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Quality Cost Account as a Framework of Continuous Improvement at Operational and Strategic Level

Herzog Ilona, Grabowska Marta

Management and Production Engineering Review

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2021

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Vol. 14, No. 4

122--132

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The aim of the article is to present an exemplary system for recording and analyzing quality costs and to demonstrate that it is helpful in planning and assessing the effectiveness of continuous improvement processes at the operational and strategic level. Various approaches to defining quality costs are described, followed by indicators for assessing effectiveness and tools to collect data on the values of individual groups of quality costs and compare them with financial indicators. The practical part presents a case study on the quality cost accounting system in a medical company and the possibility of using quality cost accounting to plan and evaluate continuous improvement processes and make managerial decisions.

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Competitive advantages through IT-enabled supply chain management (SCM) context

Tarofder Arun Kumar, Jawabri Adnan, Haque Ahasanul, Azam S. M. Ferdous, Sherief Sultan Rehman

Polish Journal of Management Studies

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2019

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Vol. 19, No. 1

464--474

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The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effect of IT-enabled supply chain on the operational and strategic benefits, which eventually ensures firms competitive advantages. A conceptual model was developed based onthe theory of competitive advantage suggested by Porters and also extensive empirical study. The questionnaire was developed based on several steps and items were adopted from several prior studies. Stratified random sampling was employed to collect data from 203 respondents. Based on structural equation modelling, IT-enabled SCM is able to offer a wide range of operational benefits, instead of strategic. Results were antagonized several prior studies and confirmed that competitive advantages greatly depend on operational benefits rather than strategic. This is study is one of the very few empirical investigations that investigate the benefits of IT from two different perspectives and their effects of competitive advantages. Findings of this study will help managers to understand the importance of IT-enabled SCM in their organizations.

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Głównym celem przeprowadzonego badania jest zbadanie wpływu IT w łańcuchu dostaw na korzyści operacyjne i strategiczne, które ostatecznie zapewniają firmom przewagę konkurencyjną. Opracowano model koncepcyjny oparto na teorii przewagi konkurencyjnej sugerowanej przez Portera, a także przeprowadzonych obszernych badaniach empirycznych. Kwestionariusz został opracowany na bazie kilku etapów, a jego elementy zostały przyjęte z wcześniejszych badań. Do zbierania danych od 203 respondentów wykorzystano losowy dobór próby badawczej. W oparciu o modelowanie równań strukturalnych, należy stwierdzić że SCM ze wsparciem IT może zaoferować szeroki zakres korzyści operacyjnych, zamiast strategicznych. Wyniki były sprzeczne z kilkoma wcześniejszymi badaniami i potwierdziły, że przewaga konkurencyjna w dużym stopniu zależy od korzyści operacyjnych, a nie strategicznych. Niniejsze badanie jest jednym z niewielu badań empirycznych, które badają korzyści z IT z dwóch różnych perspektyw i ich skutków w postaci przewagi konkurencyjnej. Wyniki tego badania pomogą menedżerom zrozumieć znaczenie SCM ze wsparciem IT w ich organizacjach.

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The research on ageing of glycol-based brake fluids of vehicles in operation

Caban J., Droździel P., Vrábel J., Šarkan B., Marczuk A., Krzywonos L., Rybicka I.

Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal

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2016

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Vol. 10, nr 32

9--16

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The road safety depends on many factors, including the efficiency of the technical system and the disposal of the driver of the vehicle. As wear of most of the vehicle assemblies threatened only with a breakdown, excessive wear of the braking system components may pose a risk of a traffic accident. The article presents a study on the quality of the brake fluid conductivity as a function of temperature and water content conducted for a selected group of vehicles. This group of vehicles was characterized by different production date and had a different of vehicle mileage. We presented the methodology of statistical analysis of the quality of brake fluid tests in selected 38 passenger vehicles in operation.

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Utility of an Automated Thermal-Based Approach for Monitoring Evapotranspiration

Timmermans W. J., Kustas W. P., Andreu A.

Acta Geophysica

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2015

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Vol. 63, no. 6

1571--1608

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A very simple remote sensing-based model for water use monitoring is presented. The model acronym DATTUTDUT (Deriving Atmosphere Turbulent Transport Useful To Dummies Using Temperature) is a Dutch word which loosely translates as “it’s unbelievable that it works”. DATTUTDUT is fully automated and only requires a surface temperature map, making it simple to use and providing a rapid estimate of spatially- distributed fluxes. The algorithm is first tested over a range of environmental and land-cover conditions using data from four short-term field experiments and then evaluated over a growing season in an agricultural region. Flux model output is in satisfactory agreement with observations and established remote sensing-based models, except under dry and partial canopy cover conditions. This suggests that DATTUTDUT has utility in identifying relative water use and as an operational tool providing initial estimates of ET anomalies in data-poor regions that would be confirmed using more robust modeling techniques