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Effects of Geography, Weather Variability, and Climate Change on Potato Model Uncertainty

  • Fleisher, D.H.;Condori, B.;Quiroz, R.;Alva, A.;Asseng, S.;Barreda, C.;Bindi, M.;Boote, K.J.;Ferrise, R.;Franke, A.C.;Govindakrishnan, P.M.;Harahagazwe, D.;Hoogenboom, G.;Naresh Kumar, S.;Merante, P.;Nendel, C.;Olesen, J.E.;Parker, P.S.;Raes, D.;Raymundo, R.;Ruane, A.C.;Stockle, C.;Supit, I.;Vanuytrecht, E.;Wolf, J.;Woli, P.
    • Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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    • 2016.09a
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    • pp.41-43
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    • 2016
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A Study on Reduction of Hazard Conditions on Plant Work of Steel Industry (철강 제조업의 플랜트 공사 중 유해.위험 저감 방안)

  • Seo, Seong-Hwa;Weon, Jong-Il;Woo, Heung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2011
  • The hazard conditions on plant works of the steel industry have been investigated to efficiently prevent from industrial accidents. The plant works are eventually carried out by workers of smaller service companies where the safety management systems are not well established, on behalf of the main steel company. Based on the preliminary risk assessment on the plant working and open literature reviews, the safety management systems, which can be applied to the plant workplace of each process, are studied and then the step-by-step 4M check-list method is established. Accordingly, the risk assessment technique using 4M checklist for the plant workplace is proposed. In addition, a standardized flow-chart for safety management of plant work is introduced. These risk assessment technique and flow-chart can definitely contribute to the reduction of industrial accidents, considering the risk characterization and the unsafe conditions in small and medium-sized plant workplace, as effective safety management tools and safety guide line.

A Study on the Improvement of the Safety Management Plan under the Construction Technology Promotion Act by Field Survey (현장실태조사를 통한 건설기술진흥법 상 안전관리계획서의 개선방향에 대한 연구)

  • Yoon, Young Geun;Lee, Myeong-Gu;Oh, Tae Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2018
  • Although the safety management plan review system according to the Construction Technology Promotion Act for securing the safety of the construction work is a fundamental system essential for the prevention of the construction industry disaster, the necessity of its improvement has been raised because it often fails to meet the original purpose. In this study, through the analysis of the effect of the safety management plan and the problems of the operation, we suggest ways to improve it in view of the construction accident reduction and conducted surveys on the construction site through the questionnaires of the client, construction company, and construction business technology manager. In order to improve the effectiveness of this system as a result of the study, it is necessary to distribute the guidelines for the preparation of the safety management plan, manuals, etc., to simplify the contents of the safety management plan, also the step-by-step approval of the safety plan can be a solution. For this, it is necessary to revise the policy through consultation with the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs and related experts.

Green Six Sigma for Green Growth Implementation (녹색성장 실행을 위한 그린 6시그마)

  • Kim, Dong-Chun;Hong, Sung-Hoon;Shin, Wan-Seon
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.521-530
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    • 2010
  • Global regulatory pressures relating climate change and environmental responsibility are asking companies to find out the best way for sustaining their continuous business growths. It could be known that inadequate management for environmental issues are bad for business, negatively affecting brand image, causing unnecessary losses and costs for environmental preservation. For this reason, environmentally conscious green business growth has been recognized as an essential requirement for a company to stay in business. Many companies are looking for green business opportunities of improving their environmental and financial results, and struggling with how green fits into their business. In this paper, the Green Six Sigma, an environmentally conscious Six Sigma methodology, is presented as a way to find solutions for green growths. The Six Sigma is known as a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for achieving world-class performance in any process from manufacturing to transactional. In chronological order, the Six Sigma has been evolved from Motorola's quality-oriented methodology to GE's cost-oriented lean approach, and is being evolved and developed as an environment-oriented green growth approach. There is no doubt that the Green Six Sigma, as an engine of green growth, is a power tool for achieving competitive business performance and reducing the impact on the environment.

Integrated Management Systems - Theoretical and Practical Implications

  • Eriksson, Henrik;Hansson, Jonas
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.69-82
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    • 2006
  • Organisations worldwide strive to develop their management systems for business functions, ranging from quality and environment to safety, information security and social responsibility. During the latest decade a considerable amount of these efforts has been concentrated on introducing and applying standards such as the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. The need for Integrated Management Systems (IMS) often arises as a result of decisions to implement Environmental Management System (EMS) and/or an occupational health and safety management system in addition to a Quality Management System (QMS). At the end of 2003, approximately 3200 organisations in Sweden had an ISO 9001 certificate, and approximately 3400 organisations had a certificate based on an EMS. Dealing with separate management systems and ensuring that they align with the organisation's strategies and goals, has proved difficult. Owing to the large number of organisations certified according to multiple types of systems, an increasing number of organisations are establishing IMS. There are examples of companies, which chose to integrate EMS and QMS into a co-ordinated implementation approach, and although sparse, the research within this area indicates potential benefits of using an integrated approach. This paper presents both a theoretical and an empirical investigation with the aim to elucidate problems related to the integration of management systems. Furthermore, the paper will present recommendations for succeeding in such integrations and, hence, contributing to an increased understanding on how IMSs should be designed and implemented.

On the Project Management utilizing the Systems Engineering Management Plan in the Railroad Safety Technology R&D Program (철도종합안전기술개발사업에서 SEMP의 활용을 통한 프로젝트 관리방안)

  • Kim, Jae-Chul;Lee, Jae-Chon;Cho, Yun-Ok;Kim, Sang-Am;Han, Soon-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.1798-1805
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    • 2010
  • The Railroad Safety Technology R&D Program has been supported by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. The Program consists of dozen or more projects and thus is quite complex, which requires effective project management. This paper is discussing how to effectively manage the railroad safety technology R&D program based on systems engineering management plan (SEMP). The key issues dealt in this paper include the SE management, requirements management, verification and validation, integrated data base management, and traceability management. To achieve the goal, we first defined an appropriate SE process to be adopted in the program and the result was documented in the systems engineering management plan. According to the process defined, we set up the environmental frame in database. Using the database and SEMP, each project of the program was verified with respect to the corresponding requirements utilizing the traceability. All these efforts were carried out using a computer-aided SE tool, which enables efficient management of complex database.

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An Investigation on the Recognition of Biosafety Regulation Systems for the Living Modified Organism (유전자변형생물체 안전관리제도 인식조사)

  • Rho, Young-Hee;Hong, Jeong-Yoo
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 2014
  • BACKGROUND: The present study is an exploratory research to establish national biosafety regulation systems through a survey on the recognition of safety regulation systems for the living modified organism(LMO). METHODS AND RESULTS: We have conducted a survey on an awareness of LMO safety regulation systems in scientific working groups. The data of 235 respondents were analyzed using various statistical methods. As a result, 72.8% of the respondents were male; 27.2% were female, and 43.4% of them work in the university. A total of 33.2% of the respondents majored in general biology, and their most common job position was the laboratory safety manager. The difference of an awareness on LMO law and regulatory system was not statistically significant by either work places or job positions. CONCLUSION: For the rapid settlement and the efficient implementation of LMO safety management policy, we conclude that it is required to reduce the gap between the recognition and fulfillment of safety management. Furthermore, the mutual exchanges of information among researchers are needed with the settlement of the safety management system and the harmony of policy with improvement of the absurd regulations. The ongoing and specialized training, inspections, and the strengthening of public relations are also required along with the efforts to improve the absurd regulations.

Comparative analysis on environment control systems for glasshouses and plastic houses (유리온실과 플라스틱 온실의 환경조절시스템 비교분석)

  • Nam, Sang-Woon;Shin, Hyun-Ho;Seo, Dong-Uk;Yu, In-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.251-258
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    • 2014
  • In order to set up the basic environmental control systems which the new concept greenhouses have to equip, greenhouse characteristics, environmental management and control systems in domestic glasshouses and plastic houses were investigated and analyzed comparatively. Survey results on the width, length, eaves height, and the number of spans etc. showed that glasshouses were bigger than plastic houses significantly. New concept greenhouses claim to be plastic houses, but it will be reasonable to follow the specifications of the glasshouse. Specifications to be applied to new concept greenhouses were proposed as follows; hot water heating systems, aluminum screens as the thermal curtain, evaporative cooling systems, roof vents on the ridge, circulation fans, $CO_2$ enrichment, hydroponic systems, and automatic irrigation control systems. Environmental measurement systems for the indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, light, wind speed and indoor $CO_2$ concentration have to be fully equipped. The automatic control system has to be as a complex environmental control system, not a single item control system. Also, for stable dissemination, domestically producing complete greenhouse control system should be made as soon as possible.

A Case Study on the Characteristics of Supply Chain Environmental Management in Korean Firms (우리나라 기업의 친환경공급사슬관리에 관한 연구)

  • Myung, Chang-Sig
    • Management & Information Systems Review
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.53-73
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    • 2010
  • SCEM is the concept of reducing environmental effect on the outside of purchasing and manufacturing process, delivery, and distribution process. An ultimate aim of SCEM are obtaining environmental stability and energy/materials operational efficiency. Although the importance of greening supply chain was highlighted, former researches were often based on case studies of specific industry and didn't provide clear definition of environmental supply chain management which includes fundamental notions for business practitioners. This study focuses on findings how the SCEM system practically run and what the characteristics of SCEM is in Korean firms through case studies. It is suggested that SCEM is more effective for environmental management rather than by making limited eco-innovation. Korean firms have considered that an international environmental regulation is more important than customers' needs for environmental goods for implementing SCEM.

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A Study on the Methods for Usage of Environmental Indexes in Management by Objectives (목표관리에서 환경지표의 활용방법에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Mann-Taek;Joo, Seung-Ho;Yoon, Kyung-Sup;Kwon, Chang-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.199-208
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    • 2011
  • Environment standards can be used as a foundation of environment administration (specific expression of political goals or quantitative evaluation standards of political effects). When environment adminstration improves severe air or water pollution rapidly, the environment standard can work effectively to show the goals specifically and clearly. The environment index which is designed to evaluate environment systems, should be established to express the environment system generally. To realize sustainable development, the sustainable indexes usually consisting of these three areas in that harmony of environment, economy and society are required. In this research, sustainable environmental indicators to understand the characteristics and to compare likes theme of environmental conditions in international and national level indicators, regional environmental management plan to promote the management by objectives are to provide the basic data. It is desirable for the environmental policies to work harmoniously with direct control, use of economic means and voluntary methods. Regarding the evaluation of environmental index, the action results of civilian's or individual's activities are needed to be reflected into the evaluation.