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Framework for continuous improvement of production processes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This research introduces a new approach of using Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) methodology. This approach integrates various tools and methods into a single framework, which consists of five steps.
Sahno, Jevgeni   +3 more
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Improving hospital flow ‘Ensiab Project’

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2021
Emergency department (ED) boarding is an indicator of less efficient hospital flow and is associated with longer inpatient length of stay, higher readmission rates and increased risk of mortality and medical errors.
Yasser Alotaibi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Continuous Improvement Implementation Framework for Manufacturing Companies: a Delphi Study-Based Approach for Development and Validation

open access: yes, 2022
Purpose – Due to the absence of industry and region-specific implementation guides, change efforts, in particular Continuous Improvement implementations, continue to report high failure rates.
Garza-Reyes, J.   +3 more
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Coaching for Continuous Improvement

open access: yesThe Rural Educator, 2020
Since 2015, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has provided schools across the state with access to highly skilled instructional coaches. Primarily working in rural settings, these coaches provide a voluntary, integrated coaching model that ...
Matthew B. Courtney
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Impact Assessment of Patient Experience Capacity-Building Program Using Kirkpatrick Model for Program Evaluation at a Regional Healthcare System [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Introduction The patient experience (PX) is central to improving the quality of healthcare services. We launched a PX capacity- and capability-building program at the Armed Forces Hospitals Taif Region, which is integral to our regional healthcare ...
Muhammad Hasan Abid   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Framework to Evaluate Continuous Improvement Process Efficacy: A Case Study of a Capital Goods Company

open access: yesKvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2020
Purpose: This document describes a continuous improvement process assessment system (CIPAS). A continuous improvement process (CIP) was developed to progress through the levels of continuous improvement (CI) defined by Bessant, Caffyn and Gallagher ...
Gorka Unzueta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Cycles of Continuous Improvement [PDF]

open access: yesComputer, 2013
A review of 2013 activities from the president's perspective reminds us--through the life cycle of change--of the important progress we made in the areas of communities, global membership, and leveraging our role within IEEE. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/qMHPZeDufnQ is a video segment in which IEEE Computer Society President David Alan Grier ...
openaire   +1 more source

Procesamiento digital de imágenes en la creación de prototipo de sistema inteligente para detección y reconocimiento de texto en etiquetas de conductores eléctricos recubiertos

open access: yesLatin-American Journal of Computing, 2020
El etiquetado del cable permite identificar distintas configuraciones y lotes de cables, así como conocer sus características. En el proceso de etiquetado del cable se pueden presentar distintos tipos de errores o defectos en el texto impreso, por ...
Juan J. Navarro, Carolina Reta
doaj  

Distribution of Selected Trace Elements in the Bayer Process

open access: yesMetals, 2018
The aim of this work was to achieve an understanding of the distribution of selected bauxite trace elements (gallium (Ga), vanadium (V), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), rare earth elements (REEs), scandium (Sc)) in the Bayer process.
Johannes Vind   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A New Local Search for Continuous Location Problems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper presents a new local search approach for solving continuous location problems. The main idea is to exploit the relation between the continuous model and its discrete counterpart.
Mladenovic, Nenad   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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