The Push for Local Production, Costs and Benefits A Case Study of Uganda's Quality Chemicals

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor James ◽  
Roger Bate ◽  
Emily Putze ◽  
Richard Tren
Keyword(s):  
Production Costs ◽  
Local Production ◽  
Costs And Benefits

The costs and benefits of multistage configuration: A framework and case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 107095
Author(s):  
Jeppe Bredahl Rasmussen ◽  
Anders Haug ◽  
Sara Shafiee ◽  
Lars Hvam ◽  
Niels Henrik Mortensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costs And Benefits

scholarly journals Incorporating Ecosystem Services in the Assessment of Water Framework Directive Programmes of Measures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Souliotis ◽  
Nikolaos Voulvoulis
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecological Condition ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Ecological Objectives ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe EU Water Framework Directive requires the development of management responses aimed towards improving water quality as a result of improving ecosystem health (system state). Ecosystems have potential to supply a range of services that are of fundamental importance to human well-being, health, livelihoods and survival, and their capacity to supply these services depends on the ecosystem condition (its structure and processes). According to the WFD, Programmes of Measures should be developed to improve overall water status by reducing anthropogenic catchment pressures to levels compatible with the achievement of the ecological objectives of the directive, and when designed and implemented properly should improve the ecological condition of aquatic ecosystems that the delivery of ecosystem services depends on. Monitoring and evaluation of implemented measures are crucial for assessing their effectiveness and creating the agenda for consecutive planning cycles. Considering the challenges of achieving water status improvements, and the difficulties of communicating these to the wider public, we develop a framework for the evaluation of measures cost-effectiveness that considers ecosystem services as the benefits from the reduction of pressures on water bodies. We demonstrate its application through a case study and discuss its potential to facilitate the economic analysis required by the directive, and that most European water authorities had problems with. Findings demonstrate the potential of the methodology to effectively incorporate ecosystem services in the assessment of costs and benefits of proposed actions, as well as its potential to engage stakeholders.

Thermoeconomic Approach and Optimization of a Solar Thermal Power Plant

2012 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 609-613
Author(s):  
Ali Baghernejad ◽  
Mahmood Yaghoubi
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Thermal Power Plant ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Optimum Operating ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Optimum Operating Condition ◽  
Solar Thermal Power

In the present study, a specific and simple second law based exergoeconomic model with instant access to the production costs is introduced. The model is generalized for a case study of Shiraz solar thermal power plant with parabolic collectors for nominal power supply of 500 kW. Its applications include the evaluation of utility costs such as products or supplies of production plant, the energy costs between process operations of an energy converter such as production of an industry. Also attempt is made to minimize objective function including investment cost of the equipments and cost of exergy destruction for finding optimum operating condition for such plant.

Capacity Planning for Cluster Tools of Wafer Fabrication Plant

2010 ◽  
Vol 450 ◽  
pp. 365-368
Author(s):  
James C. Chen ◽  
Chia Wen Chen ◽  
Kou Huang Chen ◽  
Chien Hsin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Planning ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Wafer Fabrication ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Output Rate ◽  
Cluster Tools ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Capital Intensive

Wafer fabrication is a capital intensive industry. A 12-inch wafer fabrication plant needs a typical investment of US$ 3 billion, and the equipment cost constitutes about two-thirds to three-quarters of the total production costs. Therefore, capacity planning is crucial to the investment and performance of wafer fabrication plants. Several formulae are presented to calculate the required number of machines with sequential, parallel, and batch processing characteristics, respectively. An AutoSched AP simulation model using data from real foundry fabrication plants is used in a case study to evaluate the performance of the proposed formulae. Simulation results indicate that the proposed formulae can quickly and accurately calculate the required number of cluster tools leading to the required monthly output rate.

Leading for Instructional Improvement in the Context of Accountability: Central Office Leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Goodman Rigby ◽  
Rebecca Corriell ◽  
Katie J. Kuhl
Keyword(s):  
Policy Design ◽  
Instructional Improvement ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Design Systems ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Implementation Of Standards ◽  
Central Office Leadership

This case was written to help prepare central office leaders who are expected to design systems and lead toward instructional improvement in the context of both educational accountability and implementation of standards with increased rigor. The intent of this case study is to encourage educators to examine the complex and multiple challenges of policy design and implementation when policy goals are far from current practice. Educators studying this case should examine the costs and benefits of bridging and buffering across organizational levels and how to best craft coherence between goals, needs, and resources at the central office and school levels.

scholarly journals Assessing Sustainability in Housing LED Urban Regeneration: Insights from a Housing Association in Northern England

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Dean ◽  
Claudia Trillo
Keyword(s):  
Housing Association ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Social Spillovers ◽  
The City ◽  
Regeneration Processes

How far do current assessment methods allow the thorough evaluation of sustainable urban regeneration? Would it be useful, to approach the evaluation of the environmental and social impacts of housing regeneration schemes, by making both hidden pitfalls and potentials explicit, and budgeting costs and benefits in the stakeholders’ perspective? The paper aims at answering these questions, by focusing on a case study located in the Manchester area, the City West Housing Trust, a nonprofit housing association. Drawing from extensive fieldwork and including several interviews with key experts from this housing association, the paper first attempts to monetize the environmental and social value of two extant projects – a high-rise housing estate and an environmentally-led program. It then discusses whether and how a stakeholder-oriented approach would allow more engagement of both current and potential funders in the projects at hand. Findings from both the literature and the empirical data that was gathered show how in current housing regeneration processes, room for significant improvements in terms of assessment methods still exist. Findings additionally show that the environmental and social spillovers are largely disregarded because of a gap in the evaluation tools. This may also hinder the potential contributions of further funders in the achievements of higher impacts in terms of sustainability.

scholarly journals E-Commerce Website as Seller Media for End User at Banyuwangi Mall

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.13) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
Pending Puji Dwi Astuti ◽  
A A. Gde Satia Utama
Keyword(s):  
Current System ◽  
Internal Controls ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
End User ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Account System ◽  
Design Proposal ◽  
Satisfaction Theory ◽  
Data Collection Procedure

This study aims to perform evaluation using End User Computing Satisfaction theory on Seller Account Banyuwangi Mall. The approach used in this research is qualitative explorative approach with case study method from SME seller of goods product. The data collection procedure used in this research is interview, observation, and documentation. The result of this research based on evaluation of Banyuwangi Mall e-commerce system shows have satisfaction as end user. The current system is adequate, but needs to be improved. Such improvements are used to improve the efficient use of the Banyuwangi Mall ecommerce system, especially the seller account system operated by SME actors who sell their products through Banyuwangi Mall. The improvement is a redesign of the sales system. The designs made have been adjusted based on the necessary improvements taking into consideration the costs and benefits, as well as the internal controls in each of their activities, so that the design proposal on the Banyuwangi Mall seller account is well worth considering. Further research is expected to be an evaluation and improvement of the appearance of the customer or buyer to make buyers more interested in transactions through Banyuwangi Mall and simplify the use.  

scholarly journals From the Orchard to the Full Bottle: One of the Geostories of the Nature & Geopark Styrian Eisenwurzen

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-155
Author(s):  
Oliver Gulas ◽  
Eva Maria Vorwagner ◽  
Martina Pásková
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Local People ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Landscape Conservation ◽  
Local Production

Abstract A geopark mission does not consists just of presenting and interpreting the geological phenomena and processes, but it also includes conservation and sustainable use of the natural resources as well as understanding and supporting the local people and their culture. For sure, the geology of the area determinates the local flora and fauna as well as the local life style. On different examples, this case study presents how the Nature and Geopark Styrian Eisenwurzen is involving local people to protect the local geoheritage and natural resources as well as to raise its visibility and touristic attraction. It shows that the traditional local production can contribute both to the landscape conservation and geoheritage interpretation, and that the application of participatory management and ABC interpretive concept can affect all that in a synergic way.

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