Ten Elements for Creating Solid Health Care Indicators
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2008 State Quality Awards Directory
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2008 Calibration Software and Services Directory
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Creating a Culture of Quality in the Food Industry
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10 Steps to Creating a Culture of Quality
• Guarantee that processes are controlled across the entire supply chain. • Create a risk-based system for gauging and ranking suppliers. • Realize that quality problems always exist. • Implement proper escalation procedures. |
Exceeding Expectations
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Today’s competitive environment requires many businesses to register their quality management systems (QMS) to ISO 9001. Although debate on the overall effectiveness of registration continues, each year an increasing number of organizations seek it. So what’s significant about acquiring ISO 9001 registration? What makes the following case study about a nonprofit association achieving ISO 9001 registration particularly compelling?
Value-Based Equipment Management
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Manufacturing organizations that depend upon high levels of sophisticated equipment can benefit dramatically from a fully integrated value-based equipment management system. By understanding and capitalizing on several significant trends in equipment management, organizations can reduce overhead costs, reduce maintenance costs, and optimize equipment use.
Recent trends in equipment management include:
Leveraging the Brain Trust
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Six Sigma, lean, and similar disciplines of analysis and control have been used for decades. Ever since GE’s former chairman and CEO Jack Welch sang its praises in his book, Jack: Straight from the Gut (Warner Business Books, 2001), the Six Sigma process in particular has been widely used by companies looking to streamline their operations and capitalize on opportunities.
In the Blink of a Doubting Eye
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Responding to the needs of automakers and their suppliers, manufacturers of instruments that measure color are introducing new technologies to help control the quality of metallic flake, pearlescent, and other special-effect paints that have confounded optical instruments throughout the past 60 years.