Editorial Introduction

            This issue of the Independent Journal of Management & production (IJM&P) features a selection of articles submitted and revised until December 2018. 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

1,024

252

239

59

34

22

53

99

1,782

Female

373

114

122

18

13

3

42

23

708

            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 December, 31 2018, the journal was accessed by approximately 187,729 users, of approximately 5,220 cities and 1903 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

132

1,192

4,599

3,643

16,716

            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 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

            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.

            Figure 12 shows the graph of daily views averages during the 12 months between 2014 and 2019, which allows to observe the constant growth of the Journal.

Figure 12: Average day views.

            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 1 (325-333)

Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.804

 

ON PROCESS MANAGEMENT (PM) THE APPLICABILITY OF MICHAEL HAMMER’S THEORY IN ARGENTINA (001-021)

Hernán Bello, Leandro Adolfo Viltard

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.820

 

ISO 14001 AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE (022-040)

Cicera Maria Gomes dos Santos, Alexandre de Oliveira e Aguiar

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.825

 

PERT USING FUZZY VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION RANDOMLY SELECTED (041-055)

Rene A. Santa Cruz Rodriguez

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.844

 

MANAGERS' OVERCONFIDENCE, RISK PREFERENCE, HERD BEHAVIOR AND NON-EFFICIENT INVESTMENT (056-075)

Huang Yi, Yang Xiugang

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.845

 

APPLICATION OF A PROPOSED TLS MODEL IN A LEAN PRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (076-100)

Rui Manuel Ferreira Dias, Luis Diogo Silva, Alexandra Tenera

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.830

GENERATION Y’S COMPLAINT BEHAVIOR TOWARD ONLINE SHOPPING (101-116)

Megawati Simanjuntak

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.839

 

TO BE OR TO CONSUME? THAT IS THE QUESTION: SEMIOTICS ANALYSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS OF LARGEST RETAIL SUPERMARKETS IN BRAZIL (117-132)

Isabella Gil Barbosa da Silva, Eduardo de Paula e Silva Chaves

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.753

 

ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SECTOR FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE IN NIGERIA: THE AIRPORTS PERSPECTIVE (133-157)

Ikechukwu A. Diugwu, Obioma R. Nwaogbe, Victor Omoke, Solomon T. Johnson, Ashem E. Egila

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.828

 

STUDY OF EVENT-DRIVEN AND PERIODIC RESCHEDULING ON A SINGLE MACHINE WITH UNEXPECTED DISRUPTIONS (158-185)

Moaz Magdy Tawfeek, Yomna Mahmoud Sadek, Amin Mohamed Kamel El-kharbotly

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.838

 

HUMAN VALUES, TEAMWORK DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON THE SHOP FLOOR: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (186-215)

Fábio Darella Bastos, José Vicente Cordeiro, Everton Drohomeretski

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.795

 

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN ZAROL VILLAGE AS PER THE INDIAN PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS (216-233)

Anupam Mitra, Shivangi Shukla

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.817

 

PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF RELATIONSHIP COMMUNICATION ON INSURANCE SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION (234-258)

Andem Ita Effiong

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.829

 

FANUC CNC MACHINE DAMAGE ANALYSIS USING THE PDCA CYCLE AND KAIZEN IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT IN INCREASING SKILL UP OPERATOR PERFORMANCE IN PT YPMI (259-280)

Muhammad Ihsan, Rofiatul Hasanah, Humiras Hardi Purba

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.590

 

WORK SAFETY MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO A LAB USED BY A JUNIOR COMPANY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (281-300)

Daiane Maria de Genaro Chiroli, Ana Carolina Baú, Fernanda Deschamps, Emy Sakakibara, Letícia Coutinho Christóforo

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.787

 

ANALYSIS OF INTENTION TO USE TRANSJAKARTA BUS (301-324)

Naufal Arief Rahadianto, Syamsul Maarif, Lilik Noor Yuliati

DOI: http:// dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v10i1.748

 

February 1, 2019

 

 

Prof. Dr. Paulo Cesar Chagas Rodrigues

Chief Editor