Increase In Work Efficiency Research Articles

PENERAPAN LEAN SIX SIGMA DALAM PENGENDALIAN KUALITAS PRODUK: STUDI KASUS PERUSAHAAN TEKSTIL

The increasing number of fabric defects over the past three years has caused the company's performance to decline in terms of production. The data obtained is defect data in the period December 2019 to January 2023 from internal company data, while waste data is obtained by waste assessment questionaire and waste relationship matrix. The DMAIC method is the main method in this study, starting from defining problems and measuring process capabilities based on defects, continued with WRM and WAQ for waste type analysis, and the root of the problem in defects and waste is analyzed with fishbone diagrams. The results of this study show that the most common types of defects are holes, broken threads, and broken needles, while the types of waste that occur are waiting, overprocessing, defects, and overproduction. The root of the problem is that there are no QC procedures for raw materials, machine operating procedures, and periodic inspection procedures. By providing improvement proposals and implementing improvements, it was concluded that there was a reduction in production costs of up to 4%, an increase in work efficiency of up to 2.48%, and a manufacturing lead time of up to 35.98%.

Economic Shocks and Perceptions of Efficiency Changes: The Cases of Lithuania and Latvia

In recent years, economic uncertainty has been heightened, including as a result of the economic shocks generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine War, and the unstable international political situation. These had a global impact on various spheres and influenced all economic processes. However, the lack of available data has made it difficult to investigate the latest global events and their consequences. The latest studies continue to concentrate on the COVID-19 economic crisis. This study investigates accounting specialists’ perceptions of the changes in employee and company efficiency and changes in the main performance indicators during the economic crisis provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research employed an online questionnaire administered to accountants at various levels. Descriptive statistical data analysis methods were used for the evaluation of the survey results. The results show that 86% of respondents had the possibility of working online before the quarantine period, around 30% of respondents indicated an increase in work efficiency when working online, and more than 40% of respondents indicated that the company’s main performance indicators (revenue, cost of sales, profit) remained stable under the quarantine regime. During the pandemic, Latvia experienced greater fluctuations than Lithuania in the main performance indicators, but overall, both countries maintained a positive tendency toward stability and recovery.

Web-Based Application Based on Human-in-the-Loop Deep Learning for Deidentifying Free-Text Data in Electronic Medical Records: Development and Usability Study.

The narrative free-text data in electronic medical records (EMRs) contain valuable clinical information for analysis and research to inform better patient care. However, the release of free text for secondary use is hindered by concerns surrounding personally identifiable information (PII), as protecting individuals' privacy is paramount. Therefore, it is necessary to deidentify free text to remove PII. Manual deidentification is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. Numerous automated deidentification approaches and systems have been attempted to overcome this challenge over the past decade. We sought to develop an accurate, web-based system deidentifying free text (DEFT), which can be readily and easily adopted in real-world settings for deidentification of free text in EMRs. The system has several key features including a simple and task-focused web user interface, customized PII types, use of a state-of-the-art deep learning model for tagging PII from free text, preannotation by an interactive learning loop, rapid manual annotation with autosave, support for project management and team collaboration, user access control, and central data storage. DEFT comprises frontend and backend modules and communicates with central data storage through a filesystem path access. The frontend web user interface provides end users with a user-friendly workspace for managing and annotating free text. The backend module processes the requests from the frontend and performs relevant persistence operations. DEFT manages the deidentification workflow as a project, which can contain one or more data sets. Customized PII types and user access control can also be configured. The deep learning model is based on a Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory-Conditional Random Field (BiLSTM-CRF) with RoBERTa as the word embedding layer. The interactive learning loop is further integrated into DEFT to speed up the deidentification process and increase its performance over time. DEFT has many advantages over existing deidentification systems in terms of its support for project management, user access control, data management, and an interactive learning process. Experimental results from DEFT on the 2014 i2b2 data set obtained the highest performance compared to 5 benchmark models in terms of microaverage strict entity-level recall and F1-scores of 0.9563 and 0.9627, respectively. In a real-world use case of deidentifying clinical notes, extracted from 1 referral hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, DEFT achieved a high microaverage strict entity-level F1-score of 0.9507 on a corpus of 600 annotated clinical notes. Moreover, the manual annotation process with preannotation demonstrated a 43% increase in work efficiency compared to the process without preannotation. DEFT is designed for health domain researchers and data custodians to easily deidentify free text in EMRs. DEFT supports an interactive learning loop and end users with minimal technical knowledge can perform the deidentification work with only a shallow learning curve.

Penerapan Sistem Cloud Computing Dalam Meningkatkan Efisiensi Kerja Pada Organisasi Kesatuan Aksi Mahasiswa Sibolga Tapteng (KAMISTA) dengan Menggunakan Layanan Google Drive

Application of cloud computing systems in increasing work efficiency in the Sibolga Tapteng Student Action Unit (KAMISTA) organization. We use the Google Drive cloud computing service as a platform to implement the system. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the application of a cloud computing system can improve work efficiency at KAMISTA.The research method we use is descriptive qualitative, conducting a survey of KAMISTA members to find out the level of use of the cloud computing system before and after implementing the system. We also collect data on the time needed by KAMISTA members to complete tasks before and after system implementation.The results show that there is a significant increase in work efficiency after the implementation of the cloud computing system. KAMISTA members show improvements in the speed of completing tasks and reducing the time it takes to search and access data. In addition, there has been an increase in collaboration and communication between KAMISTA members after the implementation of the system.Based on the results of this study, other organizations can also implement cloud computing systems to improve their work efficiency. And in this KAMISTA organization to continue to develop and increase the use of cloud computing systems to obtain greater benefits.

Trust as an element of social capital and factor of economic growth

Purpose: Organizations nowadays are increasingly using a nondisclosure agreement to protect against the dissemination of certain information by employees. However, such methods have not always been successful, especially since a pandemic. Therefore, the aim of the article is to present the main trust factors. Identification of trust-building factors in the organization in order to increase efficiency and reduce indirect costs, as well as conduct theoretical analysis on this topic. Design/methodology/approach: The synthesis method and the analytical and comparative concept of building staff motivation were used. The theoretical analysis in the text is based on research that can be found in Polish, English and Russian literature. Findings: The article shows that by engaging the right disciplines it become possible to achieve absolute trust, which in turn serves as the key to effective work. Research limitations/implications: Building an atmosphere of trust begins with ways of learning, sharing information and knowledge while meeting the needs of the trusted person. Therefore, in future research on trust in the area of management, it is necessary to take into account the point of view of the related disciplines mentioned in the article. Social implications: A conscious desire to build organizational trust leads to an increase in work efficiency and a decrease in corrupt practices. Ultimately, this will lead to increased meaning of trust in business. Originality/value: A model of trust levels and their impact on work performance has been developed. The article can be used by the management as a guide to creating employee motivation systems. Keywords: employee career development, trust in an organization, factors of trust, cooperation.

PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF DIGITIZATION OF EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE OF THE LEADING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

The purpose of the article is to study the experience of the leading countries of the world regarding the advantages and problems of digitization of education. It is summarized that at the current stage of the development of pedagogical science, scientists do not have a single approach to the term digitalization in education. At the same time, all researchers note that there is still no alternative to the use of digital technologies in education. The article identifies the main directions of digitalization of the educational process: the use of immersive, cloud, mobile and Internet learning technologies, distance education, mass open online courses, gamification of the educational process, development of digital libraries and campuses of educational institutions, etc. In general, the digitalization of education has both expected advantages and problems. Advantages include: digital learning stimulates the organs of sight and hearing. Therefore, the educational material is easier to understand; іnteractive learning increases the quality of education; digital devices have become available to a wide range of people and accordingly digital skills are the skills of the 21st century; there is an increase in work efficiency for teachers and a decrease in workload; implementation of the idea “without paper notebook or book” to preserve the environment and reduce the burden on students during the trip to school;ensuring the provision of educational services in conditions of lockdown, cataclysms or, for example, during military conflicts (as in Ukraine). The problems include:lack of full-fledged ecosystems of digital education. Material and technical problems in training, in particular, free access to the Internet, provision of the necessary gadgets; despite the high quality of distance education in the leading countries of the world, students still lose in the expected progress; due to the lack of formed digital competences, the workload of teachers has increased; not all participants of the educational process like the fact that learning takes place only remotely; in all the diversity of digital education, one cannot forget about the basic carrier of knowledge – “paper and pen”; preservation of the principle of individuality in the educational process. Network environment maintenance. Having analyzed the experience of digitalization in the leading countries of the world, the key changes that can be traced today in education in this direction have been determined.

Judicial institutions, ADR reform and their necessity in the Albanian reality

The concept of separation of powers was put forward by one of the most prominent representatives of the French Enlightenment, a prominent jurist and political thinker Charles Louis Montesquieu (1689-1755) to prevent the abuse of power and create conditions which “different authorities can mutually restrain each other. So, the topic of this paper it is the evidence of the current situation in Albania in terms of judicial institutions, legality, functional and practical importance in a democratic state and the functions they perform. The separation of powers has political and natural preconditions. The political reason for the separation of powers lies in the danger of the concentration of power by one body, in the need to control three independent powers over each other. Natural preconditions are necessary for the adoption of laws, their implementation, and the administration of justice. Thus, the legislature (Parliament) produces laws while the executive (government) implements the laws. Courts (Constitutional Court, courts of general jurisdiction, courts of arbitration) deal with specific cases to which other government bodies and citizens are parties. The article analyzes the main criteria, legal bases, and necessary conditions, consequences of the lack of judicial institutions and finally recommends the emergence need of the creation of an arbitration court as an alternative dispute resolution ADR, a tool widely used in developed democracies. A good justice system, both in the legal and organizational framework, in the civil field is an essential guarantee for the rule of law and respect for human rights. These rights take on legal value when the individual goes to a court that administers justice in a short period of time and in this way it creates trust in the public. A state with a well-organized justice system (where there are alternative means of resolving ADR disputes) for all spheres, be they civil, administrative, criminal or family, etc., is the main indicator for institutional reform, distribution of the burden enabling the delivery of justice on time and without delay. Above all, the individual has the opportunity to choose the means by which he will solve his problem. On the other hand, such a good organization would also enable the increase of work efficiency and the quality of the given judgments.

DIGITALISATION OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

The new digital trends are triggering the interest in the evolution of the future of work. The use of digitalisation in various sectors of activity has become an essential element in the success of organisations. An important role within organisations is played by the human resources department, seen as a business partner. It has the task of using the tools appropriate to the transformations existing on the labour market and meet the challenges posed by the new generations, but also globalisation. Thus, the purpose of this paper was to identify how human resources specialists relate to digital technologies and what are the advantages of using it. The research involved 40 subjects working in the field, in companies in the counties of Iasi, Suceava, Bucharest and Cluj. We found that the digitalisation of the human resources department means for the chosen sample, the increase of work efficiency and the implementation of technical measures to allow the proper functioning of technologies. The research method used in this paper was the sociological survey. The tool used was the online questionnaire, the data collection period being May - June 2020.

Increase of Consultants’ Work Efficiency Using ICT at the Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service

Information and communication technologies (ICT) allow increase of work efficiency of accounting data processing and business management. Traditional understanding of work efficiency most cases deals only with productivity of consultants, who are providing accounting data input, processing and preparation of reports for farmers. Less attention has be paid to changes of functional abilities of software, technical and communication equipment as well as behaviour of staff, providing consulting service. This article include results of theoretical analysis of factors, influencing understanding of consultants work efficiency in face with higher needs and expectations of consumers. For empirical investigation there were used the data received during questioning of consultants working at the Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service who are providing processing of farmers’ farms’ accounting data, preparing various reports for tax office and other official institutions, providing analysis of financial situation of the farms and taking recommendations on improvement of farms management. As the results of made research shown changes that have occurred at the Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service over the last two decades due to modernisation of data processing software and modern ICT use.

THE ERGONOMIC RISK ANALYSIS WITH REBA METHOD IN PRODUCTION LINE

Ergonomics is a group of multidisciplinary studies that investigate and improve the compatibility of humans with the machine and the environment by examining the physical, environmental and psychological risk factors. The primary purpose of ergonomics is to ensure employee health and safety, and increase work efficiency (such as reduced idle capacity, increased production, increased product quality). Because employing workers in a healthy and safe condition enables an increase in work efficiency. In this study, ergonomic risk analysis was selected on the production line of an enterprise with the REBA method and suggestions for improvement were included. The working cluster consists of 30 unskilled workers on the production line. As a result of the analysis, 66.6% of the production process is at medium risk and 33.4% is at high risk. After the improvement works to be done, it is expected that ergonomic risks would reduce and an increase in production and efficiency.

Abstract 26: A novel electronic platform to improve clinical trial workflow and screening

Abstract Background: Early-phase clinical trials are increasingly complex, with “seamless” phase I/II trial designs that include multiple parallel disease and/or biomarker-selected expansion cohorts. Challenges for participating sites in phase 1 (P1) trials include rapid identification of patients for available trial slots, high screen failure (SF) rates, and workload distribution among nurses and data coordinators. The Princess Margaret (PM) Cancer Centre Solid Tumor P1 program is the largest early-phase clinical trial program in Canada. There are currently 53 actively recruiting clinical trials, and approximately 250-300 patients are enrolled annually. To improve operational efficiency at the point of care, we designed a novel electronic platform, termed Phase One Spot Tracker (POST). Methods: An electronic, password-restricted, web-based tracker and smartphone-enabled app was created using PHP Laravel, JavaScript (iOS), and Java (Android). The intention was to replace the two previously used Excel spreadsheets, where one listed the trial information and the other included available slot allocations by trial. These spreadsheets were cumbersome to use in clinic, without the ability to search or filter. POST enabled all users to access the data from any computer or phone, increased the ease of updating information in real time, and functioned as a search engine to locate available spots more quickly. It contains specific information including brief trial description, key eligibility criteria, biopsy requirements, status of trial slots (e.g., screening, available, pending, etc.). The data security of POST is ensured by Amazon Web Services. Results: Prior to launching POST, three time-measured simulations showed that it reduced the coordinators’ workload to update trial information by 30 minutes. Currently POST is used by 65 users, including 7 physicians, 14 nurses, and 29 coordinators at the PM Cancer Centre. POST is used by investigators during a weekly P1 new patient consultation clinic to identify trial candidates as well as in weekly P1 team meetings to review all patients enrolled and approached for clinical trials. We are enhancing the POST platform to enable tracking of SF (patients who undergo study-specific screening procedures but are not enrolled in a clinical trial), timeline for replacing patients who screen fail, and reasons for SF. Conclusions: POST is an electronic, smart phone-enabled platform that can be implemented at the point of care for early-phase clinical trials. POST can also provide real-time tracking data about operational metrics (startup time, screening time, enrollment data, nursing and data coordinator workload, and screen failures) that can be used to drive quality improvement. POST can be extended to other disease site groups as well as to other institutions. This will eventually lead to an increase in work efficiency and provide a better quality of care for cancer patients. Citation Format: Ramy R. Saleh, Olivia Chan, Silvi Kuld, Patrick Marban, Anna Spreafico, Aaron Hansen, Albiruni Razak, Lillian L. Siu, Philippe L. Bedard. A novel electronic platform to improve clinical trial workflow and screening [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Advancing Precision Medicine Drug Development: Incorporation of Real-World Data and Other Novel Strategies; Jan 9-12, 2020; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2020;26(12_Suppl_1):Abstract nr 26.

Implementation of Lean Management as a Tool for Decrease of Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions in the Fast Food Restaurant

The manuscript presents the possibilities of using selected Lean Management tools at a fast food restaurant located at the international airport terminal in Poland. Observations in other points of the company lasting for five years, made possible fair proposals for improvement of selected elements of production and work organization. The research part presents the results of application of such tools as value stream mapping (VSM), Kaizen, and 5S. The Lean Management method, chosen after careful analysis of the work system in the facility, contributed to the increase of work efficiency. Production times were shortened. Additionally, the possibility of reducing energy consumption, and thus the reduction of CO2 emissions associated with production, achieved without interfering with product quality was demonstrated. The timetable for device work was proposed. It was selected based on the analysis of the daily number of transactions compared with energy consumption. It should be emphasized that properly selected Lean tools allow for practical increase of work efficiency, reduction of production cycle times, and a decrease of energy consumption, which, in turn, leads to the decrease of CO2 emissions. It is demonstrated that, concerning the large number of enterprises of that type, introducing appropriate changes in work organization is able to facilitate large changes in emissions on a global scale. The presented solutions were tested in practice, however, due to the nature of the place, it should be considered individually.

Public Policy of Telework Management: Experience of Russia and the USA

The relevance of the research into the issue is determined by the need to develop a state policy in the field of telework management (distance employment). The paper presents an analysis of the practice of state management of telework in the United States of America based on a study of the norms of legislation (Telework Enhancement Act), as well as annual reports submitted to Congress. In the article, general and special scientific methods such as systemic, comparative legal, formal logical, statistical, and others were applied. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the Russian Federation is taking the first steps in the field of managing telework, while in the United States, a comprehensive state policy has been formed and implemented since 2010. The telework state policy includes the development of legal acts, allocation of authority among state and municipal bodies, measures to encourage the creation of remote jobs, the organization of accounting, control and supervision of telework. The implementation of an effective telework state policy has a positive effect on employers, employees, society and the environment. The positive economic effect for the state and government is reduction in operating costs, increase in work efficiency and reduction of staff turnover. For employees, distance employment leads to a reduction in stress and an increase in job satisfaction. The effect for society and the environment is reflected in an increase in the level of public safety, a reduction in the traffic load, pollution of the environment, and energy saving.

Innovative technologies of personnel management of industrial enterprises in terms of introducing professional standards

The article is devoted to the problems of developing and adapting innovative personnel management technologies in the process of introducing professional standards. The authors dwell on innovative personnel technologies from the point of view of applying new methods and tools to the work of personnel, as well as the way these methods affect the increase in work efficiency. The article points out the main difficulties in introducing personnel innovations. The authors determine levels of adaptating personnel technologies at Russian industrial enterprises to the system of national qualifications. Increase in work efficiency is to become one of the final indicators of successful introducing the system of national qualifications. Taking into consideration the results of the rating published in the analytical periodical Market Watch, the auhors make an attempt to make a comparative analysis of Russia and other countries of the world in terms of work eficiency indicator. The article analyses the attitude of chief executives and HR-managers at industrial enterprises to the idea of introducing professional standards. The authors distinguish the main problems of introducing professional standards into the practical activity of Russian industrial enterprises. The authors come to the conclusion that the search of various innovative personnel technologies at industrial enterprises is necessary for successful functioning of the created system of professional standards.

Czynniki wpływające na innowacyjność gospodarki światowej w XXI wieku

<p>Nakłady na prace badawczo-rozwojowe stają się niezmiernie relewantnym czynnikiem w kształtowaniu innowacyjnych rozwiązań w procesie rozwoju gospodarki światowej. Tworzenie nowych technologii czy pionierskich wynalazków stanowi obecnie fundament innowacyjności. Kapitał ludzki będący sumą wykwalifikowanych pracowników, naukowców, ich wiedzy i umiejętności, sprzyja kreowaniu produktów i usług o zupełnie nowej jakości i użyteczności. Infrastruktura naukowo-badawcza w postaci różnego rodzaju ośrodków czy laboratoriów stanowi ważny element w udoskonalaniu pracy i powiększaniu wiedzy o świecie i człowieku. Kooperacja przedsiębiorstw z ośrodkami naukowymi czy uniwersytetami składa się obecnie na nową wartość dodaną stanowiącą o światowej konkurencyjności. Pojawianie się nowych produktów i usług wzmaga rywalizację o konsumenta, wpływając na rozwój gospodarki światowej. Działania protekcyjne wyrażone m.in. w polityce patentowej mogą stanowić gwarancję tego, że wytworzone rozwiązania nie zostaną powielone przez konkurencję.</p>

Recovery and treatment of hazardous waste. Modern management of hazardous waste in Poland

The organization of comprehensive hazardous waste management makes the number of facilities at which the hazardous waste is treated decrease. The desired result of such measure is the limitation of number of potential sources of environmental contamination and greater economic effects (than in case of individual enterprises). One cannot also omit the fact that the comprehensive hazardous waste management has a positive impact on the choice of optimal technology of disposal of hazardous waste and this in turn is related with enabling the introduction of modern technologies, full application of technological operations, increase in work efficiency, obtaining lower operating costs and ensuring the environment protection at a proper level. In case of waste disposal, residues coming from that process can be utilized economically. Economic and ecological considerations require minimizing the consumption of primary raw materials from nature and use of any waste arising at different stages of cargo turnover and material trading to the border of economic profitability.In the article legal acts regulating the management of hazardous waste have been analyzed. Methods of recovery and treatment of hazardous waste applied in the Malopolska province have been discussed. Economic and technological criteria for the selection of technology of hazardous waste disposal have been analyzed.

Structure and level of investment expenditures and the work efficiency in agricultural activities in the Małopolskie province

The purpose of the study was to determine the scale and importance of the investments in technical production inputs in the form of replacement value of the machine park, made in agricultural activities with regard to improvement of their productivity. The study was carried with regard to the period between 2011-2016. The scope of the thesis referred to 30 individual farms located within the territory of the Małopolskie province. The studies carried out proved a positive impact of the investment expenditures with regard to the replacement value of the machine park on the increase in work efficiency in agriculture.

The Role of Trainings in the Development of Employees in the Banks Departments Located in Czestochowa City ‒ Own Research Results

Abstract In today’s competitive market, these companies or organizations that take care of their employees and put them on the development and improvement of qualifications will be successful. This is due to the fact that the role of the organization is to provide development opportunities for their employees to deepen their knowledge and skills on a regular basis. In human capital management, trainings are a set of activities that empower employees to acquire new skills and qualifications. The main aim of the study was to determine the impact of trainings on employee development in the banks departments in the city of Czestochowa. Based on the obtained results of the research, it can be stated that in the opinion of employees, both managerial and first-line position, trainings have an important influence on three separate factors: the increase of ability to perform assigned tasks in a shorter time, the increase of work efficiency, and the increase of employees satisfaction. Furthermore, the conducted research proved that the participation of employees in trainings has a fundamental impact on their professional development path.

Multiple UAV Systems for Agricultural Applications: Control, Implementation, and Evaluation

The introduction of multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems into agriculture causes an increase in work efficiency and a decrease in operator fatigue. However, systems that are commonly used in agriculture perform tasks using a single UAV with a centralized controller. In this study, we develop a multi-UAV system for agriculture using the distributed swarm control algorithm and evaluate the performance of the system. The performance of the proposed agricultural multi-UAV system is quantitatively evaluated and analyzed through four experimental cases: single UAV with autonomous control, multiple UAVs with autonomous control, single UAV with remote control, and multiple UAVs with remote control. Moreover, the performance of each system was analyzed through seven performance metrics: total time, setup time, flight time, battery consumption, inaccuracy of land, haptic control effort, and coverage ratio. Experimental results indicate that the performance of the multi-UAV system is significantly superior to the single-UAV system.

Assessment of risks connected with economic activity in the SME sector

The aim of this article is to assess the level of security enjoyed by business owners operating in the SME sector. The present research identifies the sources and extent of risk, while also gauging the sense of security against the effects of this risk.
 The research was conducted on a representative sample of entrepreneurs operating small and medium-sized business organizations in Poland. In order to present the results synthetically, a definition of discomfort coefficient was formulated. It has been shown that the value of that coefficient decreased strongly during the considered period. This result was interpreted as one of the causes of the increase in work efficiency.