Flagship Product Research Articles

The gastronomic product of Łódź hotels

Restaurants and other facilities providing catering services are an important part of hotels, can be their flagship product or make them unique. The obligation to provide restaurant services was imposed by the Ordinance of the Minister of Economy and Labour of 19th August 2004, concerning hotel and other facilities where hotel services are provided. Despite the dynamic development of gastronomy in the 21st century, running catering facilities in hotels is often an obligation which does not bring additional income. The aim of the research is to present the gastronomic product in Lodz hotels, understood as all the services related to gastronomy that are provided. The analysis was conducted with respect to the brand of the facilities, references to local cuisine and the availability of hotel gastronomy to potential guests. The work also presents factors that may facilitate access to hotel gastronomy, breaking the stereotype of ‘available only for hotel guests’, as well as the advantages of using the hotel's gastronomic product in a proper way.

Optimizing the trade-off between performance measures and operational risk in a food supply chain environment

In the context of a growing world population and the need to use limited resources responsibly, this study is motivated by the increasing pressures on the food industry, which include issues of food security, safety, and waste. In the context of a global food supply chain, we combine processing time and cost (PT&C) with operational risk (ORk) in a novel integrated approach to designing and optimizing monitoring systems. This study of a flagship product widely consumed around the world provides quantitative analysis and results based on real-world data from an international food company. The findings indicate that our multi-objective methodology provides quantitative insights into—and is capable of quantifying—an unexpected nonlinear relationship between PT&C and ORk. We show numerically how to decrease PT&C significantly by means of a minor increase in ORk, an outcome which is highly appealing for the industry. In addition, we provide accurate measurements of the impact of each individual monitoring activity, which allows the identification of the monitoring activities that are most critical. Generalizable insights for practitioners are derived from a step-by-step optimization of the entire monitoring system.

ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC POTENTIALS IN DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERIOR COMMODITIES: A STUDY OF BONDOWOSO DISTRICT

Purpose of Study: One important aspect in regional development planning is to grow regional economies. It is expected to be a leverage and and attract other sectors to move and grow well. To develop the local economy, there are several things to be used as basis for regional development. The present aims to analyze the regional economic potentials in the development of superior markets of a nation.
 Methodology: Exploratory research method is used in the present study to obtain more in-depth results that can be developed according to the outcomes of the analysis. It has been carried out by determining the selection of one of the district's superior products. By using the endogenous development strategy paradigm and integrating endowment factors with human resources capabilities, the development and growth of Bondowoso Regency will be more directed, clear, measurable and targeted. In an effort to realize the development of new economic growth centers in undeveloped areas, determining superior products is very important. Furthermore, by encouraging the development of the specific potential of underdeveloped regions, it is expected to be able to encourage and accelerate economic growth and improve community welfare. so that this builds a new center for economic growth. In general, the flagship program of each district is used as leverage in stimulating regions for development. Notably, there are six parameters left behind. These include the community economy, human resources, infrastructure (infrastructure), local financial capacity (fiscal gap), accessibility, and regional characteristics. It is expected that poverty alleviation and unemployment reduction can be achieved through an increase in the local financial capacity through optimization of the potential of local products. The development of district superior product programs in growth node will be beneficial in encouraging the economic growth of the community.
 Main Findings: The results of this study shortlisted some superior agricultural products in the regency with a corn LQ value of 3.86, 4.28 rice; chili 2.37; and cassava 3.92. The coconut plantation 1.89; betel 1.59 and sugar cane 3.31. For the livestock sector, the LQ of Cattle was 3.91; Goat 3.02 and free-range chicken 2.98. From the results of the discussion and in-depth analysis, the flagship products of Bondowoso district were rice, sugar cane, cattle and corn.
 Implications/Applications: The present research is expected to establish local products that represent regional superior commodities and can be produced to improve the economy of the community. Such development will also provide job opportunities for the local communities and reduce the rate of poverty. Furthermore, it provides avenues for channeling government funding in terms of aid to provide an impetus for stimulating growth and jobs.

BioHaven Floating Islands: Modeling and Their Role in Water Resource Recovery

BioHaven floating islands remove excess nutrients and other contaminants from lakes, streams and wastewater lagoons, and are the flagship product of Floating Island International (FII). A BioHaven floating island or floating treatment wetland (FTW) is an example of biomimicry – the science of adapting designs from nature to solve modern problems. BioHavens leverage natural microbial processes to clean water, using a combination of microbial (bacteria and algae) and plant growth to effectively take up, precipitate and/or filter contaminants from water. The matrix and plant roots that grow through it provide an activated surface area for microbes. Producing a sticky biofilm, these microbes are responsible for breaking down nutrients and other contaminants.

Konstruksi Barista Perempuan Sebagai Strategi Komunikasi Pemasaran di Coffe shop Kopimana27

The development of coffeeshop which is dominated by Barista Perempuan is a new development as a strategy that can be implemented in a coffee shop, one of which is Kopimana27 which raises the icon of women. The purpose of this study was to determine the construction of women's baristas as marketing strategies in Kopimana27 and to determine the role of baristas as marketing strategies in Kopimana27. This study uses qualitative methods and constructivist paradigms. The results of this study are Kopimana27 in conducting marketing strategy 4, namely product, place, price and promotion. Construction of Kopimana27 in its female Barista by presenting communicative and informative Barista to its customers, Kopista27 Barista must have knowledge of the Coffee shop according to the existing SOP. The role of barista women in Kopimana27 in increasing sales significantly with a positive response from loyal customers Kopimana. Dega thus, the specialty of Barista Kopimana27 is described as an icon in their flagship product, the wife's milk coffee.

Brand advertising and brand sharing of alcoholic and non-alcoholic products, and the effects on young Thai people's attitudes towards alcohol use: A qualitative focus group study.

The dominant Thai alcohol companies have strategically employed brand advertising and brand sharing (using a very similar branding for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic products) to circumvent restrictive alcohol advertising regulations. As empirical evidence confirms that exposure to alcohol advertisements increases youth drinking, young Thais could be at risk of constant and incidental exposure to alcohol advertising, hence leading to increased alcohol consumption. This study aims to explore young people's perceptions of these alcohol branding strategies and to examine how exposure to such advertising strategies affect their attitudes towards alcohol use. Seventy-two university students aged 20-24 years participated in 1.5-h semi-structured focus groups conducted in Bangkok and a peripheral province. Logos of two domestic alcohol brands were also used as part of projective techniques to elicit information. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse data. Despite a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic products under the same branding, participants associated the logos primarily with beer-the flagship product. Branding strategies seemed to successfully increase young people's brand familiarity and affected their brand recognition and brand awareness. Participants had a high awareness of the alcohol companies' commercial activities but regarded alcohol advertisements to be indifferent to advertisements of other ordinary products. Brand advertising is a dynamic tool that affects young people's attitudes towards the advertised brands and alcohol use. Due to early exposure to the brands, brand sharing increases brand familiarity and, among other factors, potentially affects drinking attitudes and purchase intentions.

Analisis Pemasaran Buah Naga (Hylocereus Undatus) Di Kabupaten Banyuwangi

Dragon fruit to be one of the flagship products Banyuwangi, but some patterns running inefficient marketing chains with an indication of some farmers receive farmer's share is less than 50% and most marketing agencies involved received benefits irrational. Least efficient marketing dragon fruit is determined by the length of the short marketing channels that lead further on the high and low cost marketing functions that must be removed. The objectives of this study were: 1) Tracing patterns dragon fruit marketing chains are awakened in Banyuwangi, and 2) to analyze margins, marketing efficiency, and elasticity of price transmission dragon fruit marketing. The type and method used in this research is descriptive and survey conducted in 2016 - 2017 some of the districts in Banyuwangi and Jember with sampling techniques through incidental and snowbolling sampling and data collection techniques in depth interviews and observations of the 32 respondents merchants, The results of this study concluded that: 1) Marketing of dragon fruits in the study area is formed of three patterns of chain marketing, where marketing agencies involved include, Small traders, merchant wholesalers, traders wholesalers, and retailers, each of which performs the function of different marketing, and 2) the results of the analysis of marketing margins dragon fruit showed that the pattern of the third chain is the most efficient marketing chain and patterns I chain most inefficient as indicated by the farmer's share of respectively 55.45% and 45%. The marketing price transmission elasticity Et dragon fruit (0.4) <1 or run inefficiently.

La malnutrición: más allá de las deficiencias nutricionales

La malnutrición es un problema de salud pública que afecta a más de la mitad de la población del mundo. Sienta sus bases en los hábitos de consumo que ha promovido la industria alimentaria y que tiene como producto estrella aquellos que tienen poco valor nutritivo y alto contenido de azucares y grasas. Una solución a esta problemática es la educación nutricional, a través de la cual se busca fomentar el desarrollo de actitudes y prácticas que permitan a las personas mejorar y preservar su estado nutricional y desarrollar las competencias necesarias para su inserción en el mundo social.

The effect of blanching and drying temperature upon proximate composition of okra flour

Okra is one of the flagship products of Jember with its potential as a source of functional food due to its components. Okra’s components comprise protein and fat. However, Okra has been used in limited chores, take dishes for instance, through boiling, grilling and frying, not to mention that okra is a perishable food. Therefore, the methods to process Okra to become various types of food need to be developed such as transforming it into form of flour. This study aims to determine the effect of processing on proximate okra flour. It used Randomized Block Design with two factors. Blanching process was taken as the first factor, followed by drying temperature, 50°, 60° and 70° C. The results showed no significant interaction between blanching process and drying temperature on the precise content of Okra flour. Blanching process did not indicate a significant difference in the precise content of Okra flour. Boiling temperature will significantly reduce the moisture and carbohydrate of the flour content, and will also increase the ash, protein, and fat of the content of okra flour.

Long-Term Performance Metrics for National Weather Service Tornado Warnings

Abstract Tornado warnings are one of the flagship products of the National Weather Service. We update the time series of various metrics of performance in order to provide baselines over the 1986–2016 period for lead time, probability of detection, false alarm ratio, and warning duration. We have used metrics (mean lead time for tornadoes warned in advance, fraction of tornadoes warned in advance) that work in a consistent way across the official changes in policy for warning issuance, as well as across points in time when unofficial changes took place. The mean lead time for tornadoes warned in advance was relatively constant from 1986 to 2011, while the fraction of tornadoes warned in advance increased through about 2006, and the false alarm ratio slowly decreased. The largest changes in performance take place in 2012 when the default warning duration decreased, and there is an apparent increased emphasis on reducing false alarms. As a result, the lead time, probability of detection, and false alarm ratio all decrease in 2012. Our analysis is based, in large part, on signal detection theory, which separates the quality of the warning system from the threshold for issuing warnings. Threshold changes lead to trade-offs between false alarms and missed detections. Such changes provide further evidence for changes in what the warning system as a whole considers important, as well as highlighting the limitations of measuring performance by looking at metrics independently.

DLL Hell: Software Dependencies, Failure, and the Maintenance of Microsoft Windows

Software is relational. It can only operate in correlation with the other software that enables it, the hardware that runs it, and the communities who make, own, and maintain it. Here, we consider a phenomenon called “DLL hell,” a case in which those relationships broke down, endemic to the Microsoft Windows platform in the mid-to-late 1990s. Software applications often failed because they required specific dynamic-link libraries (DLLs), which other applications may have overwritten with their own preferred versions. We excavate “DLL hell” for insight into the experience of modern computing, especially in the 1990s, and into the history of legacy class software. In producing Windows, Microsoft had to balance a unique and formidable tension between customer expectations and investor demands. Every day, millions of people relied on software that assumed Windows would behave a certain way, even if that behavior happened to be outdated, inconvenient, or just plain broken, leaving Microsoft “on the hook” for the uses or abuses that others made of its platform. But Microsoft was also committed to improving, repairing, and transforming their flagship product. As such, DLL hell was a product of the friction between maintenance and innovation. Microsoft embodied late 20th-century liberalism, seeking simultaneously to accommodate and to discipline various stake holders who had irreconcilable needs. DLL hell reveals the collective work, even when unsuccessful, of developing contractual norms for software as process and practice. Ultimately, many users became disaffected in the face of a perceived failure of technocratic expertise. We attend to implementation, use and misuse, management and mismanagement, in order to recover and reconstruct the complexities of a computing failure.

REPURCHASE INTENTION ANALYSIS ON DECISION MAKERS IN PURCHASING MEETING PACKAGE AT BUSINESS HOTEL IN BANDUNG

The MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition) industry is set by the government as the flagship product of national tourism. This is because the MICE industry is also the top five contributors or the top 5 contributors along with shopping, culinary, heritage, and religious tourism. This research focuses on meeting packages at hotels in Bandung City which is also one of the supporting facilities for this sector. Analysis of repurchase intention is done to find out how big the level of a decision maker to conduct a meeting at a business hotel in Bandung. This research is important to know what things can increase their desire for repeat purchase that affects occupancy. The purpose of this study is also to find out what is the motivation of repurchase intention, along with its elements. In its implementation, this research used content analysis method and looked for information with semi-structured interview to 10 people. The results of this study indicate that repurchase intention is formed by the pull factor and the driving factor formed from 11 constituent elements, namely satisfaction, company policy, novelty seeking, pricing, facilities, location, F B products, service, hotel image, bonus privilege, and flexibility.Keywords: repurchase intentions, hotel meeting packages, intrinsic and push pull factors

The Impact of Technology on the Innovation of Alumunium Products in Sawan District Buleleng Bali Indonesia

Bali as a tourism area has craft centers scattered in various districts. One of the handicrafts that is the flagship product in Bali is aluminum craft based in Menyali Village, Sawan District, Buleleng Regency. Mr. Gex Aluminum and Candra Art are two groups of craftsmen who produce aluminum on a home industry basis. The existence of this business must get attention and support for the success of the people's economic program in order to improve the economy, the entrepreneurial spirit of the youth and to reduce the level of urbanization. The workforce used by this group is mostly students to fill their spare time (part time) and vacation. Despite having a high number of requests, these two business groups have not been able to produce optimally because the equipment used is still in limited space and the product processing process is still manual. In addition, the layout (layout) of the production process has not been arranged, accounting bookkeeping system has not been done regularly and regularly, the owner has not made payments and tax reporting, product marketing is still limited, the product does not have a name or logo. The main impact of all these problems is that the production process cannot be carried out effectively and efficiently, because products that are in accordance with standards cannot be maximally produced.
 Based on the priority of the existing problems, the solution that can be offered through this program is to apply technology with the help of grinding, welding, cutting of NRT and concrete iron cutting tools for efficiency and creating molds to produce product innovations, rearranging production space and equipment , designing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training in preparing financial reports, mentoring tax reporting, designing business card designs, websites and catalogs and designing product logos produced. With the implementation of this service program the expected output target is an increase in production according to the standard of 100%, lay out according to the production process, has two types of SOPs, is able to prepare financial statements, able to report tax on a self-assessment basis, has a business card, product catalog, and website and the product produced contains the business logo. In essence this service is expected to be able to improve the economy of the community and support the government's efforts to succeed in the people's economy program.

PENGGUNAAN LAHAN PERTANIAN BERDASARKAN KOMODITAS UNGGULAN DI KABUPATEN GOWA

The development of agriculture in regional autonomy faces various challenges, both internal and external factors of the region, such as the issue of social inequality and globalization issues. This social and globalization issue demands each region to be able to compete at home and abroad. The gap and globalization has implications for provinces and districts to develop the region and its flagship product. The development of agriculture is one of the sectors that should be the main priority in the development of agribusiness-oriented areas, high productivity, efficient, sustainable, and sustainable. The success of agricultural development determined by the environment in which agricultural commodities are grown, such as food crops, horticulture, plantations, and livestock. This study aims to: (1) know the use of land that can support productivity in Kecamatan Tinggimoncong, and (2) analyze the sector that developed into the leading sector in agricultural development in Kecamatan Tinggimoncong. Based on the use of lahandi Kecamatan Tinggimoncong consist of settlement area, secondary forest, dry land, paddy field, shrubs and open land. The analysis results of Commodity Excellence Revealed (KKT) there are fourteen superior commodities: rice, sweet potato, leek, potato, cabbage, cabbage, tomato, robusta coffee, arabica coffee, cloves, hazelnut, pepper, and vanilla.

STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN PARIWISATA BERBASIS MASYARAKAT DI DESA KEMETUL, KABUPATEN SEMARANG


 
 
 This research aims to determine the potential of tourism based on supporting and inhibiting factors of rural tourism development in Desa Kemetul and analyzing the strategy of community-based tourism in Desa Kemetul. The research was conducted in Desa Kemetul Kecamatan Susukan Kabupaten Semarang. This study uses qualitative method which the data obtained through depth interviews with Kepala Desa Kemetul, Chairman of POKDARWIS Sekar Kanthil, Local Communities, and Dinas Pariwisata Kabupaten Semarang, and then the data were analyzed using SWOT analysis. The study concluded that Desa Kemetul has a lot of tourism potential to become tourist attraction. Desa Kemetul needs to consider strengthening flagship product, the strategy of sustainable development of a tourist attraction, and strategies for institutional development and human resources.
 
 

Groundwater potential in Sierra Leone

Groundwater is a major source of safe drinking water throughout Africa. Despite this, little quantitative information on aquifers potential is known in many countries. Sierra Leone has annual precipitation rates of as much of 5000 mm/yr and a capillary net of surface streams, but the hydrogeological aspect was never taken into serious consideration. Between 2016 and 2017, Hydro Nova (USA) conducted an extensive survey on all existing hydrogeological data in the country. The flagship product of this study was the Hydrogeologic Atlas of Sierra Leone, a series of 20 maps complemented with textual notes, published in official digital and hardcopy formats. The project showed that the majority of the 28900 wells, from the national survey, are located in unconfined aquifers of limited extent and of three different types: perched, along large river banks, porous, widely distributed across the country and along the coast and fractured, in the crystalline basement. The latter are generally deep and underlying the surface formation in the lateritic soils. The water table flows from NE to SW following the main water courses and is generally correlated to the topography. The crystalline basement is the common layer at the bottom of the aquifer at depth of 15-80 m. Well yield is normally in the range of 0.3-1.5 l/s and exceptionally 3-6 l/s. Transmissivity is also low (2-3 m2 /d). As a consequence many boreholes must remain unpumped, for some hours, to recover an exploitable water level. The entire report and other publications related to this paper can be accessed via the following link: http://www.salgrid.org

Using water scarcity footprint to choose the most suitable location for forest carbon sinks: A case study

The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is an urgent and internationally shared target. One of the existing measures to do so is carbon offsetting through afforestation. However, when designing afforestation projects meant to act as carbon sinks, the remaining environmental issues are usually overlooked, with the potential risk of shifting environmental burdens. This study uses the water scarcity footprint as an indicator to choose the most adequate location for afforestation.To do so, a particular case study aimed at offsetting the carbon emissions of a canning company has been chosen. This multinational company has two main locations: Galicia (NW Spain), and La Unión (El Salvador). First, the annual carbon and water footprints of the production of the company’s flagship product (a pack of 3 tuna cans) have been calculated. The carbon footprint has been calculated following the corresponding ISO 14067 and PAS 2050 recommendations. Then, an afforestation project aimed at offsetting those carbon emissions has been designed following the corresponding Spanish regulations, and its prospective water scarcity impacts have been calculated. Two potential locations for the afforestation measure (next to the two company facilities in Galicia and La Unión) were assessed regarding green water scarcity impacts, in order to choose the more sustainable location. If the afforestation project were located in El Salvador, its water scarcity footprint would be 30% higher than in Galicia, and thus Galicia has been chosen as the location for this offsetting action.A sensitivity analysis has been carried out to evaluate how the use of different evapotranspiration values would affect the results, and the choice of the methodological approach used has been justified. Still, the approach used in this study has some limitations which have also been discussed, and ideas for its further improvement in subsequent studies have been presented.The relevance of following a holistic approach when designing carbon offsetting projects has been stated. If an afforestation project was planned focusing only on its carbon absorption rate, it may result in a burden shift to other impact areas (such as the water scarcity considered here). Thus, by linking indicators, we make sure that the carbon footprint reduction achieved does not imply an unsustainable contribution to water scarcity.

Next Education: Technology Transforming Education

The approach towards teaching and learning has drastically changed with the advent of technology. Classrooms are no longer what they used to be. The traditional spaces fitted with blackboards and controlled by overbearing/strict teachers have given way to the new-age ‘smart’ classrooms. The post-millennial generation, which is highly exposed to gadgets like smartphones, has a short attention span and seeks quick learning at the click of a button. They want the freedom to decide what and how they want to learn; this wish is fulfilled by technology that has democratized Indian education system. The integration of technology and education was seen as a thrust area for business development in the early 2000s. In 2007, two IIT alumni and serial entrepreneurs, Beas Dev Ralhan and Raveendranath Kamath, started Next Education with the aim of changing the face of education in India by melding it with technology. In a short span of 10 years, it reached over more than 10,000 schools across the country transforming lives of more than 1,000,000 students with its flagship products such as TeachNext, LearnNext, MathsLab, Next ERP and aims at becoming the leader in technology-based education solution provider. The journey has been quite challenging with stiff competition from EdTech market leaders and resistance from various stakeholders. The questions Ralhan and Kamath were facing: How to enter into an industry which was at the nascent stage? How to create its market space and how to sustain it? How to beat the challenges in establishing a foothold in technology-driven education industry?

KARAKTERISTIK INDIVIDU DAN PERILAKUKEWIRAUSAHAAN PENGUSAHA PRODUK UNGGULAN USAHA KECIL DAN MENENGAH KABUPATEN LUMAJANG

The research aims to determine the characteristics of the individual entrepreneur's flagship product in small and medium enterprises Lumajang. Analysis tools used is the range of scale and cross tabulation. The result indicated that entrepreneur’s characteristic were high responsible, seeking an opportunities, resistant to risks and uncertainties, confidence, creative and flexible, require quick feedback, high energy level, motivation to excel, future-oriented, always learn from failure, and the ability to lead. The characteristics of entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors are still need to increase in order to compete with others.

Forensic Engineering Analysis of Test Equipment Manufacturing Capability in a Business Purchase Dispute

A privately owned semiconductor test equipment company was sold by its U.S. domestic owners (seller) to a purchaser having an overseas manufacturing location (buyer). The sale was to take place in several stages. The buyer asserted that when the agreement was made he was unaware that the seller’s flagship product was being rejected by customers for not meeting specifications. When this came to light, the buyer refused to continue with the second and subsequent stages of purchase. The seller then sued the buyer for not complyingwith the agreement, and the buyer counter-sued for fraudulent deception. The author was retained by the buyer’s attorney to review specification documents regarding the product, due diligence reports, and e-mail chains regarding product quality, field returns, and repairs.