In order to achieve and maintain a competitive edge in the world marketplace, companies must produce high quality products at low cost with increasing variety, over shorter lead times [1]. To achieve these objectives many companies are adopting the recently developed management, production, and quality philosophies such as TQM, just-in-time, computer integrated manufacturing, optimised producti...

Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) operating at IGCAR since 1985 is testimony of maturity India has attained in Fast Breeder Technology. The reactor has operated exceedingly well thus established the competence of Indian engineers in handling this difficult technology where large quantity of sodium is used for cooling of reactors. INDIA took quantum leap from 40 MWe FBTR to launch of 500 MWe Fast...

the purpose of this study, to investigate the relationship between leadership styles and organizational elevation (efqm) in acecr (academic center of education, culture and research) that the sample consisted of 117 middle and top managers of acecr were selected in census. according to the purpose of research and research tools, the questionnaires were multifactorial leadership questionnaire (m...

background and purpose: as the leaders of educational organizations, universities use various models and approaches in evaluating their activities. however, excellence model for evaluation of educational services can demonstrate the distinction of this evaluation procedure. the aim of this study is to investigate the status of training quality of ophthalmologic residents in khatam-ol-anbia hosp...

The main aim of the current study is to explore relationship between working capital (WC) and firm performance. We chose a sample 326 Czech firms, including 20 certified firms from EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) Excellence Model Albertina database. was taken three sectors: manufacturing, automobile, construction. employed two-step system generalized method moment (GMM) techni...

The New Oxford English Dictionary defines excellence as ‘‘the possession chiefly of good qualities in an eminent or unusual degree surpassing merit or skill.’’ The definition of medicine is ‘‘the art of restoring and preserving health.’’ Consequently, excellence in medicine is the art of restoring and preserving health with surpassing merit or skill. For patients, the price of mediocrity is hig...

The purpose of this study was to describe and compare perceptions of the quality of on-campus and off-campus courses held by students enrolled in courses offered through the College of Agriculture OffCampus Professional Agriculture Degree Programs @= 173) and faculty members with teaching responsibilities or with teaching experience in the same college of agriculture ( N = 2 6 2 ) . Faculty and...

Existing manufacturing industries are fronting challenges from these advanced nasent materials viz. nano material ,ceramics, super alloys, and metal matrix composites, that are hard and difficult to machine, requiring high accuracy, surface quality excellence which affects and increases machining cost. To meet these tasks, unconventional machining processes are being used to achieve optimum met...

-Six Sigma is a systematic methodology for continuous process quality improvement and for achieving operational excellence. Six Sigma methodology is designed to provide for the application of statistical tools in the context of a process improvement structure summarized by the acronym DMAIC– Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. The DMAIC model provides a framework to identify and eli...