Repair Shop Research Articles

Determinants of motorcycle helmet availability and cost in retail outlets: outcomes of a market survey in northern Ghana

BackgroundMorbidity and mortality from road traffic crashes are steadily increasing globally and they remain a major public health challenge. This burden is disproportionately borne by low-and middle-income countries, especially Sub-Saharan Africa where motorcycle helmet use is low and where there are challenges of affordability and availability of standard helmets. We sought to assess the availability and cost of helmets in retail outlets in northern Ghana.MethodsA market survey of 408 randomly sampled automobile-related retail outlets in Tamale, northern Ghana was conducted. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with helmet availability and gamma regression was used to identify factors associated with their cost.ResultsHelmets were available in 233 (57.1%) of surveyed retail outlets. On multivariable logistic regression, street vendors were 48% less likely and motorcycle repair shops 86% less likely to sell helmets than automobile/motorcycle shops. Outlets outside the Central Business District were 46% less likely to sell helmets than outlets inside that district. Nigerian retailers were five times more likely to sell helmets than Ghanaian retailers. Median helmet cost was 8.50 USD. Helmet cost decreased by 16% at street vendors, 21% at motorcycle repair shops, and 25% at outlets run by the owner. The cost increased by older age of retailer (1% per year of age), education level of retailer (12% higher for secondary education, 56% higher for tertiary education, compared to basic education), and sex (14% higher for male retailer).ConclusionMotorcycle helmets were available in some retail outlets in northern Ghana. Efforts to improve helmet availability should address outlets in which they are less commonly sold, including street vendors, motorcycle repair shops, outlets run by Ghanaians, and outlets outside the Central Business District.

Assessment of Organic Level Contamination of Soils Surrounding Vehicle Repair Workshops in Wiiyaakara Town, Khana, River State, Nigeria

The aim of this study was to assess the level of contamination using soil organic matter measurement around vehicle repair workshops in Wiiyaakara, Khana, Rivers State, Nigeria. Sampling, preparation, and analysis of surface soils were carried out adhering to standard methods. Stations 1, 2 and 3 had pH of 5.034±0.1, 90±1.09 and 4.890±0.54 respectively. The TOC varied (%) from 2.967–3.916 with a mean value of 3.493±0.39, % TOM had range of 5.115–6.751 with a mean value 6.079±0.69 across the three studied stations. Similarly, % N ranged from 0.149 to 0.196, with a mean value of 0.177±0.02 while % Phosphorus was of mean, 7.098±1.13 but ranged from 5.545 to 8.194. Given that wastes are released into the environment without consideration for potential environmental effects, the wastes produced and disposed of into the environment by auto mechanic repair shops are of major concern. The result showed relatively higher variations in all the study parameters. This is an indication of contamination and should be well monitored to avoid potential pollution. Government should regulate the siting of mechanic workshops especially far from living homes and water bodies

Analisis Efektivitas Pelayanan Booking Service Online Honda AHASS: Studi Kasus pada Pengguna Honda di Lingkungan Mahasiswa Universitas Bumigora

Some Honda AHASS motorcycle repair shops still faces bad system that give impact on overload customers when registration for service at the repair shop. However, most of the repair shops currently have switched and taken advantage of technological developments to deal with the above problems by providing online booking service program. This program was created to make it easy for Honda customers or users to register their bike to get service program. This study aims to explore depthly the effectiveness of the Honda AHASS online booking service among university students. This research is a qualitative research with a case study approach. Data collection was carried out by interviewing 25 Bumigora University students. There are two findings in this study. First, online booking service program easy to use for students because they are able to save time in ordering bike service program. 15 out of 25 students said it was easy to use this program. Second, this program gets a positive response from students and this shows that there is satisfaction from students with the online booking service. the application of online booking service services still needs to be maximized because there are still some students who do not know about the existence of this service.

PELATIHAN DAN PERAWATAN KENDARAAN RODA EMPAT NEGLA UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PELAYANAN NEGLA SARI TANGERANG

The car repair business does not only rely on car maintenance service activities, but is supported by comfortable facilities and excellent service. The "Koh Aloy" car repair shop is a micro-small business with a number of limitations, including limitations on the types of service services, infrastructure facilities, sources of funds, and the ability to manage a repair shop. The objectives of this training include car service with injection technology, application of a workshop administration system and management of the Occupational Health and Safety Environment (LK3). The target subjects of the activity are workshop managers and mechanics. Evaluation of training participant satisfaction is carried outthrough customer satisfaction measurement instruments. The results of the training and mentoring activities for small and micro car repair shops in Negla Sari Tangerang to increase the competitiveness of this service are; 1) the service activities carried out at the "Koh Aloy" Car Repair Shop, received a pretty good response. The indicators are that both the manager and the mechanics of the partner car repair shop participate in the activity from start to finish; 2) training and mentoring activities for car repair shop managers and mechanics, have increased knowledge about injection technology and service for injection technology cars, entrepreneurship and marketing management, workshop administration systems, recording financial reports, and environmental management, occupational safety and health (LK3 ); and 3) training and mentoring activities have provided provisions for car repair shop managers and mechanics to be better prepared in providing injection car service services.

Auto repair workers exposed to PM2.5 particulate matter in Barranquilla, Colombia: Telomere length and hematological parameters.

Exposure to 2.5µm particulate matter (PM2.5) in automotive repair shops is associated with risks to health. We evaluated the effects of occupational exposure to PM2.5 among auto repair-shop workers. Blood and urine samples were collected from 110 volunteers from Barranquilla, Colombia: 55 active workers and 55 controls. PM2.5 concentrations were assessed at each of the sampling sites and chemical content was analyzed by SEM-EDS electron microscopy. The biological samples obtained were peripheral blood (hematological profiling, DNA extraction) and urine (malondialdehyde concentration). Telomere length was assessed by qPCR and polymorphisms in the glutathione transferase genes GSTT1 and GSTM1 by PCR-RFLP, with confirmation by allelic exclusion. White blood cell (WBC), lymphocyte (LYM%) and platelet (PLT) counts and the malondialdehyde concentration were higher (4.10±0.93) in the exposed group compared to the control group (1.56±0.96). TL was shorter (5071±891) in the exposed individuals compared to the control group (6271±805). White blood cell (WBC) and platelet counts were positively associated with exposure. Age and TBARS were correlated with TL in exposed individuals. The GSTT1 gene alleles were not in Hardy-Weinberg (H-W) equilibrium. The GSTM1 gene alleles were in H-W equilibrium and allelic exclusion analysis confirmed the presence of heterozygous GSTM1 genotypes. SEM-EDS analysis showed the presence of potentially toxic elements, including Mg, Al, Fe, Mn, Rh, Zn, and Cu. Auto repair shop workers showed effects that may be associated with exposure to mixtures of pollutants present in PM2.5. The GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes had independent modulatory effects.

Outlook on the right to repair: how will it find its way into China’s Copyright Law?

... The idea of a right to repair is intended to require manufacturers to provide consumers with parts, tools and relevant information for their products. This new right provides consumers with the opportunity and freedom to choose independent repairers on their own.1 In recent years, the movement of consumers fighting for the right to repair has been on the rise in both Europe and the USA.2 For example, there have been many legislative proposals on state levels in the USA,3 and the European Union (EU) Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) also makes it clear that ‘… the Commission will work towards establishing a new “right to repair” and consider new horizontal material rights for consumers for instance as regards availability of spare parts or access to repair’.4 In contrast, neither legislation nor judicial practice in China has ever been attracted to this issue, not even the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers, which plays the key role among all laws and regulations enacted to protect consumers. The Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers only provides that manufacturers have an obligation to repair products but does not address the obligation of the manufacturer when consumers decide to repair products on their own.5 Furthermore, many Chinese consumers are unaware of what rights they may have to repair their products with any repair shop they choose, although it is an indisputable fact that, often times, maintenance of products is possible only through manufacturers or authorized repairers. Manufacturers, by taking advantages of copyright laws and licence agreements, maintain firm control over consumers’ maintenance needs and the repair industry. High maintenance costs, limited access to independent repairers and rampant e-waste have caused harm to consumers’ rights and interests, and at the same time, environmental pollution ensues. In the future, China will inevitably be confronted with the same situation as in Europe and the USA, or even worse, due to the size of the consumer population and the market.

Assessment of occupational exposure to elemental carbon in plants using diesel machinery and equipment

This paper presents and discusses the results of the determination of elemental carbon emitted in diesel engine exhaust into the air of workplaces where machines and equipment with diesel engines are used. In order to assess occupational exposure to elemental carbon (EC) as a marker of exhaust gases emitted by diesel engines, 51 ground-based workplaces where people who operate or maintain equipment with this type of engine work were measured. Measurements were also carried out at 9 workplaces in non-coal mines. For air sampling at workplaces of diesel exhaust emitting machines and equipment located on the surface, a cartridge sampler without an impactor with a quartz filter was used for elemental carbon determination, while for measurements in non-coal mines the Higgins-Dewell Cyclone FH022 respirable fraction sampler was used. The thermo-optical carbon analysis method using a flame ionisation detector was used to determine elemental carbon. Analysis of the results of the determined elemental carbon concentrations at workplaces located on the ground, i.e., in car repair shops, and in the steelworks where combustion forklifts are operated, showed that the highest concentrations of elemental carbon were determined at the old forklift workplaces in the steelworks. The determined EC concentrations at these workstations were 353 μg/m3 and 78 μg/m3, respectively. In the non-coal mines, elemental carbon concentrations were in the range of 7.5-50 μg/m3. Exposure assessment at the surveyed workplace in the steelworks showed the highest 7-fold exceedance of the maximum admissible concentration (MAC) at the position of the combustion forklift operator. At the other surveyed workplaces in the car repair shop the marked concentrations were in the range of 0.1-0.5 MAC or <0.1 MAC. In non-coal mines, the determined concentrations ranged 0.12-1 times the MAC. Med Pr. 2023;74(2):93-102.

Improving the efficiency of diesel engines of agricultural machines by adjusting the injectors during operation

The article presents the author’s experimental data on changes in the fuel injection pressure of diesel injectors during operation, the nature of the unevenness of such changes for different injectors is revealed, which contributes to the uneven operation of the cylinders. As a result, fuel consumption increases and the service life of the engine decreases. The peculiarity of agricultural machinery engines is that they work for a long time at the nominal mode and there is no possibility to adjust the injectors in repair shops, as this is done on diesel locomotives. In order to find a practical solution to ensure the process of adjusting the injectors without removing the combines from operation and sending them to repair shops, the TRIZ system (Theory of Solving Inventive Tasks) was applied. Technical contradictions were drawn up - TP1 and TP2. To find a technical solution, an organizational technical system of the diesel adjustment process was proposed by replacing the operational injectors with a set of spare ones adjusted at the stands of repair shops. The proposed system will reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions into the atmosphere during operation and increase the service life of the combine engine.

Analisis Postur Kerja Mengurangi Musculoskeletal Disorders Menggunakan Metode RULA dan REBA Pada Bengkel Aryka Motor

Aryka Motor Workshop is a small micro business in the form of a motorcycle repair shop located on Jln. Cross Sumatra-Pematang Panjang, Sijunjung Regency. At Aryka Motor Workshop, there are several employees whose posture is not ergonomic at work. This study aims to determine the level of work risk experienced by employees at Aryka Motor due to work posture and find solutions to improve this work posture. This study used the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) method to assess work posture or worker activity in the upper limb when doing work. This study analyzes and evaluates the body posture of one of the employees in the machine disassembly and installation operator. The results of the study show that two employees have a work posture with a high level of risk. In this regard, it is necessary to carry out an investigation and a change in work posture needs to be carried out immediately by providing a work desk.

Effectiveness of carbon policies and multi-period delay in payments in a global supply chain under remanufacturing consideration

Carbon emission regulation is one of the most important priorities for the business sector. The rate of carbon generation increases tremendously due to several issues like transportation, repair, or remanufacture. The generation of faulty or imperfect items increases during transportation. Instead of returning them, the retailer can remanufacture/repair those faulty products in their repair shop and sell them to customers as the new product. Carbon dioxide is emitted from this repair shop continuously. In this study, the retailer remanufacturers faulty items under different carbon emission reduction policies and multi-period trade credit financing to control the shortage. Shortages arise due to imperfect products. Three carbon emission reduction policies are reviewed and compared in the context of different credit financing and investments to find the maximum profit. The adaptation of investment is beneficial to reduce carbon emissions and increase the profit of the system. Nine models are built based on long-term credit financing and carbon regulation policies. Analytical approaches are used to find solutions for complex nonlinear profit functions. Numerical illustrations prove that if cycle time is less than the permitted delay period, the system’s profit is 2.58% and 56.76% higher than the other two cases. Limited carbon regulation provides 0.23% and 0.16% better profit than the other two carbon reduction policies. Green investment increases the system profit by 0.063% and reduces emissions by 112 kg per cycle. Adaptation of trade credit policy increases the profit up to 1.55%. Finally, it is noticeable that limited carbon regulation is the best policy when the permissible delay in payment period is greater than the cycle time with remanufacturing under-investment.

Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Web Pada Toko Reparasi Jaya Menggunakan Metode Prototype

Jaya Repair Shop is a service provider of repair and maintenance of damaged or dirty footwear. Customers who want to repair their damaged footwear can only be served at the store location. Recording of orders is also still done manually using books. Information on available services and the amount of service fees can also only be known to customers by asking directly to the service provider. Similarly, the estimated repair time that cannot be ascertained often makes customers have to wait. Therefore, the author wants to design a web-based repair service ordering application to improve service and revenue Jaya Repair Shop. The system will be designed using prototype method and problem analysis using qualitative method described with fishbone diagram. The system will be built using PHP programming language and MySQL database. The result of this research is a web application for ordering shoe repair services that can be used by customers to order repair services anytime and anywhere, as well as a container to increase the income of repair service providers.

Formation and economic activity of the MTS in BSSR (1930–1939)

As a result of the analysis of the factual material, the author came to the conclusion that, despite the numerical growth of the machine and tractor fleet and the MTS network, over the years it was not possible to train the required number of qualified personnel, to supply repair shops with sophisticated equipment and spare parts. The supplies of trailed tractor implements and complex machines lagged behind the supply of tractors to the MTS, which slowed down the process of mechanization of agricultural production. As a result, by the end of the 1930s. the collective and state farms of the BSSR failed to achieve the planned high indicators of crop yields.

The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South

The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South

Physical, optical, and mechanical properties of commercially available windshield glasses using various cars

Windshield glasses of Maruti Alto 800 (A800), Hyundai i20 (H20), and Maruti Suzuki Eeco (SE) are taken from an automotive repair shop for investigating their physical, optical, and mechanical properties to check their durability. These glasses are amorphous, which is confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Energy dispersive spectroscopy confirms that the windshield glasses contain SiO2, Na2O, MgO, CaO, Al2O3, and K2O in variable atomic percentages. The optical bandgap, refractive index, and Urbach energy are calculated using UV-Vis spectroscopy. The highest optical band gap is observed for SE. Micro Vickers hardness test is used to study the fracture toughness and hardness of the glasses. It is found that H20 has the highest hardness as well as toughness in all the windshield glasses.

System for Managing Vehicle Services

Abstract: Vehicle owners can prevent unexpected automotive problems by routinely maintaining their vehicles. It's critical to identify car issues as soon as possible to stop them from becoming major problems. Vehicle owners routinely ask auto shops about servicing. Vehicle mechanics inspect important components and address issues to make sure they are in good shape and won't break down unexpectedly. Researchers conducted the study to assess the routine business transactions and activities in vehicle repair shops. Preliminary data collected by the researchers revealed that the majority of vehicle repair companies or garages continue to conduct daily transactions manually. Customer records, client interactions, billing, tracking the progress of auto repairs, and service updates are all still entered by hand. The capstone project, "System for managing vehicle services" will automate the operations and regular transactions of the car repair shop. The system will electronically streamline processes including managing car repair orders, maintaining maintenance logs, monitoring customer and transaction records, servicing updates, and billing. The system's installation will benefit both customers and auto shops. The company's use of the system will enable vehicle garages to grow and enhance operational effectiveness. Customers can easily and comfortably conduct business for vehicle servicing.

Assessment of Motor Vehicle Repair Shop Service Quality Perception Using the SERVPERF Model and Lean Service

The benchmark for the success of a business or product is to measure the satisfaction of customers who have used or felt the goods or services. The customer's expectations of the function and emotional happiness factors that arise from the use of goods or services are entirely the responsibility of the producer. So that manufacturers need to focus on what attributes must be presented in a product or service to increase customer satisfaction. The decrease in customer interest in providing vehicle service at an automotive company in Sidoarjo is the problem studied in this study, to analyze the level of customer satisfaction and attributes that are priority improvements as recommendations for the company.&#x0D; Data generated from customers is processed and analyzed using the Service Performance (SERVPERF) and Lean Service methods. Based on the results of data processing, it can be concluded that the level of customer satisfaction with service quality is 82.3%, and three service attributes are classified as a top priority and two types of critical waste.

Pengaruh Kompetensi Sumber Daya Manusia, Sistem Keuangan Desa, Dan Kejelasan Sasaran Anggaran Terhadap Akuntabilitas Pengelolaan Dana Desa Di Kota Denpasar

&#x0D; Accountability is a basis or principle that must be applied in the village fund management process. Accountability will make the process of managing village funds more transparent. Once accountability is so important, this study was made to look at the factors that can lead to accountability such as Human Resource Competence, Village Financial System, and Clarity of Budget Targets. The total population in this study was 499 people, which were all employees at the Denpasar City repair shop, with 135 of them selected as the research sample. This study concludes that accountability can increase if it is followed by the growth of better human resource competencies, an effectively designed financial system, and clearer budget targets.

The repair shop of memory

Abstract In the BBC show, The Repair Shop, members of the public bring their cherished but crumbling possessions into a workshop populated by expert craftspeople, who carry out restorations. These objects arrive as treasured possessions, which, despite their dilapidated state, still hold memories and meaning for their owners, albeit memories that may have faded as the object itself has aged. Something magical seems to take place after the objects are restored, however. The restored objects seem to reanimate and revive the memories that their owners have invested in them. How is it possible that this restoration can bring memories held by the objects back to life? What is special about The Repair Shop restoring objects to their former glory? We outline two ways in which objects can be evocative and embody emotion, memory, and meaning. We then outline the ways in which the restoration of these objects to something like their original form can improve scaffolded recall and bring memories back to life. For one class of evocative objects, the restoration enhances recall by reinstating details from the context in which the memories were encoded. For the second class of evocative objects, their restoration affords an imaginative connection to the past, which enables them to become powerful focal points of memory and shared narratives. In effect, The Repair Shop seems to work not only as a repair shop of objects but as a repair shop of memory too.

Predicting Bike Usage and Optimizing Operations at Repair Shops in Bike Sharing Systems

Supply chain responsiveness and big data analytics (BDA) have garnered considerable interest in academia and among practitioners. BDA helps researchers understand the current challenges in data management, including the high volume, velocity, and variety of data. This study is concerned with improving the responsiveness of supply chain networks to bike-sharing systems (BSS), which exhibit BDA characteristics. To address the challenges of forecasting bike usage and accordingly optimizing repair shop operations, we analyze multi-factor BSS data (Data from Washington D.C. BSS available to public), wherein attributes, such as weather conditions, registration, humidity, date, and time, are present. We use machine learning algorithms, such as neural networks, decision-tree-based regression, K-nearest neighbor, support vectors, and ensemble random forest, to predict bike usage and repair. This work contests the results and demonstrates the effectiveness of combining machine learning with supply chain network design. Supply chain networks model bike repairs by means of capacity extensions, which entails a nonlinear problem. In this study, we utilize a gradient search to solve a nonlinear supply chain network model. By enabling capacity extension, bike repair shops within the BSS exhibit a promising 50 % reduction in lead repair time. Furthermore, a 25 % overall throughput increase in BSS is achieved. Ultimately, this study demonstrates the importance of operational flexibility in responding to big data challenges.

Performance Assessment of a Closed Loop Repair Process in the Circular Economy Context

It is well known that the dependability of equipment on a production site is strongly linked to the quality of maintenance operations. This paper focuses on repair shops dedicated to the overhaul of defective equipment from several sites, via circular economy strategies. The literature provides analytical and numerical models that allow the performance of a repair shop to be evaluated under certain conditions. However, the majority of studies do not highlight the impact of component degradation after each equipment overhaul. We propose to study the life cycle of components throughout a repair process. Each component begins a cycle with a discrete failure rate that increases with the number of operations undergone. At the end of their life, components undergo an operation that allows them to have a second life. The novelty of this paper lies in the evaluation of the impact of the component life cycle on the performance of a repair shop. We propose a closed-loop model with which we were able to carry out a case study in the railway sector. The results show that considering several levels of component degradation in the repair shop has an impact on maintenance costs.