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Purpose: The purpose of the article is to present results of pilot studies from survey research of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from the electromechanical industry of the countries of the Visegrad Group, i.e.: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. Design/methodology/approach: As subject of research selected SMEs from electromechanical industry. Survey research was quantitative...
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to analyze the importance of the issue and the level of sustainable development in the context of the functioning of Poland and Slovakia against the background of the European Union, based on a system of indicators, and to analyze the level of implementation of selected sustainable development goals by these countries. Design/methodology/approach: The research...
Purpose: The main purpose of this article is to present modern possibilities for the reproduction of a machine element. If there are no replacements for the damaged part, and there is no technical documentation, then the only options is to use reverse engineering (RE) methods to reproduce it. Design/methodology/approach: On the example of a damaged gear, the process of measuring the wheel and manufacturing...
Purpose: The main goal of the research was to determine the spectrum of instruments supporting management processes that are used to improve the quality of products in terms of sustainable development. We analyzed the degree of their use in the practical functioning of the surveyed enterprises. In addition, the aim of the research was to determine the scope of application of the indicated instruments...
Purpose: The aim of the article was to propose the possibility of implementing a work standardisation card for a company in the passenger land transport industry – a ski lift. Design/methodology/approach: The analysed ski lift, located in Southern Poland, should undergo daily checks on the condition of its equipment to ensure trouble-free operation. Current non-standardised operations may increase...
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to show the importance of measuring the effects of the execution of personnel processes within the framework of personnel function management in manufacturing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach: The development of the article required a critical analysis of the literature on the subject. A literature study of scientific publications, a survey, and face-to...
Purpose: The basic purpose of research was to determine the causes of making the decision that manufacturers on their way to improve the quality of their products. Design/methodology/approach: The research method applied in article is mainly standardized survey research making based on survey conducted in contact and remote way conducted in 78 enterprises in south-eastern Poland. The research process...
Purpose: The aim of the study is to analyze environmental awareness among employees of companies producing plastics, and subsequently to draw conclusions about the level of their pro-environmental awareness. The motive for the implementation of pro-environmental awareness research in plastics-producing plants was their harmful impact on the environment. Design/methodology/approach: The research was...
Purpose: The purpose was to develop an approach to predict product quality considering current customers' expectations. Design/methodology/approach: The approach includes integrated techniques, i.e.: SMART(-ER) method, a questionnaire with the Likert scale, brainstorming (B&M), WSM method, and Naïve Bayes Classifier. This approach refers to obtaining customers' expectations for satisfaction from...
Purpose: The aim was to analyze inconsistencies in the production process of rebated internal frame and panel doors using KPIs and to identify causes of deviations from the quality plan using selected quality management tools. Design/methodology/approach: KPIs and instruments of quality management (Pareto-Lorenz diagram, Ishikawa diagram and 5Why?) were used. The survey covered products manufactured...
Purpose: The study aimed to locate and identify weak areas in the technological process of the aluminium piston, where the occurrence of events with significant risk could interfere with its proper course and meet the customer's requirements. Design/methodology/approach: One of the production lines on which the aluminium pistons are produced was chosen for the test. Risk identification within the...
Purpose: The aim was improving the process of risk assessment occupational for industry, by implemented in this process the fuzzy scale (and the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process, FAHP). Design/methodology/approach: The FAHP method was integrated with the PN-N-18002 method. Findings: It was demonstrated that implemented the FAHP method in PN-N-18002 method allows on more precise an assessment of the...
Purpose: The analysis process of the causes of the problem by often used the Ishikawa diagram is not effective when knowledge is lacking with regard to the particular causes and their validity about the problem. Moreover, its subjectivity is affected by the people undertaking the analysis. The aim of this paper is to reveal ways of improving the analysis process of problem causes by utilising the...
Purpose: The aim of the work was to propose the integrated decision method with quality techniques to precision identify the root of the problem. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed method was integrated methods as the Ishikawa diagram, 5Why method and AHP method. An idea of the proposed method was improving the process of identifying the problem by using a new mixed-method, ie. after Ishikawa...
Purpose: The main aim of the paper is to identify, evaluate and improve the factors that are responsible for the reliable operation of the guttering system using the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) methodology. Design/methodology/approach: To achieve the planned goal, the FMEA method was used. This is one of the suitable techniques of reliability modelling used to investigate the failure...
Purpose: The aim of the study was to analyze and determine the level of satisfaction of individual customers in the field of transport and installation of wooden doors. Design/methodology/approach: The assessment was carried out using the Servqual method within the five dimensions of providing a comprehensive service in terms of materiality, reliability, responsiveness to customer expectations, expertise...
Purpose: The effectiveness of the NDT tests is to identify the incompatibility of the products without their destruction, but NDT tests do not point out the root of incompatibility. The aim of the study was to identify the incompatibility in the product (the mechanical sealer) using the fluorescent method (FPI) and to identify the root of this incompatibility using quality management techniques (5W2H...
The visual method is one of the most important control methods in spite of the developing information technologies and very high automation of the production process. The aim of the article is to analyze the quality control of a selected part of the production process of pistons for passenger cars, for which the visual method is used, and to evaluate the application of this method as well as its influence...
The article reviews the literature on the concept of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in manufacturing activities as one of the elements of lean production. On the example of an automotive manufacturing company, the TPM implementation process and the analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation of the method using the OEE indicator were presented. The analysis not only confirmed the effectiveness...
Analysis of the incompatibilities occurring in an organization relies on identifying the problem and then applying the appropriate corrective and improvement actions. It is possible by using appropriate instruments of quality management and, basically, their sequence, which is a modern way of solving the problem, and it enables the improvement of functioning of an enterprise. Therefore, it is advisable...
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