CO-AUDITING AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSING AND SHAPING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGIES
Intensive activity in operationalizing long-term sustainable business strategies and the increasing technological and commercial affirmation of many of its tools have enabled the emergence of eco-auditing as a process for assessing the environmental performance of organizations, products, or services with the aim of improving the environmental aspe...
By Andrea Andrejević Panić, Slobodan Cvetanović, Aleksandar Kostić
HOW TO BUILD A GOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
In today’s competitive business environment, supply chain management (SCM) has become an indispensable part of action management, dealing with business improvement and exploring the operational actions that managers and staff need to do to drive better business performance and achieve excellence. The customers’ needs are ever-changing a...
By Huyen Thi Thu Nguyen
IMPACT OF TREHALOSE-BASED CRYOPROTECTANT ON IMMOBILIZATION AND RELEASE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM OBTAINED FOR WOUND DRESSING
Lactobacillus plantarum has been increasingly studied and applied in the context of wound healing and wound dressings, thanks to its antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and biofilm-disrupting properties. In some approaches, lyophilized (freeze-dried) L. plantarum is applied as a powder or mixed with a carrier to facilitate topical delivery. L. plant...
By Tanja Krunic, Andrea Osmokrovic
THE IMPACT OF HALAL CERTIFICATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS IN THE SERBIAN MEAT INDUSTRY
This paper explores the impact of Halal certification on environmental standards in the Serbian meat industry, with particular emphasis on sustainable resource use and the reduction of the environmental footprint in meat production. Although Halal certification is primarily a religious regulatory framework, it encompasses specific requirements rela...
By Suzana Knežević, Milena Milojević, Maja Došenović Marinković, Aleksandra Milošević
APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS: CASE STUDY OF THE COMPANY VENDOM
In today’s globalized and increasingly dynamic market, the importance of the procurement process, within the context of total cost management, is steadily growing. To ensure uninterrupted and continuous production operations in every modern enterprise, the procurement process should be regarded as one of the strategic functions. An efficient ...
By Sandra Đukanović, Danica Lečić-Cvetković
USE OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE WASTE FOR ENERGY PURPOSES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
In the Republic of Serbia, large quantities of animal waste are generated that are not managed adequately. A particular category of this waste is slaughterhouse waste, which has significant potential to be used for energy purposes. Most slaughterhouses and private farms are forced to independently resolve the issue of disposing of slaughterho...
By Suzana Knežević, Milena Milojević, Maja Došenović Marinković, Ljiljana Tanasić
ANALYSE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS FOR FORECASTING THE HERFINDAHL-HIRSCHMAN INDEX USING AN ADAPTIVE NEURO-FUZZY TECHNIQUE
There is a complex relationship between competition in the product market and investment in business. On one hand, the relationship may be positive, while on the other hand, it might be negative. Various methodologies have been proposed to assess market power for the purpose of developing steps to mitigate or eliminate it. Commonly utilised m...
By Srđan Stojičić, Miloš Milovančević, Mirjana Miljanović, Nikola Simonović
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MICROCREDIT SECTOR IN SELECTED COUNTRIES OF THE REGION
The development of a country’s finacial szstem is reflected in the diversity of financial institutions that make up it, and the structure of the financial system of selected countries is of a bankocentric type, characterized by traditional banking. The subject of this paper is a comparative analysis of the business of the microcredit se...
By Milica Lakić, Jelena Jovović, Ružica Đervida, Zoran Đuričić
INNOVATIVE USE OF 3D ANIMATION IN PATIENT EDUCATION ON MINIMAL INVASIVE CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Visualization in medicine represents one of the innovative ways of patient education where, through the use of 3D animations, surgical procedures are visually represented based on detailed data about anatomy, surgical protocols, and expert opinions in the field. In this study, the process of creating and implementing 3D animation in patient e...
By Milan Miščević, Aleksandra Bobić, Lazar Velicki, Ratko Obradović, Ivana Vasiljević
DEVELOPMENT OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE BASED BLENDS AS GREEN SOLUTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSE
The modern society is facing environmental concerns about the exploitation and use of petroleum-based polymers in terms of their degadation rate and subsequent solid waste issues. As traditional treatment technologies cannot response to the appropriate extent, scientific effort has been focused towards novel recycling technologies as well as ...
By Tamara Erceg, Sanja Rackov, Branka Pilić