ASPECTS OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPLIED IN ...

Annals of the University “Constantin Brâncuşi”of Tg-Jiu, No. 1/2008, Volume 2,
ISSN: 1842-4856
1. The degree of valorification of the raw material
ŋ vmp = VA/A, (1.1)
where VA represents the added value; A-the volume of activity.
2. Global efficiency E g , obtained with the relation:
E g = VA/PA, (1.2)
where PA is the medium number of contracted personell; wages costs can be used instead of PA
3. Extensive usage indicator I ue ,determined with the relation:
I ue = P/C, (1.3)
Where P represents production, and C – the capacity of production. This indicator can be also defined
by the ratio between the effective functioning time of the machine and the time it has been allocated.
4. The degree of renewal of equipment ŋ ie ,given by the relation:
ŋ ie = I/A, (1.4)
where I is the average annual investment. This investment can take up the form of physical, material
elements, but also immaterial results, such as CD activity, buying licenses and certificates, knowhows,
market studies, program products, office supplies, experts’ formation.
A certain technological process or product (or parts of it) can be also optimized by using „value
engineering” through maximizing the ratio. [13]:
v i /c p →max, (1.5)
where v i represents the use value of the technology or product, and c p , their costs.
1.2.Variation of technological potential of the PS
A technology appears when the scientific and technical knowledge allow for this to happen, it
develops to the extent that its product answers a social need, and disappears when a new, more efficient
technology emerges. The evolution of a technology, like that of a product, follows a trajectory that can
be mathematically described by a logistic function. The evolution curve is presented in picture 1.5.
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