of the quality of programme implementation management should correspond to the development goals of the modern management paradigm; when evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of programme implementation, it is necessary to take into account the individual nature of meso-economic systems. Adjusting the trajectory of programme implementation involves taking into account the principle of derivation when making preventive decisions at different levels of the management hierarchy.

scholarly journals Tourism education in an emerging digital economy: World experience and perspectives in Uzbekistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 146-151
Author(s):  
Azgarov Abdumutalib Alisher o’g’li
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Tourism Professionals ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Training Schools ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Training Programmes

Worldwide tourism education is being promoted by various national and international agencies to achieve sustainable development goals. The presence of tourism education is tremendously growing in international universities. The results suggest that as per the academicians alongside with tourism professionals, the tourism education is highly relevant for economic development. It also shows that tourism education in Uzbekistan, is general a matter of course and specialization-based tourism programs are near to absent. This article is not focused on the criticism of reforms in legislation and their functionality, but rather on introducing possibilities which may present an alternative to developing and realizing projects along the lines of innovation in Uzbekistan. The question is how vocational training schools and institutes of higher education, specifically training programmes in tourism and hospitality, have changed and are changing now that the new laws on education, on vocational training. What kind of future can these institutions look forward to, what will they be teaching and in what conditions, especially, in time and after pandemic CoViD-19? This question applies equally to theoretical and practical training.

scholarly journals Adoption mechanism of telemedicine in underdeveloped country

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 1088-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Zhang ◽  
Badee uz Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Underdeveloped Country ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Healthcare Equity ◽  
Adoption Intention

The purpose of this study is to reveal the influential mechanism on patients’ adoption intention of telemedicine in the underdeveloped areas. Based on 896 patients’ data collected in Pakistan, we found that patients’ adoption intention is a function of traveling cost, attitudes, and perceived usefulness. High traveling cost is found to have the most significant negative influence on adoption intention. Patients with shorter distance prefer more to use telemedicine. Traveling cost, traveling time, and traveling distance have indirect influences on adoption intention through their significant impacts on perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. Our findings indicate that geographic locations does matter during promotion of telemedicine. This study also helps identify the true barriers and facilitators to large-scale adoption of telemedicine in developing countries and reduce the gap of healthcare equity as concerned by both UN Millennium Development Goals and UN Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Age and Educational Diversification of Hotel Employees and Its Impact on Turnover

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5434
Author(s):  
Milota Vetráková ◽  
Ivana Šimočková ◽  
Kristína Pompurová
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Statistical Testing ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Independent Hotels ◽  
Hotel Managers ◽  
Newly Hired

This paper examines the increasing turnover in the hotel industry, which has a negative influence on the quality of services provided, as well as customer satisfaction. Hotel managers are forced to hire new employees in order to secure smooth hotel operations as well as replace those employees who have left for their competitors. Newly hired employees need to be instructed and trained, which has a negative influence on hotel costs. We assume that both an employee’s age and the level of education determines the quality of their performance at work, as well as their personal stability, thus having an influence on business sustainability. This paper analyzes the age and education diversification of employees in four-star and five-star hotels in Slovakia, and its impact on employee turnover. The research was undertaken in 2019, with a research sample comprising 1085 individuals employed in selected chain and independent hotels. We examined the opinions of employees from different ages and education levels about their retention and changes of employment. Statistical testing confirmed the relation between turnover and the educational level of the employees. However, the correlation between turnover and age was rejected. We analyze the different perceptions of retention and job change of employees from different age groups. The revelation of the causes as to why employees might leave a hotel could help managers change their philosophy and the processes of human resources management in favor of developing a sustainable company.

‘Onboarden’ van nieuwe medewerkers: meer dan traditioneel investeren?

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maike van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Negative Influence ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Literature ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Customs Administration

‘Onboarding’ new employees: solely a matter of traditional investing? ‘Onboarding’ new employees: solely a matter of traditional investing? By reason of the increasingly flexible and transitional labour market, it seems relevant for organizations to optimize the introduction and integration of their new employees. According to management literature, organizations can succeed in this by investing in their onboarding process. This study focuses on how the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration introduces new employees. The central question is: ‘Do employees perform better and are they more committed as the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration invest in the onboarding process? This study includes an consideration of three important theoretical perspectives on attitude and behavior in organizations. An online questionnaire was conducted. 174 new employees that has been working within the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration for a maximum of 14 months are included in the sample. From several regression analyses it can be concluded that indirect investments are useful, the social embeddedness of new employees is both of positive and negative influence, the integration in the new organizational culture is positive if the culture is perceived as open and the way the first day is organized seems important.

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