Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until August 2017. Observe the works are the fruit of research and publications of undergraduate, postgraduate and entrepreneurs.

            It is important to mention that all the works are showed without any kind of payment. All of them are published free from payments or taxes.

            The publication also counts on the work of researchers from various parts of the world, which have undergone a process of peer review.

            As chief editor of IJM&P, I am indebted to all members of the editorial board and reviewers, which contributed to achieve a very decent job during the evaluation and revision. Moreover, that they have contributed to the Journal in recognition of the international scientific community.

            In addition, with all the authors, who trusted the results of their research and publications to the scrutiny of editors and reviewers who are part of our Journal.

            On July 20, 2018, the journal was notified via E-mail of its indexing and abstracted in: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science - Thompson Reuters. With the availability of journal data on August 20, 2018.

            The Table 1 presents how our collaborators, by their categories of study and sex are.

Table 1: Distribution of users by degree

 

Dr.

Ph.D.

MSc.

Dr./Ph.D. Student

MSc. Student

Specia-

list

Profes-sors

Stu-dents

Others

Total

Male

985

241

239

60

33

22

52

96

1,728

Female

358

113

121

18

13

3

42

23

691

            From the data provided in Table 1 on the distribution users by titration, Figure 1 shows the percentage of each titration.

Figure 1: Distribution chart for degree

            In the period from January, 01 to August, 31 2018, the journal was accessed by approximately 101,116 users, of approximately 3,854 cities and 183 countries, in the Figure 2 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access (GOOGLE, 2018).

Figure 2: Countries that have accessed the journal

            The Table 2 shows the preview data and journal access, since its creation in 2010.

Table 2: views by volume/number

Year

Country

Cities

Access

Users

Viewers

2010

25

75

340

181

5,474

2011

75

343

1,510

1,024

12,942

2012

83

444

2,187

1,406

15,499

2013

118

1,208

11,946

6,006

71,264

2014

146

1,978

17,440

10,503

68,340

2015

147

2,307

23,017

14,460

96,735

2016

162

2,911

26,654

17,847

112,928

2017

184

4,078

37,171

27,129

109,535

2018

183

3,854

33,089

25,873

101,116

 

            In Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 is shown a graph of the amount of hits that the journal received between January 1, 2014 and August 31, 2018; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2018

            The Figure 4 shows the comparison of the number of cities, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 4: Amount of cities between 2014 and 2018

            The Figure 5 shows the averages of views on the journal in the period between the years of 2014 and 2016.

Figure 5: Amount of average between 2014 and 2018

            The Figure 6 shows the comparison of the number of countries, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 6: Amount of countries between 2014 and 2018

            The Figure 7 shows the comparison of the number of users, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 7: Amount of users between 2014 and 2018

            The Figure 8 shows the comparison of the number of viewers, around the world, that have accessed the journal.

Figure 8: Amount of Viewers between 2013 and 2018

            Figure 9 shows the overall evolution accumulated in the 12 months, as well as the visualizations between the years of 2013 and 2018 and that can be compared with Figure 8.

Figure 9: Global evolution of views between 2013 and 2018

            Figure 10 shows the evolutionary chart of resolutions address the articles registered in Crossref since 2014, which is based on monthly report. This graph can be seen the evolution of the journal has achieved.

Figure 10: Resolution Report for prefix 10.14807 from between 2014 and 2018

            In Figure 11, the graph that presents the profile of the users that access our journal is presented, which are classified by age and sex. According to the Google analysis tool, the age groups that most access is between 25 and 34 years.

Figure 11: Profile of the users that access the journal, classified by age and sex.

            We appreciate the intense participation of all colleagues, which has made our journal become a place of wide dissemination of knowledge.

            The following content will be presented with the titles, authors and the pages of all of the articles published in this edition issue.

EDITORIAL VOLUME 9, ISSUE 3 (1060-1067)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.517

 

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS: PERCEPTUAL MAP CONSTRUCTION USING PSYCHOMETRIC PARADIGM AND MULTIVARIATE METHODS (750766)

Moacyr Machado Cardoso Junior

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.712

THE IMPLEMENTATION AND USE OF THE "5S" AND KAIZEN PROGRAM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SEWING OFFICES OF A MIDDLE FAMILY COMPANY (767-784)

Wagner Cardoso, Edson Bassi, Jéssica Fernanda Bertosse, Rafael Mestre Saes, Jorge Alberto Achcar

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.726

 

CONCEPTS OF GREEN PORT OPERATIONS – ONE KIND OF SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD TO THE PORT OF SANTOS - BRAZIL (785-809)

Delmo Alves de Moura, Davi Goulart de Andrade

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.733

 

APPLICATION OF SIX SIGMA USING DEFINE MEASURE ANALYZE IMPROVE CONTROL (DMAIC) METHODOLOGY IN GARMENT SECTOR (810-826)

Abdur Rahman, Salaha Uddin Chowdhury Shaju, Sharan Kumar Sarkar, Mohammad Zahed Hashem, S. M. Kamrul Hasan, Umainul Islam

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.732

 

ANALYSIS ON IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SITE (827-839)

P. Muralidhar

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.686

 

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: "PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD) FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES OF HUMAN PLASMA DERIVED PRODUCTS” (840-868)

Sergio Alejandro Oviedo Albarracin

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.751

 

CORPORATE CULTURE: A KEY TO SIMULATE INNOVATION (869-888)

Leandro Adolfo Viltard, Mario N. Acebo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.735

 

THE MARKETING STRATEGY OF FIRMS: AN INSIDE OUT PERSPECTIVE (889-906)

Aschalew Degoma Durie, Getie Andualem

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.757

 

USING SELF-SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES IN HOSPITALITY SETTING (907-932)

Telma Aline Torrichelli, Hamilton Pozo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.785

 

THE CONCEPT OF THE INDUSTRY 4.0 IN A GERMAN MULTINATIONAL INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL COMPANY: A CASE STUDY OF A SUBSIDIARY IN BRAZIL (933-957)

Renato Mana, Francisco I. Giocondo César, Ieda Kanashiro Makiya, Waini Volpe

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.665

 

THE EFFECT OF WOMEN DIRECTOR ON BANKS PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN (958-983)

Seema Chandani, Mashal Mabood, Waqas Mahmood

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.737

 

APPLICATION OF THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR IN SHRIMP CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (984-1001)

Anindila Fitria Ghifarini, Ujang Sumarwan, Mukhamad Najib

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.705

 

THE CONTRIBUTION OF GREEN LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING FOR GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (1002-1026)

Cassia Regina Bianchini Teixeira, Andre Luis Assumpção, Andre Luiz Correa, Antonio Francisco Savi, Glaucia Aparecida Prates

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.789

 

STUDY OF FRUIT PULP CHAIN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) (1027-1043)

Jéssica dos Santos Leite Gonella, Eduardo Guilherme Satolo, Ana Elisa Bressan Smith Lourenzani, Renato Luis Garrido Monaro, Sergio Silva Braga Júnior

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.778

 

CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE (CSV) AND INNOVATION PROCESS UNDER STAKEHOLDER THEORY (1044-1059)

Iara Tonissi Moroni Cutovoi

DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v9i3.405

 

September 1, 2018

 

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor