Segmenting Supply Chain Process for Optimal Performance by Adopting Postponement: A Randomized Trial

Even though extensive technologies have been applied to all stages of a supply-chain, the performance of many supply chains has been quite dismal. One potential cause for failure is the lack of comprehending the nature of the demand and therefore being unable to device a supply-chain that would better satisfy that demand. A common mistake is to use an efficient supply chain that calls for a responsive supply chain and vice versa. The paper aims to develop the first wave of empirical investigations related to the impact of supply chain design practices on performance. It investigated a supply chain design model that linked efficiency with responsiveness to optimize performance by deploying postponement. An inâ€depth case study methodology was adopted to uncover the strategies undertaken by one of the Bangladesh's fastest growing cement manufacturers to create a competitive advantage through its management of the supply chain design alignment. The major elements were verified by surveys. Applicability and exploitability of the diagnostic instrument was validated using action research. Generally, the adoption of segmenting the supply chain process by diffusing the postponing style led to an improved performance, which, in turn, positively impact operational performance. Operational performance enhances organizational performance. Just as processes can be broken into parts, so can supply-chain processes be segmented to achieve optimal performance. Practitioners are provided with a framework for assessing the synergistic impact of postponing practices on supply chain design performance. Keywords: Action Research on Supply Chain, Alignment, Efficient, Responsive, Optimal Performance, Postponement, Supply-chain design

Improving Management and Understanding of Major Diseases of Sugar Beet

Sugar beet is a sugar-yielding crop, that contributes 25% of the global sucrose production. Economic production of sugar beet is hampered by Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) (Cercospora beticola), Rhizoctonia crown and root rot (RCRR) (Rhizoctonia solani), Sclerotinia root rot (SRR) (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum), and Rhizopus root rot (Rhizopus arrhizus) diseases. These diseases can reduce yield by 15 to 40%. On CLS, buildup of fungicide-resistance strains is a major issue due to poor implementation of fungicides and understanding of disease development at early stages. The identification of germplasm resistant to RCRR disease is hindered by the lack of effective inoculation methods. Identification of SRR and RRR pathogens is crucial for their proper management. The objectives of this research were 1. to evaluate the role of adjuvants in improving the efficacy of fungicides on CLS, 2. to characterize the infection process during early stages of infection by C. beticola, 3. to identify an effective inoculation method for RCRR, and 4. to identify and characterize the causal organisms of SSR and RRR. The value of adjuvants was evaluated in greenhouse and field conditions. Application of fungicides with or without adjuvants before disease onset reduced disease severity of CLS in greenhouse condition. In field conditions, additions of adjuvants did not improve the effectiveness of fungicides and few of them negatively impacted root yield. The initial stage of infection on CLS susceptible and resistant sugar beet variety were compared using confocal microscopy. C. beticola biomass accumulation, percent leaf cell death and disease severity were all significantly greater in the susceptible variety compared to the resistant variety (P<0.05). R. solani inoculated on the crown and roots were compared in a replicated trial in greenhouse conditions. The root inoculation method provided a more consistent disease rating of the sugar beet variety in the greenhouse for screening of RCRR cultivars in a resistance breeding program. Based on morphological and molecular techniques, causal organisms of SRR and RRR were characterized and was found to be pathogenic to sugar beet varieties tested in-vitro and in the greenhouse conditions

Cyber Police: An Idea for Securing Cyber Space with Unique Identification

The advancement of cyber technology completely depends on how conveniently we use it. Many people deceived in different ways in our current cyber system. We can prosper ourselves through the utilization of this internet technology. However any country can improve their online security through improving cyber system. On the other hand it may cause precarious outcome if it is incorrectly handled by any unplanned administration. An appropriate mechanism can move forward our cyber world with a safer e-biosphere. The purpose of this paper is to propose an idea that will ensure security and justice in cyber world. This idea proposes to diminish all types of anarchy from the cyber space by ensuring authentic identification to every internet user; securing website browsing; preventing any kind of fraud as well as guarantee truth and justice in the online world

Drug-Crime Nexus Explored: A Study on the Youths of Selected Urban Areas in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh

The literatures on the ‘drug abuse–crime’ connection reveal that there is a causal relationship between abusing drugs and involvement in criminal activities. The findings of this study affirmed that relationships exist between drug abuse and involvement in criminal offences indeed vis-à-vis studying a selected sample of one hundred and eighty two drug addicted youths in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh. This study found that a significant number of respondents (73.54%) addicted by the influence of peer groups while a considerable number of addicts (37.87%) took drugs because of broken family or family conflicts. This study also reveals that a significant number of the drug addicts have experience of committing property crimes while more than half the addicts are involved in personal crimes. In addition, it shows that specific types of crimes are related to the particular content of drugs. The findings of the study have been explained through sociological, psychological and biological theories. Keywords: Drug abuse, Crime, Bangladesh, Sub culture

Guiding Software Developers using Automated Adaptation of Object Ensembles Plug-in

Software developing process has been improving day by day The development process can be affected through different ways like changing the development environment strategies and upcoming technologies In order to save valuable times and to speed up the process we can guide programmer during the development time through providing relevant recommendations There are some strategies that suggest related code snippets and API-items to the software programmers There are some techniques that apply general code searching approaches and some techniques that employ online based repository mining process But it is kind of difficult tasks to guide programmers when they need specific type conversion like adapting existing interfaces from the previously used types as per their demands One of the familiar approaches to guide developers in such a situation is to adapt collections and arrays through automated adaptation of object ensembles But how does it help a novice developer in real time software development that is not explicitly exemplified In this paper we have tried to introduce a system that works as a plug-in tool incorporated with a data mining integrated environment to recommend the relevant interfaces while they look for a type conversion We have a mined repository of respective adapter classes and related APIs from where programmers search their query and get their result using the relevant transformer classes The system that recommends developers entitled automated objective ensembles AOE plug-in From the investigation that we have done we can see that our approach works much better than some of the existing approache

Syndication loan of United Commercial Bank Limited

This internship report is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration,2013.Cataloged from PDF version of Internship report.Includes bibliographical references (page 59).United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) is one of the first generation private sector Banks in Bangladesh, commenced its commercial operations from mid 1983 and has since been able to establish one of the largest network of 119 branches in six different districts. United Commercial Bank Ltd. offers all kinds of Commercial Corporate and Personal Banking services covering all segments of society within the framework of Banking Company Act and rules and regulations laid down by our central bank. Diversification of products and services include Corporate Banking, Retail Banking and Consumer Banking right from industry to agriculture, and real state to software. General Banking is the starting point of all the banking operating. It is the department, which provides day-to-day services to the customers. General Banking consists of the many sections in the branch. These are including customer service, account opening/closing, remittance, deposit department, account’s department. General Advance provides loan and advance products to the client for financing different purpose that fulfill the requirements of the bank and have good return to the investment as well as satisfy the client. The loan and advance products are personal loan scheme, small & medium enterprise loan, working capital financing, import financing, export financing, syndicate loan, industrial financing etc. In order to diversify its portfolio, finance large scale projects through syndication and introduce different capital market products, the management of UCB has recently proposed to set up an independent Structured Finance Division. For this purpose, three expertise of relevant industry including Head of Structured Finance Division has already been recruited.Md. Ziaur RahmanM. Business Administratio

Does Governance Facilitate Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries?

Using panel data analysis, it is an attempt to estimates the significance of governance on foreign direct investment for a sample of 80 developing countries from 1998 to 2014. For exploring the relationship, the paper has used the Kaufmann et al. (2003) interpretation concerning the governance. Generalized least square (GLS), feasible GLS (FGLS), pooled OLS, random effect, fixed effect, poisson regression, prais-winsten, generalized method of movement (GMM) and generalized estimating equation (GEE) method are utilizing for estimates the importance of governance for facilitating foreign direct investment. According to the OLS method ,for the governance variables the coefficient implies that a one standard deviation improvement in voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory qualities, rules of law and control of corruption increases FDI by  29.4%, 29.2%, 28.6%, 20.5%, 23.1% and 23.6% respectively. Keywords: governance, foreign direct investment, generalized least square, generalized estimating equation JEL Classifications: C55, E22, G3