7 Ways to Reduce Cost August 7‚ 2007 By Ron Pereira 4 Comments I finished the book Gemba Kaizen by Masaaki Imai. It was quite good and I highly recommend it. It is chalk full of excellent tips like 7 ways to reduce costs in gemba (as Mr. Imai phrases it). They are: 1. Improve Quality: Imai stresses how good quality is a prerequisite to making lean work. He even speaks about things like control charts which you don’t find mentioned in many lean books. 2. Improve Productivity: Productivity
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CTC is a pre conceived to offset the many expenses of raising a child. Many parents can benefit from this because this program gives them extra money to take care of their children. EITC and CTC can help many individuals with children drastically‚ reduces poverty significantly‚ with children constituting half of the individuals it lifts out of poverty (Thiess and
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neighbours or friends to reduce smoke that comes out from the vehicles. Carbon monoxide that release from the vehicles can cause health problems like coughing -use public transport Taking a bus or train to work‚ school or any other activity has a lot of advantages. Aside from doing your part to reduce air pollution‚ you’ll have extra time to read‚ knit‚ do crosswords‚ or people watch. Taking public transportation is also safer than driving‚ and will probably help reduce your anxiety level since
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Easy Steps to Reduce Stress in a Speedy World No one can live without experiencing some extent of stress all the time. Regardless of whom you are‚ where you live or what you are doing‚ you’ll go through stress – that is just a fact of life. It isn’t going away. We need to learn to live with it - and get the upper hand. Or it will take its toll on our health. We all distinguish things in a different way; some people are more pessimistic while others see the positive light to things. Why do some
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A very good morning to the respected principal‚ dedicated teachers and all the good students. Today‚ I as the Head Prefect of my school‚ wish to give a talk on the reasons why accidents occur and give suggestions to reduce accidents. The rise in the number of road accidents and road fatalities is indeed worrying. Even the road safety campaigns aimed at reducing road accidents have met with little success. Only when there is a change in the mindsets of road users can we expect
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our society. Firstly‚ the best and most obvious way to stop bullying in schools is for parents to change the way they teach their children at home. Bullies usually have been taught that physical violence is the way to handle problems. Of course‚ this is much easier to be said than implemented. However‚ things will not be the same if parents contribute in solving this problem. Hence‚ parents should teach their children to use a delicate and amicable way to glide through the thick and thin of times to
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4 Ways to Reduce Turnover & Build Employee Engagement In this ever-changing business climate‚ employee retention and longevity is not what it used to be. The evidence would indicate that a large number of employees in today’s workforce will change jobs every two years. In the first 10 years of their career‚ many younger workers may have as many as 8 jobs. So‚ what can businesses do to retain top talent? Engaging employees is key. A recent survey of almost 90‚000 workers in 19 countries‚ conducted
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At Home Conserve energy - turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room. Recycle paper‚ plastic‚ glass bottles‚ cardboard‚ and aluminum cans. (This conserves energy and reduces production emissions.) Keep woodstoves and fireplaces well maintained. You should also consider replacing old wood stoves with EPA-certified models. Plant deciduous trees in locations around your home to provide shade in the summer‚ but to allow light in the winter. Buy green electricity-produced by low-or
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Advantage of Reading There are so many ways reading is an advantage to your learning. People read so they can improve on their vocabulary by reading words that they don’t know‚ and using the dictionary they will know what the word means. Reason why reading is an advantage is that it gives you a glimpse into other cultures and places in the world. While reading like “National Geographic” it gives you an insight on other people lifestyles‚ customs and their ethnicity of their people. It also
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