High-resolution pyrolysis gas-liquid chromatography was applied to three bacteria (Escherichia coli NCTC 9001, Pseudomonas putida (NCIB 9494, and Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 8532) grown under a variety of conditions. Changing the culture medium drastically altered the quantitative aspects of the pyrograms of all three organisms, but the effects of culture time and incubation temperature were les...

Achieving institutional quality is one of the main goals today's enterprise. This requires development policies, regulations and practices that cover each element with a single view, their translation into written documents, implementation assessments audits in accordance documents. The study aims to identify management approaches, ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard necessary documentation do...

Many researchers in knowledge management point out that the first step toward knowledge management is the management of documents. However, the complexity imbedded in some documents could present great difficulty for most methodologies to deal with. The knowledge content for building an excellent quality management system that complies with ISO 9001 falls into this category; this knowledge is c...

A holistic view is essential for quality initiatives such as Total Quality Management (TQM), Standard No. ISO 9001:1994 (International Organization for Standardization [ISO], 1994), Concurrent Engineering, Business Reengineering, and Business Process Improvement. The challenge is knowing how to transition from this theoretical concept to implementation. The relationship between quality interest...

Este artigo tern como objectivo mostrar como uma empresa que Se dedica ao desenvolvimento de produtos de soare e prestao de servios na ea das tecnologias da informa8o, num esforo auto-didacta evolniu de uma situa5o, por e]a detectada e reconhecida de aus6ncia de quaisquer processos para uma situaAo de candidatura certificao oficial pela norma NP EN ISO 9001 para o desenvolvimento de produtos de...

The application of statistical methods is universal. In direct or indirect form, they are part of everyday practice. The Statistical Methodology (SM) as tools of the quality management is currently not doubted. The introduction of standards known as ISO 9001: 2000, VDA 6.1, QS 9001, ISO TS 16949 or the implementation of the TQM Model in practice (responding to the Lean Management system, or the...

Ohad Levy,1,2 Gus L. W. Hart,3 and Stefano Curtarolo1,4,* 1Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA 2Department of Physics, NRCN, P.O. Box 9001, Beer-Sheva, Israel 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA 4Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann ...