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Agriculture has an Important role In the national economy of Moldova. The share of agriculture in the global intern product consists 18%. Together with the industry for food processing the agricultural sector consists 3 2% and 6 5% from the total volume of export. In agriculture of Moldova more than 4 0% of people are employed. More than 5 0% of population lives In rural areas.The main natural resources...
Romania has a significant agricultural potential but the necessary performance level Is still not achieved. More than 7 7% of the produced milk Is not collected and an Important share of it is sold on the black market. High fragmentation of agricultural exploitations, farmers inferior bargaining power and their reluctance to associate are the main problems Romanian dairy sector experiences. In the...
The paper presents the project scheduling problem with DCF maximising criteri on . The authors analyse their independently developed model in which a project is settled by milestones, while cash flows are linked to the execution of individual activities and milestones. Rules are discussed governing the development of a schedule appropriate for the NPV optimising problem. A procedure is proposed for...
The paper gathers and discusses basic issues related to decision making in designing storage areas and racking constructions in modern industria l and distributional warehouses. Storage areas (or order picking areas ) are most space consumptive and have a great impact on warehousing efficiency. Proper design of those areas should take into account types of handled units, handling technologies, architectural...
In many articles we can read that containers weren't in Europe before 1966, when ship SS Fariland came with 35 feet’s containers invented by Keith Tantlinger for Sea Land company owned by Malcom McLean. The focus of this study is on the problem with development norms for European containers. Analyzed the literature review. Presented as containers developed in Europe. Article presented three European...
The paper aims to investigate the relationship between social media presence and activities and brand value for the most valuable Global Brands 2012 (Interbrandt 2013). Social media communication is an innovative way of communication. Brand value is a key performance indicator of brand strategy for managers. Brand and category image realized to be the key factor of investigated relation.
Agriculture as a sector that providing products for immediate consumption and sourcing food processing industry is a primary link in the food distribution chain. Taking into account the specifics of agricultural sector, meeting the demand for basic food products entails many threats connected also with production and logistics processes. They are reflected in the huge number of accidents and many...
The growth of B2C e-commerce market results in the increase of importance of last mile deliveries in the city area. Due to e-commerce’s generic specificity, functioning of the deliveries in e-commerce on B2C market is based on home deliveries. Due to influence on the growing demand for deliveries, which consequently could have the impact on traffic and congestion problem as well as city environment,...
This article covers issues connected with travel modeling in a mobility system in urban areas. In such a complex spatial and structural system that an urban area is, a travel was presented as a combination of the source and purpose of the travel. A proposal was put forward to analyze the travel with reference to essential parameters in the aspect of the new culture of mobility in urban areas. The...
The optimal container loading problem is one of the most important logistic problem. This problem consist of an optimal loading problem and an optimal container packing problem. The optimal loading problem can be stated as knapsack problem and for this problem an ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) with a special heuristic was proposed. Results of these experiments were shown and discussed in...
The paper presents results of calculations of the parameters of M/M/m/FIFO/∞ system with impatient customers, such as mean service time and mean sojourn time, obtained in MATLAB software. The impact of the arrival rate and the abandonment rate on the probability of leaving the queue has been researched. The minimal number of service stations under acceptable probability of customer abandonment have...
Introduction to model of security systems based on ISO 27000 family of standards. The focus on the main purpose of the information security standards, including a full listing of the ISO 27000 documentation with description of particular security standards. An official definition of Information Security Management System (ISMS) its terms and purpose. A summary of world - survey from 2011 - 2012 showing...
The paper presents a theoretical analysis of issues related to internal audit carried out in manufacturing and service companies. The research part is dedicated to the analysis of the causes and actions to improve operational processes carried out on the basis of the results of the internal audit of logistics service provider located in the Silesian province. Basing on analysis of the internal audit,...
Distribution of cargo as an essential element of the supply chain requires the systemic approach to include the operation of many elements and their influence on the final result of delivery. In cargo distribution, it is necessary to take into account the costs of its implementation, but also other criteria that determine its organization. The study assumes the use of multi - criteria problems in...
Researchers and brand managers have limited knowledge of the effects that different types of usergenerated content (UGC) have on consumers’ perception of brands and behavior. In this study we investigated 301 authors of a specific category of UGC, i.e., user-generated images (UGI) on a social networking site to confirm the relationships of four drivers reported in literature (co-creation, empowerment,...
The heaviest vessel traffic takes place near the coast of Sweden and Finland, and the kind of the large cities’ congestion is caused around the Danish Straits and the Kiel Canal, with more than 500 ships being there simultaneously at times. The increased use of maritime transport as well as the development of marine terminals infrastructure greatly boosts the flexibility in the raw materials supply...
Drainage of storm and ground waters from areas of railways and roads is an important factor improving surface stability and safety of traffic. It is a major issue with rail and road transportation. In many cases, the process is gravitational and ends directly in bodies receiving stormwater. Otherwise, due to back - flows and slow drainage, water must be accumulat - ed in impounding reservoirs. Closed...
This paper presents a computer model based on artificial intelligence methods for operational decision support technology and improvements in production planning. When planning the production of metallurgical enterprises is necessary to take into account a number of technological and organizational constraints, because the development of production schedules is very complex. To solve the problem using...
The lean production is a well - known managerial concept with the critical point which is value creation. Adopting and implementing the lean approach focused on waste reduction, leads to more sustainable operations. In this paper it is assumed that each process is more sustainable, if there will be efficient utilization of the resources. Waste is an firewall for the efficient and sustainable use of...
The article presents the following multi criteria decision - making methods: Analytic Network Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP). It is important to use them in an environment of air transport. The issue of air transport, especially the matter of airports' throughput, is still the topic of multistage and multi criteria discussions on multiple European commission levels. It is estimated...
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