In this context that the indirect costs represent a large portion of the total cost and the cost inductors relate only to production volume but not to other factors, the ABC method ables direct allocation of costs to products and services compared to traditional concepts of cost calculation....

Faced with rapid changes of conditions in management, economic, social and even political, the construction activity, like all other industries is in a time, when, by taking a proper strategic directions depends its future development. Only a realistic strategic approach, coherent and implicit...

Product audit is the method which aims at evaluating the efficiency of preventive and corrective actions implemented to improve a product-specific manufacturing process. Efficiency is measured by comparing the results obtained from testing the final product against product specification. Product...

In this paper we attempted to establish the contributions of brand elements to the brand equity. Building brand equity is realized and is based on a series of visible elements, easy to recognize and to remember by the public. A name, a symbol, a slogan are just a part of the visible elements of...

The article tries to apply a relatively new concept – power thinqing – to ethics management in order to offer better solutions for managers from all domains, but especially from public sector. Power Thinqing methodologies are a trade mark of Marilee Adams, founder of the Inquiry Institute....

This paper presents the connection between logistics and the enterprise’s yield. Logistics is a set of activities developed before and during production process, including the physical distribution’s activities of the finished products towards the consumers. The marketing’s target is to...

Tourism is an economic field for Romania, with a valuable development potential, unexploited yet enough and which can become a source of attraction both for foreign tourists, but this is made difficult by the strong competition from neighbor countries and the extent of issues connected to...

The concept involves an active or more likely passive RFID data tag that stores information on the product that can easily be retrieved by a reader system. Therefore entities in the supply can identify a pallet, a case and increasingly, as the prices of the tag drop even individual products. The...

Management is the primary factor for overall amplification of efficiency, effectiveness and competitiveness of the companies and economy. In this context, is significant to highlight promotion of strategic management, managerial reengineering, improving organizational and managerial culture,...

Most downsizing processes prove to be dysfunctional, resulting in high hidden costs. This article aims at identifying how a specific methodology of research action (socio-economic approach to management) can help to overcome those dysfunctions using consultation. It presents the qualitative...