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3PL provider selection by AHP and TOPSIS methodology
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a two-phase analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) approach that is a multi-criteria decision-making methodology (MCDM) in the evaluation of third-party logistics (3PL) providers. Design/methodology/approach: After the description of the selection criteria of 3PL providers that are determined by company management, the weights of criteria are calculated by applying the AHP method. The TOPSIS method is then employed to achieve the final ranking results. A sensitivity analysis is developed for a deeper comprehension of results reliability. Findings: The paper shows the complexity of a real 3PL provider change. At the same time, a simple MCDM methodology is provided to assure the success of this activity in which many other companies have failed. Research limitations/implications: The proposed MCDM methodology represents a very good compromise between a reliable solution and reasonable computational and human effort. 3PL provider selection or change is an extremely complex decision that could be investigated in greater detail with other more complex methodology, with a consequently higher investment, that is not so affordable for all budgets. Originality/value: It is the first time that a two-phase AHP and TOPSIS methodology is applied to an Italian biscuit company for a 3PL provider change together with the analysis of logistics performance after two years. The paper shows a detailed methodology application that could be very useful for managers for their specific application
The Innovative Concept of Cold District Heating Networks: A Literature Review
No full textThe development of sustainable and innovative solutions for the production and supply of energy at district level is nowadays one of the main technical challenges. In the past, district heating and cooling networks aimed to achieve greater energy efficiency through the centralization of the energy production process but with relevant losses related to heat transport. Moving towards a higher share of renewables and lower demand of primary energy requires redesign of the energy district networks. The novel concept of cold district heating networks aims to combine the advantages of a centralized energy distribution system with low heat losses in energy supply. This combined effect is achieved through the centralized supply of water at relatively low temperatures (in the range 10–25 °C), which is then heated up by decentralized heat pumps. Moreover, cold district heating networks are also very suitable for cooling delivery, since cold water supplying can be directly used for cooling purposes (i.e., free cooling) or to feed decentralized chillers with very high energy efficiency ratio. This paper provides a preliminary literature review of existing cold district heating networks and then qualitatively analyses benefits and drawbacks in comparison with the alternatives currently used to produce heat and cold at district level, including the evaluation of major barriers to its further development
Tradução de poesia: Emily dickinson segundo a perspectiva tradutória de Augusto de Campos
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2014Esta dissertação, a partir da perspectiva teórica e prática de Augusto de Campos quanto à tradução de poesia, visa analisar sete de suas traduções dos poemas da norte-americana Emily Dickinson, publicadas na obra Emily Dickinson: não sou ninguém, em 2008. O trabalho foi dividido em três capítulos. O primeiro tratados principais elementos que constituem a poética de Dickinson, bem como das traduções brasileiras de suas obras. Como embasamento teórico foram utilizados Gilbert e Gubar (1984), Donoghue (1969), Sewall (1963) e Daghlian(1987), dentre outros autores. O segundo capítulo tem como objetivo apresentar Augusto de Campos como poeta e como tradutor, com ênfase nos seus comentários sobre tradução, visando compreender sua prática tradutória. O terceiro capítulo analisa as traduções de sete poemas de Dickinson realizadas por Augusto de Campos e busca identificar a relação entre a teoria e a prática do tradutor. Essa análise, de caráter discursivo, além do plano formal e sintático, se concentra no plano semântico dos textos, tendo em conta que não possui a pretensão de realizar qualquer tipo de julgamento prescritivo.Abstract: This dissertation, from the perspective theoretical and practical of Augusto de Campos about the poetry translation, analyzes seven of his translations of the North-American poet Emily Dickinson, published in the book "Emily Dickinson: não sou ninguém", in 2008. This work contains three chapters; the first presents the main elements that constitute the Dickinson's poetry, as well as the Brazilian translations of her poems. It has, as theoretical support, author slike: Gilbert and Gubar (1984), Donoghue (1969) Sewall (1963) and Daghlian(1987). The second chapter aims to approach the main remarks of Augusto,highlighting his activity as poet and as translator, aiming to understand his practice of translation. The third chapter analyses the Augusto's translations of seven poems of Dickinson and try to identify the relationship between the theory and the practice of the translator. This discursive, besides the formal and syntactic field focuses on the semantic field of the poems, without any kind of prescriptive judgment
An Innovative Visualization Tool to Boost and Monitor Circular Economy: An Overview of Its Applications at Different Industrial Sectors
No full textThe quantification of the circular economy and sustainability is a relevant aspect at different levels of applications: (i) the companies need to evaluate and
improve the environmental, economic, and social impacts of their products and processes; (ii) the financial bodies must have quantitative information about the potential and risks of different proposed initiatives to select the optimal opportunity; and (iii) the policy-makers must be guided for the coherent definition of strategies at regional, national and international scales, setting realistic targets and measuring their effectiveness. However, the lack of comprehensive and robust approaches to quantify circular economy makes it challenging to apply quantitative methods and indicators in different contexts and compare the results, with the risk of limiting the practical implementation of circular initiatives due to unknown and/or unclear potential and contribution. The ViVACE® tool (Visualization of Value to Assess Circular Economy), developed by the authors, is a promising and effective means to collect data in a systematized manner, helpful to assess sectorial and cross-sectorial indicators about sustainability. It has been applied to different industrial sectors (e.g., plastics, food processing, textile) for different purposes. These applications are described in detail to highlight the potential, versatility, and implications of the proposed tool in boosting the effective transition to a circular economy
Sustainable use of phosphorus raw materials on the example of Italian companies
No full textAlthough intensive efforts have been focused on a more sustainable use of phosphorus (P) in the last two decades, the full-scale implementation of P recovery technologies is not widespread in the industrial sector. Their diffusion is limited by lack of high-resolution and integrated analyses about the potential, benefits and risks of industrial innovation in this field, and the quantification of business, economic, environmental and social impacts at firm level. To cover this gap, the University of Bologna developed an industry-oriented methodology to deliver quantitative information, necessary to companies to explore their potential pathways about P recovery. The methodology, developed through the knowledge gained in two EU projects, InPhos (EIT Raw Materials) and Prosumer (EIT Climate-KIC), consists of four main steps: (i) identification of business interests and constraints; (ii) assessment of P flows in the company boundaries; (iii) cost assessment; and (iv) sustainability assessment through relevant Key Performance Indicators. The methodology was applied to an Italian food company, highlighting that only less than 50% of the P contained in raw materials remains in the final products and that the implementation of a P removal technology allows the compliance of legislative limits. Nevertheless, the economic feasibility is not ensured, confirming literature results. Consequently, suitable and tailored policies and financial tools must be defined to support the diffusion of P recovery at industrial level. The quantitative information provided by the methodology are therefore useful for policy makers and financial bodies to respond to needs and specialization of companies in their territories
Impianto sperimentale a letto fluido per il trattamento a caldo dei fumi di combustione di RSU
No full textFrom financial merchandise planning to supply chain design and execution
No full textFor years agents believed that technology could have bridged the gap in fashion companies. This has not come true. Significant investments aimed at implementing complex systems have often failed. Indeed, they have not been able, in a simple, flexible and comprehensive way, to integrate all the processes that, by definition, are changeable and not only influenced by deterministic factors. Therefore, it proves necessary, in complex organizations, to promote those best practices and habits that support and enhance personal freedom, judgments and hypotheses. This is the process by which the retailer seeks to provide the right amount and quality of the right merchandise in the right store at the right time, while also seeking to meet the financial goals of the company. This project, developed by the collaboration between the Department of Industrial Engineering (University of Bologna) and K.Group, aims to show how financial planning of Merchandise Planning may be implemented in a major Italian Fashion Retail Company, presenting the preliminary plan to integrate it with the specific processes of Supply Chain Planning and Execution, hence highlighting achievements, methodology and technological resources in terms of: data management (normal- ization and load data), business intelligence (score carding, dashboards, reporting, analysis), predictive analytics (clustering, simulation), performance management (budgeting, planning and forecasting, profitability), workflow management and data integration
Il rilievo integrato del Ponte di Tiberio e Augusto a Rimini
No full textÈ ormai consolidato che la conoscenza dei manufatti architettonici storici è sempre più influenzata dalla profonda evoluzione che gli strumenti e i metodi di indagine hanno avuto negli ultimi decenni, soprattutto grazie allo sviluppo di tecnologie quali lo scanner laser 3D e la fotogrammetria digitale (Image-based Modeling). In generale l’utilizzo coordinato di tali tecnologie, in una metodologia digitale integrata, è in grado di restituire accurati modelli tridimensionali dell’architettura, a partire dalla preliminare fase di progetto, alla fase di acquisizione, ormai definita “massiva”, alla fase di generazione dei modelli informatici, interpretativi. Se ciò è vero per qualsiasi manufatto architettonico o archeologico, i pontiantichi rappresentano un ambito in cui, soprattutto la fase di acquisizione, è fortemente influenzata dalle condizioni ambientali dell’intorno, in cui i fattori ambientali hanno un peso rilevante. Il ponte antico, sia esso urbano o extraurbano, è un oggetto particolarmente difficile da rilevare a causa delle specificità ambientali, morfologiche, formali dovute sia alla presenza del corso d’acqua ad esso sotteso, ma anche ai brani di città, o elementi territoriali, da esso collegati. Il ponte di Rimini, detto anche di Tiberio ed Augusto, sul fiume Marecchia, iniziato nel 14 d.C. sotto il governo di Augusto e concluso nel 21 d.C., sotto quello di Tiberio, ubicato all’inizio della via Emilia, ha rappresentato l’occasione per una vasta collaborazione tra due gruppi di ricerca universitari impegnati prevalentemente in ricerche inerenti la teoria e pratica del rilievo integrato, grazie anche alla mancanza di un rilievo digitale tecnologicamente e metodologicamente avanzato. Questo studio si inserisce in un filone di ricerca che si prefigge l’obiettivo di approfondire le conoscenze degli antichi ponti romani in pietra a Roma e nelle Province attraverso attività di rilievo integrato, propedeutiche a specifiche analisi tecnico-costruttive, geometrico-proporzionali, metrologiche, impiegando le più avanzate tecnologie di ricostruzione virtuale e modellazione tridimensionale
La difesa nel caso Cogne
No full textL'Avv. Paola Savio, nell'intervista effettuata presso il suo studio a Torino, avanza alcune riflessioni in riferimento al “caso Cogne”, in particolare relativamente all'ultima fase del percorso giudiziario che ha portato all'ordinanza emessa dal Tribunale di Sorveglianza di Bologna il 26 giugno 2014. L'avvocato sottolinea la sinergia e l'“incontro di professionalità” avvenuto tra il CTU, il Prof. Augusto Balloni, e il consulente di parte, il Prof. Pietro Pietrini, la bontà dei supporti forniti alla sua assistita in fase rieducativa e auspica, come già pubblicamente dichiarato, che la famiglia F. possa essere dimenticata e cadere nell'oblio.
Au cours de l’entretien qui a eu lieu dans son cabinet à Turin, Maître Paola Savio formule quelques considérations concernant « l’affaire Cogne ». Une attention particulière est accordée à la dernière phase du parcours judiciaire où le Tribunal de l’application des peines (Tribunale di Sorveglianza) de Bologne a ordonné, le 26 Juin 2014, la mise en détention à domicile spéciale d’AMF.
Maître Savio souligne l’importance de la synergie et de « l’échange de compétences » entre professionnels (l’expert indépendant, Prof. Augusto Balloni, et celui de la défense, Prof. Pietro Pietrini), ainsi que de la qualité de l’aide apportée à sa cliente pendant la phase de réhabilitation en prison.
Enfin, elle espère, comme cela a déjà été déclaré publiquement, que la famille F. puisse tomber dans l’oubli.
Lawyer, Paola Savio, during the interview carried out at her law firm in Turin, makes some considerations about the so-called “Cogne case” . Particular attention is paid on the final step of the judicial action where the Surveillance Court of Bologna made a special home detention order on 26th June 2014.
The lawyer underlines the importance of the synergy and the successful meeting among professionals (the independent technical consultant, Prof. Augusto Balloni, and the defence consultant, prof. Pietro Pietrini). She is also pleased with the quality of the help given to her client during the rehabilitation phase.
Finally, she hopes, as already publicly stated, that the family F. would no longer be in the focus of attention
The prince of Brazilian stage: trajectory of actor Joaquim Augusto in the 19th century Brazilian theatre scene (1841-1873)
No full textEsta dissertação apresenta a trajetória do ator, ensaiador, diretor e empresário de teatro Joaquim Augusto Ribeiro de Souza, com a intenção de evidenciar sua contribuição para o teatro brasileiro do século XIX. A partir do levantamento de jornais, revistas e demais documentos do período estudado e da revisão das obras fundamentais da historiografia do teatro brasileiro, foram identificadas as companhias, o repertório e a crítica ao trabalho de Joaquim Augusto, abrangendo mais de trinta anos de atividade em teatros do Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranhão e Pará, além de Portugal. Por meio deste trabalho, será possível verificar como o ator, pioneiro no modo natural de representar, se tornou o principal promotor da literatura dramática de seu tempo.This work presents the trajectory of the actor, director, rehearser, and theatre entrepreneur Joaquim Augusto Ribeiro de Souza, highlighting his contributions to Brazilian theatre in the 19th century. Based on newspapers, magazines, documents, and key Brazilian theatre studies, this research identifies the companies, repertoire, and critiques of Joaquim Augusto\'s work, covering over thirty years of activity in theatres across Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranhão, Pará, and Portugal. This study aims to demonstrate how the actor, who pioneered a natural style of acting, became the principal promoter of dramatic literature of his time
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