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Are managers sentenced to carry out logistical planning processes using a spreadsheet? Is Industry 4.0 a distant vision of the future or maybe a reality? The article presents the implemented and proven in practice method of Logistics Planning 9A (PL9A), a process-integrated and computer-aided methodology…

This study focuses on the findings revealed for the age of exploited persons in Romania, specifically through analysing differences by demographic characteristics in relation to the human trafficking phenomenon. The dataset that is modelled and analysed in this study originates from the National Agency against…

National culture is a master variable that defines ways in which societies function and differ one from another. Organizations competing on the global market need to take national culture into account when organizing their daily operations. There exists a significant body of literature that deals…

The article deals with a problem of high political and social significance: providing environmentally friendly food to socially vulnerable categories of the population. This category includes pregnant and nursing women, children, school children, clients of social institutions, and segments of the population whose real incomes…

The level of exploitation costs to be covered by the user of a technical object depends, to a great extent, on the accuracy of the investment decisions made. The selection of the optimal investment decision (i.e. the purchase of a technical object) in terms of…

Nowadays, cities are a source of benefits and problems related to social, economic and environmental aspects. There is no doubt that the benefits of urbanization are drawing more and more people to live in urban centers. However, such a situation favors the creation of many…

As a rule, the problem of improving the operational effectiveness of the enterprise is in the responsibility of its key managers. The concepts of Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma (Lean Six Sigma) transpose these tasks on all the processes and areas of the creation of…

The research is aimed to analyze the simplifying ways of getting access to finance by SMEs through such FinTech tool as Blockchain smart lending. The main focus of the paper is to give insight on potential benefits and probable risks of being involved into Blockchain…

The article shows the improvement of the mechanism for implementing the investment policy of the region on the example of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. The features of the economic and geographical position of the republic and its natural resource potential are revealed.  The investment…

The paper presents an original agent-oriented methodology suitable for development process of management information systems for virtual organizations. It starts with description of emerging business structures and a semantic gap problem, which is quite common for software development projects supporting operations of modern enterprises. To…