Biography

Dr. Ilija Djekic holds a position of Associate Professor at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia. He has completed his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from same University. Previously he was appointed as Managing Director at Scientific Consulting Services, Regional Manager for Eastern Europe at American Assessment Services - Europe (AAS Europe), Duke Dinica, and Teaching Assistant at University of Novi Sad. He lead 7 national research projects and completed 2 research projects as Team Leader. He is member of Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor accredited to RABQSA International, LRQA (Lloyds Register Quality Assurance) certified Lead Auditor for Quality Management Systems, Environmental Management Systems and HACCP/ Food Safety Management Systems, member of the Serbian Technical Committee 207 for Environmental Management with the scope of standardization in the field of environmental management tools and systems, Environmental Management System Lead Auditor accredited to RABQSA International, and Food Safety Management System Lead Auditor accredited to RABQSA International. He has published 31 research articles in journals, 5 books as well as 29 national and international conference proceedings contributed as author/co-author. He is also serving as reviewer for journals.

Area of Interest:

Food Science and Technology

100%

Food Industry Performance

62%

Food Quality

90%

Environmental Science

75%

Applied Research

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Smigic, N., A. Rajkovic, I. Djekic and N. Tomic, 2015. Legislation, standards and diagnostics as a backbone of food safety assurance in Serbia. Br. Food J., 117: 94-108.
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Djekic, I., V. Zaric and J. Tomic, 2014. Quality costs in a fruit processing company: A case study of a Serbian company. Qual. Assurance Saf. Crops Foods, 6: 95-103.
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Djekic, I., N. Tomic, N. Smigic, I. Tomasevic, R. Radovanovic and A. Rajkovic, 2014. Quality management effects in certified Serbian companies producing food of animal origin. Total Qual. Manage. Bus. Excellence, 25: 383-396.
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Djekic, I., N. Smigic, N. Tomic and A. Rajkovic, 2014. Statistical process control in Serbian food packaging. Int. J. Qual. Res., 8: 323-334.
Djekic, I., N. Smigic, E.P. Kalogianni, A. Rocha, L. Zamioudi and R. Pacheco, 2014. Food hygiene practices in different food establishments. Food Control, 39: 34-40.
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Djekic, I., J. Miocinovic, I. Tomasevic, N. Smigic and N. Tomic, 2014. Environmental life-cycle assessment of various dairy products. J. Cleaner Prod., 68: 64-72.
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Djekic, I., D. Zivanovic, S. Dragojlovic and R. Dragovic, 2014. Lean manufacturing effects in a Serbian confectionery company-case study. Organizacija, 47: 143-152.
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Djekic, I., A. Rajkovic, N. Tomic, N. Smigic and R. Radovanovic, 2014. Environmental management effects in certified Serbian food companies. J. Cleaner Prod., 76: 196-199.
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Tomasevic, I., N. Smigic, I. Djekic, V. Zaric, N. Tomic and A. Rajkovic, 2013. Serbian meat industry: A survey on food safety management systems implementation. Food Control, 32: 25-30.
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Djekic, I., J. Miocinovic, B. Pisinov, S. Ivanovic and N. Smigic, 2013. Quality characteristics of selected dairy products in Serbia. Mljekarstvo, 63: 228-236.
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Djekic, I., I. Tomasevic, N. Zivkovic and R. Radovanovic, 2013. Types of food control and application of seven basic quality tools in certified food companies in Serbia. Qual. Assurance Saf. Crops Foods, 5: 325-332.
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Djekic, I. and N. Smigic, 2013. Environmental issues revealed in certified bottling companies in the Republic of Serbia. J. Cleaner Prod, 41: 263-269.
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Zivkovic, N., D. Knezevic, M. Krsmanovic and I. Djekic, 2012. Determination of the organization systems quality level. Tech. Technol. Educ. Manage., 7: 219-226.
Nada, S., D. Ilija, T. Igor, M. Jelena and G. Ruzica, 2012. Implication of food safety measures on microbiological quality of raw and pasteurized milk. Food Control, 25: 728-731.
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Milijanovic, D., I. Djekic and N. Smigic, 2012. Quality control in five deep freezing fruit processing plants in the region of Western Serbia. Kvalitet Izvrsnost, 22: 62-64.
Djekic, I., 2012. Lean manufacturing in two Serbian food companies: Case studies. Int. J. Qual. Res., 6: 131-136.
Djekic, I., N. Smigic, R. Radovanovic and A. Rajkovic, 2011. Impact of plant laboratories on improving quality of food-overview of Serbian food industry. Kvalitet, 21: 31-34.
Djekic, I., N. Smigic and R. Radovanovic, 2011. Legal requirements of food quality. Kvalitet, 21: 44-47.
Djekic, I., I. Tomasevic and R. Radovanovic, 2011. Quality and food safety issues revealed in certified food companies in three Western Balkans countries. Food Control, 22: 1736-1741.
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Radovanovic, R., I. Djekic, I. TomaSevic and N. Smigic, 2010. Availability or safety of food, what is a bigger problem? Kvalitet, 20: 41-48.
Radovanovic, R., A. Rajkovic, I. Djekic and I. TomaSevic, 2010. Performance analysis of food safety management systems: State, experience and possibilities. Kvalitet, 20: 29-34.
Djekic, I., R. Radovanovic, N. Tomic and A. Rajkovic, 2010. Process approach indicators in managing quality and food safety in food industry-case studies. Kvalitet, 20: 41-44.
Djekic, I., R. Radovanovic, A. Rajkovic and N. Tomic, 2010. Food safety: From (HACCP) concept to managing food safety (ISO 22000). Kvalitet, 20: 49-53.
Djekic, I. and V. Simic, 2010. Risk management in quality management system environment. Kvalitet, 20: 95-100.
Djekic, I., 2009. Implementation of automotive quality tools in other industries. J. Applied Eng. Sci., 7: 23-30.
Markovic, D. and I. Dekic, 2006. A contribution to optimization of life cycle analysis of agricultural machines. J. Applied Eng. Sci., 4: 46-51.
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Djekic, I., 2006. New approach to life cycle analysis of self-propelled agricultural machines. Agric. Eng. Int.: CIGR EJ., Vol. 3. .
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Djekic, I. and D. Markovic, 2006. Quality and food safety impact of machines and equipment in agricultural and food industry. Poljoprivredna Tehnika, 1: 73-82.
Djekic, I., 2005. Auditing risk based management systems. Kvalitet, 15: 39-41.