Current Issue : April - June Volume : 2015 Issue Number : 2 Articles : 6 Articles
The background of this research is the increasing of marine transportation activities. The\nfollowing of the activities is the improvement of community welfare nationwide. Accordingly\nthe utilitation of all infrastructures related to sea transportation activities, should be improved\nin order to make the distribution of goods less expensine. The cost of loading and unloading\nby using shore crane and ship�s crane are different. The problem related to loading and\nunloading process is the unequality of operational cost between shore crane and ship�s crane.\nThe main objective of this research is to compare cost and time performance of each of above\nmentioned cranes. The research focused on general cargo ship. The analysis was done by\ncomparing of cost and time of operational of both type of cranes. The result of the study\nshowed the shore crane is more suitable and efficient than ship�s crane from cost and time\npoint of view....
Trade in leather and leather products has progressively increased at the global arena. This\ngrowth has had much impact in the developing world mostly as the leather sector moved to\nAsia and projected to translate to Africa. Thus, the need to scrutinize the preparedness of the\ncontinent through the member-states is crucial. Therefore, the study attempted to analyse the\ntrading regime of the leather value chain strata. A quantitative approach (n=244), descriptive\nanalysis including an aggregate score to ascertain the top activities impacting on trade regime\nin Kenya was carried out. The results were varied depending on the individual stratums\nwhere the lower strata of the chain (producers, butchers and traders) were found to\nconcentrate mostly in domestic trade. The upper value chains strata were differently impacted\nwith tanners active on domestic (raw material sourcing) and export (for the semi-processed\nleather) trade. In retrospect, Leathergoods and Footwear were engaged with domestic trade\nbut had challenges on massive second hand and poor quality leather related imports. These\nimports at most affected their competitiveness and productivity denying the both the stratums\naccruable potential available in the country�s leather sector. The overall results indicated that\ntrade activities were significant (p<0.05) to the value chain stratum. This result was important\nas appropriate interventional measures would therefore go a long way in optimizing on trade\nrelated benefits to the socio-economic dimension of the country such as employment, wealth\ncreation and rural development....
In the dynamic business arena of today, companies are majorly customer-driven. To gain a\ncompetitive edge over the other competitors, a company has to provide its customers a value\nadded service and products. This study has been conducted with the objective of identifying\nthe need to implement a customer friendly and satisfactory ordering system at Coffee Joints\nin South India. The study has highlighted the emerging epitomes in the ordering system,\nwhich would help the customer by reducing waiting time, and thereby increases customer\nsatisfaction and retention. The study has shown that respondents have shown a favourable\nattitude towards the use of the a mobile phone / Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), prepaid\ncard and would like to have the additional facility of having a touch screen in order to reduce\ntime and effort in placing their order....
The community polytechnic program is national program sponsored by ministry of human resources development of government of India to ensure a fair share of benefits of technical education and scientific research for the rural society. Based on the infrastructure, intellectual manpower, experience and capacity of the polytechnics, such institutions were entrusted with community polytechnic program for their active involvement in the process of rural development. These institutions are expected to act as focal points for technology transfer and promotion of local innovativeness in rural areas to solve the local problems with the help of Science and Technology inputs. An attempt has been made to evaluate the professional skills of community polytechnics of Jharkhand (India) in technology transfer. This research has been undertaken by investigator to study on development of appropriate framework for transferring technologies through community polytechnic in Jharkhand. The study reveals that the community Polytechnic provides technologies without much awareness and external supports whereas it lacks required competency in R and D and management skill and Industry-institute interaction skill....
The study have proposed Adaptive Port Planning (APP) to be implemented in Casablanca\nPort according to regulate manner operation with a framework, an approach that bridges the\ngaps in the traditional practices of port planning by incorporating uncertainty and flexibility\nconsiderations. It provides a framework for the planner to generate plausible alternatives in\nthe context of this planning objectives and definition of success; identify critical uncertainties\n(vulnerabilities and opportunities); and then, to explore, value, and incorporate flexibilities\nfor handling these uncertainties. Then, actions can be taken either in the planning stage, or\nactions can be prepared in advance, and taken as events occur. Next, the planner evaluates the\nalternatives and makes a choice; the value of flexibility is included in his evaluation. During\nthe implementation phase, actions are taken in response to triggers from a monitoring system\nset up for the selected alternative (which monitors the external environment for new\ndevelopments and alerts planners of the need to modify or reassess the plan)....
Over the past 2 decades, wine sales of the leading traditional wine producing countries\n(France, Italy and Spain) have faced increasing international competition. Sales have been\neroded by encroachment from other beverages, changing lifestyles, demography, increased\nproduction of other European producers and the economic crisis. Conversely, French wine\nexport has begun to increase with estimates for 2013 at 7,835 million Euros (OIV, 2014;\nXERFI 700, 2014). This is due to wine consumption increasing in the USA and China, two of\nthe main export markets for France (De La Chesnais, 2013; Julien, 2013).\nBusiness strategies appropriate of large scale wine producers from France, Italy and Spain,\nhave been much studied and written about. In sharp contrast, little has been said about the\nstrategies appropriate to smaller producers facing similar issues (Remaud et al., 2004; Coelho\n& Rastoin, 2006). This paper intends to contribute to the paucity of literature about small\nwine producersâ�� export strategies. It therefore analyses the current situation in the South West\nof France, taking as example small independent wineries in Juran�§on, a little known wine\nregion nestled at the base of the Pyrenees Mountains. This paper therefore examines small\nwineriesâ�� strategies for exporting to China and details an empirical study of independent wine\nproducers in Juran�§on and suggests areas for further research.\nThe main findings point to the lack of a clear export strategy for small wine producers such\nas the Juran�§on wine producers. Due to a lack of experience and knowledge of the Chinese\nmarket, most small wine producers did not see much potential and until recently were able to\nsell all of their production to the French market and did not need to investigate export\npossibilities. However, more recently, through an increasing demand for French AOC wine\nfrom the Chinese market, and other foreign markets, they have started to look at ways to\nproduce more to be able to satisfy some of the demand.\nAs their export intentions are still in their initial stages, there are many complexities that still need to be researched before a clear strategy can be defined. However, some small Juran�§on\nwineries are actively involved and are far ahead in the process of developing a strategy for\nexport....
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