current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emerald-library.com IJOPM 19‚11 Continuous improvement and the mini-company concept Jan de Leede and Jan Kees Looise University of Twente‚ The Netherlands Keywords Continuous improvement‚ Teamwork‚ Organizational design‚ Case studies‚ Kaizen Abstract The key issue of continuous improvement (CI) seems to be the problem of combining extensive employee involvement with market orientation and continuation of CI. In this
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Sexual Response Cycle: Similarities and Differences between the sexes The sexual response cycle is characterized by vasocongestion‚ swelling of the genital tissues with blood‚ and myotonia‚ muscle tension. Vasocongestion causes erection of the penis and swelling of the clitoris‚ labia‚ testes‚ nipples‚ and even the earlobes. Myotonia causes facial grimaces‚ spasms in the hands and feet‚ and finally‚ the spasms of orgasm. The first phase is called the excitement phase. For men this phase is
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Summer Internship Report On SERVICE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: IMPROVING THE ORDER TO CASH PROCESS By Anirudh Subramaniam A0101910336 MBA Class of 2012 Under the Supervision of Mr. Shyamsunder Pal Professor Department of Operations & Decision Science In Partial Fulfillment of Award of Master of Business Administration AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH SECTOR 125‚ NOIDA - 201303‚ UTTAR PRADESH‚ INDIA 2011 DECLARATION I‚ Anirudh Subramaniam student
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Process Improvement Best Practices Overview This reference is intended to capture best practices Process Consultants identify from external sources or while working on process improvement projects. Involve Employees: Organizations who involve employees in the process improvement process realize greater success. Employees are critical because they are the best resource for knowing how to increase value to customers. They know where problems exist and often have valuable improvement recommendations
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KAIZEN COSTING FOR A RESTAURANT ABSTRACT Kaizen is a Japanese term for “continuous improvement” or “continual improvement”. A philosophy that involves making the work environment more efficient and effective. Kaizen aims to eliminate waste such as “activities that adds cost but does not add value”. It also means “to take it apart and put it back together in a better way”. This is then followed by standardization of this ‘better way’ with others‚ through standardized work. The key objectives
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The Research Methodology The descriptive survey method of research was utilized in this study. A survey questionnaire was used to gather all the needed data. Information regarding the profiles of the respondents (student and the enrollment personnel)‚ the status of the existing enrollment in terms of its resources used (personnel involved‚ machines and equipment‚ procedures and forms used)‚ the problems encountered by the customers in the existing enrollment system were analyzed. The results
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IMPLEMENTING LEAN SIX SIGMA FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ILI MARINI BT ZAINAL ABIDIN 1. ABSTRACT Lean Six Sigma approach is recognized widely and has been implemented predominately in manufacturing rather than other industries. To illustrate the point‚ this paper draws attention to the adoption of Lean Six Sigma in various industries with a case study. The combination of Lean tools and Six Sigma methodology is used to improve the process and quality by eliminating the variations and
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ANALYZING DEMING IN THE CONTEXT OF GAME THEORY Abstract The objective of formulating business decisions within the context of game theory is to generate “wins” with no negative consequences in a multilevel‚ multiplayer business environment. This can be easily done with cooperation between corporations. When both players “win”‚ neither feels the need to retaliate against the other and the most total good is created. However‚ such cooperation is often impossible or not in one’s best interest
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Performance Improvements-A Practical Approach S.K. Jebakumar Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification‚ Marathalli Colony‚ Bangaluru- 560 037 ABSTRACT An aircraft is designed based on various wind tunnel testing‚ computational analysis‚ previous design experience etc. In most of the aircraft programs the design objective could not be met with the first prototype design itself. Before the induction into the service the aircraft could have undergone many design improvements in order to
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Process Improvement Plan University of Phoenix Dr. Anthony Matias March 24‚ 2011 Abstract The premise of this paper is to identify deficiencies in daily managerial processes by using systematic statistical process controls and make the necessary improvements. The paper will employ various examples and calculations along with supporting data to explain control limits and its importance to the statistical process control. The effects of seasonal factors and its relevance to a process
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