Modernization Of Production Processes Research Articles

Методичний підхід до оцінки рівня управління якістю послуг підприємств залізничного транспорту

The article develops a methodical approach to assessing the level of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises. It is specified that the introduction of a modern system for managing the quality of services of railway transport enterprises requires the development of methodological approaches to assessing the level of management, taking into account that the main element of this system is the focus on the quality of products and services, the development of new technologies, flexible pricing policy and a high culture of service, taking into account the specific requirements and expectations of consumers. It is emphasized that expert evaluation is based on intuitive and logical analysis under conditions of significant uncertainty of the environment or characteristics of the object under study. It is well-grounded that the comparative analysis of statistical characteristics made it possible to form a matrix of advantages and allocate the most influential indicators in each group of factors: 1) scientific and technical factors – modernization of existing equipment and automation and modernization of production processes; 2) organizational factors – improvement of the system of material and technical provision and the work of linear enterprises; 3) economic factors – increasing the level of investment attractiveness and the level of business activity of railway transport enterprises; 4) social factors – improvement of mechanisms of material incentives for employees and recruitment. A conclusion is made about the level of influence of individual indicators in each group of factors on the level of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises, namely: the sum of ranks, average rank, average value in points, moda and median, range of series, normed assessment. Identification of priorities, according to experts, will allow to form a strategy and directions for improving the efficiency of quality management of services of railway transport enterprises. The obtained normed estimates of each indicator open up the possibilities of economic and mathematical modeling, forecasting changes in the overall level of service quality depending on the change in each indicator. Assessment of the generalized degree of consistency of experts’ opinions according to the calculated concordance coefficients indicates a high level of such consistency.

Green Growth: Towards the Creation of Shared Value

Green growth promotes entrepreneurship with cutting-edge technology and advances in the modernization of production processes through the best use of company resources and preserving natural wealth. This manuscript aimed to know the Tehuacan businesspeople’s perceptions around green competitiveness in three dimensions: perception, experience, and management. The method was quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, and descriptive, for which a research instrument was carried out to determine if they included actions related to climate change based on organizational management and focused on green growth. The findings around the three dimensions in the Phase 1 of the implementation model are that most of the companies are including climate change and green growth actions; however, they do not designate any investment for this purpose. The reasons to attend the climate change and green growth are the tax benefits, the relevant information procurement and technological assistance. Furthermore, the main consequences around green growth are regulatory compliance, financial performance, and positive corporate reputation. In the same sense, it is necessary to perform the other phases of the model and apply this model in other cultures and with different sort of enterprises.

Sustainable development as a basis for Environmental Policy in the Russian Federation: Concept and main characteristics

Background. Environmental policy in the Russian Federation has been developing through the following stages: from orientation to the maximum extraction of resources towards transition to their rational use. This transition was directly related to the goals and strategic objectives of the state, as well as the economic situation in the country. Raw materials continue to play a significant role in the structure of the country’s economy, which is a decisive factor in the development of environmental policy.Aim. To analyze the environmental policy in the Russian Federation and to determine the role of natural resources in its formation and implementation.Materials and methods. The current state of environmental policy in the Russian Federation was studied in relation to the formation and development of sustainable development concepts. The legislative basis and strategic documents regulating this sphere were analyzed. The author dis­tinguishes three stages in the formation of the concept of ecological development: crisis economy, ‘ecologization’ of the society, and provision of a balance. The current stage is associated with a re­sponsible attitude to natural resources and the environment, which is accompanied by a reduction in emissions into the atmosphere, modernization of production processes, elimination of accumu­lated damage, and restoration of ecosystems. Various formats of state–society and state–business relations are considered.Results. The conducted analysis showed that the economic situation and globalization trends have a significant impact on the implementation of environmental policy. The widely spread cli­mate agenda has a mutually exclusive potential, both consolidating and divisive. The pooling of resources of several countries strengthens their positions, while the difference in the economic and technological development has a significant impact on their competitiveness.Conclusion. The Russian Federation and Russian companies will not be able to stay outside the sustainable development agenda. On the one hand, the level of technological development and the availability of natural resources have a significant impact on sustainability. On the other hand, the founders of many large domestic companies include foreign partners who are involved in global­ization processes and international agreements. Therefore, significant adjustments to the current environmental policy may be required in the near future, as a result of the revision of strategies and alliances, obligations and relationships.

Снижение дифференциации электровооруженности регионов и устойчивое развитие российской экономики

Differentiation in (per capita) electricity consumption (”PC) between developed and developing countries is decreasing in the world. However, the difference between Russian regions in terms of this indicator in 1990–2020 increased. It is shown that an increase in differentiation in the electric power supply leads to an increase in imbalances in socio-economic development. The relationship between the low profi tability of goods and services in the regions and low EPC was revealed. Unlike developing countries, where electricity consumption is limited by the possibilities of electricity production, in the Russian regions the limiting factor is the underdevelopment of electricity consumers. Under conditions of underdeveloped industry and low power supply, higher losses in power networks are characteristic, which causes a signifi cant increase in electricity prices for local industrial and agricultural consumers. Prerequisites are created for the transfer of industrial and agricultural production to regions with lower electricity supply costs. The mechanism aimed at preventing this negative trend is considered. As a result of its implementation, the modernization of production processes at electricity consumers will be initiated and conditions will be created for the emergence of new points of growth in these currently subsidized regions.

Gardening in Russia: organizational, regulatory and technological aspect

The subject-object area of the study is the relationship of producers of fruit and berry products in the Russian Federation, with the aim of transferring the industry to the path of sustainable economic growth. A comparative analysis of production of these products in the country for the period from 2016 to 2020 has been carried out. Importance of state support measures for development of the industry is shown. The directions of development of domestic nursery breeding on the basis of improving the regulatory framework are considered. Considering that the main area of fruit and berry crops (292 thousand hectares or 63 %) is in the households of the population, therefore, it is necessary to develop their selection and assortment not only for industrial gardening, but also for households and peasant (farm) households. The necessity of granting scientific organizations the priority right to lease agricultural land for use in the study purposes has been substantiated. Transfer of the industry to an intensive development path based on the modernization of production processes is offered. Based on the materials of technological maps of horticultural organizations of the Krasnodar Territory, a list of production costs by years and the terms of their payback when laying a superintensive garden are given, which can be successfully used in business projects of the South and North Caucasian Federal Districts.

RESEARCH OF SOURCES OF VIBRATION IN ELEMENTS OF PIPELINES OF HEAT EXCHANGERS AND CONSTRUCTIONS TRANSPORTING HIGH-VISCOSITY LIQUIDS

With the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU, Ukraine took a number of obligations to reduce primary energy costs, incl. and in heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems and reduce the energy consumption of production. Along with this, the problem of thermal pollution of the environment, caused by an increase in emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants into the atmospheric air with exhaust air, also requires a solution. All this requires the design of reliable and efficient energy storage systems, which will not only provide a stable energy supply to consumers, but also increase the energy utilization rate, as well as modernization of production processes and effective methods of cleaning exhaust air before it is released into the atmosphere. A method for studying vibration sources in pipeline elements of heat exchangers and structures transporting high-viscosity liquids, for example, in heat exchangers for charging and discharging heat accumulators, pipelines for transporting concrete solution and pipelines and structural elements for removing a mixture of dirt that is formed in scrubbers when cleaning dirty air with using water droplets from dust. To combat pipeline vibrations, proper design of pipeline systems is of great importance, which makes it possible to influence the hydrodynamic forces in pipelines and structural elements, which are the sources of these vibrations. It is shown that the hydrodynamic forces in pipelines are distributed over their entire inner surface, and in determining them it is useful to follow the path of a number of simplifications. It is useful to go from forces distributed over the surface to forces distributed along the axis of the pipeline by averaging the forces acting along the perimeter of each section. Since the forces along the axis of the pipeline are very unevenly distributed, it has been experimentally shown that the most intense are the hydrodynamic forces in the sections with abrupt changes in the geometry of the channel (the so-called local resistances), therefore, slightly curved sections of a constant cross-section should prevail, since the hydrodynamic forces in them are much less. The coefficients of similarity of the hydrodynamic force have been established, which depend only on the properties of the medium flowing through such channels. The same coefficients of similarity were found for the moments of forces. The spectra of force and characteristic frequencies are determined, where the intensity of the force is high.

Women Employee’s Work and Life -Striking the Right Balance

Work life balance is the current issues with everyone. This topic is attracting many now a day. Everyone has to accept that profession is a part in our lives; it is not possible to lead life without any earning. Interest in work and family matters has arisen on account of changes in the way in which work has been defined and it has been fuelled by mechanization and modernization of production processes, industrialization and the entry of increasing numbers of women in to the world of paid work. In a Developing Country like India the issue of work life balance is a matter of concern. These days you cannot find a field where women have no entrance. Recently women have much more reach in the in every field of Business. They are proving to be the best in their respective fields. Previously she used to be a more house wife and less professional. But after the reforms in 1991 the scenario has changed as the India economy is liberalized. Because of necessity and the desire to augment income, both the spouses started working. This has raised curtains to new problems to the working women community. Today's career women are continually challenged by the demands of full-time work and when the day is done at the office, they carry more of the responsibilities and commitments at home. So a great need has aroused to balance both. Initially this is the problem of working women only. But now a days this is an issue which has been taken seriously even by the companies. The reason behind this is that women have proved equal to that of the men counterpart. So the human resource professionals are seeking options to positively impact the bottom line of their companies, improving employee morale, retain employees with valuable company knowledge, and keep pace with workplace trends. So, this paper concentrates on few issues like how does women balance her work with life at home? How is she managing all these responsibilities? What type of support she is getting from the family members and from the employer? Like this we can have many questions to ask. Let us see how the IT and ITES women employees are handling the issue of Work Life Balance.

ENERGY SAVING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF THE RUSSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF PJSC «AVTOVAZ»)

The article reflects that the industrial enterprises of the domestic automobile industry are the most energy-intensive sectors of industrial production, which use a significant amount of primary and secondary resources, semi-finished products and automotive components. This study is caused by the fact that automotive enterprises, due to their specifics, use energy-intensive industrial and technological equipment that is in constant operation and intensive use, which causes a significant increase in energy consumption. The sphere of energy consumption and energy efficiency of automobile manufacturing is an actual topic of research. The article presents a study of industrial production in the automotive industry on the subject of energy savings achieved through the modernization of production processes. The organizational structure of AvtoVAZ industrial production is considered, the main measures of transformation of the AvtoVAZ industrial complex are shown, based on energy saving and energy efficiency improvement, the analysis of AvtoVAZ energy production, which includes five power plants: metallurgical production, the main building, the Western and Eastern zones, and external facilities. The authors show that one of the issues of organizing activities in the field of energy conservation and development of energy efficiency is the modernization of the production structure of the enterprise. The paper examines the economic effect of implementing modernization measures in the production of AvtoVAZ. In the article, the authors substantiate that the management of energy conservation and energy efficiency requires special methodological approaches based on the introduction of innovations in the production process of the enterprise.

Status, perspectives and main directions of the development of cybersecurity of information and communication transport systems of Kazakhstan

The article contains the results of a comparative analysis of previous studies in the field of cybersecurity of information and communication transport systems. The analysis was carried out in the context of the solved problem of the further development of methods and models for the recognition of cyber threats, anomalies and attacks directed against information and communication transport systems, as well as assessing the risks of information security of the transport industry as one of the components of the critical infrastructure of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The urgency of the task is also caused by the formation of a unified information and communication environment of the transport industry in Kazakhstan, the introduction of new and modernization of existing information systems in transport in the conditions of increasing the number of destabilizing effects on the availability, confidentiality and integrity of information. The conducted researches contribute to the strategy of digitalization in Kazakhstan. This strategy is aimed at the modernization of production processes, the development of transport and logistics infrastructure. Also, new digital technologies will be developed in transport and new intelligent transport systems will be created.

The effectiveness of Russian economy and modernization of production process

The effectiveness of Russian economy and modernization of production process

The Role of Industrial Robots in the Development of Automotive Industry in China

The world’s largest user of industrial robots in production processes is automotive industry, because global competition in the market requires continuous automation and modernization of production processes in the automotive industry. The use of robots in the world is continuously increasing year by year, so it is expected that about 414.000 robot units will be used in 2019. China is the first country in the world in the application of industrial robots, and is increasing the use every year, so that we can say that the annual trend in the application of robots in China is exponential by function. The leading countries in the application of industrial robots, in addition to China, are: Republic of Korea, Japan, North America (USA) and Germany. The tendency of application of industrial robots in the automotive industry in the world is growing on annual and total level. High application of industrial robots in China has resulted in the development of the automotive industry. The estimate is that in the future China will become the largest user of industrial robots, meaning that China is planning to implement the modernization and automation of production processes in the automotive industry, but also in other industries including electronics industry, metal industry and plastics and rubber industry. The development of new technologies and innovations is leading to the development of robotic technology which has been increasingly used in the automation of production processes. This will, in return, lead to the development and application of "smart automation" or "smart factories" in the future that will, besides vehicles, also produce other high quality products in short time period and with large varieties.

FEATURES AND PROSPECTS OF VENTURE FINANCING IN UKRAINE

Urgency of the research. Ability of domestic enterprises to spend their own resources on reconstruction and modernization of production processes, to develop and introduce innovative products today is limited. Target setting. Attracting venture capital as a source of targeted investment of innovational developments has to become a catalyst for the introduction of innovative technologies in enterprises of Ukraine. Especially noticeable is the need for financial resources in the conditions of crisis in the economy of Ukraine. Analysis of recent research and publications. Forming of a national system of venture financing draws the interest of many local scholars, among which should be mentiond works of Z. O. Andriychenko, L. L. Antoniuk, T. O. Buturlakina, I. Baranetskyi, O. Boyko, V. Denisyuk, O. Y. Dudchyk, Y. Zhornokut, P. V. Kovalishyna V. Nezhyborets, I. Lobas, S. V. Onyshko, A. M. Poruchnyk, V. Savchuk, B. B. Sas, A. Stepanenko, O. Yastremskyi. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Unsolved part of the problem is providing investment and innovative feature by domestic venture funds for their redistribution in favor of funding for innovative projects. The research objective. The main objectives of the article is to study the current state of the venture investments market in Ukraine, to determine the level of development and major issues. The statement of basic materials. The problem of effective development of the venture industry is extremely important in innovation sphere, and without creating private investment companies whose activities are supported by the state and public funds, it is impossible. The peculiarities of phased financing of entrepreneurial projects using venture mechanism. The research allowed clarifying the essence of the concept of «venture capital». The features of venture funding are compared to traditional types of financing. The analysis of the state of the venture capital market in Ukraine is done. Conclusions. Not enough developed Ukrainian investment and innovation systems related to the problems of the domestic investment climate, underdeveloped capital market, low prevalence of devices technology in the national economy, the imperfection of the legal system in the field of venture capital investment, low business transparency and a limited number of real investment attractive and innovative proposals. Ukrainian entrepreneurs and investors are not ready to build a European venture business models. All this creates a problem of national scope to increase the role of the classic business venture to build a new economic model of Ukraine, which will be based on the investment and innovative approach.

The maturity model for corporate environmental management

The optimization of corporate environmental management is an ongoing process of organizational improvement which is usually based on many small, iterative steps. This development will be analyzed in this paper on the basis of a framework which suggests that corporate management can progress through four stages of maturity: “basic”, “standardized”, “automated” and “continually improved”. These stages are generic in nature and can be applied to virtually any kind of corporation. In the current paper, however, the focus will be on multinational corporations (MNCs), which vary in terms of the degree of interaction, the time dependencies, the information flows, the size of the enterprise, the manufacturing model, the position within the supply chain, the financial and environmental regulatory regimes, the global manufacturing requirements and the degree of vertical integration. Knowing the level of corporate management maturity helps to achieve better understanding of the company-specific aspects of its management optimization and better predictability of corporate capacities to meet the optimization goals and to move to the next level. The strict hierarchy of management maturity levels and the deep interdependency between these elements make it impossible for a corporation, for example, to implement automated management if it has not yet established standardized management procedures. A corporation dedicated to “continual improvement” without the implementation of appropriate information and communication technologies, and without the modernization of production processes, is likely to fail due to a lack of common foundation and understanding of how processes are managed process. With every new maturity level, environmental management becomes increasingly integrated and at the latest stage even fully incorporated into “operations management” and “corporate management” respectively. Such amalgamation of environmental issues into general management at every level of corporate hierarchy enables a corporation to look for solutions which can make environmental protection economically profitable and, moreover, contribute to the minimization of external and internal environmentally-related risks.

Strategies for improving the supply chain of coal in Norte de Santander, Colombia

This article aims to structure and characterize the supply chain of coal in Norte de Santander, identifying the main factors influencing the improvement of it. In this sense, an information search on secondary sources is performed to conceptualize the main contributions and functionality of logistics and supply chain management in the coal sector. With the collected data the different stages and actors involved in the chain of supply of coal are structured and characterized, and the most important strategies to achieve world-class performance in the supply chain are identified. As a result, it is recommended to adopt a supply chain model in the coal sector in Norte de Santander, and also implement strategies related to demand assurance, appropriate infrastructure, modernization of production processes, associativity, legal accompaniment, availability of supplies, long-term partnerships, supply stability, reduced energy costs and environmental sustainability.

Energy Saving Techniques and Strategies for Illumination in Industry

Lighting conditions in industrial operations are currently at a level, which in many cases does not satisfy the requirements set out by legislation and standards. Slovakia has highly energy-intensive industrial structure, where dominates the engineering industry. The proportion of electricity attributable to lighting is significant and not negligible. Installation and operation of energy efficient lighting systems is in most cases not yet considered a major priority, because the available funds are primarily used for the operation, modernization of production process, and other related activities, that are directly related to the production, and the existence of industrial enterprises and institutions. This paper presents new trends and progressive strategies to reduce energy consumption of lighting systems. In new installations energy efficient lighting costs are little more to provide than the older less efficient kind, but consumption of energy are lower, economical and environmental friendly.