Innovation of industrial enterprises in poland as compared to other european union countries

The analyses as carried out indicate that in the years 2002–2010, the level of innovation of industrial enterprises in Poland, as compared to other European Union countries, was relatively low. This particularly refers to the areas associated with R&D activities (a small percentage of enterprises being engaged in R&D activities, and a low level of expenditure being incurred by enterprises in that area), as well as a small percentage of innovative enterprises. Only as regards the percentage of enterprises which co-operate in the field of innovation, and benefit from public support, industrial enterprises in Poland came out relatively better, ranking in the top, or in the middle, of the list including other EU countries. The causes of this situation mainly result from financial barriers, insufficient involvement of public authorities in supporting the innovation activities, and the lack of co-operation between the R&D circles and enterprises

Primjer modela izgradnje povjerenja u lancima opskrbe poduzeća u metalurgiji

The article is an introduction to the notion of building trust in supply chains. Foreign publishers offer many articles connected with trust and some of the most important ones were quoted in this article. In business world there are models based on trust of the companies which are connected with one another and such models are very popular. Trust becomes the key link in the organisation of supply chains. It is one of the basic mechanisms of action co-ordination which provides the correctness of functioning in the whole chain. The growth of importance of trust between the links of the chain is also observed in metallurgy sector. For the purpose of this publication example models of supply chains structures were constructed in which relationships are based on mutual trust with characteristics of the metallurgical sector taken into account.Članak je uvod u primjer izgradnje povjerenja u opskrbnim lancima. Inostrani nakladnici objavljuju mnoge članke povezane s povjerenjem, a neke od najvažnijih su citirani u ovom članku. U poslovnom svijetu postoje modeli temeljeni na povjerenju tvrtki koje su povezane jedna s drugom i takvi modeli su vrlo popularni. Povjerenje postaje ključna karika u organizaciji opskrbe. To je jedan od temeljnih mehanizama koordinacije koji osigurava ispravnost funkcioniranja unutar cijelog lanca. Rast važnosti povjerenja među tvrtkama unutar lanca opskrbe je također promatrana u sektoru metalurgije. Za potrebe ovog rada kreirani su primjeri modela lanaca opskrbe u kojima se odnosi temelje na međusobnom povjerenju kod čega su uzeta obilježja metalurškog sektora

Optimizacija postupka postavljanja opreme u poduzećima

Fast equipment setup in a machine on production line is the key precondition to increase the fl exibility of the production. Methodology of SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) is an example which allows reducing the time of setup practically to the minimum. The article presents the theoretical bases and required rules as well as case study conducted in one of chosen enterprises. This paper also answers the question if SMED methodology is applicable in metallurgical sector, presenting the example of shortening the time between the production of various metallurgical products manufactured in the machine for continuous casting of steel (COS in Polish).Brzo postavljanje opreme i alata u stroj na proizvodnoj liniji je ključni preduvjet za povećanje fl eksibilnosti proizvodnje. Metodologija SMED Izmjena opreme u jednoznamenkastom broju minuta) je primjer koji omogućava smanjenje vremena postavljanja gotovo na minimum. U članku se predstavljaju teoretske osnove i pravila koje je potrebno poštivati, kao i studija slučaja koji je proveden u izabranom poduzeću. Ovaj rad također odgovara na pitanja da lije SMED metodologija primjenjiva u metalurškom sektoru, predstavlja primjer skraćivanja pripremno završnih vremena između proizvodnji različitih metalurških proizvoda u stroju za kontinuirano lijevanje čelika

Qualifications versus useful knowledge in metallurgical enterprise

The article presents notions connected with resource structure of useful knowledge packages in metallurgical enterprise. Dependence between building competence of employees and using knowledge for the need of better efficiency of the enterprise was discussed here. ArcelorMittal Poland enterprise served as case study here due to the fact that it strives at World Class Management by putting emphasis on bringing areas of business activity to perfection through participation and involvement of employees

Internal sources of risk in building employees’ attitudes of safe work in metallurgical enterprise

The aim of the article is the identification of the internal sources of risk in the process of improving the system of safety and work hygiene management. After conduction of the analysis the conclusion is that the significant source of risk in the process of improvement of safety and work hygiene management is the human factor and, in particular, the lack of employees’ awareness concerning the importance of their attitudes in the improvement of the system