Internationalization strategies and instruments of competition - Polish furniture companies on the foreign market. Despite the global economic situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Polish furniture industry is still a dynamically developing branch of the national economy of Poland. One of the most important paths in the development of this industry is still internationalization. The aim of the article was to define the internationalization strategies of Polish furniture enterprises, as well as to indicate the instruments of competition used by these companies on the foreign market. Empirical research was carried out in a group of 100 medium and large furniture enterprises conducting export activity. The research identified the most frequently used internationalization strategies by furniture companies, identified the most effective strategies, and identified competition instruments of the greatest importance for Polish furniture manufacturers. The research showed that ethnocentric strategy is most often used in the furniture industry. This strategy is the most effective. Regardless of the size of the enterprise, the quality of products was recognized by the respondents as the most important instrument of competition on the external market.
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Strategie internacjonalizacji i instrumenty konkurencji polskich przedsiębiorstw meblarskich na rynku zagranicznym. Pomimo ogolnoświatowej sytuacji gospodarczej związanej z pandemią COVID-19 polski przemysł meblarski jest wciąż dynamicznie rozwijającą się gałęzią gospodarski narodowej Polski. Jedną z ważniejszych ścieżek rozwoju tej branży nadal pozostaje internacjonalizacja. Celem artykułu było określenie strategii internacjonalizacji polskich przedsiębiorstw meblarskich, a także wskazanie instrumentow konkurencji stosowanych przez te firmy na rynku zagranicznym. Badania empiryczne przeprowadzono w grupie 100 średnich i dużych przedsiębiorstw meblarskich prowadzących działalność eksportową. W ramach badań zidentyfikowano strategie umiędzynarodowienia najczęściej stosowane przez firmy meblarskie, wskazano strategie o największej skuteczności, a także określono instrumenty konkurencji o największym znaczeniu dla polskich producentow mebli. Z badań wynika, że strategia etnocentryczna jest najczęściej stosowana w branży meblarskiej. Ta strategia jest uważana za najbardziej efektywną. Niezależnie od wielkości przedsiębiorstwa, jakość produktow została uznana przez respondentow za najważniejszy instrument konkurowania na rynku zewnętrznym.
Facility management as a coordination tool for the management of support business processes has the potential to improve the quality of processes, generate cost savings and create space and time to manage the core business activities. The main aim of the paper is to presents the awareness level of the use of facility management, as well as the forms of its management and the primary implementation barriers in Slovak business environment. The questionnaire survey method in environment of manufacturing SMEs was used. For assessing the representativeness of the sample and evaluating working hypotheses were used the selected statistical methods. The research results confirm the low level of awareness about managerial approach coordinating the management of all supporting business processes. As regards the preferred form of management it is concerned of outsourcing and insourcing principles combination and the key barriers include ignorance of facility management nature and its effects.
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Zarządzanie obiektami jako narzędzie koordynacyjne do zarządzania wspierającymi procesami biznesowymi ma potencjał do poprawy jakości procesów, generowania oszczędności oraz tworzenia miejsca i czasu na zarządzanie podstawową działalnością biznesową. Głównym celem artykułu jest przedstawienie poziomu świadomości wykorzystania zarządzania obiektami oraz form jego zarządzania i podstawowych barier wdrożeniowych w słowackim środowisku biznesowym. Zastosowano metodę ankietową w środowisku MŚP produkcyjnych. Do oceny reprezentatywności próby i oceny hipotez roboczych zastosowano wybrane metody statystyczne. Wyniki badań potwierdzają niski poziom świadomości na temat podejścia menedżerskiego koordynującego zarządzanie wszystkimi wspierającymi procesami biznesowymi. Jeśli chodzi o preferowaną formę zarządzania, to chodzi o połączenie zasad outsourcingu i insourcingu, a do głównych barier należy nieznajomość charakteru zarządzania obiektem i jego skutków.
The paper concerns the practical application of Target Costing to a specific product of the woodworking industry with a particular emphasis on customer needs and value analysis principles concerning individual components and functions of the product — a wood-aluminium window Gemini Quadrat FB. Based on principles of value analyses, the study used the functional cost analysis, the quantified target cost index of relevant components and the target cost chart for the allowable cost of components. Two levels of the q parameter — 5 % and 10 % — were used to construct the target cost chart. The target price (EUR 513.19) was assessed. The target production cost was at the level of allowable production costs (EUR 379.31). The results were used to confirm that the ideal value of the target cost index was not achieved for any component, and a higher value of the parameter q can be marked as soft. The paper provides assumptions for the assessment of possible alternatives and potential corrections. The case study presents the description of the Target Costing methodology along with the nuanced characteristics of the approaches used by various authors and the strengths and benefits of using the method.
Despite constant efforts to improve safety in the railway environment, various accidents and incidents happen, resulting in material damage and in the worst case, loss of human lives. This article emphasises the need for proper identification of risks, their constant monitoring, and evaluation of all causes that arise at railway crossings. Furthermore, this paper aims to apply the Reason model to the problems of railway crossings within the case study on the railway network in Slovakia. The timeliness of the problem lies in the possibility of preventing such issues in the operation of rail transport using this model. Prevention is an effective way of averting the serious consequences of accidents in the future.
Currently, the industry is called as Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, where devices, machines, information, organizations and people are connected to the network. Every day meet new solutions for Industry 4.o can be met, but in parallel with these solutions there are also threats in the field of security of industrial networks. Such threats have been called cyber-attacks or cyber threats. Cybersecurity is the global name of a field aimed at counteracting all types of threats on the web. Cybersecurity is to raise awareness, inform, control and introduce solutions to counteract cyber threats. Enterprises, organizations dealing with the promotion of Industry 4.0, IoT, IIoT, form the appropriate groups, departments, companies whose goal is to counteract all types of cyber-attacks. At present, the thesis can be formulated that cybersecurity of the broadly understood network is more important than the implementation of Industry 4.0. The publication will attempt to present the threats that cybersecurity enterprises must face and the ways and methods to counter them.
The right use of creativity and innovation in business leads to increased competitiveness and development in your company. The progressive use of modern technologies and their presence in the economy causes problems in managing these assets and defining intangible property and their protection, which is directly related to the basic processes of making important decisions in the development of the enterprise. Everyday industrial designs (most often: e.g. new packaging designs), trademarks (e.g. product names, advertising slogans, logos) and other technical solutions (utility models, recipes or inventions), which are the result of creative work in company. The lack of protection of the above intellectual (industrial) goods as a consequence often leads to the appropriation of the idea by the competition and their commercialization on the market without the participation of enterprises.
Modern industry confronts engineers completely new challenges. Technical skills in the light of the ongoing changes are no longer the only criterion for the effective work of engineers. On the other hand, engineers clearly show the need for development and taking new challenges. The need for a comprehensive acquisition of competences in both technical and psychosocial areas is increasingly expressed. Paper presents a model of employee competences essential for the future of enterprises operating in the Industry 4.0, which was created with using the Value Engineering methodology.
Safety is a key and necessary condition for the sustainable development of the railway industry. Every entity operating in the railway area should maintain and increase the level of security as part of its operations. The subject of the analysis of data on the rail transport safety in European countries and content of the safety culture program implemented in Poland, whose main objective is to implement safety culture principles in the railway transport and to encourage all companies operating in the railway industry to improve the rail transport safety as the key condition for the sustainable development of railway industry. Paper contains results of the analysis of the European rail transport safety level in the context of the objectives set for Poland indicated by the European Union (CSI value) as improvement areas.
Crucial element of the contemporary construction development trend is compatibility of the building design with client and architecture trends and sustainability strategy. The environmental certification systems for buildings such as LEED, BREEAM and WELL apply a lot of attention to providing users with a healthy housing environment. The criteria of these systems include many practical recommendations that buildings should meet on design, construction and use stage. These requirements can be a signpost, even for buildings and offices that do not aspire to obtain a certificate. The aim of the paper is to analyze and identify determinants of the energy-saving construction quality in the context of the green design.
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