Denis Jelačić (Author), Andreja Pirc Barčić (Author), Leon Oblak (Author), Darko Motik (Author), Petra Grošelj (Author), Matej Jošt (Author)

Abstract

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are main generators of employment and economic development in European Union. In Croatia and Slovenia, SMEs in wood processing (C16) and furniture manufacturing (C31) also play an important role in social cohesion and development of rural areas. The aim of this research was to investigate the current situation in SMEs in wood processing and furniture manufacturing regarding driving parameters of business and production management system in the time of a disturbed market situation caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Two different questionnaires in an e-mail survey were used to collect data for this research from companies and from experts in the field of management, production and marketing. Various statistical tests were used using seven driving parameters on data collected from 212 SMEs. Also, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used on the data collected from 20 experts. Results showed that companies in the time of pandemic crisis and during the time of major disturbances in supply chain pay the most attention to their production program and quality of their products, and then to marketing activities and situation on the market. According to the results presented in this research, the management model can help SMEs managers, micro and small enterprises in particular, to improve their decision-making process, make the necessary innovations easier and faster, and maintain the sustainable business and production management system of their companies.

Keywords

model vodenja podjetij;lesarska podjetja;parametri vodenja;analitični hierarhični proces;production management model;enterprises;wood processing;furniture manufacturing;management parameters;analytic hierarchy process;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 674
COBISS: 65806595 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2071-1050
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: model vodenja podjetij;lesarska podjetja;parametri vodenja;analitični hierarhični proces;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: 15 str.
Volume: ǂiss. ǂ12
Issue: ǂarticle ǂ6220
Chronology: 2021
DOI: 10.3390/su13116220
ID: 12994072