An intense trauma in the UK farming industry was caused by the foot-and-mouth disease. The Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food, chaired by Sir Donald Curry CBE, diagnosed that farming was detached from the other sectors of the economy and was “serving nobody well”. The final recommendations of this commission were focused on efficiency, adding value and diversification. Among the specific recommendations, there was an important emphasis on the need to increase collaboration and cooperation because it “is the best way for small farm business to get the benefits of being a large farm business” (Curry, 2002:34). UK experts in farmer collaboration such as, Parnell (1999a), and The Plunkett Foundation (1992) had previously made clear the need for bigger, better, more effective and efficient Farmer Controlled Businesses. English Farming and Food Partnerships (2004a), also, set the challenge to explore and evaluate new approaches to develop farmer controlled enterprises more imaginatively. Therefore, the main aim of this research was to identify new forms of collaboration between farmers, which might lead to gain greater scale and flexibility in farming operating in an increasingly global food chain. Using an inductive grounded theory approach comprising a series of Delphi iterative face to face interviews, three rounds of guided interviews were completed. These involved 55 experts in the field of business collaboration, selected using a purposive sampling approach. Interviewees included leading academics, government officials and advisors, senior managers and business proprietors of the most profitable and/or innovative UK-based collaborative ventures. The outcome of the research has been to develop three discreet but combinable models of collaboration. Each model requires different levels of commitment from its members and would suit different business situations. All the proposed models offer a business structure flexible enough to be easily adapted in response to changes in the market place, but they also offer the opportunity of combining into much bigger organisations with the potential to integrate small-scale businesses into networks of international companies. This research also reaffirms that the traditional cultural barriers and divisions between the different stages and participants of the food and farming industry were still present and hinder the development of a more competitive sector. Whilst there has been progress in the assimilation of the supply chain concept, most of the businesses involved did not see the other stages of the chain as their potential partners.

<p>Frölunda-Aspvik Säteri, a company just outside Stockholm within the agriculture and forestry sector, has developed a business idea around countryside tourism as a complement to their existing business. The idea is to offer a high quality and functional way of living in small cottages surrounded by beautiful nature and landscape of cultural importance. There will also be a range of additional activities available such as hunting, canoeing, cycling etc. The project should be done with minimum impact on the surrounding environment and the importance of the ecological system should be at the forefront of all business decisions. At present the company wants to have a better understanding of what the future trends are within tourism, how its business idea fits in with future trends within tourism and how to stay competitive.</p><p>The purpose of this research paper is to identify the social driving forces that have an impact on people’s lifestyle and choice of holiday destination in the future, and present how these factors affect the travel industry. The result will then be used to evaluate the feasibility of Frölunda-Aspvik´s business idea around tourism. </p><p>A literature study has been carried out and the result of that has then been used to evaluate the company´s business idea. The main future trends are that tourists will have higher expectations, be more quality conscious and expect greater diversification regarding how they spend their holiday. This leads to travellers becoming more sophisticated. The reason can be explained by a higher disposable income and levels of education, better health, increased experience of travel and that people’s needs and expectations become more heterogeneous and individual. Many prefer several but shorter vacations spread out over the year. Time efficiency will also be crucial where demand for a combination of holiday, relaxation and various types of activities will increase. The health aspect will become more important where spa- and health destinations will be favoured. Outdoor activities and nature experiences will increase in popularity but also tourist products that are more intellectual and creative. More people expect peace and quiet where the primary purpose of the holiday is to escape from everyday life. Concern for the environment will be more significant as will the search for a deeper meaning beyond material possessions where also authenticity emerges as a selection criterion regarding tourist products and destinations.</p><p>The conclusion of the study is to further develop Frölunda-Aspvik Säteri’s intentions to benefit from future tourism by extending its activities to include holiday facilities to compliment its existing business. From the study, it is clear that the company will be able to fulfil some of the needs of what future tourists value most. However, the company should also take into consideration other external factors that have not been included in this report which are stemming from ecological, economical, political and technical origin. In some cases, particularly in a longer perspective, the impact of threats such as climate changes, increasing oil prices and downturn in the economy could imply more threats to company. These should be looked at in more detail if they decide to realise its business plan within tourism.</p>

Frölunda-Aspvik Säteri, a company just outside Stockholm within the agriculture and forestry sector, has developed a business idea around countryside tourism as a complement to their existing business. The idea is to offer a high quality and functional way of living in small cottages surrounded by beautiful nature and landscape of cultural importance. There will also be a range of additional activities available such as hunting, canoeing, cycling etc. The project should be done with minimum impact on the surrounding environment and the importance of the ecological system should be at the forefront of all business decisions. At present the company wants to have a better understanding of what the future trends are within tourism, how its business idea fits in with future trends within tourism and how to stay competitive. The purpose of this research paper is to identify the social driving forces that have an impact on people’s lifestyle and choice of holiday destination in the future, and present how these factors affect the travel industry. The result will then be used to evaluate the feasibility of Frölunda-Aspvik´s business idea around tourism. A literature study has been carried out and the result of that has then been used to evaluate the company´s business idea. The main future trends are that tourists will have higher expectations, be more quality conscious and expect greater diversification regarding how they spend their holiday. This leads to travellers becoming more sophisticated. The reason can be explained by a higher disposable income and levels of education, better health, increased experience of travel and that people’s needs and expectations become more heterogeneous and individual. Many prefer several but shorter vacations spread out over the year. Time efficiency will also be crucial where demand for a combination of holiday, relaxation and various types of activities will increase. The health aspect will become more important where spa- and health destinations will be favoured. Outdoor activities and nature experiences will increase in popularity but also tourist products that are more intellectual and creative. More people expect peace and quiet where the primary purpose of the holiday is to escape from everyday life. Concern for the environment will be more significant as will the search for a deeper meaning beyond material possessions where also authenticity emerges as a selection criterion regarding tourist products and destinations. The conclusion of the study is to further develop Frölunda-Aspvik Säteri’s intentions to benefit from future tourism by extending its activities to include holiday facilities to compliment its existing business. From the study, it is clear that the company will be able to fulfil some of the needs of what future tourists value most. However, the company should also take into consideration other external factors that have not been included in this report which are stemming from ecological, economical, political and technical origin. In some cases, particularly in a longer perspective, the impact of threats such as climate changes, increasing oil prices and downturn in the economy could imply more threats to company. These should be looked at in more detail if they decide to realise its business plan within tourism.

Orientador: Paulo de Barros Correia / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T09:16:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Kawano_BrunoRogora_M.pdf: 3277644 bytes, checksum: 51319676ccd95ce516c2a06783c9640d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: A Indústria de Laticínios no Brasil tem buscado cada vez mais a utilização de novos métodos que possibilitem o aumento da eficiência, tanto da área técnica, quanto da área econômica, sendo que esta última acaba sendo, muitas vezes, consequência da obtenção da primeira. Este esforço no setor foi realizado no Brasil principalmente depois da maior abertura do país às empresas multinacionais ocorrida nos anos de 1990, o que fez aumentar a competitividade empresarial entre elas, sendo este fator determinante para que as indústrias de laticínios sobrevivessem a este novo cenário que se instalou. Este trabalho visa à avaliação do potencial de ganhos em eficiência energética na indústria de laticínios, que pertence ao setor de Alimentos e Bebidas. Para tal, analisou-se a aplicação de ferramentas da engenharia econômica e da otimização sendo que foi desenvolvido três Estudos de Caso. No primeiro estudo de caso, analisou-se uma análise de viabilidade técnico-econômica da substituição de motores elétricos de um laticínio, tudo isto a partir de dados reais coletados de uma grande indústria de laticínios. No segundo estudo de caso, estudou-se a otimização por meio da maximização da Margem de Contribuição (MC) de uma amostra de 6 produtos, cuja coleta de dados foi obtida de um laticínio de médio porte. No terceiro estudo de caso, utilizou-se o mesmo modelo do laticínio do segundo estudo caso, com a diferença que se analisou a maximização da margem de contribuição dos produtos em que se utilizou, na sua linha de produção, o aproveitamento de calor residual da caldeira para aquecimento de água a fim de ser utilizada nos diversos processos produtivos do laticínio. Os três casos analisados obtiveram resultados satisfatórios tanto no quesito da avaliação energética quanto na avaliação econômica / Abstract: The Dairy Industry in Brazil has sought increasingly using new methods that enable increased efficiency, both from the technical area, as the economic area, the latter of which ends up being often a result of winning the first. This effort was undertaken in the sector in Brazil especially after the opening of the country to the largest multinational corporations occurred in the 1990s, which increased business competitiveness between them, which is a determinant factor for the dairy industry to survive in this new scenario that settled. This study aims to evaluate the potential gains in energy efficiency in the dairy industry, which belongs to the Food and Beverage Industry. To this end, it was analyzed the application of tools of economic engineering and optimization that was being developed three case studies. In the first case study, it was analyzed an analysis of technical and economic feasibility of replacing electric motors of a dairy, all from real data collected from a large dairy industry. In the second case study, it was studied the optimization by maximizing the contribution margin (CM) of a sample of 6 dairy products, which data collection was obtained from a dairy midrange. In the third case study, it was used the same model for the plant in the second case study, with the difference that is considered to maximize the contribution margin of the products that we used in its production line, the use of waste heat boiler for heating water to be used in the various processes of the dairy. The three cases analyzed satisfactory results both in the question of how much energy assessment in the economic evaluation / Mestrado / Planejamento de Sistemas Energeticos / Mestre em Planejamento de Sistemas Energéticos