Enabling management to verify that processes are being performed correctly and in an efficient manner, standardized work provides limitless opportunities for process improvements. So much so, that it has become a vital component of improvement efforts in Lean enterprise systems. New Horizons in...

Quality Initiatives Deming and Juran Six Sigma The Toyota Production System New Six Sigma So What? Production Systems Top Ten Motor Manufacturers and Vehicle ProductionThe History and Development of the Toyota Production System The Toyoda Spinning and Weaving Company The Toyota Motor Company...

This concise guide is ideal for project and programme managers involved in business transformation; HR managers as well as Six Sigma specialists seeking to understand its applications within human resources.Mircea Albeanu and Ian Hunter explain some of the basic concepts to show how applying Six...

Process Improvement and CMMI® for Systems and Software provides a workable approach for achieving cost-effective process improvements for systems and software. Focusing on planning, implementation, and management in system and software processes, it supplies a brief overview of basic strategic...

This e-book is devoted to the analysis of the role of Intellectual Capital (IC) and its management in today's business landscape. The increasing pressure of global competition, the significant technological progress, the fast changing of customers demand have involved that business success is...

From start to finish, this book provides a comprehensive lean six sigma case study. The text follows a team as they implement a lean six sigma project and provides over illustrative 100 figures and tables. Unlike current published case studies, which give only an overview, this in-depth case...

Early diagnosis and prompt, effective treatment is the basis for the management of malaria and key to reducing malaria mortality and morbidity. An acceptable microscopy service is one that is cost-effective, provides results that are consistently accurate and timely enough to have a direct...

This second edition of "Edible Coatings and Films to Improve Food Quality" presents the latest research in coating materials, permeability properties, and measurement techniques. Updated chapters provide new information on the main materials used as film formers in coatings, including proteins,...