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Matej Jošt
Department of Wood Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Journal article
Published: 31 May 2021 in Sustainability
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are main generators of employment and economic development in European Union. In Croatia and Slovenia, SMEs in wood processing (C16) and furniture manufacturing (C31) also play an important role in social cohesion and development of rural areas. The aim of this research was to investigate the current situation in SMEs in wood processing and furniture manufacturing regarding driving parameters of business and production management system in the time of a disturbed market situation caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Two different questionnaires in an e-mail survey were used to collect data for this research from companies and from experts in the field of management, production and marketing. Various statistical tests were used using seven driving parameters on data collected from 212 SMEs. Also, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used on the data collected from 20 experts. Results showed that companies in the time of pandemic crisis and during the time of major disturbances in supply chain pay the most attention to their production program and quality of their products, and then to marketing activities and situation on the market. According to the results presented in this research, the management model can help SMEs managers, micro and small enterprises in particular, to improve their decision-making process, make the necessary innovations easier and faster, and maintain the sustainable business and production management system of their companies.

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Denis Jelačić; Andreja Pirc Barčić; Leon Oblak; Darko Motik; Petra Grošelj; Matej Jošt. Sustainable Production Management Model for Small and Medium Enterprises in Some South-Central EU Countries. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6220 .

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Denis Jelačić, Andreja Pirc Barčić, Leon Oblak, Darko Motik, Petra Grošelj, Matej Jošt. Sustainable Production Management Model for Small and Medium Enterprises in Some South-Central EU Countries. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6220.

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Denis Jelačić; Andreja Pirc Barčić; Leon Oblak; Darko Motik; Petra Grošelj; Matej Jošt. 2021. "Sustainable Production Management Model for Small and Medium Enterprises in Some South-Central EU Countries." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6220.

Journal article
Published: 29 May 2021 in Forests
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Recently, partly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are increasingly shifting their activities to the Internet environment, thus accelerating the growth of online shopping. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive model for the evaluation of websites of wood companies, as a review of the literature shows that such a model does not yet exist. In developing the model, we used an innovative approach and combined the analytic hierarchy process with R-TOPSIS (technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution), which is a novelty in this field. For the final website assessment, the Website Quality Index (WQI) was developed. The main difference to other indexes is that our model has a comprehensive content background (36 criteria and sub-criteria) and a strong mathematical basis, so that it can be used to independently evaluate a single website or to evaluate a larger group of websites from the same industry. We have tested the model on 60 websites of Slovenian wood industry companies with at least ten employees. The results show the low to moderate average quality of the websites, with an average WQI of all evaluated websites of 0.450, indicating only an acceptable website. It has proven to be easy to use, and the results show the reliability of the website rating. Additionally, the designed model is an important tool for industry website developers and the basis for future studies in this field. However, it can also be applied to other areas related to wood and wood products, where the performance of objects should be evaluated with respect to multiple criteria.

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Jože Kropivšek; Petra Grošelj; Leon Oblak; Matej Jošt. A Comprehensive Evaluation Model for Wood Companies Websites Based on the AHP/R-TOPSIS Method. Forests 2021, 12, 706 .

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Jože Kropivšek, Petra Grošelj, Leon Oblak, Matej Jošt. A Comprehensive Evaluation Model for Wood Companies Websites Based on the AHP/R-TOPSIS Method. Forests. 2021; 12 (6):706.

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Jože Kropivšek; Petra Grošelj; Leon Oblak; Matej Jošt. 2021. "A Comprehensive Evaluation Model for Wood Companies Websites Based on the AHP/R-TOPSIS Method." Forests 12, no. 6: 706.

Journal article
Published: 10 June 2020 in Drvna industrija
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In the last decade, the Slovenian furniture industry market has experienced a number of changes, especially with the arrival of new retailers on the market. The situation is such that furniture manufacturers and retailers are still trying to determine the best ways to adjust to new customer demands. A well known thing is that customer satisfaction is the key component for the success of the business. In order for companies to be more successful, it is important to get better insight into customers’ needs and wants. In line with this, the purpose of this study, which compare the surveys conducted in 2010 and 2019, was to observe and analyse changes in the preferences of customers for furniture: materials, attributes, and styles when deciding on new furniture in Slovenia. The results of this research showed that customers’ preferences for furniture materials have changed in the last decade. Similarly, the factors that influence their purchase decisions when buying interior and exterior furniture have changed as well. It was found that wood was widely preferred as a furniture material among the respondents in both years studied.

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Matej Jošt; Leon Oblak; Ivana Perić; Andreja Pirc Barčić; Martina Nosáľová; Vladislav Kaputa. Changes in Customer Preferences for Furniture in Slovenia. Drvna industrija 2020, 71, 149 -156.

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Matej Jošt, Leon Oblak, Ivana Perić, Andreja Pirc Barčić, Martina Nosáľová, Vladislav Kaputa. Changes in Customer Preferences for Furniture in Slovenia. Drvna industrija. 2020; 71 (2):149-156.

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Matej Jošt; Leon Oblak; Ivana Perić; Andreja Pirc Barčić; Martina Nosáľová; Vladislav Kaputa. 2020. "Changes in Customer Preferences for Furniture in Slovenia." Drvna industrija 71, no. 2: 149-156.

Journal article
Published: 27 September 2019 in Drvna industrija
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The wood industry, as a traditional sector, represents a very important part of the economy in terms of ensuring a sustainable development of society and transition to a low-carbon society in both countries studied, Slovenia and Croatia. For its further development, it is crucial to know the current position of the industry. The best way to achieve this is an analysis of financial data and international comparative evaluation of its operational efficiency. The aim of the research is to compare the relative efficiency of the wood industry using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist Productivity Index (MI), focusing on the Slovenian and Croatian wood industry sectors (C16 and C31) for a recent five-year period (from 2013-2017). With this purpose, the combined measure DEA/MI was applied. The analysis includes only the highest rated companies with more than fi ve employees, divided into 12 clusters regarding the company size. As a result, it was established that clusters CRO-C31- micro, CRO-C16-micro and SI-C16-larger have the highest operational efficiency, due to the effects of different financial indicators, especially activity and liquidity ratios. In general, within the grouped clusters regarding country and subsector, groups SI-C16 and CRO-C31 achieve the highest values for the average of weighted score of efficiency, while CRO-C16 achieves the lowest values.

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Jože Kropvšek; Matej Jost; Petra Grošelj; Darko Motik; Andreja Pirc Barčić; Ivana Perić. A comparative evaluation of operational efficiency of wood industry using data envelopment analysis and Malmquist productivity index. Drvna industrija 2019, 70, 287 -298.

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Jože Kropvšek, Matej Jost, Petra Grošelj, Darko Motik, Andreja Pirc Barčić, Ivana Perić. A comparative evaluation of operational efficiency of wood industry using data envelopment analysis and Malmquist productivity index. Drvna industrija. 2019; 70 (3):287-298.

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Jože Kropvšek; Matej Jost; Petra Grošelj; Darko Motik; Andreja Pirc Barčić; Ivana Perić. 2019. "A comparative evaluation of operational efficiency of wood industry using data envelopment analysis and Malmquist productivity index." Drvna industrija 70, no. 3: 287-298.

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Published: 09 November 2017 in European Journal of Wood and Wood Products
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The significance of wood and paper products originating from certified sustainable sources has been increasing worldwide during the last two decades paralleling overall interest and concern for global sustainability issues. Forest certification is a voluntary verification tool that has been gaining importance not only as an independent verification tool in the wood processing industry but also as an influencer in private and public purchasing policies and as a component of emerging wood harvesting and trade legality schemes. There are two main types of certification, forest certification for forest management and chain-of-custody (CoC) certification which tracks certified wood through the manufacturing supply chain. This study focuses on the chain-of-custody component. A multinational survey of CoC certificate holders in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia was conducted to identify the general understanding of certification concepts as environmental, economic and social tools, to determine incentives for CoC certification implementation by companies, and to identify difficulties in existing certified wood product supply chains. Results indicate that respondents demonstrated a high level of understanding of the chain of custody certification concept. Respondents also link forest certification mainly to the issues of legality, tracing the origin source of supply and prevention from illegal logging. The main expected benefits are linked to the improvement of external company image followed by business performance factors such as penetrating new markets, increase of sales volume, expanded market share and the increase of profit margin. The key problems connected to certified supply chains relate to the overpricing of certified material inputs, while respondents reported none or minimum price premiums for their certified products over non-certified alternatives.

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Hubert Paluš; Jan Parobek; Richard P. Vlosky; Darko Motik; Leon Oblak; Matej Jost; Branko Glavonjic; Roman Dudík; Leszek Wanat. The status of chain-of-custody certification in the countries of Central and South Europe. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 2017, 76, 699 -710.

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Hubert Paluš, Jan Parobek, Richard P. Vlosky, Darko Motik, Leon Oblak, Matej Jost, Branko Glavonjic, Roman Dudík, Leszek Wanat. The status of chain-of-custody certification in the countries of Central and South Europe. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. 2017; 76 (2):699-710.

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Hubert Paluš; Jan Parobek; Richard P. Vlosky; Darko Motik; Leon Oblak; Matej Jost; Branko Glavonjic; Roman Dudík; Leszek Wanat. 2017. "The status of chain-of-custody certification in the countries of Central and South Europe." European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 76, no. 2: 699-710.

Journal article
Published: 06 June 2016 in Les/Wood
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Če želi lesno podjetje uspešno razvijati in tržiti svoje izdelke, mora pred tem dobro raziskati svoj ciljni trg, posebej še, če gre za izdelke iz specifične vrste lesa - v našem primeru iz bukovine. Oblikovali smo tri modele: model za oceno možnosti razvoja izdelkov, model za oceno možnosti trženja izdelkov in model za oceno njihovega tržnega potenciala. Slednjega smo s pomočjo analitičnega hierarhičnega procesa tudi uporabili v raziskavi in na ta način prišli do zanimivih rezultatov. Strokovnjaki, ki so sodelovali v raziskavi, izvedeni z AHP metodo, ocenjujejo, da je kakovost najpomembnejši kriterij pri odločanju o nakupu izdelkov iz bukovine, drugi najpomembnejši kriterij je cena, tretji pa ideja. Promocijski splet in dodatne storitve po mnenju v raziskavo vključenih strokovnjakov le v manjši meri vplivajo na odločitev kupcev o nakupu izdelkov iz bukovine. Vsi trije predstavljeni modeli so lahko dober pripomoček podjetjem, ko se odločajo za razvoj novih izdelkov in njihovo trženje. If a company in the wood industry wants to develop and market its products successfully, it has to explore its target market well, especially for products from a specific type of wood - in our case, from beechwood. We designed three models: a model for the assessment of the product development potential, a model for the assessment of marketing of product opportunities, and a model for the assessment of product market potential. The latter was used in the study within the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and gave interesting results. Experts who participated in the survey conducted by the AHP method have estimated that the most important criterion while deciding to purchase beechwood products is quality, the second most important criterion is the price, and the third one is the idea. According to the survey, promotional mix and additional services have a minor impact on customer decisions about buying beechwood products. All three presented models can be a good tool that companies can usefully apply when deciding on developing and marketing a new product.

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Leon Oblak; Matej Jost; Jože Kropivšek. Ocena možnosti razvoja in trženja proizvodov iz bukovine. Les/Wood 2016, 66, 73 -83.

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Leon Oblak, Matej Jost, Jože Kropivšek. Ocena možnosti razvoja in trženja proizvodov iz bukovine. Les/Wood. 2016; 66 (1):73-83.

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Leon Oblak; Matej Jost; Jože Kropivšek. 2016. "Ocena možnosti razvoja in trženja proizvodov iz bukovine." Les/Wood 66, no. 1: 73-83.

Journal article
Published: 20 September 2008 in Wood Science and Technology
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The development of the shear strength of the phenol–formaldehyde (PF) adhesive bond during curing was investigated. Five different PF adhesive mixtures and 1.1 mm thick peeled beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) veneer were used to produce lap-shear specimens, which were cured at a pressing temperature of 160°C. Dielectric analysis (DEA) and modified ABES (automated bonding evaluation system) were used to evaluate the physical–chemical and mechanical aspects of PF adhesive cure in a miniature hot-press. The degree of cure, which was calculated from conductivity data, was dependent on pressing time and the composition of the PF adhesive. An addition of rye flour to the PF adhesive significantly postponed the curing process as determined by DEA. It was found that the adhesive bond started to develop in the last stage of the curing (vitrification), by which time most of the physical–chemical conversion of the adhesive had been completed.

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Matej Jost; Milan Sernek. Shear strength development of the phenol–formaldehyde adhesive bond during cure. Wood Science and Technology 2008, 43, 153 -166.

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Matej Jost, Milan Sernek. Shear strength development of the phenol–formaldehyde adhesive bond during cure. Wood Science and Technology. 2008; 43 (1-2):153-166.

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Matej Jost; Milan Sernek. 2008. "Shear strength development of the phenol–formaldehyde adhesive bond during cure." Wood Science and Technology 43, no. 1-2: 153-166.