--------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT----------------------------------------------------------Six Sigma is based in large measure on creating a closed-loop business system to reduce company’s inconsistency or “variations” of business system and keep it staying on the path to performance and success. Defects, which are the bad variation that have a negative impact on ...

This paper presents a management process for creating adaptive, real-time security policies within the Six Sigma 6σ framework. A key challenge for the creation of a management process is the integration with models of known Industrial processes. One of the most used industrial process models is Six Sigma which is a business management model wherein customer centric needs are put in perspective ...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Timely communication is important to ensure high-quality health care. To facilitate this, the Gastro Intestinal Oncology Center Amsterdam (GIOCA) stipulated to dispatch medical reports on the day of the patient's visit. However, with the increasing number of patients, administrative processes at GIOCA were under pressure, and this standard was not met for the majo...

In 2004, a large Midwest hospital was losing money, patients, employees, and physicians. A business consultant was hired to engage key employees in a process to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. The improvement was negligible after the first year, so a 3-man consultancy was added in 2005 to engage all employees in an educational process with the same mission. The author was th...

Die auf statistischen Methoden basierende Prozessverbesserungsmethode Six Sigma wurde in den 80 ́ Jahren bei Motorola entwickelt und erlangte in der Industrie große Beachtung. Six Sigma Projekte folgen einer festgelegten Vorgehensweise mit definierten Rollen und den Projektphasen Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve und Control (DMAIC). Insgesamt gelten die Philosophie und Konzeption von Six Sigma ...

in order to study the effect of grapeguard on quality, quantity and control of storage diseases of grape in cold storage a completely randomized design with 3 replicate was conducted on two cultivators of kolahdari and kajanguri in khorasan agricultural research center. the fruits after harvesting were transferred to the sheltered place. before keeping in cold storage, the temperature of fruits...

High profitability and customer satisfaction are of supreme importance for any business. To achieve both objectives, an organisation must design a structured approach. To achieve profitability, organisations look to principles of lean manufacturing and techniques such as EFQM, business excellence. This paper reviews such methodologies across different industries, comparing techniques and elemen...

With the continuous incorporation of health technologies, hospital risk management should be implemented to systemize the monitoring of adverse effects, performing actions to control and eliminate their damage. As part of these actions, Technovigilance is active in the procedures of acquisition, use and quality control of health products and equipment. This study aimed to construct and validate...

OBJECTIVE The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) is widely validated and popularly used in assessing the subjective quality of life (QOL) of patients and the general public. The aim of the study is to assess the psychometric properties of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) in medical students in mainland of China. METHODS The reliability and validity of the 36-Item Short Form ...