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Work design improvement of food steamer at Pau Mira Frozen Food Industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Pau Mira is a frozen food company located at kilometer 13, Kampung Tanah Merah, Pagoh Muar, Johor. It was devloped by a family in Kampung Tanah Merah. Pau Mira was initially made and sold daily, nearby the road side. Currently, the brand has continued to
John, Fredilla Ivy Tijah   +5 more
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A Preliminary Study of Applying Lean Six Sigma Methods to Machine Tool Measurement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many manufacturers aim to increase their levels of high-quality production in order to improve their market competitiveness. Continuous improvement of maintenance strategies is a key factor to be capable of delivering high quality products and services ...
Fletcher, Simon   +2 more
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Logistics services and Lean Six Sigma implementation: a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose: This paper analyses the application of Lean Six Sigma framework for supporting continuous improvement in logistics services. Both the lean philosophy and the Six Sigma methodology have become two of the most important initiatives for continuous ...
De Leeuw, S   +2 more
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Reducing General Anesthesia for Lumbar Punctures in Pediatric Patients With Leukemia and Lymphoma, a Quality Improvement Project

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, Volume 72, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Purpose Curative therapy for most children with leukemia and lymphoma includes multiple lumbar punctures (LPs) for the administration of intrathecal chemotherapy, commonly facilitated with deep sedation or general anesthesia (GA). There is ongoing concern about the potential for neurocognitive deficits induced by GA in the developing brain ...
Karen Arane   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Six Sigma as a quality improvement tool for academic programs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this work, we present a methodology for the design and improvement of academic programs based on Six Sigma. Six Sigma is a methodology for quality improvement [ISO 13053-1] well known in industrial environments that is being more and more used in ...
Cano, Emilio   +3 more
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Applying quality control to daily habits: A new method for teaching quality control

open access: yesDecision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Volume 23, Issue 3, July 2025.
Abstract This teaching brief presents a new experiential exercise for teaching statistical process control (SPC) within a quality management course. This novel approach involves a semester‐long personal quality control project, where students apply SPC methodology to their daily habits, using data collected from their smart devices.
Ozgur Kabadurmus   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementing frailty interventions in hospitals: A systematic review of strategies and outcomes

open access: yesAustralasian Journal on Ageing, Volume 44, Issue 2, June 2025.
Abstract Objectives This systematic review aimed to identify the nature and effects of implementation strategies used to improve the care of older people with frailty in hospital settings. Methods We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs), non‐RCTs, before–after studies and interrupted time series describing clinical frailty‐focussed ...
Kisani Manuel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Proposed Lean Six Sigma-Based Approach for Prioritizing the Impactful Improvement Areas: The Packaging Industry

open access: yesManagement Systems in Production Engineering
This study aims to introduce and evaluate the Waste, Technical Characteristics, and Root Causes of Failure modes (WCFM) approach, a methodology grounded in Lean and Six Sigma principles, for enhancing operational efficiency and product quality in modern ...
Shbool Mohammad A.   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Sigma Quality level for Serum Iron determination by two colorimetric methods, Ferrozine and Ferene S [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Iron plays important functions in the body such as the formation and functioning of hemoglobin and it’s disorders are among the most common diseases of human1.
Faria, Ana Paula   +3 more
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Streamlining diuresis: A quality improvement approach to implementing a sodium‐based predictive diuresis protocol

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page 321-326, March 2025.
Abstract Diuresis for hospitalized patients with acute decompensated heart failure is a routine clinical practice but one that remains reliant on error‐prone and resource‐intensive intake and output and weight measurements and is subject to wide provider variation.
Karan Rai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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