RISK MANAGEMENT OF TERMINAL ON-SITE OPERATIONS FOR SPECIAL BULK CARGOS IN TAIWAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 161 (A2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Jui Tseng ◽  
Ji-Feng Ding ◽  
Shing-Hua Hung ◽  
Worawut Poma
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Risk Control ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Risk Area ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Formal Safety Assessment ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The main purpose of this article was to study the risk management of terminal on-site operations for special bulk cargos in Taiwan. This study applied the concept of Formal Safety Assessment approach as the foundation of risk management assessment. At first, a total of four risk aspects with eighteen preliminary risk factors were generated from literature and experts interviews. Three methods – namely analytical hierarchy process (AHP), risk matrix model (RMM), and costs and benefit analysis (CBA) methods – were employed to perform an empirical study in Taiwan. The empirical results showed: (1) The most severe risk factor found using the AHP method was ‘failure to perform periodic machinery maintenance and examination.’ (2) Ten risk factors placed in the highest-risk area via the RMM method. (3) All risk control strategies were evaluated for applicability by using the CBA method. This study recommended that improvement and reinforcement of the staff aspect and the related risk factors for the on-site operation of special bulk cargos. Through implementation of risk control strategies, the risks of accidents can be controlled.

Risk Management of Terminal On-Site Operations for Special Bulk Cargos in Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 161 (A2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Risk Control ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Risk Area ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Formal Safety Assessment ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The main purpose of this article was to study the risk management of terminal on-site operations for special bulk cargos in Taiwan. This study applied the concept of Formal Safety Assessment approach as the foundation of risk management assessment. At first, a total of four risk aspects with eighteen preliminary risk factors were generated from literature and experts interviews. Three methods – namely analytical hierarchy process (AHP), risk matrix model (RMM), and costs and benefit analysis (CBA) methods – were employed to perform an empirical study in Taiwan. The empirical results showed: (1) The most severe risk factor found using the AHP method was ‘failure to perform periodic machinery maintenance and examination.’ (2) Ten risk factors placed in the highest-risk area via the RMM method. (3) All risk control strategies were evaluated for applicability by using the CBA method. This study recommended that improvement and reinforcement of the staff aspect and the related risk factors for the on-site operation of special bulk cargos. Through implementation of risk control strategies, the risks of accidents can be controlled.

scholarly journals A Suggested Module for Risk Framework of Water Control Construction Projects using Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1448-1454
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Water Control ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
The Cost

Managing risk is an integral part of sound management and risk management helps to achieve projects objectives. Although the process of risk management is standardized to a great extent, risk control strategies depend on project circumstances and feature. One of the essential humanity’s challenges in the future, is surely ensuring water needs. Equitable and sustainable management of water resources is a major global challenge, and supply of clean fresh water is decreasing around all nations. Egypt is one of the countries hardest affected by climate change. Also challenges include population growth, increase in food demand and Lack of water and energy Leads to let managing risk for construction of water control structures projects on water streams in Egypt becomes more challenging and essential than ever before. Moreover, this study aims to show the effect of risk on cost and time targets for water control structure projects in Egypt .This study mainly identify a list of significant risk factors effecting on cost and time for these type of projects in Egypt through studying pervious publishing for risk management in construction projects and a questionnaire survey , then conducting a qualitative analysis using a Severity and Probability matrix (S/P matrix) techniques to assess the influence of risk factors and to isolate critical risk factors for a quantitative analysis. Finally, conducting a quantitative analysis by mean of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the cost and time contingency, s the conclusion of this study shows that the cost contingency needed to account for the different critical risk factors is to increase the estimated cost by 12.35 % on the total estimated budget of the project. In addition that the time contingency needed to consider for different critical risk factors is to increase the scheduled time by 11.25% over the total originally scheduled of the project

Molecular and spatial epidemiology of human campylobacteriosis: source association and genotype-related risk factors

2010 ◽  
Vol 138 (10) ◽  
pp. 1372-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. MULLNER ◽  
T. SHADBOLT ◽  
J. M. COLLINS-EMERSON ◽  
A. C. MIDWINTER ◽  
S. E. F. SPENCER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Epidemiology ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Human Campylobacteriosis

SUMMARYThe epidemiology of human campylobacteriosis is complex but in recent years understanding of this disease has advanced considerably. Despite being a major public health concern in many countries, the presence of multiple hosts, genotypes and transmission pathways has made it difficult to identify and quantify the determinants of human infection and disease. This has delayed the development of successful intervention programmes for this disease in many countries including New Zealand, a country with a comparatively high, yet until recently poorly understood, rate of notified disease. This study investigated the epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni at the genotype-level over a 3-year period between 2005 and 2008 using multilocus sequence typing. By combining epidemiological surveillance and population genetics, a dominant, internationally rare strain of C. jejuni (ST474) was identified, and most human cases (65·7%) were found to be caused by only seven different genotypes. Source association of genotypes was used to identify risk factors at the genotype-level through multivariable logistic regression and a spatial model. Poultry-associated cases were more likely to be found in urban areas compared to rural areas. In particular young children in rural areas had a higher risk of infection with ruminant strains than their urban counterparts. These findings provide important information for the implementation of pathway-specific control strategies.

The Risk Management of the Owner in the Bidding Process under the 2013 Edition of the Valuation Mode of Bill of Engineering Quantity

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 4670-4673
Author(s):  
Zhang Lin Guo ◽  
Rui Hong Jia
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Risk Control ◽  
Project Risk ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Bidding Process ◽  
Construction Works

Taking the perspective of the owners,we analyze the major valuation risk which is based on the theory of the project risk management under the version of 2013 code of valuation with bill quantity of construction works when the owner want to bid to identify the possible risk factors. And in this article we propose some specific measures of the risk control about the imperfect of construction drawing design,the quatity problems of tender documents,unbalanced quote of the bidders,the price changing of the building materials and equipments and various rates of change in order to achieve active control risk and avoid exceeding the cost and provide a theoretical basis for the owner (or the tender agent) to bid.

scholarly journals Prevalence of and related risk factors in oral mucosa diseases among residents in the Baoshan District of Shanghai, China

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e8644
Author(s):  
Shuyun Ge ◽  
Lin Liu ◽  
Qi Zhou ◽  
Binbin Lou ◽  
Zengtong Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Oral Mucosa ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Aphthous Ulcer ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Baoshan District

Background Oral mucosal diseases (OMDs) encompass a variety of different types of diseases. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and related risk factors of OMDs among residents in the Baoshan District of Shanghai, China, and provide a scientific basis for prevention and control strategies. Methods A sample of 653 residents aged 17 to 92 years from the Baoshan community was investigated in 2014. Each resident was surveyed by questionnaire to evaluate their oral mucosa and oral mucosa examinations were conducted. We followed up with 607 residents in 2018. All data were statistically analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 software package (Chicago, IL, USA) at the general population, gender and age levels. A X2 test was used to compare rates of risk factors and logistic regression analysis was used to detect the correlation between disease and risk factors. Results The prevalence rate of OMDs was found to be 9.19%–9.56% (2014–2018). The most common OMDs were atrophic glossitis (1.84%), recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU, 1.68%), burning mouth syndrome (BMS, 1.38%), oral lichen planus (OLP, 1.23%) and traumatic ulcers (1.23%). The prevalence of RAU and BMS in different age groups was significantly different. Tobacco and alcohol use and psychological factors in the OMDs group were higher than the no-OMDs group. Systemic diseases including diabetes mellitus (DM) was significantly relevant to OLP. Conclusion Age, tobacco and alcohol use, and psychological factor correlated strongly with the occurrence and development of OMDs, and they should be the focus of primary prevention. General epidemiological studies suggested that OLP was closely related to DM.

Risk identification and assessment of modular construction utilizing fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and simulation

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (12) ◽  
pp. 1184-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Xian Li ◽  
Mohamed Al-Hussein ◽  
Zhen Lei ◽  
Ziad Ajweh
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Risk Identification ◽  
Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Construction Technology ◽  
Modular Construction ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
T Distribution ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Modular construction brings improved safety and mitigates risks of hazard and injury. However, modular construction technology is also challenged with a degree of uncertainty resulting from such internal and external factors as engineering, occupational, cultural, socio-economic, and financial. Since modular construction is by nature distinct from conventional construction, existing risk management research for onsite construction cannot be directly applied to modular construction. This paper describes research on the risk management associated with modular construction, focusing on: (1) identifying risk factors and (2) assessing the impacts of the identified risk factors on project cost and duration. The primary risk factors associated with modular construction are identified, and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is utilized to rank these factors; simulation techniques are employed to assess the risks of projects. The risk identification and ranking are evaluated by a focus group of experts from the modular construction industry; t-distribution and chi-squared distribution are applied to analyze the results. The case of a project in Edmonton, Canada is presented to illustrate application of the proposed methodology.

A NEW METHODOLOGY FOR ADDRESSING CLIENT RISKS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Albogamy ◽  
Nashwan Dawood ◽  
Darren Scott
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Client Risk ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Delay-risk factors associated with clients in a construction project have a major impact on a successful delivery on time and within budgeted cost. Risk management studies so far have not effectively managed project risk factors in a way that can assist clients in creating strategies to reduce impacts and risk. To address these issues, the study aims to provide a new methodology for analyzing and managing the risks by building a conceptual model. The study includes the development of a framework, named the client risk management model (CRMM), by integrating the findings from a literature review and a construction industry survey. A client risk analysis system was developed by integrating the analytical hierarchy process and a Monte Carlo simulation within an @Risk program. A case study demonstrated the methodology to analyze and quantify the impact of risk factors, and to create a suitable risk mitigation strategy at the design stage of a construction project. The system was found to be useful for quantifying the impact of client risks and the support in taking proactive decisions.

scholarly journals A Novel Fire Risk Assessment Approach for Large-Scale Commercial and High-Rise Buildings Based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) and Coupling Revision

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 7187
Author(s):  
Yijie Wang ◽  
Linzao Hou ◽  
Mian Li ◽  
Ruixiang Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fire Risk ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Assessment Approach ◽  
Risk Evaluation System ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In recent years, much more emphasis than before has been placed on fire safety regulations by the local and central authorities of China, which makes fire risk assessments more important. In this paper we propose a new fire risk assessment approach for large-scale commercial and high-rise buildings that aims to evaluate the performances of their fire safety systems; this should improve the fire risk management and public safety in those buildings. According to the features of large-scale commercial and high-rise buildings, a fire-risk indexing system was built, and based on it we established a scientific fire risk evaluation system. To this end, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) was used to assign a reasonable weight to each fire risk factor in the evaluation system. In addition, we revised the original scores by analyzing the coupling relationships among the fire risk factors. To validate our system, we selected 11 buildings in Shandong province and collected their fire safety data. Then, we calculated the final scores for the fire safety management of those buildings, and the results show that: (1) our fire risk evaluation system can assign reasonable weights; (2) the proposed evaluation system is comprehensive and has strong interpretability, since it exploits the coupling relationships among the risk factors. The novelty of the proposed approach lies in that it integrates opinions from multiple experts and utilizes coupling relationships among the factors. Further, the feedback from the approach can find not only the weaknesses in fire risk management, but also the potential causes of fires. As a result, the feedback from our assessment can assist the safety chiefs and inspectors with improving fire risk management.

Evaluation Key Risk Factors Affecting Cargo Damages on Export Operations for Container Carriers in Taiwan

2018 ◽  
Vol Vol 160 (A4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Jui Tseng ◽  
Ji-Feng Ding ◽  
Yi-Chun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Container Shipping ◽  
Ahp Method ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Risk Management Strategies ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The main purpose of this article is to apply the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to analyse key risk factors affecting cargo damages on export operations for container shipping carriers in Taiwan. Based on the literature and experts’ opinions, a hierarchical structure with three risk aspects and eleven risk factors was constructed. We then applied the AHP procedure and AHP experts’ questionnaires to evaluate the key risk factors. The empirical results showed that: (1) ‘Shipping proxy phase’ is the most important aspect affecting cargo damages on export operations for container shipping carriers in Taiwan. (2) In order of relative importance, the top four key risk factors are “shipper’s concealed items have not been reported,” “inappropriate cargo packaging,” “insecure fixation between the container and ship deck,” and “error in printed documents.” Furthermore, some recommendations concerning effective risk management strategies and advices are provided for container shipping carriers.

The Study on Partners Relationship for Virtual Enterprises Risk Management Based on Distributed Decision

2010 ◽  
Vol 439-440 ◽  
pp. 1024-1029
Author(s):  
Neng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Risk Control ◽  
Search Space ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Distributed Decision Making ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
Distributed Decision

To reduce risks of Virtual Enterprise （VE）, a novel Distributed Decision Making （DDM） model for VE risk management was presented. This model had two levels, namely, the top-model and the base-model, which described the decision processes of the owner and the partners, respectively. The owner allocated funds to each member of the VE, the partners then selected their own optimal risk control actions to reduce their risks with the constraint given by the allocated budget. When number of members in VE, the number of risk factors and the number of actions increased, the size of the search space would be very huge, the brief solutions of the models are also discussed.

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