Agricultural Economics, 2005 (vol. 51), issue 9

Decision making with support of artificial intelligence

I. Rábová, V. Konečný, A. Matiášová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):385-388 | DOI: 10.17221/5124-AGRICECON  

Development of software modules for decision support is currently a basic trend in the creation of enterprise Information Systems (IS). The IS is basically a support system of the enterprise Decision System, therefore we can regard it as a very important factor of the competition ability and enterprise prosperity. Conventional IS modules provide the enterprise managers a lot of useful information. Nevertheless, own decision process in view of difficulty, complexity or creation disability of decision process model is very often problematic. This contribution is oriented by its content to appropriate choice realization of modules for support decision...

Consumer choice process when purchasing the staple food

J. Stávková, J. Turčínková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):389-394 | DOI: 10.17221/5125-AGRICECON  

After 1989, there were significant changes in food consumption, both in volumes and structure. These changes happened due to various factors. The most important factors with influence on demand and food consumption were: development of income levels of Czech inhabitants, development of consumer prices of food and non-food products and services, offer and availability of products on the market, advertising and promotion, health education, joining the EU. Besides the above mentioned factors, an impact on consumption also have such factors as quality development, extent of self-provision with food products, or the degree to which the needs are satisfied....

Analysis of changes in meat and meat products consumption in the Czech Republic in the past ten years

L. Kubíčková, V. Šerhantová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):395-401 | DOI: 10.17221/5126-AGRICECON  

In the past ten years, meat and meat products consumption has changed dramatically. It has been caused by price and non-price factors. This article gives a brief recapitulation of the development of the consumption of meat and meat products and identifies the key factors which, in the past ten years, have had a major impact on this development. This article presents results of the secondary data analysis and the results of an inquiry into meat and meat products consumer behaviour carried out in the late 2004.

Factors of wine demand in the Czech Republic and in the neighbouring wine-growing countries

R. Kučerová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):403-410 | DOI: 10.17221/5127-AGRICECON  

The paper is focused on the analysis of the wine demand and chosen factors which influence the wine demand in the Czech Republic, in Slovakia, in Austria, and in Germany. In the Czech Republic, the wine consumption per inhabitant went up slightly in 1994-2003, the wine demand has a rising trend. The wine demand has the rising trend in Germany as well. In Slovakia, the year wine consumption per inhabitant decreased by 14.9% from 1994 to 2003; in Austria by 7.7%. There is a downward trend of development in these countries. The influence of the analyzed factors on the development of the wine demand is different in the particular countries. The dependence...

Categorization of work equipment used in the meat industry

R. Presová, O. Tvrdoň

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):411-418 | DOI: 10.17221/5128-AGRICECON  

This paper deals with the meat industry in the Czech Republic, the equipment which is used for meat cutting and processing for sale and for production of smoked goods. It determines individual categories of this equipment according to the use and describes materials used for manufacturing of clothing of butchers and also the complementary tools improving labour safety during technology operations. Next it presents materials used for making metal tools and describes the situation in the market of butcher´s equipment in the Czech Republic.

The process of vertical coordination and its consequences within the beer commodity chain

E. Veselská

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):419-426 | DOI: 10.17221/5129-AGRICECON  

The paper aims to identify the potential benefits from vertical coordination within the selected commodity chain. The problem is applied to the beer commodity chain because of its high importance in the Czech agribusiness and foreign trade. On the basis of the vertical analysis of the chosen commodity chain, a mathematic model of consumer price simulation is created and the existence of vertical coordination is verified in the analysed commodity chain. This model assumes that input price increases are transmitted to consumers. The retail prices of beer are simulated by holding technology and input-output relationships constant, while production as...

Using RFID in supply chain and retail store unit

M. Záboj

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2005, 51(9):427-434 | DOI: 10.17221/5130-AGRICECON  

The paper deals with the very actual sphere of using new tool within the frame of entire supply chain from manufacturer towards consumer. The common idea is a management of the flow of goods by the method which should be enable more effective identification, control, tracking and many follow-ups processes in the distribution channel. Even in retail store, the final consumer could use this instrument for his/her increased satisfactory and comfort during his/her shopping. Presumption for realisation of this goal becomes the implementation of a new phenomenon RFID (radio frequency identification) into current operations performed throughout the all levels...