Fostering Organizational with Technological Innovations: The Ems Research Framework
Milan DELIĆ, Nenad MEDIĆ, Tanja TODOROVIĆ, Vladimir TODIĆ
This study examines the nature of relationships between organizational and technological innovational concepts, in the context of the Serbian manufacturing sector. The study is based on an EMS research framework, on a sample of 240 organizations. For research purposes, SEM methodology was used. The positive effect of technological concepts on organizational ones is limited, speaking in favor only of the application of “Production control/Digital factory”, and, marginally, for “Additive manufacturing technologies” with a clear absence in the case of positive effects for Automation and robotics” and “Energy efficiency technologies”.
Welfare Quality Assessment for Simmental Cattle in the Future Framework of Blockchain
Denis KUČEVIĆ, Ksenija ČOBANOVIĆ, Tamara PAPOVIĆ , Srđan TEGELTIJA, Jelena MARJANOVIĆ, Stefan DEJANOVIĆ
Determining what consumers’ and producers’ needs are in terms of welfare awareness and potential management strategies to create new techniques based on modern technology to improve behavior, stress, and other welfare indicators monitoring them to verificate those welfare indicators in the supply chain for fattening cattle. This study examines how blockchain technology might be used to evaluate the welfare of Simmental cattle that are being fattened in a loose stall housing system. That could allow transparent and secure communication between farmers. In order to increase consumers’ reliance on farmers and the livestock industry, this study aimed to examine the viability of using blockchain as a tool to transmit accurate and unchangeable information about the welfare of food-producing animals. The characteristics given in the welfare evaluation procedure were utilized to evaluate the perceived value of each parameter in determining the welfare of Simmental cattle during fattening.
Influence of WAAM Technology Parameters on Properties of Structural Steel Walls
Katarina ILIC, Albert HAUCK, Ana BRDAR, Stanko SPASOJEVIC, Miroslav DRAMICANIN, Milan PECANAC, Petar JANJATOVIC, Mirjana TRIVKOVIC, Dragan RAJNOVIC, Sebastian BALOS, Leposava SIDJANIN
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) is an innovative welding technology that combines Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and welding robot. The production process of WAAM is carried out by welding robots that are deposing layers of metal on top of each other. The presented research focuses on the influence of different welding parameters and deposition strategies of WAAM on the mechanical properties and microstructures. On the obtained samples in the form of walls, the following tests were carried out: visual and macro cross-section examination, tensile testing, impact energy testing, and bend testing. It was found that welding parameters, especially welding current and voltage have a significant effect on the porosity and mechanical properties and geometry of the material