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Optimization of Woven Fabric Production in Textile Industry of PT. Argo Pantes Tangerang

This study aims at maximizing a business profit in a textile industry. By using a descriptive quantitative approach, the study was conducted in the district of Cikokol, Tangerang, Indonesia by collecting data from a textile company producing yarn and woven fabrics for the years 2016 until 2017. The data was analyzed by using linear programming to maximize a business profit. In its daily process, the company faced many problems or constrains in its production planning. Uncertain demand fluctuation has caused shortage or overproduction. Other problems are the constrain of raw materials, machine working hour, labour working hour, spindle hour per unit, loom hour per unit, and demand of products. The result of the study showed that the total profit earned by the company to produce 6.67 dozen (80 pcs) of T/C woven fabric is US$ 133.400. On the other hand, total profit to produce 6.67 dozen (80 pcs) of cotton fabric is US$ 100.050, with the assumption that the profit is in accordance with fixed objective and constrain function.

Vertical integration for smart manufacturing-The dynamic capability perspective

Industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing uses digitalization to change manufacturing methods. However, there is little empirical research into the benefits of smart manufacturing, though some studies point out that latecomers will lose competitiveness. This research uses a case study to explore how an aerospace company implemented smart manufacturing in practice. The company uses emerging technology to build up the smart manufacturing process and vertical integration. In its vertical integration, the company uses sensors to collect the manufacturing data for analysis. The results can be displayed on a mobile system immediately for managers and operators controlling the manufacturing process and productivity. The company faced challenges in launching its vertical integration in smart manufacturing, including operators’ Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills and knowledge, linking the ICT systems of new and old facilities, and big data analysis capabilities.

Valentín Fuster: From Platelets to Preschoolers, Always With Scientific Rigor.

Why did Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster cut his consumption of the sweet treat from daily to once a week? The credit (or blame, depending on your perspective) goes to Valentin Fuster, who was asked to consult on the Spanish version of the show and eventually became Dr Ruster, a muppet sharing health advice with its young and avid audience. “Our behavior as adults depends greatly on the environment we are in between ages 3 and 6, and Sesame Street wasn’t taking advantage of this to focus on prevention and heart health,” says Fuster. Fuster, a renowned physician scientist with a daunting schedule and a decades-long record of bench and translational science and clinical trials, sees no discontinuity between the work that made him famous and his recent focus on preschoolers. “I became convinced that the same scientific tools I used to understand disease could be used to understand and promote health and prevent disease,” Fuster says. Fuster received his undergraduate and medical degrees in his hometown, Barcelona, and did clinical training and completed his doctorate in pathology at the University of Edinburgh. While at the Mayo Clinic between 1971 and 1982, starting as a medical resident and ending as professor of medicine and cardiovascular diseases, he showed in a dog model that platelets were important in the occlusion of bypass grafts and that aspirin could prevent it. Then, in the first clinical trial of aspirin in cardiac disease,1 the team demonstrated that aspirin prevented the occlusion of bypass grafts, leading to clinical guidelines calling for its use. In 1982, Fuster was recruited to become head of cardiology at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. After 10 years there, he spent 3 years in Boston at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he began work on using magnetic …

Towards a Generic Framework for the Performance Evaluation of Manufacturing Strategy: An Innovative Approach

To be competitive in a manufacturing environment by providing optimal performance in terms of cost-effectiveness and swiftness of system changes, there is a need for flexible production systems based on a well-defined strategy. Companies are steadily looking for methodology to evaluate, improve and update the performance of manufacturing systems for processing operations. Implementation of an adequate strategy for these systems’ flexibility requires a deep understanding of the intricate interactions between the machining process parameters and the manufacturing system’s operational parameters. This paper proposes a framework/generic model for one of the most common metal cutting operations—the boring process of an engine block machining system. A system dynamics modelling approach is presented for modelling the structure of machining system parameters of the boring process, key performance parameters and their intrinsic relationships. The model is based on a case study performed in a company manufacturing engine blocks for heavy vehicles. The approach could allow for performance evaluation of an engine block manufacturing system condition. The presented model enables a basis for other similar processes and industries producing discrete parts.

Cerebral tumor resection assisted by electromagnetic tracking frameless stereotactic system

Introduction: Electromagnetic (EM) technology used as a tracking device in neurosurgery is relatively new and less common than its optical counterpart: only a few companies manufacture such devices. The main objective is to describe the technology that is used in EM tracking (Compass Cygnus), and its advantages and disadvantages in brain tumor resection as it is incorporated in a neuro-oncology program. Methods: We used the Compass Cygnuss-PFS frameless stereotactic system which performs EM tracking (EMFSS); we analyzed the technology used in the system and describe how a procedureis carried out, signalizing its advantages and disadvantages. We then report our initial experience in tumor resections using this technology from august 2008 to january 2009 in the Neuro-oncology Program of the Hospital de Diagnóstico of El Salvador. Results: The EMFSS operates by using a Flock ofBirds Technology (FOB). Twenty patients were operated on using the EMFSS: 18 of them harbored a tumor either primary or secondary in origin. Its precision was considered adequate in 16 cases (88.8 %) when compared to non-mobile, non-deformable structures (cranial base floor, tentorium, falx, etc). Intraoperative ultrasound in two cases: it was considered inadequatedue to brain shift/deformation, in two cases (11.1%) and a re-registration process had to be carried out during surgery. Tumor location was: 5 (27.7%) in non eloquent, 8 (44.4%) near eloquent, and 5 (27.7%) in eloquent cortex. Volumetric tumor resection was 87% (40-100%). Five patients (27.7%) had complications, 4 (80%) of them transient and resolved during 30 day follow-up. One (5.5%) patient had definite neurological worsening. Thirty day mortality was 0. Preoperative Karnofsky Physiological Score (KPS) and at discharge and at one month follow up was 80 (60-90), 80 (60-90) and 80(60-100) respectively. Conclusions: EM tracking is a reliable system when its accuracy is tested against non-mobile structures and ultrasound. It is compact and the “line of sight” does not have to be taken into consideration. Its big advantages are “tailored” craniotomy design and spatial orientations in deepseated tumors, where ultrasound is not efective; its biggest limitation is its incapacity to re-register with anatomical points or landmarks and image fusion or transition.

A ROUGH MULTICRITERIA APPROACH FOR EVALUATION OF THE SUPPLIER CRITERIA IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Ensuring costs reduction and increasing competitiveness and satisfaction of end users are the goals of each participant in the supply chain. Taking into account these goals, the paper proposes methodology for defining the most important criteria for suppliers’ evaluation. From a set of twenty established criteria, i.e. four sets of criteria: finances, logistics, quality and communication and business including its sub-criteria, we have allocated the most important ones for supplier selection. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) based on rough numbers is presented to determine the weight of each evaluation criterion. For the criteria evaluation we have used knowledge from the expert in this field. The efficacy of the proposed evaluation methodology is demonstrated through its application to the company producing metal washers for the automotive industry. Next a sensitivity analysis is carried out in order to show the stability of the model. For checking stability the AHP method in conventional form is used in combination with fuzzy logic.

Application of the Theory of Constraints for Continuous Improvement of a Production Process-Case Study

The paper presents the example of practical application of theory of constraints. We use this conception to improve production process in the case of company producing electrical equipment for the mining industry. During the observation and on the basis of the ERP system used in the company as well as process mapping, the area in which the so called “bottleneck” problems are present was determined according to the theory of constraints. Analysis of the “bottleneck” using theory of constraints was carried out in the Paint Shop department, as this is the department where the biggest financial losses are generated and the entire painting process inefficient. The aim of the paper is to analyze of the “bottleneck” using theory of constraints in the production industry to improve the process.

A Different Perspective: How Much Innovation Is Really Needed for Monoclonal Antibody Production Using Mammalian Cell Technology?

As biopharmaceutical companies have optimized cell line and production culture process development, titers of recombinant antibodies have risen steadily to 3-8g/L for fed-batch mammalian cultures at production scales of 10kL or larger. Most new antibody products are produced from Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell lines, and there are relatively few alternative production hosts under active evaluation. Many companies have adopted a strategy of using the same production cell line for early clinical phases as well as commercial production, which reduces the risk of product comparability issues during the development lifecycle. Product quality and consistency expectations rest on the platform knowledge of the CHO host cell line and processes used for the production of many licensed antibodies. The lack of impact of low-level product variants common to this platform on product safety and efficacy also builds on the established commercial history of recombinant antibodies, which dates back to 1997.Efforts to increase titers further will likely yield diminishing returns. Very few products would benefit significantly from a titer greater than 8g/L; in many cases, a downstream processing bottleneck would preclude full recovery from production-scale bioreactors for high titer processes. The benefits of a process platform based on standard fed-batch production culture include predictable scale-up, process transfer, and production within a company's manufacturing network or at a contract manufacturing organization. Furthermore, the confidence in an established platform provides key support towards regulatory flexibility (e.g., design space) for license applications following a quality-by-design strategy.These factors suggest that novel technologies for antibody production may not provide a substantial return on investment. What, then, should be the focus of future process development efforts for companies that choose to launch antibody products using their current platform? This review proposes key focus areas in an effort to continually improve process consistency, assure acceptable product quality, and establish appropriate process parameter limits to enable flexible manufacturing options.

Survey of the companies’ intersectional marketing maturity (IMM)and its relation to the entry timing and segmentation of export target markets (Evidence from a developingcountry)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the intersection marketing maturity and increases the ability of companies to segment and enter the target export markets in Iranian food producing Companies. Considering the different producing nature of these companies and their wide range of activities, these organizations have been divided into (seafood, dairy products, starchy, dried fruits and chocolate and sweets). According to the ICC, only now the areas with potential export can be placed in the following categories; in each of the above mentioned groups the active Iranian companies in each field of activity 4 companies (totally 25 producing companies) would be determined. The results of the 350 questionnaires showed that companies of chocolate, starch and dried fruit operate their market segmentation (segmentation) with many types of products which will lead to achieve better results in the target market. Also this maturity model should be accepted as a model to evaluate the maturity of business processes and widely uses.

ФИНАНСОВАЯ УСТОЙЧИВОСТЬ КОМПАНИИ – ПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЯ УДОБРЕНИЙ: ВОПРОСЫ ОЦЕНКИ И УПРАВЛЕНИЯ

ФИНАНСОВАЯ УСТОЙЧИВОСТЬ КОМПАНИИ – ПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЯ УДОБРЕНИЙ: ВОПРОСЫ ОЦЕНКИ И УПРАВЛЕНИЯ

СИСТЕМА МАРКЕТИНГОВИХ КОМУНІКАЦІЙ ТОРГОВЕЛЬНОГО ПІДПРИЄМСТВА

The article explores approaches to understanding marketing communications and describes marketing communication tools. Marketing communications should be considered in two aspects: traditional marketing (a set of tools that affect the end consumer in the process of making a purchase decision and motivate him to action) and relationship marketing (focusing on the process of establishing long-term partnerships between all participants in marketing). As a result of a detailed analysis of approaches to defining the essence of marketing communications, marketing communications is the formation and maintenance of partnerships between the company (manufacturer) and target groups of consumers (individual consumers, suppliers, intermediaries) through traditional and interactive channels of information about the company and its products. (services). The channels of distribution of advertising messages by trade enterprises are characterized and the classification of ATL, BTL and TTL communication tools is investigated. The dynamics of the media market of Ukraine for 2017-2020 is studied and the growth of the role of Internet advertising is determined. On the basis of the conducted researches recommendations on increase of efficiency of system of marketing communications of the trading enterprises are offered.

Auteurism, Machismo-Leninismo, and Other Issues

This article contextualizes and characterizes production practices in political cinema in Bolivia and Peru between the 1960s and 1990s, reading them as a communitarian endeavor that included many more women than official history acknowledges. It also documents the work of two overshadowed filmmakers—the Bolivian Beatriz Palacios and the Peruvian María Barea—mainly in their roles as film producers and managers of small producing companies, but also as directors. In order to effectively incorporate women into Andean cinema history, I advocate for a nonhierarchical historiographical methodology and the academic consideration of personal relationships as one of the driving factors in artisanal political production cultures. A non-auteurist approach to unearthing Andean women filmmakers is central to this revisionist project that aims to shed light on an entire range of women's labor in collaborative film production, not only directorial work.

THE PROBLEM OF UNPROFITABLE ACTIVITY OF ENTERPRISES IN UKRAINE

The subject of the study. A successful economy does not allow the loss of its main component: enterprises in modern conditions. If the companies of the country do not receive anticipated financial results, the entire financial system becomes vulnerable. This article is focused on research of the problem of loss-making enterprises in Ukraine. It should be noted that the negative trend of a significant number of loss-making companies can be traced over a long period of time. The main reasons for Ukrainian producing companies’ unsatisfactory financial results are described in this article. A hierarchy of factors that determine the financial security of enterprises is constructed. Research of dependence operating profitability of businesses from inflation is done on the basis of statistical data. The tendency in the production of industrial output is shown. Methods. The methods used by authors include correlation analysis, comparative analysis, a method of description, interpretation of statistical data, a method of observation. Scope. The main task of the research remains the demonstration of the problem of non-profit activity of Ukrainian enterprises and the allocation of key factors for the containment of economic growth. For this purpose, a study was made of the dynamics of financial results of subjects of entrepreneurial activity. The dependence of profit on operating activities of the economic sector and the rates of inflation of the national economy of Ukraine is presented. Conclusions. National business adapts to the transformation of the economy and, at the same time, overcomes the diversity of threats. Performed analysis showed that enterprises in Ukraine are strongly influenced by internal independent administrative measures factors. The shortage of financial resources and the complexity of attracting additional funds impede the further development of enterprises. However, the size of revenues and costs, and thus the final financial results will depend on the professionalism of company’s management. The problem of increasing insolvency among Ukrainian companies is disclosed in this paper. Profit formation is possible only if one takes into account the role of the state, changes in external and internal demand and maintaining competitiveness. Key directions of financial stabilization and further business development in Ukraine depend on the ability of entities to maintain an acceptable level of their own financial security.

Outsorcing quality control in the automotive industry

Providing high quality of products not covered by defective products is an important part of the supply chain between the manufacturer of the automotive parts and the final assembly company. The paper presents the results of research related to determining the effectiveness of quality control in a company producing plastic components for automotive industry at separate levels. Upon detection of nonconforming products at his plant, recepient according to the contract asked the supplier to launch the Controlled Shipping Level 1 procedures. As a result of the lack of significant improvement, there was run in the supplier’s plant the Controlled Shipping Level 2 procedure realized on an outsourcing basis by specialized external company. Presented results of the research have made it possible to determine the effectiveness of carried out control activities. Carried out research, also confirmed by expert interviews, show that automotive companies aim to make their business more flexible so that they respond faster and more easily to internal and mainly external factors. What in the opinion of production and quality managers provides outsorcing of quality control.

Effect of work posture on operator complaints: Choice between sitting and standing work

Workers perform manual handling activities with sitting and standing work postures. In sitting work posture, this activity is performed using a 15-cm-long spade, so the workers must bend both their bodies and feet, meanwhile in standing work posture, workers use stainless steel squeegee. Workers on both postures complain of pain but on different parts of the body. Limited work facilities cause this handling activity uses body muscle repetitively. The aim of this study is to obtain an ergonomic work facility so that workers can use standing work posture with minimal pain complaints. The methods used are arterial pulse measurement, pain complaints measurement, anthropometry measurement, and designing handling device using QFD method. The subjects in this study are 6 male workers in a steel company producing threaded steel. The handling device stands 77.9 cm tall with a 15° slope so that silicomanganese can move down by taking advantage of the vibration. Workers only direct silicomanganese into the sack in standing work posture, so that performance can increase.

PENGARUH LABA (RUGI) BERSIH DAN ARUS KAS BERSIH TERHADAP RETURN SAHAM PADA PERUSAHAAN MAN UFAKT UR AUTOMOTIVE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS YANG TERDAFTAR DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

In manufacturing companies Automotive and Allied Products listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2006-2007 showed fluctuations of income (loss), net cash flows and stock returns and the consequences of the rise and fall of income (loss) and cash flows cause stock returns fluctuate too . So the problem is formulated "the influence of income (loss) and net cash flow to stock return at manufacturing Automotive and Allied Products listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. "
 This study aimed to investigate the efiect of income (loss) and net cash flow to stock return on the company manufacturing Automotive and Allied Products listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Benefits of the research is as one of the considerations for potential investors in making investment decisions. The population in this study are all manufacturing Automotive and Allied Products listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange observation period 20002007. The sample in this study is a population of around 19 companies with saturated sampling method. Hypothesis testing is performed using multiple linear regression models.
 The results of F-test (ANOVA test) showed that the net income (loss) (X1) and net cash flow (X2) jointly have a positive and significant impact on the company's stock returns Automotive and Allied Products listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, with significance level of 0.014

Analisis Faktor yang mempengaruhi Kebijakan Dividen pada Perusahaan Manufaktur yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia

This study aims to determine the effect of liquidity position, leverage, profitability, and firm size against dividend policy. Dependent variable in this research is dividend policy measured by dividend payout ratio. Independent variables used are the position of liquidity, leverage, profitability, and company size. This research is an associative research with a causal approach. The population of this research is a manufacturing company listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) in 2012 until 2014. Samples determined by purposive sampling method, with the number of samples of 28 manufacturing companies so that the total observation in this study as much as 84 observations. The data used in this research is secondary data. Data collection techniques using documentation method through IDX official website: www.idx.co.id.Metode data analysis used is multiple linear regression analysis with the help of software SPSS for Windows 22.Result research proves that the liquidity position does not affect the dividend policy on the company manufacturing listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) for the period 2012-2014. Profitability and firm size have a positive effect on dividend policy on manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) period 2012-2014, and leverage negatively affect dividend policy on manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) period 2012-2014.

The recommendation of line-balancing improvement on MCM product line 1 using genetics algorithm and moodie young at XYZ Company, Co.

Kencana Gemilang, Co. is one electronics industry engaging in the manufacture sector. This company manufactures and assembles household electronic products, such as rice cooker, fan, iron, blender, etc. The company deals with an issue of underachievement of an established production target on MCM products line 1. This study aimed to calculate line efficiencies, delay times, and initial line smoothness indexes. The research was carried out by means of depicting a precedence diagram and gathering time data of each work element followed by examination and calculation of standard time as well as line balancing using methods of Moodie Young and Generics Algorithm. Based on results of calculation, better line balancing than the existing initial conditions, i.e. improvement in the line efficiency by 18.39%, deterioration in balanced delay by 28.39%, and deterioration of a smoothness index by 23.85% was obtained.

Effect of pre-incubation and pre-storage for short periods of incubation during egg storage (SPIDES) and thermal manipulation during incubation period on chick quality of broiler breeder (ROSS 308)

This study was conducted from 16/1/2017 to 23/2/2017 to show the effect of the different storage period on the specifications of the specific chickpeas by exposing the eggs to sporadic incubation processes during the storage period of the broiler eggs ROSS 308. The eggs were brought from Al-Manar Company for poultry production and breeding - Diyala and were in the form of two separate experiments where the duration of the first experiment was 29 days and the second 37 days. The first experiment 7 days storage, and the second 14 days storage included four transactions storage only, storage with pre-incubation + pre-incubation for short periods SPIDES, storage with pre-incubation + heat stimulation and storage with pre-incubation for short periods SPIDES + thermal stimulation. The results showed significant differences (P<0.01) in the body mass, where the first and third treatments were superior to the rest of the experimental factors, while there were no significant differences in the rest of the external specimens of the white hatches of the eggs stored for 7 days. The results did not show any significant differences the internal characteristics of the white hatched eggs were stored for 7 days only in the ratio of the weight of the liver to the body weight, which exceeded the second treatment on the rest of the experiment. The external characteristics of the eggs from the eggs were stored for 14 days. The weights and body mass in the first treatment exceeded the rest of the experimental parameters. The internal characteristics of the chicks also exceeded the first treatment in the body weight on the rest of the experiment. The weight of yolk to the body weight by the first and second treatments on the rest of the experiment, the ratio of weight of the liver and intestines to the weight of the body has exceeded the fourth treatment on the rest of the experiment. This study showed no effect of pre-incubation of 6 hours and pre-incubation for short periods during the storage of SPIDES in addition to thermal stimulation 39.5% in days 16, 17 and 18 of brood, on the specifications of the quality chick and the characteristics of internal chicks regardless of storage time.

Editorial to the Special Issue Information Integration for Innovative Design and Smart Manufacturing

Information integration is one of the key features to foster innovative design approaches and to enable smart manufacturing in modern companies. Future manufacturing will be more automated, more digitalized, but also more flexible, distributed, networked and collaborative. As a consequence, information integration approaches are necessary to support companies to be innovative and profitable. The issue collects valuable examples of how collaborative approaches and interdisciplinary actions can benefit companies, from new idea co-creation to smart enterprise management, from intelligent data analysis to flexible decision-making, from smart management of business relationships to reconfigurable manufacturing automation.