Industrial Experience Research Articles

Preface

The 2023 2nd International Conference on Materials Engineering and Applied Mechanics (ICMEAAE 2023), held from March 24th to 26th, 2023 in Kaifeng, China, is a premier academic conference on materials engineering and applied mechanics for research groups working on related fields. It allows researchers to share their experiences with other groups from all over the world by presenting scientific work and potential innovations in this research area and also in the social events promoting informal get togethers.The work covers a broad range, including topics on Materials Science and Engineering Nanomaterials, Electronic and Magnetic Materials, Materials Failure and Protection, Vibration Science, Wave propagation, etc. Also, the Conference is intended to give students and research groups the opportunity to learn more about materials engineering and applied mechanics as an important tool in their applications and development.The Conference is designed to showcase cutting-edge research and accomplishments, and to enrich the educational and industrial experience in this field. It also represents a unique opportunity to meet colleagues and friends, exchanging ideas, and learning about new developments and best practice, while working to advance the understanding of the knowledge base that we will collectively draw upon in the years ahead to meet future challenges. Participants will attend presentations by scholars representing both institutes and academia.The ICMEAAE 2023 Proceedings include about 100 papers selected via a peer review process. The Conference Program features keynote speeches by eight leading scholars and many sessions for regular paper oral presentations, attracting about 150 participants. Associate Professor Zishun Liu from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China gave a speech on the title Advances in Mechanics of Soft materials – New Smart Hydrogels. Hydrogels are widely used in flexible electronics and biomedicine fields because of their excellent large deformation characteristics and very good biocompatibility. In this presentation, he discussed some paradoxes in the description of mechanical properties and fracture toughness of hydrogels, and then the recent advances about hydrogel. It triggered heated discussing atmosphere in the Conference.In making this Conference possible, we want to acknowledge our deep appreciation for all our sponsors and supporters. And we would like to extend an enthusiastic round of thanks to all authors for their excellent contributions; to all the session Chairs for their effort and enthusiasm; and to all the Technical Program Committee members and referees for their time and expertise in the paper review. Special thanks go to the staff of Journal of Physics: Conference Series for their time and outstanding publishing work.The Committee of ICMEAAE 2023List of Committee Member is avilable in this pdf.

A methodological approach for mobile applications development: MethApp4Mob

The mobile platform has challenged the software development industry, with the consequent need to adapt commonly used methodologies. The study presents MethApp4Mob: a methodological approach based on the traditional technical phases of software development and industrial project experience. It consists of 8 phases: negotiation, planning, design, implementation and alpha testing, beta testing and feedback analysis, promotion, application publication, release and maintenance, and mechanisms to optimize the software development process. MethApp4Mobile tries to keep the balance between a simple and practical approach without losing formality. Validations results encourage its possible application to offer a robust and easy-to-apply methodology in an industrial context.

Risk assessment and dissemination mechanism of antibiotic resistance genes in compost

In recent years, the excessive of antibiotics in livestock and poultry husbandry, stemming from extensive industry experience, has resulted in the accumulation of residual antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in livestock manure. Composting, as a crucial approach for the utilization of manure resources, has the potential to reduce the levels of antibiotics and ARGs in manure, although complete elimination is challenging. Previous studies have primarily focused on the diversity and abundance of ARGs in compost or have solely examined the correlation between ARGs and their carriers, potentially leading to a misjudgment of the actual risk associated with ARGs in compost. To address this gap, this study investigated the transfer potential of ARGs in compost and their co-occurrence with opportunistic pathogenic bacteria by extensively analyzing metagenomic sequencing data of compost worldwide. The results demonstrated that the potential risk of ARGs in compost was significantly lower than in manure, suggesting that composting effectively reduces the risk of ARGs. Further analysis showed that the microbes shifted their life history strategy in manure and compost due to antibiotic pressure and formed metabolic interactions dominated by antibiotic-resistant microbes, increasing ARG dissemination frequency. Therefore, husbandry practice without antibiotic addition was recommended to control ARG evolution, dissemination, and abatement both at the source and throughout processing.

Research on an Investment Decision Model of Waste Incineration Power under Demand Guarantee Policies

In order to encourage social capital to sustainably enter waste incineration power generation projects, policy-makers propose demand guarantee policies to ensure the fundamental interests of social capital. Nowadays, demand guarantee policies in China are artificially set based on industry experience and similar biomass power generation projects but lack theoretical support, thus bringing pitfalls to sustainable development. To address this issue, this paper constructs a decision model under the Real Option Approach to obtain investment triggers and guarantee level. Under lower, upper and bidirectional demand guarantee policies, this paper compares three Real Option models considering uncertain factors. The results show that demand guarantee policies usually have an excess guarantee phenomenon that affects long-term interests, and the lower demand guarantee policy can most effectively promote social capital to invest. Policy-makers can choose appropriate policies based on their demands or adjust existing guarantee policies to avoid the excessive guarantees phenomenon and attract social capital to invest in waste incineration.

Peran Pendidikan Berbasis Literasi Teknologi Informasi & Komunikasi dalam Memajukan SDM di Era Society 5. 0

This study aims to: (1) The contribution of career guidance to job readiness in SMKN 1 Enrekang students; (2) The contribution of industrial work practice experience to the job readiness of SMKN 1 Enrekang students; (3) Contribution of career guidance and experience of industrial work practices to job readiness in SMKN 1 Enrekang students. This type of research is quantitative descriptive research, analyzing data systematically using simple regression analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Data collection techniques are interviews and questionnaires. Based on the results of data analysis, the career guidance variable has an influence of 12.96% on job readiness, the industrial work practice variable has an influence of 4.88% on job readiness, the magnitude of Adjusted R² is 0.336. This means that 33.6% of job readiness variables can be explained by independent variables, namely career guidance, work motivation, and industrial work practices

PENGARUH PEMBELAJARAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN, PENGETAHUAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN, PENGALAMAN PRAKTEK KERJA INDUSTRI, DAN LINGKUNGAN KELUARGA TERHADAP MINAT BERWIRAUSAHA DENGAN EFIKASI DIRI SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING PADA SISWA SMK NEGERI DI KOTA MAKASSAR

The Effect of Entrepreneurship Learning, Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Industrial Work Practice Experience, and Family Environment on Entrepreneurial Interest with Self-Efficacy as An Intervening Variable in State Vocational High Students in Makassar. This study aims to determine the effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurship knowledge, and industrial work practice experience and family environment on entrepreneurial interest either directly or indirectly through self-efficacy as an intervening variable. The population in this study was 3530 students of class XII State Vocational High Students in Makassar and a sample of 845 students slovin formula with a standard error of 3% applying Cluster Random Sampling method. The data collection method used is a questionnaire. Data analysis is done through descriptive analysis, path analysis, and sobel test using SPSS and Smart PLS software. The results showed that 1) directly, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurial knowledge and family environment on self-efficacy 2) directly, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurial knowledge, self-efficacy and on entrepreneurial interest, 3) indirectly, there is a positive and significant effect of entrepreneurship learning, entrepreneurial knowledge and family environment on entrepreneurial interest through self-efficacy. However, industrial work practice experience is found not significant on self-efficacy and entrepreneurial interest of vocational students.

Smart Service Dimensions: Exploring Customer Experience and Participation using Stimulus-Organism-Response Model

Today, the emergence of smart service technologies has an impact on customer experience and customer participation in the service industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) appears likely to influence marketing strategies, including business models, sales processes, and customer service options, as well as customer behaviors. Technology has been regarded as a game changer in the service context. As consumers become more accustomed to smart technology and robotic services, technology will continue to play an essential role in the service industry to better serve customers. While using smart technology, customers themselves will be involved in the service process. They will participate in the service with no or limited involvement with the staff. Therefore, it is very crucial to emphasis the technology-enhanced experience from a customers’ perspective to have better understanding of the actual content and operational application of smart service and robotic experience by examining the specific dimensions of the smart service. Therefore, this proposed study aims to provide an intense discussion and comprehensive conceptualization of the smart service dimensions that may stimulate customer experience and participation by using Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) Model.

Board gender diversity and acquisition choices

AbstractWe investigate the influence of gender diversity on the acquisition choices of bidding firms and find that firms with greater gender diversity are more likely to acquire nonlisted targets, use cash as the method of payment, and purchase firms in similar industries. Results show that these preferences are significantly influenced by female directors' financial expertise, target industry experience, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experience, academic and professional qualifications, and networks. The percentage of female directors on boards is positively correlated with the market response to the announcement of acquisition choices preferred by female directors. Furthermore, bidders improve efficiency and accumulate long‐term value gains through the contributions made by their female directors to these acquisition choices.

How do innovative internet tech startups attract venture capital financing?

Abstract This research uses signaling theory to combine the perspective of investment results with existing venture capital (VC) standards and reexamines the factors that influence the attractiveness of innovative internet tech startups to VC from the perspective of equal opportunity startups. Taking the financing status of 310 startups in China's sharing economy as an example and using regression analysis, we empirically test the influence of entrepreneur and firm characteristics on attracting VC. Our results show that among founder characteristics, the entrepreneur's entrepreneurial experience alone is insufficient to attract VC. Industrial experience and political background have a positive influence on attracting VC. Among firm characteristics, market-entry order and business group (BG) affiliation positively influence attracting VC. This is a new and relevant discovery. In the Chinese market, investors are more inclined to provide financial support to entrepreneurs or startups that have already gained legitimacy from the government or business groups.

Taming complexity of industrial printing systems using a constraint‐based DSL: An industrial experience report

AbstractFlexible printing systems are highly complex systems that consist of printers, that print individual sheets of paper, and finishing equipment, that processes sheets after printing, for example, assembling a book. Integrating finishing equipment with printers involves the development of control software that configures the devices, taking hardware constraints into account. This control software is highly complex to realize due to (1) the intertwined nature of printing and finishing, (2) the large variety of print products and production options for a given product, and (3) the large range of finishers produced by different vendors. We have developed a domain‐specific language called CSX that offers an interface to constraint solving specific to the printing domain. We use it to model printing and finishing devices and to automatically derive constraint solver‐based environments for automatic configuration. We evaluate CSX on its coverage of the printing domain in an industrial context, and we report on lessons learned on using a constraint‐based DSL in an industrial context.

Al-Hikmah Company

This case study was about printing industry in Malaysia. The researchers are interested in printing industry because printing industry in Malaysia grew rapidly in last decade. When the computer software and hardware technology go through a big revolution and big improvement, the printing sector is growing as the same path. The objective of the case study are Identify strategic management activities of the company, perform internal and external environment assessment and generate strategic alternatives for short term and long term plan for company. In this case included Background and history of the company, Internal and External issues, Financial and Marketing, Products, Supplier, Industry and competitors. Moreover,our group come out with the Situation Analysis in order to make the profit and sustain competitive advantages for the company. The case conducts preliminary research on the issue/company by asking contact for information and visit the company to conduct interviews with company’s key decision makers.
 Al-Hikmah is a company that is in the field of printing and long experience in the printing industry in Malaysia. The company has a wide variety of printing services with offset printing process. The company use offset printing to produce large volumes of high-quality documents. Al-Hikmah is a small printing company and it is the family business. Rusni @ Nural Aini Abdul Rashid and Zaidi Abdul Jalil are established and driven the company since 1991. They both work at a head of any position and assign the job to their workers directly.
 Al-Hikmah has variety products which are Cards, Posters, Brochures, Catalogues, Books, Calendars, Name cards, Letter Heads and Paper Bags. The best sellers are Books and wedding cards. Al-Hikmah’s marketing strategy was to target both organizations and individuals. It sold directly to organizations by making the proposal to them about its products and services. For the individuals, Al-Hikmah was using the word of mouth through its regular customers. Al-Hikmah’s marketing campaigns were based on seasonal, special occasion and event. Major competitors in this company included Chinese company printing and Malay company printing.

Assessing the Effects of Influential Factors and Demographic Traits on the Digital Employee Experience in Oman's Telecommunications Industry

The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of various influential elements and demographic characteristics on the digital employee experience, with a focus on the telecommunications sector in the Sultanate of Oman. The main objectives of the research are to assess the intensity of various elements such as digital tool usability, technology accessibility, training availability, leadership support, organisational culture, and working environment on the digital employee experience and to explore the relationship between digital employee experience and employee demographic characteristics such as gender, age, education level, work experience, digital literacy, and job tenure in the telecommunications sector in Oman. The data collection is made using an online survey with a sample size of 150 employees from top telecommunications companies in Oman using quota sampling. To accomplish the research goals, IBM SPSS Statistics was used to conduct quartile analysis and ANOVA. Based on the results, it was found that the intensity of digital tool usability on the digital employee experience is high when compared to the other elements, and all demographic characteristics except gender have an impact on digital experience. Several suggestions were made based on the information discovered from the findings.

Regional-level coopetition strategies and company performance: evidence from the Canadian wine industry

ABSTRACT Regional-level coopetition (collaboration among competitors in rural communities) has been linked to company performance. That said, there could be conditions (moderators) that help or hinder these networks from fulfilling such outcomes. This investigation examines the nature of the relationship between regional-level coopetition and company performance under key moderating effects. A resource-based theoretical lens is utilized to underpin the study. Following field interviews to shape the operationalizations and survey instructions, a quantitative study was undertaken in the Canadian wine industry to test the elements of the conceptual framework. The findings revealed that while regional-level coopetition drives company performance, regional-level rivalry negatively impacts this association. Surprisingly, industry experience intensified the potential dark-sides of these activities. As such, improved evidence has emerged on how coopetition strategies can be implemented in rural communities through the underlying mechanisms that can assist decision-makers of small enterprises to enhance their performance. Additionally, stronger insights are offered regarding a relational, stakeholder perspective of resource-based theory, in terms of how decision-makers may need to work with complementary and trustworthy rivals that can assist them to increase their company performance in competitively intensive environmental-level conditions.

Physicians as leaders: a systematic review through the lens of expert leadership

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the current state of physician leadership. Theory of expert leadership (TEL) was applied to explore the effects of physician inherent knowledge, industry experience and leadership capabilities on leader behaviors and outcomes.Design/methodology/approachThis review (August 2011–February 2022) applied the preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis strategy. Our search began with 3,537 studies and a final sample of 12 articles.FindingsThe findings offer a number of studies that note the relationship between physician leadership and the three dimensions of TEL. How influential these are on leadership behaviors and health-related outcomes varies. We also found a number of studies that described general physician leadership behaviors that were not directly linked to factors of TEL, as well as two additional themes: leader identity and trust.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first systematic review that has applied a highly cited theory (i.e. TEL) to the data and the first that has focused solely on a U.S. population. These findings offer healthcare organizations insight into the potential strengths and challenges of physician leadership.

Re-Examining the Industry Experience–Venture Survival Relationship

We re-examine the finding that new ventures employing individuals with industry experience have survival advantages and conclude that it is unlikely a reflection of the underlying theoretical mechanism advanced in the literature—individuals applying their industry-specific knowledge. We come to this conclusion by leveraging detailed linked employer-employee data from Denmark and conducting an inferred pattern analysis where we analyze several empirical relationships that we interpret in tandem. After replicating the industry experience–venture survival relationship, we identify several empirical puzzles if the underlying causal mechanism is leveraging industry-specific knowledge. In light of these puzzles, analysis of their robustness, and initial exploratory empirical investigations, we propose that other human capital characteristics that correlate with industry experience (i.e., overall experience and wages) are better explanatory factors. The analysis illustrates how the data-grounded steps of an inferred pattern analysis can guide future theoretical development and empirical investigations to identify the causal mechanism underlying a well-established empirical relationship in the literature. Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/stsc.2022.0033 .

Repair of Worn-Out Parts of Auger Presses by Surfacing Method

In the briquetting process of various finely dispersed materials using the auger pressing method, an important issue is extending the service life and repairing worn-out elements, such as the auger, die, and lining. This study provides a literature review and industrial experience in repairing worn-out parts of industrial presses. It formulates the main approaches for restoring abrasive surfaces and presents the results of experimental studies aimed at prolonging the lifespan of augers in briquette presses using surfacing methods, including using powders obtained from solid alloy waste.

Analyst forecast accuracy during COVID-19: does prior epidemic experience matter?

PurposeThe authors examine the role of analysts’ prior experience of forecasting for firms exposed to epidemics on analysts’ forecast accuracy during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe authors examine the impact of analysts’ prior epidemic experience on forecast accuracy by comparing the changes from the pre-COVID-19 period (calendar year 2019) to the post-COVID period extending up to March 2023 across HRE versus non-HRE analysts. The authors consider a full sample (194,980) and a sub-sample (136,836) approach to distinguish “Recent” forecasts from “All” forecasts (including revisions).FindingsThe study's findings reveal that forecast accuracy for HRE analysts is significantly higher than that for non-HRE analysts during COVID-19. Specifically, forecast errors significantly decrease by 0.6% and 0.15% for the “Recent” and “All” forecast samples, respectively. This finding suggests that analysts’ prior epidemic experience leads to an enhanced ability to assess the uncertainty around the epidemic, thereby translating to higher forecast accuracy.Research limitations/implicationsThe finding that the expertise developed through an experience of following high-risk firms in the past enhances analysts’ performance during the pandemic sheds light on a key differentiator that partially explains the systematic difference in performance across analysts. The authors also show that industry experience alone is not useful in improving forecast accuracy during a pandemic – prior experience of tracking firms during epidemics adds incremental accuracy to analysts’ forecasts during pandemics such as COVID-19.Practical implicationsThe study findings should prompt macroeconomic policymakers at the national level, such as the central banks of countries, to include past epidemic experiences as a key determinant when forecasting the economic outlook and making policy-related decisions. Moreover, practitioners and advisory firms can improve the earning prediction models by placing more weight on pandemic-adjusted forecasts made by analysts with past epidemic experience.Originality/valueThe uncertainty induced by the COVID-19 pandemic increases uncertainty in global financial markets. Under such circumstances, the importance of analysts’ role as information intermediaries gains even more importance. This raises the question of what determines analysts’ forecast accuracy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Building upon prior literature on the role of analyst experience in shaping analysts’ forecasts, the authors examine whether experience in tracking firms exposed to prior epidemics allows analysts to forecast more accurately during COVID-19. The authors find that analysts who have experience in forecasting for firms with high exposure to epidemics (H1N1, Zika, Ebola, and SARS) exhibit higher accuracy than analysts who lack such experience. Further, this effect of experience on forecast accuracy is more pronounced while forecasting for firms with higher exposure to the risk of COVID-19 and for firms with a poor ex-ante informational environment.

Energy transition technology comes with new process safety challenges and risks

This paper intends to give an impression of new technologies and processes that are in development for application to achieve decarbonization, and about which less or no experience on associated hazards exists in the process industry. More or less an exception is hydrogen technology because its hazards are relatively known and there is industry experience in handling it safely, but problems will arise when it is produced, stored, and distributed on a large scale. So, when its use spreads to communities and it becomes as common as natural gas now, measures to control the risks will be needed. And even with hydrogen, surprise findings have been shown lately, e.g., its BLEVE behavior when in a liquified form stored in a vessel heated externally. Substitutes for hydrogen are not without hazard concern either. The paper will further consider the hazards of energy storage in batteries and the problems to get those hazards under control. Relatively much attention will be paid to the electrification of the process industry. Many new processes are being researched, which given green energy, will be beneficial to reduce greenhouse gases and enhance sustainability, but of which hazards are rather unknown. Therefore, as last chapter the developments with respect to the concept of hazard identification and scenario definition will be considered in quite detail. Improvements in that respect are also being possible due to the digitization of the industry and the availability of data and considering the entire life cycle, all facilitated by the data model standard ISO 15926 with the scope of integration of life-cycle data for process plants including oil and gas production facilities. Conclusion is that the new technologies and processes entail new process and personal hazards, and that much effort is going into renewal but safety analyses are scarce. Right in a period of process renewal, attention should be focused on possibilities to implement inherently safer design.

Design ice and wind on overhead transmission lines in British Columbia

This paper describes BC Hydro's current design practice for determining ice and wind loads on overhead transmission lines based on the reliability-based design principles. Following important issues are discussed and clarified: selection of design reliability levels, prevention of cascading failures, determination of IceWind load case, inclusion of IceOnly load case, consideration of un-equal ice and broken wire load cases, consideration of wet snow and galloping. The BC Hydro standard practice has been developed based on the industry's best practice and BC Hydro's own successful experiences in the past. This paper may serve as a good reference for other utilities in designing their transmission lines.

INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS BY INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES AS A SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

This paper examines the impact of digital platforms on the development of industrial companies, their role for the development and formation of sustainable competitive advantages by industrial enterprises. It is investigated how digital platforms affect efficiency and what negative network effects industrial companies experience. As a method of empirical research, the case method of eight Russian industrial companies is used, the number of which varies from 38 to 996 people. All the industrial companies included in the sample have been working on digital platforms for more than 5 years. The results of the study were the conclusions that digital platforms are used as an opportunity to enter foreign markets only by small industrial companies, large and medium-sized companies use other sources of internationalisation; digital platforms are not used as a source of innovative development. Digital platforms serve as an ecosystem to create a better offer for customers. Digital platforms are also a source of sustainable competitive advantages due to the formation of relationships with partners and obtaining information about consumers and markets.