Excellence is a talent or quality, which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards. Ophthalmology in India today has reached a level that is considered to be on par with the best in the world. Moreover, a lot of the credit for this goes to the founding ophthalmology institutes in India that have been imparting quality training and education to ophthalmology trainees over the years. ...

To be reliable in an uncertain and changing environments, several companies are stressing flexibility and agility in order to respond effectively, to the unique needs of customers and market. We propose a multiagent framework, which represents trade-offs between the different possible values of the negotiation issues with a corresponding coordination mechanism dedicated to dynamic supply chain ...

Quality and efficiency are important issues in management systems. To increase quality, to reach best results, to move towards the continuous improvement of system and also to make the internal and external customers satisfied, it is necessary to consider the system performance measurement. In this study the Health, Safety and Environment Excellence Instrument was represented as a performance m...

The newly established cluster of excellence COTESYS 1 investigates the realization of cognitive capabilities such as perception, learning, reasoning, planning, and execution for technical systems including humanoid robots, flexible manufacturing systems, and autonomous vehicles. In this paper we describe cognitive technical systems using a sensor-equipped kitchen with a robotic assistant as an ...

Whilst not all spreadsheet defects are structural in nature, poor layout choices can compromise spreadsheet quality. These defects may be avoided at the development stage by some simple mistake prevention and detection devices. Poka-Yoke (Japanese for Mistake Proofing), which owes its genesis to the Toyota Production System (the standard for manufacturing excellence throughout the world) offers...

Over the last few decades, TQM has gained substantial institutional value and has become the accepted way of performing and managing activities in organisations. Underpinning the principles of TQM philosophy, various quality awards / business excellence models have been established. A large number of studies exist which confirm the positive correlation of TQM with organisational excellence. The...

Overall, manufacturers have benefited from being the focal point of value creation (materials, labor, etc. required to produce a product), as their role in the process represents the largest percentage of cost within the supply chain. This status has helped manufacturers propel the development and standardization of process improvement tools and techniques, such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, And...

Supply chain management is the key to the success and playing a large role in the modern world in every manufacturing and service sector. The effectiveness of the material handling system has a valuable impact on the excellence of supply chain. Although this is a non-value adding process but, can’t be avoidable. Therefore, it is required to minimize the cost, time and effect of the material han...