Effectiveness and Best Practices of Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies in Hospitals [PDF]
, 2012 Healthcare quality and costs are a growing problem in the United States. Healthcare organizations are facing increasing costs combined with declining quality (Schoenbaum).
Branco, Daniel
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Price versus Quantity: Market Clearing Mechanisms When Sellers Differ in Quality [PDF]
High-quality producers in a vertically differentiated market can reap superior profits by charging higher prices, selling greater quantities, or both.
Andrew Metrick, Richard Zeckhauser
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EVALUATING THE SOFTWARE QUALITY COSTS
Вестник университета, 2016 The article gives the arguments proving necessity of evaluating the software quality costs. Questions of evaluating the software quality costs were considered. Various techniques to ensure the software quality were analyzed.
N. Lobanova, D. Dubrovin
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How Wastes Influence Quality Management [PDF]
Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics, 2011 Companies are often surprised to learn that only a fraction of their activities actually add value for their customers. A primary cause of waste is information deficits – employees simply lack the knowledge they need to do their jobs efficiently and ...
Gratiela Dana BOCA, Hasan GOKKAYA
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PRODUCTION COSTS IN MAINTAINING THE EXISTENCE OF BUSINESS QUALITY AT KIFA BAKERY AND CAKE
RevenueThe cost of production is important to determining the selling price of products which can provide profits for the company, so that it is able to compete with other competitors. Good product quality can support the sustainability of a business. Therefore,
Alisia Pingky Saputri +2 more
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Public hospital costs and quality in the Dominican Republic [PDF]
Measuring costs in public hospitals in developing countries is hampered by the lack of an appropriate costing system, or of any systematic cost accounting. Invoices for goods and services, prices for inputs, and patient records are generally absent. As a
LaForgia, Gerard M. +2 more
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Quality standards for passenger trains: Political majorities and environmental costs [PDF]
This study analyzes the minimum quality standard set by the European Union (EU) through Regulation 1371/2007 of Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations. A welfare maximizing quality standard raises quality and consumer satisfaction, but does not improve ...
Rothbauer, Julia, Sieg, Gernot
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Fuel quality/processing study. Volume 4: On site processing studies [PDF]
Fuel treated at the turbine and the turbine exhaust gas processed at the turbine site are studied. Fuel treatments protect the turbine from contaminants or impurities either in the upgrading fuel as produced or picked up by the fuel during normal ...
Cutrone, M. +3 more
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Análisis y Control de Gestión de los Costes de Calidad en las Entidades de Crédito
Revista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review, 2002 En el entorno actual en el que se desenvuelven las entidades de crédito es necesario la búsqueda constante de la denominada "excelencia en la gestión ", siendo un medio más para su consecución el desarrollo de la "filosofía de la calidad total", esto nos
María Fernanda Hernández Carreño +1 more
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Explaining high transport costs within Malawi - bad roads or lack of trucking competition ? [PDF]
What are the main determinants of transport costs: network access or competition among transport providers? The focus in the transport sector has often been on improving the coverage of"hard"infrastructure, whereas in reality the cost of transporting ...
Lall, Somik V. +2 more
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