Electronic Home Appliances Research Articles

INFLUENCING CONSUMER PREFERENCE AND SATISFACTION TOWARDS BUYING BEHAVIOUR OF KITCHEN APPLIANCE PRODUCTS IN KRISHNAKIRI DISTRICT

Every business in India, particularly in the country's largest cities, is attempting to survive on its platform as best it can under the current circumstances in order to reach the target number of prospective clients. The world economy will inevitably shift, and liberalisation is essential to our nation. With its extensive and excellent product line, the premier multinational company has joined the Indian market and is already playing a significant role. We understand that our "Customer is the King" and that the Indian market is expanding with a superior product line in electronic home appliances as compared to the global market. Customers are sufficiently aware and sound to make the best choices when it comes to purchasing the chosen brand of home appliances in order to meet the necessary objective. Without home appliances, a contemporary house is incomplete, particularly in large cities and metropolitan regions. In large metropolises, electronic home appliances are seen as a boon as they significantly reduce the amount of time needed for the majority of domestic household chores. Thus, the researchers took into consideration their study on the purchasing habits of consumers in Krishnagar District, Tamil Nadu, with regard to electronics and household appliances. Products related to home appliances such as air coolers, refrigerators, washers, microwaves, and televisions are included in this study. 253 respondents in Krishnagar were chosen for this study using an expedient sampling technique. This study employed a demographic research design, using a questionnaire as a means of gathering data from participants. Additionally, data segmentation will be used in the study. The conclusion reached was that while price, quality, offer, and appliance features empowered the consumer to purchase the appliance, demographic characteristics also influenced the consumer's decision to purchase.

Investigating how consumer-perceived value and store image influence brand loyalty in emerging markets

PurposeThis study examines the impact of consumer-perceived value (CPV) dimensions such as product quality, price fairness, brand prestige and brand positioning on brand attitude and loyalty for electronic home appliance brands in an emerging market. It also explores the moderating effect of perceived store image on the relationship between brand attitude and loyalty.Design/methodology/approachThis study proposes an integrated model based on consumption values and the value-attitude-behavior (V-A-B) framework. Survey data from 209 Bangladeshi consumers of electronic home appliances were used to test the model. Covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) and PROCESS macro were employed to test the hypotheses.FindingsThis research underscores the importance of CPV dimensions, such as product quality, price fairness, brand prestige and positioning, in predicting brand loyalty through brand attitude. Store image moderates the link between brand attitude and loyalty, with a stronger relationship when store image is high and a weaker relationship when it is low.Originality/valueThis study broadens marketing and consumption value theory by investigating brand prestige and positioning in the V-A-B framework in the emerging market. This is the first study to use perceived store image to moderate the relationship between brand attitude and loyalty.

Development of an Android Based Home Automation System

As automation technology keeps advancing, the future of modern homes is continually changing from manual system into automatic ones that include remote control process. A Conventional means of accessing home electronic appliances is rigid and demands user presence to attend to different locations of such appliances before they can be used, this can be stressful for the elderly, the cripples, and provides limited ease of operation for everyone. The need for wireless communication function of the home appliances becomes very important in order to increase the flexibility of accessing them remotely by a user. Accessing and control of electronic devices and appliances used at home through a remote process is the main purpose for the development of a portable home automation system using app that is based on an android phone. ESP8266 microcontroller was interfaced to a servo motor that controls door movement and also to an AC bulb through a relay at the signal receiver end of the system. An MIT application inventor platform was used to build a mobile app on an android phone at the signal transmitter end of the system; this enables the transmission of on and off signals to the receiver end through Wi-Fi connection to access the connected loads (door and lamp). The hardware and software architecture of the developed home automation system was described in this paper. Implementation of a prototype of the designed system was carried out after which the system was tested on hardware as it yields expected results.

Evaluation of IoT-Based Smart Home Assistance for Elderly People Using Robot

In the development of Internet-of-things (IoT)-based technology, there is a pre-programmed robot called Cyborg which is used for assisting elderly people. It moves around the home and observes the surrounding conditions. The Cyborg is developed and used in the smart home system. The features of a smart home system with IoT technology include temperature control, lighting control, surveillance, security, smart electricity, and water sensors. Nowadays, elderly people may not be able to maintain their homes appropriately and may feel uncomfortable performing day-to-day activities. Therefore, Cyborg can be used to carry out the activities of elderly people. Such activities include switching off unnecessary lights, watering plants, gas control, monitoring intruders or unknown persons, alerting elderly people in emergency situations, etc. These activities are controlled by web-based platforms as well as smartphone applications. The issues with the existing algorithms include that they are inefficient, require a long time for implementation, and have high storage space requirements. This paper proposes the k-nearest neighbors (KNN) with an artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm (KNN-ABC). In this proposed work, KNN-ABC is used with wireless sensor devices for perceiving the surroundings of the smart home. This work implements the automatic control of electronic appliances, alert signal processors, intruder detection, and performs day-to-day activities automatically in an efficient way. GNB for intruder detection in the smart home environment system using the Cyborg human intervention robot achieved an accuracy rate of 88.12%, the Artificial Bee Colony algorithm (ABC) achieved 90.12% accuracy on the task of power saving in smart home electronic appliances, the KNN technique achieved 91.45% accuracy on the task of providing a safer pace to the elderly in the smart home environment system, and our proposed KNN-ABC system achieved 93.72%.

Evaluation of Awareness about Electronic Waste and Concern for the Environment in Tayma Governorate, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia

This study was carried out to evaluate the people’s awareness level about electronic waste (e-waste) disposal and management practices as well as their impact on environment, also provides recommendations for moving forward on this problem in Tayma governorate, KSA. The data for this work were collected during the distribution of 96 questionnaires on householders and governmental organizations (municipality and health sector). Likert Scale was used for the analysis of the participants. The results of householders exhibited that awareness are low or medium various degrees for e-waste disposal and management practices as well as their impact on environment and there is no formal or informal e-waste sector in Tayma governorate. The participants reported that they use all electronic home appliances, computers, laptops and Mobile phone and more than double the equipment was disposed of as e-waste during the past 10 years, which increases e-waste. The responses from the Tayma governorate's municipality and health sector revealed that a large number of people (from 68% to 88%) did not know a person or company that could collect their used electronics for reuse, resale, recycling, or dismantling; they were also unaware of any electronic waste management policies currently in place in Tayma; and there was a very low perception of public awareness of the laws in place for e-waste and for the control of exposure. Also, there are hazards to the growing amount of e-waste in Tayma and they must be support the unorganized sector’s role in waste management (while providing for safer practices). They added, no companies and the general population complied with electronic waste management policies and not found priority of government and individual levels for e-waste problem now. Finally, they said the vision 2030 for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is gives full attention to the e-waste problem. The participants needs to more information on government rules and regulation for e-waste management. Government entities in Tayma Governorate must therefore make invest more in raising public awareness at all levels of society as well as at the legislative and institutional levels.

Real-Time Data Analytics for Monitoring Electricity Consumption Using IoT Technology

Rising electricity bills as a result of climate variability and new home electrical and electronic appliances are becoming a major source of concern for most end users. Consumers are typically unaware of their household electricity consumption patterns and the costs associated with them, making proper planning and budgeting difficult. Monitoring and controlling energy consumption on appliances can reduce energy costs for end-users. The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to provide remote monitoring and control of devices via automated monitoring and control. In this study, we propose an IoT-enabled system for monitoring and controlling energy consumption in homes to save money and make electricity more affordable to low-income people. Autonomous sensor nodes attached to power outlets collect and route power consumption data to the GSM-enabled gateway. Data aggregation is performed by the gateway for data received from all end-nodes within its coverage area. The gateway sends the data to the cloud, where real-time data analytics is performed. We also developed an algorithm that enables users to not only understand their usage patterns but also remotely control their appliances at any time. Mobile phones are used to remotely turn on and off household appliances via a machine-to-machine interface, as well as to provide real-time visualization of household energy consumption patterns.

Consumer Ethnocentrism in Indian Air-Conditioner Market: A Social Identity Theory Perspective

This study contributes to the theory of consumer ethnocentrism by empirically examining its role in the Indian market. The study has been conducted on Indian Millennials using the well-established CETSCALE to capture ethnocentric behaviour. The study’s findings show that CETSCALE is a unidimensional variable in India. Social identity theory has been used to explore and validate the results. The scale explains 75% of the variance through four key constructs toward ethnocentric behaviour of Indian millennials. This paper is of value to marketers interested in the rapid rise of home electronic appliances in India. The product used for this study is an air-conditioner. Multinational companies can use this study to strategically respond to entering the Indian market. Further theoretical and practical implications are presented with potential for future research.

The impact of green marketing tools on green product purchase behavior: the moderation effect of consumer demographics

Purpose: The green concept has become a major concern of the modern world when consumers buy a product. Sri Lankan consumers also change their purchasing behavior toward green purchases. Even though environmental actives influence humans and firms’ behavior very significantly, very limited academic disciplines have integrated the selected phenomenon into their literature especially true of marketing. Thus, this study focuses on whether Environmental Advertisements, Perception of Eco-labels, and Perception of Eco Brands impact on green purchasing behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: The present study empirically tests the theoretical model in social-ecological paradigm association with green advertising tools and green purchase behavior. A survey of 150 consumers who used electronic home appliances is conducted as a self-administrated questionnaire. Findings: According to the findings, green marketing tools positively impact Green Purchasing Behavior in the electronics home appliances market. Further, the moderation effects make sure consumer demographics such as gender and education level have significant effects on the green behavior of the electronic home appliances market, but the different marketing tools are different. Originality: This study provides penetrations into studying the impact of green marketing tools on consumer purchasing behaviour with consumer demographics and motivation to purchase green electronic home appliances. Implications: This study provides insights to marketers to use Environmental Advertisement, Eco-Labeling system, and Eco Brand System to motivate the customers to buy the green products. The green marketers can establish a uniform Eco-Label system with the support of the government. Further, the marketers can enhance customer awareness regarding the standardized Eco Label using the Environmental Advertisement. Keywords: Eco-Brand, Eco-Label, Environmental-Advertisement, Green Marketing Tools, Green Purchasing Behaviour

Customer perceptions of value, satisfaction, and loyalty in the social media era: insights from electrical home appliances in an emerging economy

Customer loyalty (CS) is an outcome of all brands, which is hard to come by in the era of social media because customers are very volatile and tend to switch. Thus, this study investigated the influence of quality (product quality, delivery and installation service quality), customer perceived value, and customer satisfaction on loyalty (attitudinal and behavioural) among customers in the marketplace of electronic home appliances, as well as the equivalent moderating influence of brand trust and social media usage in those relationships. This study was conducted in Dhaka and collected data from 486 customers using a structured questionnaire and analysed in partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings revealed that all hypotheses were accepted except delivery service quality on customer satisfaction. These findings contributed to stimulus-organism-response theory and provided several insights to practicing managers in their developing marketing strategies to maintain customer loyalty in electronic home appliances.

Voice Enabled Home Automation System

In this era of automation innovation, life is getting less demanding, simpler and the world is getting smarter. IoT gives us the power of internet, data processing and analytics to handle or control the real world. All the day to day entities can take instructions or data from the internet to function without human intervention. Home automation is the automatic control of the electronic home appliances i.e. these appliances along with being controlled manually by switches, can also be controlled through mobiles, laptops and human voice. To accomplish this, AWS IoT core has been used that allows connection of multiple devices on internet without the need of servers. Along with AWS, ESP8266 module is used which helps connect all appliances to the internet along with all the other sensors. Python programming language is used to enable voice control.

Customer satisfaction and brand loyalty to electronic home appliances in Bangladesh: the contingent role of brand trust

Customer satisfaction and brand loyalty to electronic home appliances in Bangladesh: the contingent role of brand trust

The Improvement of NDF(No Defect Found) on Mobile Device Using Datamining

Recently, with the development of technologies for the fourth industrial revolution, convergence and complex technology are being applied to aircraft, electronic home appliances and mobile devices, and the number of parts used is increasing. Increasing the number of parts and the application of convergence technologies such as HW (hardware) and SW (software) are increasing the No Defect Found (NDF) phenomenon in which the defect is not reproduced or the cause of the defect cannot be identified in the subsequent investigation systems after the discovery of the defect in the product. The NDF phenomenon is a major problem when dealing with complex technical systems, and its consequences may be manifested in decreased safety and dependability and increased life cycle costs. Until now, NDF-related prior studies have been mainly focused on the NDF cost estimation, the cause and impact analysis of NDF in qualitative terms. And there have been no specific methodologies or examples of a working-level perspective to reduce NDF. The purpose of this study is to present a practical methodology for reducing NDF phenomena through data mining methods using quantitative data accumulated in the enterprise. In this study, we performed a cluster analysis using market defects and design-related variables of mobile devices. And then, by analyzing the characteristics of groups with high NDF ratios, we presented improvement directions in terms of design and after service policies. This is significant in solving NDF problems from a practical perspective in the company.

Biocompatible, Transparent, and High-Areal-Coverage Kirigami PEDOT:PSS Electrodes for Electrooculography-Derived Human-Machine Interactions.

Electronic skin sensors prepared from biocompatible and biodegradable polymeric materials significantly benefit the research and scientific community, as they can reduce the amount of effort required for e-waste management by deteriorating or dissolving into the environment without pollution. Herein, we report the use of polylactic acid (PLA)-a promising plant-based bioplastic-and highly transparent, conductive, biocompatible, and flexible poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) materials to fabricate kirigami-based stretchable on-skin electrophysiological sensors via a low-cost and rapid laser cutting technique. The sensor stack with PEDOT:PSS and PLA layers exhibited high transparency (>85%) in the wavelength range of 400-700 nm and stay attached conformally to the skin for several hours without adverse effects. The Y-shaped kirigami motifs inspired by the microcracked gold film endowed the sensor with attributes such as high areal coverage (∼85%), breathability (∼40 g m-2 h-1), and multidirectional stretchability. The sensor has been successfully applied to monitor electrophysiological signals and demonstrated with an eye movement-supported communication interface for controlling home electronic appliances.

A Three-Dimensional Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain Finite Element Method for Electromagnetic Modeling of Wireless Power Transfer Coils

Inductive coupling based wireless power transfer (WPT) is a popular short-range power delivery mechanism for many industrial, biomedical, and home electronic appliances applications. A numerical methodology is needed for the analysis of the electromagnetic propagation, radiation, scattering and coupling of highly efficient WPT systems. This study is based on the discontinuous Galerkin time-domain (DGTD) finite element method. A brief survey of the DGTD method is given, which is a finite element method using discontinuous piecewise polynomials as basis functions and numerical fluxes based on up-winding for stability. DGTD method is characterized by the fact that no continuity is enforced between the elements, then it is easy to parallelize and results in fast solvers. Even though the finite element method is used by a few researchers to study WPT problems, we found no study using the DGTD method to study WPT problems, which is surprising given that this discretization technique seems particularly well suited for these problems. A design of two coils at the frequency of 3 MHz is introduced, and the effects of the distance and misalignment between two coils on the mutual coupling are studied. The numerical results are validated by experimental and analytical results.

Does customer satisfaction exist in purchasing and usage of electronic home appliances in Bangladesh through interaction effects of social media

Does customer satisfaction exist in purchasing and usage of electronic home appliances in Bangladesh through interaction effects of social media

Does quality stimulate customer satisfaction where perceived value mediates and the usage of social media moderates?

Customer is considered as the king in the world of business. The issue of customer satisfaction in electronics home appliances has received greater attention from academics and practitioners. In other words, customer satisfaction is a vital consideration in marketing. With the development of technology, new and innovative electronic home appliances are available in the market. Customers purchase and use the costly electronic home appliances where the satisfaction issue is an important concern. In Bangladesh, working families find the electronic home appliance very necessary. Companies offer state-of- the-art appliances for customers' household works. Therefore, the study intends to investigate the effect of product quality (PQ), quality of service (SQ) and perceived value on customer satisfaction (CS). In addition, this study also seeks this relationship shaped by customer's perceived value (CPV) as a key mechanism and interacted by social media usage. A total of 300 households were selected on a judgmental basis from Dhaka city in Bangladesh using a structured questionnaire. Collected data were CB-SEM (AMOS-v24) and SPSS. The findings showed PQ and SQ have positive effects on CS; SQ affects, but PQ does not affect CPV. CPV has a mixing mediating effect on SQ and CS relationship and PQ and CS relationship. Importantly, the positive impact of PQ, SQ and CPV is greater on customers who exhibit higher social media use. The conceptual framework was buttressed by EDT theory. The study contributed to contextual and theoretical knowledge in regards to home appliances. The practicing managers can collect an insight of customer satisfaction for their business.

Single-Channel Region-Based Speller for Controlling Home Appliances

The brain-computer interface (BCI) system uses electroencephalography (EEG) signals for correspondence between the human and the outside world. This BCI communication system does not require any muscle action; hence, it can be controlled with the help of brain activities only. Therefore, this kind of system is helpful for patients, who are completely paralyzed or suffering from diseases like ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), and spinal cord injury, etc., but having a normal functioning brain. A region-based P300 speller system for controlling home electronic appliances is proposed in this article. With the help of the proposed system, users can control and use appliances like an electronic door, fan, light, system, etc., without carrying out any physical movement. The experiments are conducted for five, ten, and fifteen trails for each subject. Among all classifiers, the ANN classifier provides the best off-line experiment accuracy of the order of 80% for fifteen flashes. Moreover, for the control translation, the Arduino module is also designed which is low cost and low power-based and physically controlled a device.

Simultaneous product and service delivery vehicle routing problem with time windows and order release dates

In this paper, a new variant of the well-known vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) called as the simultaneous product and service delivery problem with order release dates is studied. The problem is motivated by the operations of a 3PL service provider who manages the last mile delivery of electrical and electronic home appliances of a large retailing company based out of China. Apart from the usual constraints on time windows and vehicle capacities, an interesting characteristic of this problem is that the product and service delivery has to happen simultaneously with the explicit consideration of order release dates. This situation necessitates the presence of a skilled service technician at the time of product delivery itself. Being a proven NP-hard problem, we propose a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) formulation for the problem. For solving large problem instances, an adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) algorithm is developed with three new customized removal operators. The proposed approaches are validated using real-life data as well as benchmark problem instances available in the literature. The computational results are quite encouraging and demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed algorithm in terms of computational time as well as the quality of the solutions generated. We also analyze the effect of length of time windows and compare simultaneous and separate modes of delivery and identify favorable conditions for choosing one mode over the other.

Expanded Coverage Remote Control

Remote control mostly uses infrared radiation for transmitting data to be received by the controlled electronic home appliances. Since infrared radiation transmission is line of sight by nature, it is not effective when the control is needed for larger coverage areas where there are obstructions between transmitter and receiver. This limitation inspired the design of the expanded coverage remote controller. In this design, Android application is used for user interface. The application uses internet for data transmission media, so that controlling from different rooms or very long distances can be achieved. The controller was designed for five infrared control signals. The electronic home appliances that can be controlled are air conditioners and television sets, using preset buttons on the application.

Evaluation of cross-national global market segmentation and strategy: The case of Korean Wave for ASEAN countries

We perform a cross-national market segmentation and analyze differences in the evaluation of made-in-Korea electronic home appliances and cosmetics based on experience of and emotion towards Korean drama and K-pop. We conducted a survey of consumers in five countries among the Association of Southeast Nations member countries, which have widely accepted the Korean Wave. We identify six market segments across nations, from “Korean Wave evangelists” to “cultural vigilances,” according to the target nation’s experiences and emotions regarding the Korean Wave. This study could provide a useful insight into standardizing or localizing marketing programs as appropriate for each market segment’s characteristics.