• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.475-486
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• 2022

The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of material flow cost accounting (MFCA) in Vietnam's coal-fired thermal power plants. This study is based on the contingency and system theories to explain the application of management tools and analyze steps of input, output, and process in manufacturing. Costs in producing process-based MFCA include material cost, energy cost, system cost, and waste management cost. The exploratory case study methodology is used to describe and answer two questions, namely "How coal flow cost is recognized?" and "Why waste in material consumption can be harmful to the environment?". By analyzing the Quang Ninh and Pha Lai coal-fired thermal power plants that are the typical plants, this paper identifies the flow of primary material in these plants as a basis for determining losses for the business. The material flow of coal-fired thermal power plants provides the basis for the use of the MFCA. The manufacturing of electrical items in these plants is divided into four stages, each with its own set of losses. As a result, some phases in the application of MFCA are suggested, as well as some other elements required for MFCA application in coal-fired thermal power plants.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.88 no.3
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• pp.273-285
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• 2023

This study examines how the interaction between soil and a wind turbine's supporting system affects the optimal design. The supporting system resting on an elastic soil foundation consists of a steel conical tower and a concrete circular raft foundation, and it is subjected to wind loads. The material cost of the supporting system is aimed to be minimized employing various metaheuristic optimization algorithms including teaching-learning based optimization (TLBO). To include the influence of the soil in the optimization process, modified Vlasov and Gazetas elastic soil models are integrated into the optimization algorithms using the application programing interface (API) feature of the structural analysis program providing two-way data flow. As far as the optimal designs are considered, the best minimum cost design is achieved for the TLBO algorithm, and the modified Vlasov model makes the design economical compared with the simple Gazetas and infinitely rigid soil models. Especially, the optimum design dimensions of the raft foundation extremely reduce when the Vlasov realistic soil reactions are included in the optimum analysis. Additionally, as the designated design wind speed is decreased, the beneficial impact of soil interaction on the optimum material cost diminishes.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.147-152
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• 2012

Supply chain including transportation expend the 21% of domestic energy consumption. It is necessary to diminish the excess energy usage at entire supply chain. This paper deals with the application of MFCA(Material Flow Cost Accounting) for SCM to save energy consumption. We construct the material center corresponding to each logistics function in order to apply the MFCA for GCM(Green Chain Management). We also construct the MFCA framework which consists of MFCA Database Management, MFCA Visualization, GCM Data Integration, GCM Data Tracking, and MFCA Data Predict & Assignment. We expect to help determining the range of logistics function to apply the MFCA for GCM.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.181-188
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• 2012

본 연구는 Supply Chain Process 측면에서 MFCA를 활용할 수 있는 방안으로 현장의 7대 낭비 요소를 물류 기능에 접목하여 MFCA를 도입할 수 있는 요소들을 알아보고 다양한 연구 사례를 들어 도입 가능성을 검토하였다. 7대 현장 낭비인 과잉 생산, 대기, 운반, 가공, 재고, 동작, 불량의 낭비에 물류 기능으로 정의된 저장, 하역, 운송, 포장, 정보, 유통가공 등의 측면을 대상으로 각 기능에 적용가능한 요소들을 재정립하고, GCM(Green Chain Management) 측면에서 여러 사례들을 조사하여 물류 분야에서 $CO_2$를 저감할 수 있는 방안들을 사례로 제시하였다. 이를 통해 낭비에 대한 층별화, 가시화, 효율화 접근이 가능하며 실질적 성과를 창출하여 제조원가의 경쟁력을 확보할 수 있으며, 공해 및 폐기물 저감을 통한 환경 보전에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.