ABC Company Research Articles

Fuzzy risk priority number assessment to detect midsole product defects

The quality of midsole products significantly impacts the quality, durability, and comfort of the users of shoe products manufactured by ABC company. The high percentage of the average number of product defects based on product yield data for 12 months is 3.1% which exceeds the average number of product defects required by the company by 2%. There are six types of defects in the midsole: yellowing, porous, bubbles, broken, over left material and trimming. Three types of midsole product defects from six types of defects are the focus of improvement based on the Pareto concept, the name of the type of defect is yellowing. Porous and over left material with a total defect percentage of 82.9%. This study aims to evaluate flaws in the midsole production process using a method that combines failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), fuzzy logic, and Pareto diagram analysis. FMEA is used in shoe manufacturing to identify failure modes, their causes, and their effects. In contrast, fuzzy logic methods for input factors, such as occurrence (O), severity (S), and detection (D), are used to obtain a fuzzy risk priority number (FRPN). The assessment using rule-based FRPN provides strong evidence that the proposed methodology is logically useful for prioritizing the value of the RPN.

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF IT CONSULTANT BUSINESS USING MCKINSEY 7S MODEL BASED ON CIPP (CONTEXT, INPUT, PROCESS, PRODUCT) POINT OF VIEW AND COMPONENTS CHARACTERISTIC OF IT CONSULTANTS

This research aims to evaluate company performance, especially those in the IT consultant business. This research uses descriptive qualitative methodology to identify the company's performance by using McKinsey 7s Model. Interviews and observations with resource individuals were used as data collection approaches to acquire information on the process of achieving organizational or commercial goals. The main focus of this article is companies that provide IT consulting services. The author interviewed an informant from ABC Company engaged in the IT consulting business and an informant from XYZ Company involved in the same field. The study findings reveal that each company has its advantages and disadvantages. This piece has to improve good communication, an organized manager, and change agents. It is hoped that these findings may serve as a solution and motivation for these two businesses in resolving their issues.

Factors which Influence Online Purchasing Decision of Consumers at ABC Company, in Online Food Delivery Industry, Sri Lanka

Factors which Influence Online Purchasing Decision of Consumers at ABC Company, in Online Food Delivery Industry, Sri Lanka

A group consensus decision making based sustainable supplier selection method by combing DEMATEL and VIKOR

Sustainable supplier selection (SSS) plays an increasingly critical role in the stability and development of the organization with increasing environmental awareness. This article proposes a linguistic multiple attribute group decision-making method to select the appropriate sustainable supplier by combing Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory(DEMATEL) and VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR). To do that, a distribution linguistic based DEMATEL technique is developed to deal with the complexity in criteria of SSS. To eliminate the inconsistency among multiple decision-makers providing the preference information of evaluation criteria, a minimum adjusting cost feedback mechanism is utilized to reach group consensus. Therefore, the proposed weights obtaining method can not only deal with the subjectivity of evaluation criterion but also satisfy group decision-makers with different profits and backgrounds. Then, based on the evaluation matrices of supplier performance, it calculates the ranking of alternative suppliers by the VIKOR method. Hence, it can deal with the ambiguity of decision makers’ evaluation and provide the best solution for decision-makers, as a consequence, it makes the final evaluation result more feasible and operable. Finally, the effectiveness and efficiency of this method are verified based on the actual situation of ABC Company. This study proposed a linguistic multiple attribute group decision-making method to select the appropriate sustainable supplier by combing Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory(DEMATEL) and VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR). What’s more, the proposed method considered the group consensus reaching processes.

Automation of order costing analysis by using Visual Basic for applications in Microsoft Excel

In the modern world of technologies (sciences of arts), optimum operation time is the prime consideration. Technologies with greater operation time are needed to be modified or replaced as per the requirement of the current scenario. In small and medium enterprises of developing countries, almost all the reporting activities are conducted in Microsoft Excel. The manual operation in Microsoft Excel takes a long time (17.37 minutes, only if there was one order of only one article with one color) of the users; furthermore, there can also be a greater chance of error in the report. In the same way, the order costing report at the ABC footwear company of Lahore is prepared manually in Microsoft Excel which used to take a long time to be prepared along with the greater probability of errors in the report. Because of the above-mentioned reasons, the order costing report was decided to be automated with the help of visual basic for applications (VBA) in Microsoft Excel. The manual procedure including all the activities was collected from the planning and costing department of ABC Company. Moreover, all the activities were listed down and their time study was conducted. VBA macros were programmed with the objectives of automating all the manual tasks of the order costing report in Microsoft Excel and eliminating the chance of error (calculation error made by the employee). Macros, were programmed by the use of conditional statements, (i.e. if and else conditions) and various types of loops, (i.e. Do while loop and for loop). Automated decisions were made with the help of conditional statements during the operation and the conditional statements were circulated with the help of loops across the whole worksheet. Two userforms were designed for the execution of macros by the click of command buttons (having macros at their back). Total eight worksheets were incorporated into the automated template. All the programmed VBA macros were explained with the help of flowcharts made in the Microsoft Visio. After the report was automated, a time study of operations performed after each click was conducted with the help of stop watch. The data obtained by the time study was entered into Microsoft Excel so that the time of old and suggested methods could be compared. Comparison of both methods indicated that the suggested method took 85.92% less time as compared to the old method of preparing the order costing report. At the same time, the report made by the suggested method was free of errors and the workload of employees was also reduced.

A Heterogeneous Vehicle Routing Problem with Soft Time Windows for 3PL Company’s Deliveries: A Case Study

Route optimization is tactically important for companies that must fulfill the demands of different customers with fleet of vehicles, considering multiple factors like: the cost of the resources (vehicles) involved and the operating costs of the entire process. As a case study, a third-party logistics service provider, ABC Company, is introduced to implement optimization on. Furthermore, ABC Company’s problem is defined as route optimization and load consolidation problems that will be solved as heterogeneous vehicle routing problem with soft time windows (HVRPSTW). In this paper’s case, Vehicles travel from a central depot with a restricted capacity, serving clients just once within a defined time interval and providing a needed demand before returning to the central depot. ABC Company’s problem is mathematically formulated and solved using branch and bound method. The formulation is solved on LINGO. The final output is the route, time, cost, and load of each vehicle.

Bullwhip Effect Reduction Using Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Method in Supply Chain of Manufacturing Company

Prediction of the amount of production can be done by forecasting demand and using appropriate methods. The supply chain studied at ABC company consists of manufacturing (vendors) and sales offices. Initially forecasting is done at each level of the supply chain with different forecasting methods. Therefore, uniform forecasting methods are needed for each supply chain actor. Based on testing the forecasting method conducted, the Winter’s Method. The model is used to link forecasting and implementation using the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) approach. Inventory planning in the supply chain cannot be done individually and must be thought of as a coordinated system. Inventory control is done by using the optimal lot calculation, namely Economic Order Quantity (EOQ). Based on demand forecasting and optimal lot determination, it can be calculated the value of the Bullwhip effect that occurs after the use of VMI in the supply chain has changed from 1.359 to 0.514 at the Manufacturing level.

Factors Affecting Employee Engagement: A Case of ABC Company, Indonesia

This study aims to examine factors affecting employee engagement at ABC company. This study was done in a quantitative manner. There were five variables used, including goal setting, job autonomy, strategic attention, role benefit, and employee engagement. The data was collected by using a questionnaire distributed to all 100 employees at ABC company (census). The questionnaire also covered the respondents’ profile including their gender, age, educational background, and length of work. The data was analyzed by using PLS-SEM in SmartPls program. The results conclude that goal setting, job autonomy, strategic attention, and role benefit were positively influenced employee engagement at ABC company. The contribution of this study is to give input for managerial ABC company and other oil companies in maintaining employee engagement.

Designing project schedule using crashing method to compress the fiber to the home project schedule

ABC Company is an agent of network construction, operation, and maintenance. ABC Company is currently implementing the STTF (Shit to the Front) project, which is the project to add FTTH (Fiber to the Home) networks in areas that can have high customer demand. One of the STTF project construction sites is the Indra Prahasta II housing location. However, the project is currently experiencing work delays due to the Covid-19 disaster in Indonesia. Delays in project execution can result in potential prospects choosing another company that provides similar services. The project schedule can be accelerated using the crashing method and TCTO (Time Cost Trade-Off) analysis to solve this problem. This research's acceleration will be carried out with alternatives for adding 3 hours, 2 hours, 1 hour, and an alternative to increasing workers' number. This project has an average duration of 55 working days with a total cost of Rp 604,124,460. The results obtained from data processing, on the alternative of adding 1 hour of overtime work, the total duration becomes 54 working days with total project cost is Rp 605,734,138. In addition to 2 hours of overtime work, the project's total duration can be reduced to 54 days with a total project cost Rp 606,803,619. And for the addition of 3 hours overtime, the total duration can be shortened to 54 days with a total cost of Rp 606,803,619. As for increasing the number of workers, project work duration can be shortened to 54 working days with a total project cost Rp 604,556,748

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Study on International Marketing and Investment Strategy-Taking ABC Company as an Example

There are a large number of pesticide export enterprises in China, but they are generally small in operation scale, low in industrial concentration, lacking of independent innovation and non-standard in industry development, and export marketing is mainly carried out by means of price war and vicious competition. Under the general trend of domestic pesticide industry integration and the fierce competition in the international pesticide market, these enterprises are facing great pressure of survival. This study selects representative ABC Company as the research object, and conducts the analysis of domestic and foreign marketing environment from four aspects of product, distribution, price and promotion respectively through quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. Through the analysis of its marketing environment, put forward specific marketing strategies, On the basis of determining the strategic direction, the target market and entry mode of ABC Company are further analyzed. It also concludes that the company should flexibly choose the market entry mode, make full efforts to build the enterprise brand and influence, and gradually climb to the top of the value chain. It is expected to find a set of marketing strategies for the company to adapt to the current situation, and try to bring some reference value to enterprises in the industry with the same confusion.

INDUSTRIAL (B2B) MARKETING OF GLASS COMPANIES: MOBILE APPLICATIONS AS A SALES PROMOTION TOOL

The purpose of the paper is a qualitative analysis of mobile applications as a sales promotion tool in industrial (B2B) marketing of glass companies. Industrial marketing of the glass industry is poorly studied in terms of digital technology development and integration as well as mobile applications as tools for digital marketing communications. B2B companies’ digitalization is at the initial stage. Methodology. This research builds on the concepts of digital B2B marketing, the digitization capability of B2B companies, customer relationship building, and customer focus. The research methodology is based on the case study of ABC company and the content analysis of information available on the ABC’s website in the public domain. A content analysis was conducted of the patent for a method for determining the coated glass coating type using an application and a light source. Results demonstrate problems related to digital marketing concepts integration, customer focus, and customer relations formation. The results show an active digital strategy use for the company’s business growth through software development and integration of end product interactive visualization tools. As a result, additional business value is formed: 1) end customer company focus; 2) product knowledge development and B2B services personalization; 3) manufacturers transfer some sales and communication functions to their customers, which solves the problem of staff rotation in the sales subsystem; 4) the application becomes a tool for customer behaviour analysis. Mobile applications complement any traditional product promotion channels. The main domestic industrial market challenge is the poor rate of readiness for digital changes: applications become an effective marketing communication tool only when customers use them. Practical implications. Companies in different industries can use the results to understand real issues of applications integration in marketing strategy and communication. These problems include the digital unpreparedness of the Russian domestic market to accept new technological solutions. Value/originality. This research proves that mobile applications increase sales and is effective if company personnel, end users and B2B customers actively use them. Applications complement traditional B2B marketing channels.

Analysis of Crude Palm Oil Supply Chain using Food Supply Chain Network (FSCN): A Case Study

Palm oil industry is one of the leading industrial sectors in Indonesia. In order to fulfill CPO demand as well as increasing of CPO sales, a research to analyse the supply chain flow of CPO was conducted. This research was conducted in ABC company, which is a privately owned business entity engaged in oil palm plantations located in South Tapanuli Regency, Indonesia. Analysis of supply chain had been done by using Food Supply Chain Network (FSCN) to define the integration of key business processes provided by original suppliers that provide products, services, and information from end users to customers and other stakeholders. Result of this research clearly defined the supply chain process with a clear flow of material, information and finance. The key process of CPO supply chain is the distribution of raw materials of CPO, namely fresh fruit bunches (FFB) which were collected from privately owned oil palm plantations and nearby community gardens, then processed in mills, deliver to storage tank, and export to customers. Analysis of this case study provided a clear description of CPO supply chain and may let further researchers to easily examine the potential risks at each stages and actors of CPO supply chain.

EFESIENSI BIAYA DISTRIBUSI DENGAN JARAK DAN WAKTU TEMPUH TERHADAP KAPASITAS GUDANG

ABC is a system integrator company engaged in the field of information technology in Jakarta. ABC company is provides information technology solutions to customers in the form of hardware and software. ABC’s company must be have a proper distribution system in distributing products. On this basis, an efficient of distribution process analysis in minimizing the cost of distribution of goods with the right delivery time. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to determine the distribution area based on criteria determined in an effort to maximize warehouse capacity. Procurement of information technology tools can minimize distribution costs by 27.79%. Thus, the cost of distributing information technology devices is more efficient.
 
 Kata kunci: System integrator, information technology, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

BATI VE KUZEY AFRİKA ÜLKELERİNDE PAZAR ARAYIŞLARI VE STRATEJİ GELİŞTİRME: BİR TÜRK AİLE İŞLETMESİ TECRÜBESİ

This study aims to reveal the situation of small-scale family businesses that are looking for a market in Western and North African countries and want to realize their growth strategies in this region, and to develop solutions for their growth problems. For this purpose, the market development stages of the selected ABC Company were evaluated within the scope of action research. One of the researchers worked in the company within the scope of UPEP (Üniversiteden Pazar Elçiliğine Projesi -From University to the Market Ambassador Project) in the field to conduct action research, while the other researcher supervised the process academically. Inherent in action research is an approach to find a solution to the problem of the unit that is the subject of the research. The researchers analyzed the market search and development strategies of the company subject to the research and seek solutions for their growth problems. As a result of the research, it is concluded that the example ABC Company, which wants to be effective in these markets, will follow the stage model while opening up to international markets, and will be more effective in terms of penetration into the market. The literature that this result is suitable for small-scale family businesses that are in search of similar support has been supported.

AN OVERVIEW OF FORECASTING METHODS: AN APPLICATION FOR AN APPAREL-TEXTILE FIRM IN THE PRODUCTION SECTOR

The forecasting events are the art and the science. Early humans forecast the available food before considering where to choose on a specific day, and before deciding whether or not to invade a area, the Romans predict the strength of the armies. Today farmers predict the weather before deciding whether or not to plant a particular day and before deciding about their schedules for a semester students predict the difficulty of the courses. Demand forecasting is critical as it leads from the preparation, staff, development and procurement of materials through to promotion and delivery across other areas of a organization. Far from forecasting demand, activities, commodity shortages, excess inventories and late deliveries can contribute to over or understaffing. In comparison, accurate market forecasts will result in goods being launched in good time, factories can be opened up and their revenues will rise. Organizations predict many different phenomenons, including interest rates, market share and prices, than product requirements. The basic goal of estimating demand is to make good determinations-forecasting about the company's future. Various forecasting methods and models are suggested within the scope of the study, and literature studies are presented. This research discusses these issues: demand projections, the monitoring mechanism for sales forecasts and a viewpoint on how estimates are produced and calculated. For the application of the study, the forecasting models are applied for the textile-apparel firm (ABC Company) and these models are compared according to the measures of Accuracy. The most convenientappropriate forecasting method-model was developed for volume of sales of ABC company-plant. It is investigated how the sales forecastings (volume of products) made for the company affect the inventory level and costs. In this way, forecastings are made in terms of directing the business plan and mission for the future of the company. ABC Apparel company is having frequent introductions of new products as it produces fashionbased wears. Although they can forecast the total sales, these frequent introductions reduce the lifetime of the products and make it difficult to predict at product level. According to this issue, the aim of this research is to find out a method for forecastin model and implementing it to the firm

Comparative method of moora, copras and topsis based on weighting of best worst method in supplier selection at ABC mining companies in Indonesia

<p>Supplier selection is essential to the business. The risks posed by suppliers will have a significant impact on the company's performance. Each business has distinct supplier features to mitigate this.These characteristics are divided into criteria in supplier selection. In this study, the criteria in supplier selection will be weighted by Best Worst Method (BWM) and comparing the three ranking methods, Complex Proportional Assessment (COPRAS), Multi-Objective Optimization berdasarkan Analisis Rasio (MOORA) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The sample in this study is an ABC manufacturing company engaged in mining from Indonesia. From the results of the study, there were 16 criteria using the Delphi Method. These criteria are divided into four main criteria, namely service, quality, cost and time. From the results of weighting BWM, the price sub criteria on cost criteria have the greatest weight for ABC companies. The results of the weighting are then carried out by supplier ranking by comparing the COPRAS, MOORA and TOPSIS approaches. In comparing these three methods, approaches are used based on accuracy and complexity. The COPRAS method has the highest accuracy and lowest complexity according to the ABC company.</p>

ANALISIS PERENCANAAN PENGADAAN KOMPONEN REM PESAWAT B737-800 NG BERDASARKAN SATUAN CYCLE DAN FLIGHT HOURS DI PT ABC

As one of the MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) company PT ABC had the significant problems in the last 3 years, including concerns regarding the difficulty of determining the amount of material availability and timing of procurement the material appropriate to support maintenance activities. In this case the components studied are two type brake of aircraft the first one is brake assembly and the second one is brake Goodrich which installed on B737-800 aircraft NG. Based on historical data, in last 3 years PT ABC have a number of component shortage that continues to grow, in last year PT ABC had 12 unit shortage component for brake assembly and 13 unit shortage component for brake goodrich. It is gave the negative impact for company and also customer PT ABC. To overcome these problems need to be analyzed how to determine the accuracy the number of brake requests that will removal in future periods which resulting the accuracy of the flight time (dispatch reliability/delay time). The proccess in this reserach first determine the life time of brake, determine the quantity of removal brake, schedule of removal brake, account the forecast of requirement brake in next years and determine the planning of material requirement for maintenance proccess. The forecasting using single exponential smoothing methode to determine forecasting result of brake requirement in 2017. This methode consider the smallest standar error estimate of forecasting demand to get the exact result. Morever MRP (material requirement planning) methode used to determine the procurement components planning (Petition Requirement Planning) with forecasting data from previous year's demand. Based on studies result showed that the quantity of brake assembly and brake Goodrich types that should be available for the removal of as many as 13 units per each type of brake for a period in 2017, while the limit (age component) of brake assembly 38 days and 41 days for brake Goodrich and the estimation schedule of brake removal is the last date installation brake plus the actual age of brake that has determined the schedule of brake assembly in 21st of the months 12 and the 2nd of the month 11 for brake Goodrich and result are showed that MRP decrease the shortage of brake assembly 1 unit and decrease the shortage of brake goodrich 2 unit.

An overview of total quality management approach: an evaluation for ABC company in textile industry

Purpose- The purpose of this study, after investigating the key elements and main concepts of Total Quality Management (TQM) through a comprehensive literature research, is to appliy it to a business to fully find out these concepts. This business, which is one of the companies in textile industry in Turkey, is chosen for this destination because its top management is already informed of the advantages of TQM and supports the implementation. Methodology- Competitive advantage, in the context of business, is a powerful concept, and achieving it should be the ultimate goal of any company. TQM is about continuous performance improvement of individuals, groups and organisations. In today's world, many organisations adopt TQM approach to attain competitive advantage in the market. The organizations achieve a competitive advantage by carefully and constantly analyzing its people's, customers’ and suppliers' needs and by organizing and operating to meet these needs the first time and every time Implementation of the TQM process is one of the most complex research that an organization, either private or public, can undertake. Findings- The analysis reveals that the applications begin with the preparation of some questionnaires for all employeers of the company its people, customers, people working in this firm to find out their satisfaction levels since TQM requires finding the points due to statistical Control where they are dissatisfied with the business and promote the company. The evaluations are analyzed in detail by applying a comprehensive methodology. The findings of the evaluation are declared with the contribution of the management. Conclusion- This provides to highlight the difference between its expectations and the actual results. At the end of the study, some suggestions for the company are presented depending on the evaluations.

A Study on Quality of Work Life at Abc Company, Madurai

A Study on Quality of Work Life at Abc Company, Madurai