Editorial Introduction

          This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until October 2019. 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.

          We reached the last edition of 2019, and I can say that this year 2019 was a year of overcoming and new partnerships. We had 5 regular editions and 3 special editions. That 2020 means overcoming new challenges and emerging stronger partnerships.

          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

1,085

272

251

59

35

29

65

111

1,907

Female

396

117

132

19

13

2

47

28

754

          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 November, 31 2019, the journal was accessed by approximately 196,733 users, of approximately 5,314 cities and 194 countries, in the Figure 2 is presented the map mundi, in which can be observed the countries of where was originating the access (GOOGLE, 2019).

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

190

5,220

57,157

44,400

187,729

2019

194

5,314

70,719

54,526

196,733

          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 Mach 31, 2019; these data are based on information provided by the Google analytics.

Figure 3: amount of hits between 2014 and 2019

          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 2019

          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 2019

          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 2019

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 2019

          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 2019

          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 2019

          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 2019

          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 10, ISSUE 6 (2193-2200)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.723

 

 

THE HUMAN BODY'S HYDRAULICS (1853-1881)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.932

 

APPLICATION TO RIGID MEMORY MECHANISMS OF A VARIABLE INTERNAL DYNAMIC DAMPING MODEL (1882-1907)

Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu, Relly Victoria Virgil Petrescu

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.905

 

HIERARCHIZATION OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC SECTOR (1908-1931)

Hamilton Pozo, Takeshy Tachizawa, Getulio Kazue Akabane

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.921

 

INSERTION OF SUSTAINABILITY CONCEPTS IN THE MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING (1932-1951)

Renan Stenico de Campos, Alexandre Tadeu Simon

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.939

 

SPREADSHEET-BASED SUPPLY CHAIN SIMULATION FOR TEACHING RISK POOLING COMBINED WITH FACILITY LOCATION (1952-1970)

Andrew Arthur Tiger, John Loucks, Connor Burns

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.960

 

OPTIMIZING PRODUCTIVITY BY ELIMINATING AND MANAGING REJECTION FREQUENCY USING 5S AND KAIZENS PRACTICES: CASE STUDY (1971-1993)

zahid hussain

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.943

 

DOCUMENTARY STUDY OF VALUE COCRIATION IN PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION: THE CASE IN A POST-GRADUATION PROGRAM (1994-2022)

Luis Carlos Alves da Silva, Maicon da Silva, Flávio Régio Brambilla

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.961

 

LEAN SIX SIGMA: IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INDUSTRIAL COST MANAGEMENT (2023-2045)

Rodrigo Subirá Conceição, Maria Carolina Pariz, Vander Luiz da Silva, Daiane Maria de Genaro Chiroli, Franciely Velozo Aragão DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.996

 

SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT -PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF SURVEY FOR CUSTOMERS (2046-2059)

Manuela Krystyna Ingaldi

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.945

 

CAN SHIP RECYCLING INCREASE THE BRAZILIAN SCRAP CAPACITY? (2060-2091)

Euler Sánchez, Newton Narciso Pereira

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.1004

 

FINTECH IN PAKISTAN: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF BANKS STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR AN INVESTMENT IN FIN-TECH COMPANY AND ITS CHALLENGES (2092-2101)

Sehrish Butt, Zeeshan Ahmad Khan

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.947

 

NIAS-MUKALLA WEB BASED SYSTEMS SUCCESS MEASUREMENT AND STUDENTS SATISFACTION EVALUATION BASED ON SECURITY FACTOR OF SYSTEMS QUALITY ENGINEERING THEORY (ISO 25010) AND OTHER FACTORS (2102-2123)

Ibrahim Eskandar Ibrahim Fadhel, Syed Zulkarnain Bin Syed Idrus, Mohd Syukri Yeoh Abdullah, Amani Ali Elmetwaly Ali Ibrahim, Mazni Omar

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.967

 

INNOVATION QUALITY: DISCUSSION AND A MODEL FOR MEASUREMENT (2124-2147)

Marcos de Oliveira Morais, Irapuan Glória Júnior, Antônio Sérgio Brejão, Pedro Luiz de Oliveira Costa Neto

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.1016

 

RCM DEPLOYMENT ANALYSIS IN FIBER WOOD PRODUCTION: IMPROVING THE PRODUCTIVITY AND INCREASING THE SYSTEM RELIABILITY (2148-2168)

Flávio Piechnicki, Cleiton Santos, Eduardo Loures, Eduardo Santos  

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.1009

                                                                            

DISCLOSURE OF STRATEGIC RESOURCES: IS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF COMPANIES OF STOCK EXCHANGE THE BRAZILIAN? (2169-2192)

Ruan Carlos dos Santos, Thais Helena Moreira Pinho

DOI: dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i6.1008

 

 

December 1, 2019

 

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor