Optimisation Model of Production Processes as an Example of the Cosmetics Sector

Abstract

In 2020, Europe reached 76.7 billion people. EUR of cosmetics sales in the retail market and according to this indicator is the largest market for cosmetic products in the world. 500 million European consumers use cosmetics and personal care products every day to protect their health and improve their well-being. With the high demand for cosmetic products, companies must ensure that products are produced at the right time and in the right quantities. However, in cosmetic manufacturing processes, inevitable losses occur in the supply chain and various losses in production that slow the shipments of cosmetic products. Continuous improvement of production processes, cost reduction measures, and quality assurance are necessary measures to obtain maximum profit and remain competitive. The object of the study is to improve production processes in the cosmetics sector. The purpose of the article is to identify the main problems of production processes in the cosmetics sector and to create a model for improving production processes. To achieve the goal, the following tasks are set: perform an analysis of scientific literature related to the improvement of the production process of the cosmetics sector; to choose appropriate research methods that will help identify the problems of improving production processes in the cosmetics sector; to present a model for improving cosmetic product manufacturing processes in cosmetic manufacturing companies. Research methods: analysis of scientific literature, observation method, expert assessment.

Analysis of Conceptual Definitions of Agribusiness Using the Conceptual Bibliographic Method

“…The study by Nery et al (2022) sees agribusiness as a process. The term process can be understood both from an internal point of view as the production process that transforms inputs into products (Pahl et al, 2023;Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė et al, 2023;Oktavia et al, 2020) and external, in the sense of how a society or part of it produces its subsistence, equivalent to a production system, which involves the production processes of several companies that operate in the same geographic space and converge their efforts to develop a particular sector of economic activity, as can be seen from the studies by Ramirez (2023) and Schumacher et al (2020). Brazilian agribusiness as an external production process began to configure a set of activities linked to the entire productive chain of agriculture, livestock, and extractives from the mid-1960s onwards and has been intensifying in such a way that, currently, it is considered one of the most important in the world.…”