Naslov
Teamwork in thinning stands of the Požega mountains with special reference to tractor sikdding.

Autori
Zečić, Željko

Izvornik
Glasnik za šumske pokuse (0352-3861) 36 (1999), 36; 13-101

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, znanstveni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
teamwork; cutting and processing; skidding; timber inspection; standard time; daily output; costs.

Sažetak
This study presents the findings of an investigation on teamwork, which was defined as a group of people working on the same production task at the same time and in the same place. Work and time study served to establish the productivity of a group and to determine standard time and efficiency. The study also includes an investigation of the costs for every individual worker and for the entire group of workers in three different models applied on two work sites. These investigations were carried out in the mountainous region of the Forestry Management of Požega, in the forestry offices of Kutjevo and Pleternica. The standard time of the Torpedo tractor ranges from 23.94 min/m3 to 41.81 min/m3 and that of the Ecotrac from 25.35 min/m3 to 59.07 min/m3. The daily performance of the Torpedo tractor ranges from 20.05 m3/day to 11.48 m3/day at distances of 50 m to 600 m and from 11.48 m3/day to 8.43 m3/day at distances of 50 m to 450 m. The performance of the Ecotrac ranges from 18.93 m3/day to 11.71 m3/day and from 14.60 to 8.13 m3/day at distances of 50 m to 550 m. At the Kutjevo work site, the total cost of the first pair (model 3 - cutters and tractors) amounted to 97.75 kn/m3 and that of the second pair 103.28 kn/m3. Compared to model 1, these costs were lower by 39.7% and 42.1% respectively and compared to model 2 by 23.4% and 29.7% respectively. The total costs incurred in model 1 at the Pleternica work site amounted to 163.35 kn/m3 for the Torpedo tractor and to 226.43 kn/m3, or 27.9% more, for the Ecotrac. The costs related to the Ecotrac were 28.1% higher in model 2 and 30.2% higher in model 3 compared to the costs related to the Torpedo. Teamwork has been partially accepted as a practice in Croatian forestry and has helped to improve productivity. However, the results of the study point to an imperfect organisation of teams and to a need for them to be optimised.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biotehnologija

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