scholarly journals Quality improvement of energy management: an analysis of industries in a developing country

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (32) ◽  
pp. 207-239
Author(s):  
Edson Pacheco Paladini ◽  
Bismayda Gómez Avilès ◽  
Geonel Rodriguez Perez ◽  
Noel Cardoso Nunez ◽  
Jean Carlos Araldi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Social Evolution ◽  
Consumption Rate ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Material Industry ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Construction Material Industry

Energy management is a critical question for the progress in developing countries. In fact, it is one of the most important foundations of sustainable development. Optimizing the use of energy resources is an issue with notable multiplier effects on the social evolution of the people of these regions. Similarly, the civil construction industry is also relevant, since it represents a strong economic and social contribution for these countries. It is important to remark that the demands of the construction material industry in combustible consumption for their productions, frequently with low rate efficiency, require a systematic management activity able to detect improvement alternatives, based on process approaches to contribute to the energy efficiency and the quality of the final production. This paper proposes a set of procedures to implement technological and organizational improvements of the combustible consumption practice in brick production plants in the construction material industry in a developing country (Cuba). Quality improvement opportunities are detected, together with the energetic characterization of the process. Some well-defined parameters and indicators have evidenced the improvement potentialities and its execution. The placement of domes in the furnace defines a new zone of quality control with losses from 0.5 - 1.5%, that at the beginning of the research were 2.4 - 4.5%. This enabled to plan a loss level rate at least 1.6% lower and a variability two times lower. Besides it is achieved a consumption rate average of 0.2739 to 0.2387 liters per brick in the covered furnace, saving 11,000 liters of fuel in the semester. The generalization of the procedure in the entity producing roof tiles and clay pipes in Sancti-Spíritus municipality (Cuba) showed a significant contribution since the reductions in the fuel consumption rate were greater than the achieved in the brick productions. As these industrial processes are similar to those in many other countries, this case study shows some analyses, practical applications and results that can be used abroad.

scholarly journals Performance Assessment on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Construction Material Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12767
Author(s):  
Kuang-Sheng Liu ◽  
Ming-Hung Lin
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Material Industry ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain Management ◽  
Construction Material Industry

Along with global geopolitical complex, information network security issues and increased natural disasters, risk management should be well considered in the construction material industry to re-integrate and establish stiff and flexible supply chains in order to cope with emergencies in the future market. Taking the construction material industry in Taiwan as the research object, representative enterprises with artificial intelligence applied sustainable supply chain management are studied. With the Delphi method and data envelopment analysis, the public data of annual statistics reports of the enterprises are used for selecting the performance indicators of inputs and outputs. Empirical data analysis is also performed to provide reference for the improvement. The research results are summarized as follows. 1. Substituting various input/output index values into CCR and BCC models, the overall production efficiency and pure technical efficiency of enterprises are calculated; by dividing the two, the returns to scale of enterprises are acquired. 2. Critical factors in artificial intelligence applied sustainable supply chain management could be found out through sensitivity analysis. Using the rate of sensitivity change as the evaluation baseline, sensitive factors contain financial aspect, scale aspect, financial performance, and profit before tax. Finally, discussions are proposed according to the results, expecting to help domestic businesses in the construction material industry establish steady and flexible supply chains and present diversified procurement sources to reinforce the emergency defensive ability of the construction material industry.

User‐driven innovation in a construction material supply network

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Wandahl ◽  
Alexia Jacobsen ◽  
Astrid Heidemann Lassen ◽  
Søren Bolvig Poulsen ◽  
Henrik Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
The Body ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Material Industry ◽  
End User ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Construction Material Industry

PurposeUser‐driven innovation (UDI) has been proven to successfully increase the value of products and services in single companies with direct linkages to the end‐user. The construction material industry often has no direct linkages to the end‐user, due to supply networks through builder merchants. Moreover, a lack of user knowledge is common in such networks, and companies rarely have explicit knowledge on how their products and services are in fact used and valued by their end‐users. Thus, it is clear that UDI is not directly applicable to the construction material industry without further developments. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that a network perspective is essential when adapting and implementing UDI in the construction material industry and to let the advantages of doing so surface.Design/methodology/approachThe research design includes a number of different approaches and types of interaction between the researchers and industry. Additionally, an extensive literature review on UDI is carried out to identify variables necessary for successful adaptation to a network perspective.FindingsThe conclusion of this research validates that a network approach to adapting UDI in the construction material industry is a precondition for a successful innovation journey. In addition, it was concluded that by adapting the network perspective new value‐adding potentials became visible, which could have a huge impact on innovation, effectiveness, efficiency, etc. in the construction material industry.Originality/valueThe paper adds to the body of knowledge on how to implement UDI in a supply network by developing a framework for such an innovation process. The framework has its outset in any given generic new product development model with a logical sequence of steps. However, the framework is further developed into defining the networks activities, the internal activities, and the user‐oriented activities needed.

scholarly journals The Measurement of Impacts of External Financing on The Risk Level of Viet Nam Construction Material Industry During and After The Global Crisis 2007-2011

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-74
Author(s):  
Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Material Industry ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Construction Material Industry

This research paper aims to analyze the impacts of external financing on market risk for the listed firms in the Viet nam construction material industry, esp. after the financial crisis 2007-2009. First, by using quantitative and analytical methods to estimate asset and equity beta of total 57 listed companies in Viet Nam construction material industry with a proper traditional model, we found out that the beta values, in general, for many institutions are acceptable. Second, under 3 different scenarios of changing leverage (in 2011 financial reports, 30% up and 20% down), we recognized that the risk level, measured by equity and asset beta mean, decreases when leverage increases to 30% and vice versa. Third, by changing leverage in 3 scenarios, we recognized the dispersion of risk level increases (measured by equity beta var) if the leverage increases to 30%. Finally, this paper provides some outcomes that could provide companies and government more evidence in establishing their policies in governance.

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