BACKGROUND The costs of investing in health care reform initiatives to improve quality and safety have been underreported and are often underestimated. This paper reports direct and indirect cost estimates for the initial phase of the province-wide implementation of Lean activities in Saskatchewan, Canada. METHODS In order to obtain detailed information about each type of Lean event, as well ...

1. Using gauges and instruments, lean, six sigma opportunities 2. Sampling issues further explored 3. Quality characteristics, important features and certification 4. Evaluating gauges, measurement error 5. Gauge R & R, traceability and the broader quality system 6. Traditional versus new approaches--supervisors, operators and others 7. 100% inspection and sampling influences on quality charact...

PT. P adalah perusahaan yang bergerak sebagai waste management services yaitu melakukan pengelolaan limbah industri. Dalam pelaksanaan pekerjaan tersebut, banyak menggunakan alat bantu, salah satunya forklift. Forklift sangat penting bagi maka program perawatan tepat krusial untuk mencapai kondisi kestabilan ketersediaan selalu siap digunakan (availability) dari forklift tersebut. Selama ini ti...

هدف البحث إلى تحديد درجة توافر متطلبات تطوير أداء قيادات مكاتب التربية والتعليم بالجمهورية اليمنية في ضوء منهجية التحسين المستمر كايزن (kaizen)، ومعرفة ما إذا كان هناك فروق ذات دلالة احصائية عند مستوى(0.05) بين متوسطات استجابات أفراد عينة تعزى متغيرات البحث: (النوع، والتخصص العلمي، والمسمى الوظيفي)، وقد اعتمد المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، واستخدم الباحثان استبانة مكونة من (16) عبارة طبقت على بلغت (28...

The MIT MEng team of four worked with Konarka Technologies, a world leading organic solar panel manufacturer, on production tracking and analysis as well as various operational improvement projects. MIT's collaborative improvement projects at Konarka's manufacturing facility were focused on information system and operations in the finishing processes after solar panels have been coated. This th...

Six Sigma is practiced by some service industries to indicate the effectiveness of DMAIC in improving the quality in this type of business. The application of Six Sigma along with other quality initiatives including Kaizen, TQM, ISO 9001 and Supply Chain Management in a food distribution SME needs to be studied thoroughly. The results of a questionnaire suggest that many of food distribution SM...