The National Beef Quality Audit – 2011 assessed the current status of quality and consistency of fed steers and heifers. Beef carcasses (n = 9,802), representing approximately 10 percent of each production lot in 28 beef processing facilities, were selected randomly for the survey. Carcass evaluation for the cooler assessment of this study revealed these traits and frequencies: steer (63.5%), heifer (36.4%), cow (0.1%), and bullock (0.03%) sex classes; dark-cutters (3.2%); blood splash (0.3%); yellow fat (0.1%); calloused ribeye (0.05%); A (92.8%), B (6.0%), and C or greater (1.2%) overall maturities; native (88.3%), dairy-type (9.9%), and Bos indicus (1.8%) estimated breed types; and United States (97.7%), Mexico (1.8%), and Canada (0.5%) country of origin. Certified or marketing program frequencies were age and source verified (10.7%), ≤ A40 (10.0%), Certified Angus Beef (9.3%), top Choice (4.1%), natural (0.6%), and Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (0.5%), and there were no organic programs observed. Mean USDA YG traits were USDA YG (2.9), HCW (374.0 kg), AFT (1.3 cm), LM area (88.8 cm2), and KPH (2.3%); Frequencies of USDA YG distributions were YG 1 (12.4%), YG 2 (41.0%), YG 3 (36.3%), YG 4 (8.6%), and YG 5 (1.6%). Mean USDA QG traits were USDA QG (Select93), marbling score (Small40), overall maturity (A59), lean maturity (A54), skeletal maturity (A62). Frequencies of USDA QG distributions were Prime (2.1%), Choice (58.9%), Select (32.6%), and Standard or less (6.3%). Marbling score distribution was Slightly Abundant or greater (2.3%), Moderate (5.0%), Modest (17.3%), Small (39.7%), Slight (34.6%), and Traces or less (1.1%). Carcasses with QG of Select or greater and YG of 3 or numerically less represented 85.1% of the sample. This is the fifth benchmark study measuring targeted carcass characteristics, and information from this survey will continue to help drive progress in the beef industry. Results will be used in extension and educational programs as teaching tools to inform beef producers and industry professionals of the current state of the U.S. beef industry.

Diese Marktstudie vermittelt einen Überblick über Software, die zur Unterstützung von Wissensmanagement eingesetzt werden kann und berücksichtigt dabei die Spannweite von spezialisierten Suchmaschinen bis zu umfassenden integrierten Wissensmanagementsystemen. Die untersuchte Software bietet sowohl Unterstützung bei Community-orientierten Wissensmanagementansätzen als auch bei Information Retrieval. Die Einsatzmöglichkeiten sind genauso unterschiedlich wie die heterogenen Anforderungen von Unternehmen und Organisationen, die diese an Wissensmanagement stellen. Eine direkte Vergleichbarkeit aller untersuchten Softwareprodukte ist daher nicht sinnvoll. / Applications and systems for knowledge management : a market survey: <br><br> This market survey gives an overview on software for the support of knowledge management. The survey overlooks the span from specialized search engines to integrated knowledge management systems with a broad range of functions. The investigated software supports community-oriented approaches as well as information retrieval. Usage possibilities are as different as the heterogenous requirements of enterprises and organizations for knowledge management. Therefore a direct comparison between the investigated tools is not useful.<br> -----<br> © GITO mbH Berlin

The main objective of the diploma thesis called "Analysis and design of BI Reporting and Dashboards Survey" is to analyze the main principles of Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management approach with a focus on performance reporting and dashboards, and to design a survey form for BI Reporting and Dashboards Survey which will focus on the current state of the reporting and dashboards in European enterprises. The final design of the market survey form is based on the identified key areas of the topic and is created by using the basic principles of statistics which help to compose successful market surveys. It represents the main input for the conduct of the quantitative market survey planned to be realized in the summer of 2014. The first part of the diploma thesis represents the theoretical baseline for the analysis of the key areas of the survey's content. This part includes introduction to the BI and CPM principles (chapter 2) followed by the identification and definition of key elements of successful BI reporting and dashboards (chapter 3). The last chapter of this part (chapter 4) summarizes the key principles of statistics leading to beneficial composition of market surveys. The second, practical part of the diploma thesis (chapter 5), presents the overall design of the BI Reporting and Dashboards Survey. This design includes scope, objectives of the survey, profile of respondents, and specification of the question form with predefined range of possible answers to each individual question. The final design of the question form is also available in Appendix 1 in MS Excel file. This diploma thesis emphasizes the importance of the effective performance reporting and the beneficial use of dashboards in organizations and outlines the key areas of those topics which business representatives should focus on. Another benefit of this thesis is the prepared question form itself which might bring interesting and valuable findings about the current state of BI reporting and dashboards implemented and used among the European countries.

The thesis deals with the position of company RWE on the market of natural gas as a method used for heating in the Czech Republic and the marketing tools which will help to maintain this position. For this purpose the analysis of natural gas market in the Czech Republic is made as a part of the marketing plan followed by suggested steps that should prevent the household customers from leaving. Alternative ways of heating are also covered briefly, and some of them are advised to be focused on by RWE in future. The goal of the thesis is to propose a solution which would inspire the marketing team of RWE in their own marketing planning.

Diploma thesis is a proposal of the enterprise intention to introduce electronic shopping and fun center into market, while assessing relevant factors, from the marketing point of view in particular. The thesis mostly focuses on monitoring the current market situation, marketing survey and a proposal for a differentiation from the competitors, while there is also evaluation of the project in terms of feasibility of the solution under consideration.

Diploma deals with project managament of market survey which is realized by small Czech trading company. Step by step it attends to questionaire design and how to use it, definition of information minimum, managing of market survey, design of information system modification, data processing by descriptive statistics usage.

Sedan apoteksmarknaden avreglerades har många nya aktörer etablerats, både stora apotekskedjor och privatägda apotek. Alla slåss de om samma marknad, den marknad som Apoteket AB hade innan avregleringen. P/S Apotek är ett nyöppnat apotek på Sankt Eriksplan och deras uppdrag var att ta reda på vad kunderna efterfrågade hos ett apotek. P/S Apotek hade tänkt erbjuda två unika tjänster som inte finns på andra apotek, hälsokväll och specialistrådgivning. Syftet med denna uppsats är därmed: Att undersöka vad ett nyöppnat apotek skall erbjuda för produkter, service och tjänster samt vilka kunder de skall satsa på för att erhålla marknadsandelar.   Fyra olika metoder har använts för att kunna nå fram till målet med examensarbetet: benchmarking, dold observation, kvalitativa intervjuer och enkätmetodik. Resultatet av undersökningarna blev att de potentiella kunderna ville ha längre öppettider på vardagskvällar. Det viktigaste kriteriet som de potentiella kunderna värdesatte hos ett apotek var sortimentet. Produkter som de gärna vill ha på apoteket är bl.a. hudvårdsprodukter, självtester, träningsrelaterade produkter och hjälpmedel för äldre och handikappade. Bland de kvinnliga tillfrågade var hälsokvällen relativt populär. Tjänsten specialistrådgivning fick positiv respons hos 3 av de 5 segment. För att bestämma vilka kunder P/S Apotek skall satsa på har segmentering genomförts. Det segment som P/S Apotek bör satsa på är segment 4 (kvinnor i åldern 41 - 65 år) med avseende på de tjänster de vill erbjuda, hälsokväll och specialistrådgivning. / After the marked deregulation, many new players have entered the Swedish pharmacy business. Both major pharmacy companies and small privately owned companies have entered the new market. Before the deregulation this entire market was owned by Apoteket AB, which had a monopoly on the market. This report is about a newly opened pharmacy, P/S Apotek. P/S Apotek needed to know what the customers demanded and if there was an interest in some of the unique services that they wanted to offer. The purpose of this report was thus: to investigate what a newly opened pharmacy should offer product-wise and service-wise and what customers they should focus on in order to gain market shares. Four different methods have been used within the report: Benchmarking, non-participant observation, qualitative interview method and questionnaire survey. The result of the surveys was that the customers wanted longer opening times on weekday nights. The most important criteria that the customers valued, for a pharmacy, was the selection. Products that the customers wanted in a pharmacy included skincare products, self-tests, athletics supplements and aid for elderly and impaired. Among the women that were surveyed the "healthcare night" was popular. The service specialist advice was popular among most of the customers. In order to determine what customers P/S Apotek should focus on a segmentation was conducted. This resulted in that segment 4 (women aged 41-65) seemed to be the most interested in the services P/S Apotek wants to offer, "healthcare night" and specialist advice. Thus, if P/S Apotek is going to offer these services, segment 4 should be the target group.

Variable data will play a decisive role in the future of packaging and product promotion. Variable data printing (VDP) is a technique whereby certain information can be altered in an otherwise static layout with the help of a digital printing system, and in the packaging industry a wide range of applications is possible. Inkjet printing, due to its non-impact printing (NIP) principle, is the most suitable technology to use when applying variable data on packaging and to offer customized and even personalized prints for the industry and the end-consumer (van Daele, 2005). The aim of the work described in this thesis was to evaluate the practicability of attaining high quality variable data print (VDP) at high speed. The thesis is divided into three major parts. Part one focussed on the surface topography of corrugated board and applicable analytical methods to describe the printability of the substrate. In the second part the performance of inkjet on corrugated board liners printed at high speed was investigated and how to achieve maximum printing resolution. The final part of the thesis is devoted to a market survey of variable data printing on the North American and European markets. Part 1 concentrated on corrugated board as substrate and its pre-conditions regarding surface topography before the printing operation. Most critical for the quality are print defects such as mottling, gloss and stripiness, all of which occur in the printing of corrugated board. Stripiness is especially critical because it is one of the most disturbing print defects on corrugated board since it is periodical and more easily perceived than random print defects (Netz, 1996). Part 1 revealed that there is a difference in surface micro-roughness between the regions on the peak line of the fluting and the regions in the valley between two peaks of the corrugation which leads to glossy lines on the peak areas. The aim of the second part was to assess the practicability of attaining high quality VDP at high speed on a variety of liners for corrugated board production. The trial was conducted on a Kodak Versamark DP5240 press in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, in cooperation with the Mid-Sweden University - Digital Printing Centre (DPC). Nine different substrates were printed at speeds between 0.5 and 5 m/s. The results revealed that the paper type rather than the printing speed has the greatest influence on the print quality. Speed, however, is the most important technical factor for inline implementation of inkjet. To obtain a picture of the industries’ view of variable data print on fibre-based packaging, a market survey was initiated and was addressed to people in the development, marketing and decision-making sectors of the packaging and printing industry, including manufacturers of machinery, producers of packaging and prints, and print buyers. The goal was to draw an overview map covering the people’s view of their market, trends in their fields and how they envision the future of VDP on fibre-based packaging. The conclusion was that inkjet technology has to prove itself first and to increase its technical capability, and the printing industry will then start investing more in this technology and in applications such as VDP. / QC 20101206

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-20T13:44:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_mariana_manardo_dos_santos.pdf: 317539 bytes, checksum: 480a9d98e38706d765e235ae33338837 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-02 / The correct planning of all steps involved in seed production, particularly post-harvest, is extremely important for maintaining a company in a competitive market. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of processes related to wheat seed production, from the field to the final commercialization of seeds of a producer with self-certification, from Paraná State, in the period of 2006 - 2010. The study was conducted in a company of São Sebastião da Amoreira, Paraná. The amount of wheat seeds received by the Seed Processing Unit, seeds processed, seeds approved for sale and seeds sold were recorded and analyzed for each cultivar processed by the company. On average, the company discarded 30% of all seeds processed; therefore only 70% of seeds processed were effectively sold as seeds. It is important for the company to do a market survey in order to know the customer demand for each cultivar, before sowing the field, in order to minimize losses due to lack of market demand. The preventive control of diseases in the production field is important to avoid losses due to diseases known to compromise the quality and yield of the seeds. / O correto planejamento de todas as etapas envolvidas na produção de sementes, em especial as de pós-colheita, é de extrema importância para a manutenção de uma empresa de forma competitiva no mercado. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência dos processos relacionados à produção de sementes de trigo desde a produção a campo até a comercialização final de um produtor de certificação própria de sementes do Paraná, no período compreendido entre 2006 a 2010. O estudo foi realizado em uma empresa de São Sebastião da Amoreira, Paraná. Foram analisadas as informações referentes à quantidade de sementes de trigo recebida pela Unidade de Beneficiamento de Sementes, quantidade beneficiada, quantidade de sementes aprovadas para comercialização e a quantidade de sementes comercializadas. Em relação à quantidade de semente recebida, calculou-se a percentagem de sementes beneficiadas, da mesma forma para a quantidade beneficiada em relação à aprovada e para a aprovada em relação à comercializada. Todos os registros obtidos na empresa foram selecionados a partir do ano de 2006 para todas as cultivares produzidas pela empresa e agrupados em tabelas por ano de produção. Verificou-se que a eficiência nos processos varia acentuadamente em função das cultivares. A realização de pesquisas de mercado para conhecer a demanda dos clientes por variedade, antes da sua semeadura nos campos da empresa, ou campanhas de vendas antecipadas, possibilita à mesma evitar descartes de variedades pela baixa procura. O controle preventivo de doenças nos campos de produção é importante para evitar perdas de trigo por doenças atualmente conhecidas e que são comprometedoras da qualidade e da produtividade. Na média dos anos, a empresa apresentou um descarte de 30% de toda a produção obtida, sendo assim, 70% da produção comercializada como semente.

Världsmarknaden för bussar växer ständigt och under 2012 har fler än 500 000 bussar producerats globalt. Utöver den växande bussmarknaden så drivs efterfrågan av internet ombord, fleetmanegment tjänster, TV, GPS, olika typer av radio och behovet av robusta tillförlitliga antenner för trådlös dataöverföring till och från bussar. Tillverkarna av bussar vill kunna erbjuda sina kunder dessa funktioner och bussoperatörerna satsar mer och mer på att kunna erbjuda trådlösa tjänster till sina kunder. Antennföretaget Smarteq Wireless ser en stor potential i denna marknad eftersom det idag inte finns något företag som uttalat satsar på antenner specifikt framtagen för bussar som kan möta kundernas krav på funktionalitet och robusthet. Utöver den potentiella marknaden så existerar också en eftermarknad som består av bussar som ständigt behöver uppdatera deras antenner. Smarteq ser här en möjlighet att utveckla en unik antennplattform anpassad till bussindustrin. Syftet med examensarbetet är att förse Smarteq med ett underlag som kan användas inför utvecklingen av den nya antennplattformen. Underlaget består av en omfattande marknadsundersökning, kravspecifikationer och en konkurrentanalys. Undersökningen syftar till att besvara vilka tekniska funktionaliteter en antennplattform för bussar bör innehålla för att attrahera tillverkare och operatörer på bussmarknaden. Arbetet har visat att det finns goda möjligheter på bussmarknaden för en ny antennplattform. Antennplattormen bör ha stöd för 4G, WiFi och GPS eftersom det har visat sig att dessa funktioner är mest efterfrågade. Den mest uppenbara delen av marknaden att fokusera på utifrån undersökningen är telematikleverantörerna. Detta eftersom de har en stark koppling till bussmarknaden där de flesta av deras system säljs dit. Att sälja en antenn tillsammans som del av ett system är enklare än att sälja antennenseparat. / The global market for buses is constantly growing and in 2012, more than 500,000 buses were produced globally. In addition to the growing bus market, the demand is driven by the Internet on board, fleetmanegment services, TV, GPS, various types of radio and the need for robust reliable antennas for wireless data transfer to and from buses. Bus manufacturers want to provide their customers with these functions and bus operators are investing more and more in order to offer wireless services to their customers. The antenna company Smarteq Wireless sees a great potential in this market because there are currently no other companies that produces antennas specifically designed for buses that can meet customer requirements for functionality and robustness. In addition to the potential market there is also an existing aftermarket consisting of buses that constantly need to update their antennas. Smarteq sees an opportunity to develop a unique antenna platform adapted to the bus industry. The aim of the project is to provide Smarteq with a theoretical basis that can be used for the development of the new antenna platform. The theoretical basis consists of an extensive market research, antenna specifications and competitor analysis. The study aims to answer which technical functionalities an antenna platform for buses should contain in order to attract manufacturers and operators in the bus market. The work has shown that there is great potential in the bus market with a new antenna platform. The antenna platform should have support for 4G, WiFi and GPS because it has been shown that these functionalities are the most requested ones. The most obvious part of the market to focus on, based on the survey is via suppliers of telematics. This is because they have a strong connection to the bus market, where most of their systems are sold. To sell an antenna together as part of a system is easier than selling an antenna individually.