Economic evaluation of investment project in the area of sheet metal processing

The article is oriented on the process modelling in selected company. The aim of the process modelling is a possibility to prevent the formation of future risks as a consequence of a wrong decision concerning a capital project. The analysis of actual state in society with the focus on the means of processing the lamination using computer numeric control technology is also a part of article. Based on the analysis mentioned above, the selection and the definition of the capital project have already been carried out. Final section evaluates the capital project using methodology of economic indicators by means of economic indicators of effectiveness and brings a decision whether to accept or refuse given investment

The effect of chlorinated aromatic compounds on isolated hepatocytes

Ispitan je efekt 1,2-dihlorbenzena, 1,2,3,4- tetrahlorbenzena, 1,2,3,5- -tetrahlorbenzena, pentahlorbenzena, heksahlorbenzena i Arohlora 1254 na aktivnost enzima lipoperoksidaze i ksantinoksidaze, sadržaj citohroma P-450 i glutationa u izolovanim hepatocitima. Vijabilnost hepatocita bila je smanjena kod primene svih ispitivanih supstancija. 1,2- dihlorbenzen je smanjio sadržaj citohroma P-450 kao i aktivnost enzima, a ostali hlorbenzeni povećavali su aktivnosti enzima, ali nisu uticali na sadržaj citohroma P-450. Arohlor 1254 je povećao sadržaj citohroma P-450, a nije uticao na enzimsku aktivnost. Svi ispitivani spojevi su smanjili sadržaj glutationa.The effects of 1,2-dichlorbenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorbenzene, 1,2,3,5-tetrachlorbenzene, pentachlorbenzene, hexachlorbenzene and Arochlor 1254 on hepatocyte functions were investigated. The viability of hepatocytes as well as glutathione concentration were decreased in all treatments. 1,2- dichlorbenzene diminished the content of cytochrome P-450 and decreased lipoperoxydase and xantinoxydase activities. Under the same conditions the other compounds investigated increased lipoperoxydase and xantinoxydase activities without influencing cytochrome P-450 content. Arochlor 1254 increased the content of cytocrome P-450 in hepatocytes, but had no effect on enzyme activities

The Impact of Business Intelligence Systems on Profitability and Risks of Firms

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The impact of big data analytics on firms’ high value business performance

Big Data Analytics (BDA) is an emerging phenomenon with the reported potential to transform how firms manage and enhance high value businesses performance. The purpose of our study is to investigate the impact of BDA on operations management in the manufacturing sector, which is an acknowledged infrequently researched context. Using an interpretive qualitative approach, this empirical study leverages a comparative case study of three manufacturing companies with varying levels of BDA usage (experimental, moderate and heavy). The information technology (IT) business value literature and a resource based view informed the development of our research propositions and the conceptual framework that illuminated the relationships between BDA capability and organizational readiness and design. Our findings indicate that BDA capability (in terms of data sourcing, access, integration, and delivery, analytical capabilities, and people’s expertise) along with organizational readiness and design factors (such as BDA strategy, top management support, financial resources, and employee engagement) facilitated better utilization of BDA in manufacturing decision making, and thus enhanced high value business performance. Our results also highlight important managerial implications related to the impact of BDA on empowerment of employees, and how BDA can be integrated into organizations to augment rather than replace management capabilities. Our research will be of benefit to academics and practitioners in further aiding our understanding of BDA utilization in transforming operations and production management. It adds to the body of limited empirically based knowledge by highlighting the real business value resulting from applying BDA in manufacturing firms and thus encouraging beneficial economic societal changes

Process Performance Management in Higher Education

Process performance management (PPM) has become one of the most important management tools in profit organizations. However, non-profit organizations also started to benefit from PPM aimed at the efficiency improvement. The goal of the paper is to investigate usefulness of embedding the simulation modelling approach for process performance management based on the case study of collaboration improvement in higher education. The case study methodology has been used in the study and the paper presents simulation modelling for PPM with the purpose of collaboration improvement at the University of Zagreb, Croatia