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Halal Cosmetic Products: Do Knowledge and Religiosity Affect Consumers’ Attitude and Intention to Use?

The goal of this research is to examine the effect of knowledge and religiosity on consumers’ attitude towards Halal cosmetic products. Furthermore, the influence between consumers’ attitude and their intention to use Halal cosmetic products is also explored. The Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach supported by Smart-PLS 2.0 was employed to evaluate the hypothesized model. This study conveys a strong message to cosmetic companies, particularly the producers, retailers, and distributors of cosmetic products regarding the imperative to foster better knowledge among consumers’ regarding Halal cosmetic products consumption. The path estimate results of the PLS-SEM approach revealed that attitude is the strongest predictor of consumers’ intention to use Halal cosmetic products. By having a positive attitude towards Halal cosmetic products, consumers’ always look for the Halal label when buying cosmetic products. This proposition is further strengthened when the people considered most important to them also use Halal cosmetic products. Further, it was revealed that they also hold a strong belief that using Halal cosmetic products is important to them, especially when the decision to use it is of their own choice. Further, consumers’ attitude towards Halal cosmetic products was impacted by aspects such as knowledge and religiosity. This study also informs on the benefits of fostering better knowledge among consumers’ regarding Halal cosmetic products consumption towards captivating more demand of product consumption from Muslim consumers. The possible direction for future research is also presented.

QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS: THE FACTORS OF INFLUENCE AND THE WAY OF CORRECTION

Diabetes mellitus (DM) leads to a decrease in the quality of life (QOL) of patients compared with practically healthy individuals. Allocate nonspecific and DM specific factors, leading to a decrease in QOL. The main component of teaching diabetes patients, which should be aimed at the formation of a harmonious type of attitude towards their disease, is the training of self-monitoring of glycemia with individual devices (glucometers). According to production and operational characteristics, it is worthwhile to highlight the TM BIONIME and the TM GAMMA, users of which, thanks to modern equipment, acquire a «sense of confidence and security», which ultimately contributes to the improvement of QOL. The distributor of TM BIONIME and TM GAMMA products in Ukraine is «Dolphi-Ukraine».

Family planning provision in pharmacies and drug shops: an urgent prescription

Drug shops and pharmacies have long been recognized as the first point of contact for health care in developing countries, including family planning (FP) services. Drug shop operators and pharmacists should not be viewed as mere merchants of short-acting contraceptive methods, as this ignores their capacity for increasing uptake of FP services and methods in a systematic and collaborative way with the public sector, social marketing groups and product distributors. We draw on lessons learned from the rich experience of earlier efforts to promote a variety of public health interventions in pharmacies and drug shops. To integrate this setting that provides convenience, confidentiality, access to user-controlled contraceptive methods (i.e., pills, condoms and potentially Sayana Press®) and a gateway to clinic-based FP services, we propose three promising practices that should be encouraged in future interventions to increase access to quality FP services.

Build an Online Shop Website Using Html Programming Language

The purpose of this research is to help distributors of products that do not have sufficient funds to rent stores and market their products by using and providing the Online Shop website. The method used in this research are Observation by performing a review directly to the place that conducts the process of building an online store website, Interview with the business owner, and Study of literature by finding the books that deal with the issues discussed in this study. The result of this research shows that by making an online shop website, potential buyers can see any products that have been updated and available at any time through the Website and also can order and buy any product without having to come to the store directly.

Analisis Dan Perancangan Sistem Informasi Penjualan Produk Kesehatan Pada PT. ABC

The object of research is PT. ABC. The company was founded in 2003, running a business as a distributor of sales products, such as multivitamins and supplements. Currently, PT. ABC is still not yet used a computerized sales information system between one process with another process. PT. ABC has difficulty data costumer archiving, finding data and the process of report presenting takes a relatively long time. The purpose of research is to analyzing the current information system and make an sales information system based application with adding sales return system which has complements fit up the product database. This application is expected to provide accurate information about the process of sales product health. The method used is qualitative research method through the study of literature, interview and observation. Analysis of current systems using the entity-relationship model (ERM). The design of system using the PHP language programming with a MySQL database. The results obtained from this study is a making a computerized database as of can make report with quickly, accurately and informative.
 Keywords – computerized database; design of sales information system; MySQL database, PHP language program.co

Verificación racial de jamones y paletas Ibéricos comercializados en supermercados españoles

The commercialization of Iberian meat and dry-cured products is regulated by the Spanish law. A first decree approved on 2007 (Real Decreto 1469/2007) established that Iberian products designated as “Iberian” have to come from pigs with at least a 50% of their genome from Iberian breed and the remaining percentage from Duroc. This decree was modified on 2014 (Real Decreto 4/2014) and it requires that, to be labelled as “100% Iberian”, products must come from purebred pigs and maintains the previous regulation about “Iberian” label. A traceability SNP chip containing 64 SNPs was developed by the Pig Breeding and Genetics Group of INIA. It allows discriminating between the proportion of Iberian and Duroc genomes of an individual. The objective of this study was to check if the dry-cured products (hams and shoulders) sold as “Iberian” by some of the major distributors of Iberian products at main Spanish supermarkets follow the law. One hundred and sixteen samples of dry-cured ham and shoulder sliced packs commercialized as “Iberian” were genotyped with the chip. The genotyping data was analysed using BAPS 5.3. A percentage of Iberian genome lower than 40% was estimated for 34.5% of the samples, which do not follow the regulation of genetic origin. It is worth to note that five of the 116 samples were 100% Duroc. None of the suppliers included in the study met the law strictly. These results show that, in general, the Quality Standard has not been obeyed for a long time. A future new sampling will show if the stricter controls of the animals set by the 2014 law has been useful to improve the legal compliance.

Dimensional weight pricing in transportation and logistics: US shipper knowledge and best practice responses in the e-commerce era

With the rise of e-commerce, a large number of shippers are experiencing increased logistics costs due to dimensional weight pricing. 'Dim weight' pricing calculates a ratio of package volume to weight in order to penalise low density shipments by charging higher rates. This paper explains the methods and rationale of dimensional weight pricing by parcel and LTL carriers. The results from a survey of over 100 US shippers is presented to better understand shipper knowledge and responses to dim weight pricing and to document increasing shipping costs. Shippers were also asked to identify best practices in packaging and negotiations that were used to counter these increased logistics costs. The implications of this rate practice on supply chain costs and practices in e-commerce are discussed; the most serious impact is on manufacturers and distributors of low density products and those unable or unwilling to invest in technologically sophisticated solutions.

Dimensional weight pricing in transportation and logistics: US shipper knowledge and best practice responses in the e-commerce era

With the rise of e-commerce, a large number of shippers are experiencing increased logistics costs due to dimensional weight pricing. 'Dim weight' pricing calculates a ratio of package volume to weight in order to penalise low density shipments by charging higher rates. This paper explains the methods and rationale of dimensional weight pricing by parcel and LTL carriers. The results from a survey of over 100 US shippers is presented to better understand shipper knowledge and responses to dim weight pricing and to document increasing shipping costs. Shippers were also asked to identify best practices in packaging and negotiations that were used to counter these increased logistics costs. The implications of this rate practice on supply chain costs and practices in e-commerce are discussed; the most serious impact is on manufacturers and distributors of low density products and those unable or unwilling to invest in technologically sophisticated solutions.

Importer and exporter capabilities, governance mechanisms, and environmental factors determining customer-perceived relationship value

Although value creation is the overarching goal of interfirm exchange relationships, there is little research on relationship value in business markets in general and in global business markets in particular. The current research draws on the theoretical perspectives of dynamic capabilities, relational contracting, industry structure view, and Uppsala model of internationalization and synthesizes their insights to develop a model of customer-perceived relationship value in importer-exporter relationships. A mail survey was used to collect data from 211 import distributors of industrial products. The study results indicate that exporter core offering and customer responsiveness capabilities, importer market-sensing and customer relationship management capabilities, relational governance, psychic distance, and environmental munificence are important determinants of relationship value, while contractual governance has no detectable effect. Theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed and future research directions are presented.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to acquire SunSource

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice-managed funds are acquiring a majority stake in SunSource Holdings Inc, a distributor of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power products in the US and Canada.

Tanggung Jawab Produsen di Bidang Pangan Terhadap Konsumen

Practically consumer protection is one of the legal developments which are part of national development. The key point of the issue of consumer protection is that consumers and producers (product distributor or employers) need each other. Production is meaningless if nobody mengkonsumsikannya and products are consumed safely and satisfactorily, in turn, is free promotion for employers. rule of law is very important in order to protect consumers. In sustaining the economy of consumers occupy an important position, but ironically as one of the economic actors are very weak position of the consumer in terms of legal protection. In Indonesia, consumers who had been in a weak position impression of only being an object businesses promotion tips, as well as the sale of a very expansive way. Weak consumer's position caused partly still low awareness and consumer education in Indonesia.

TANGGUNG JAWAB PRODUSEN DI BIDANG PANGAN TERHADAP KONSUMEN

Abstract : Practically consumer protection is one of the legal developments which are part of national development. The key point of the issue of consumer protection is that consumers and producers (product distributor or employers) need each other. Production is meaningless if nobody mengkonsumsikannya and products are consumed safely and satisfactorily, in turn, is free promotion for employers. rule of law is very important in order to protect consumers. In sustaining the economy of consumers occupy an important position, but ironically as one of the economic actors are very weak position of the consumer in terms of legal protection. In Indonesia, consumers who had been in a weak position impression of only being an object businesses promotion tips, as well as the sale of a very expansive way. Weak consumer's position caused partly still low awareness and consumer education in Indonesia

Improving delivery routes using combined heuristic and optimization in a consumer goods distribution company

XYZ is a distributor of various consumer goods products. The company plans its delivery routes daily and in order to obtain route construction in a short amount of time, it simplifies the process by assigning drivers based on geographic regions. This approach results in inefficient use of vehicles leading to imbalance workloads. In this paper, we propose a combined method involving heuristic and optimization to obtain better solutions in acceptable computation time. The heuristic is based on a time-oriented, nearest neighbor (TONN) to form clusters if the number of locations is higher than a certain value. The optimization part uses a mathematical modeling formulation based on vehicle routing problem that considers heterogeneous vehicles, time windows, and fixed costs (HVRPTWF) and is used to solve routing problem in clusters. A case study using data from one month of the company’s operations is analyzed, and data from one day of operations are detailed in this paper. The analysis shows that the proposed method results in 24% cost savings on that month, but it can be as high as 54% in a day.

Improving delivery routes using combined heuristic and optimization in a consumer goods distribution company

XYZ is a distributor of various consumer goods products. The company plans its delivery routes daily and in order to obtain route construction in a short amount of time, it simplifies the process by assigning drivers based on geographic regions. This approach results in inefficient use of vehicles leading to imbalance workloads. In this paper, we propose a combined method involving heuristic and optimization to obtain better solutions in acceptable computation time. The heuristic is based on a time-oriented, nearest neighbor (TONN) to form clusters if the number of locations is higher than a certain value. The optimization part uses a mathematical modeling formulation based on vehicle routing problem that considers heterogeneous vehicles, time windows, and fixed costs (HVRPTWF) and is used to solve routing problem in clusters. A case study using data from one month of the company's operations is analyzed, and data from one day of operations are detailed in this paper. The analysis shows that the proposed method results in 24% cost savings on that month, but it can be as high as 54% in a day.

HCAP Partners exits Protect Plus Air Holdings

The California-based private equity firm HCAP Partners has announced the recapitalization of Protect Plus Air Holdings LLC (PPAH), a US manufacturer and distributor of residential air filtration products and accessories.

Bloom Programme: Micro-Distribution of Mars Products in Manila

This paper provides an overview of the Bloom micro-distribution programme, an initiative spearheaded by Mars Catalyst and Mars Wrigley Confectionery Philippines that engages female sellers in Manilla, Philippines, as distributors of Mars Wrigley confectionery products. The case includes assessment of the multi-dimensional impact of Bloom on the 300+ sellers as well as the challenges the project faces. Data for this paper were drawn from documents provided by Bloom staff, key informant interviews, and surveys of sellers conducted by Bloom in 2016; the programme remains active.

BTEX exposure assessment and quantitative risk assessment among petroleum product distributors

The aim of this study was to evaluate benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) exposure among workers at four stations of a major oil distribution company. Personal BTEX exposure samples were collected over working shift (8h) for 50 workers at four stations of a major oil distribution company in Iran. Measured mean values for workers across four sites were benzene (2437, 992, 584, and 2788μg/m3 respectively), toluene (4415, 2830, 1289, and 9407μg/m3), ethylbenzene (781, 522, 187, and 533μg/m3), and xylene (1134, 678, 322, and 525μg/m3). The maximum mean concentration measured across sites for benzene was 2788μg/m3 (Station 4), toluene was 9407μg/m3 (Station 4), ethylbenzene was 781μg/m3 (Station 1) and xylene was 1134μg/m3 (Station 1). The 8h averaged personal exposure benzene concentration exceeded the recommended value of 1600μg/m3 established by the Iranian Committee for Review and Collection of Occupational Exposure Limit and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. Mean values for excess lifetime cancer risk for exposure to benzene were then calculated across workers at each site. Estimates of excess risk ranged from 1.74 ± 4.05 (Station 4) to 8.31 ± 25.81 (Station 3). Risk was assessed by calculation of hazard quotients and hazard indexes, which indicated that xylene and particularly benzene were the strongest contributors. Tanker loading was the highest risk occupation at these facilties. Risk management approaches to reducing exposures to BTEX compounds, especially benzene, will be important to the health of workers in Iran.

Less Is More: Harnessing Product Substitution Information to Rationalize SKUs at Intcomex

Intcomex, a large global distributor of information technology products, was experiencing severe stress in its supply chain from a rapidly expanding set of products in its catalog. The company proactively partnered with an academic team to develop a data-driven approach to address this issue. Rather than adopt potentially suboptimal rules of thumb for product selection (and exclusion), the project team developed a composite method for rationalizing stock-keeping units (SKUs). This approach allows the company to statistically estimate product demand and product substitution using profit-based optimization of the product selection decision. Intuitively, the approach seeks to leverage the company’s ability to substitute products by eliminating low-profit SKUs for which substitutes are available. It accounts for all costs incurred over a product’s life cycle, incorporates other important contextual considerations, and delivers tailored recommendations for each product category and geographical market. We implemented the composite method as two software modules—one for statistical estimation and one for assortment optimization. Using the software tools of the composite method on a product category in the company’s Uruguay operations, we generated an 18 percent increase in profits from rationalizing the company’s product catalog. Despite the streamlined catalog, more than 97.5 percent of the product demand was served; in addition, revenues increased because of the better match between supply and demand.

Association of nutrition club membership with markers of health: a cross sectional study

BackgroundNutrition clubs (NC) operate in community settings and provide members with nutrition education and meal replacements for weight management. NC are owned and operated by distributors of Herbalife products. There are over 6200 NC in the US, but there has been no independent assessment of the association of these NC with biomarkers of health.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional pilot study to compare the health status of 100 NC members to 100 community-matched controls (CC) in the greater Boston area. Each CC was matched to a NC member for community of residence (zip code), age category, gender, BMI category, race/ethnicity, education level (category), and readiness to make health changes. Measures obtained included cardio-metabolic risk factors, body composition, markers of nutritional status, reported health status, dietary intake, physical activity, sleep and depression.ResultsParticipants were predominantly female (64%) and Hispanic (73%). NC members had significantly lower fasting insulin (P < 0.001) and lower HbA1c (P = 0.008), higher levels of 25 hydroxy-vitamin D (P = 0.001), and vitamin E:cholesterol ratio (P < 0.001), and lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome (P = 0.02) compared to CC. In addition, most of the NC members (99%) were satisfied with Herbalife NC membership for themselves and their families. A higher percentage of NC members (86%) compared to CC (32%) reported being in much better or somewhat better health compared to a year ago (P < 0.001); and they reported significantly better physical health (P = 0.03), and fewer sleep problems (P = 0.03).ConclusionHerbalife NC membership was positively associated with perceived health and measured cardiometabolic benefits. However, causality cannot be inferred from these findings.

PENGARUH KUALITAS HUBUNGAN DAN KEMAMPUAN ADAPTASI TERHADAP LINGKUNGAN YANG MEMPENGARUHI KEUNGGULAN BERSAING DAN IMPLIKASINYA PADA KINERJA

The business world is now facing more challenges: limited resources, increasing competition and rapidly changing environment. Demands in the distribution company also added by increasing the amount of principal that shorten the distribution channel. PT. Aga is the official distributor of paint products from PT. A for the Central Java. PT. Aga’s performance who continued to decline during the past two years after the change of management becomes a problem.The aim of this study was to examine the factors that should be improved by PT. Aga to improve itsdistribution performance. This study uses the relationship view as a background theory. Relationship Quality between PT. Aga with its customers, and PT. Aga’s Adaptation Capabilities are factors that will be examined related to competitive advantage and performance.The sample was 200 customers of PT. Aga. 124 questionnaires were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The analysis shows that the Adaptation Capabilities to the Environment and Relationship Qualityto its customers, have a significant positive influence on performance, either directly or indirectly.PT. Aga should have paid more attention to the Adaptation Abilities, by increasing the communication speed when a change in principal’s policy, and improve the ability to cope with non-routine products / new products, in order to increase their competitive advantage, which ultimately increases its performance.