Lucas-TVS Limited: A Journey towards Manufacturing Excellence

Lucas-TVS Limited: A Journey towards Manufacturing Excellence

The case featured in this issue of Vikalpa discusses the journey embarked on by the top management of Lucas-TVS Limited in 1985 to make their firm a world-class manufacturing organization. The company's oldest plant at Padi, Chennai acted as a test bed for several of their initiatives. The case describes the steps that Lucas-TVS management took to implement this change process in manufacturing ...

Beacon Bound: a journey toward excellence.

“In Our Unit” highlights unique practices, innovations, research, or resourceful solutions to commonly encountered problems in critical care areas and settings where critically ill patients are cared for. If you have an idea for an upcoming “In Our Unit, ” send it to CRITICAL CARE NURSE, 101 Columbia, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656; fax, (949) 3622049; e-mail, [email protected]. The process of being “Beacon ...

In pursuit of excellence: the checkpoint journey.

In March 2004, the Wisconsin Hospital Association launched CheckPoints (www.wicheckpoint.org) to provide consumers with information on the quality and safety of hospital care, and to assist hospitals and physicians in quality improvement activities. Since its inception, the state average achievement for all CheckPoint measures has increased or maintained a high initial rate, with 99% of Wiscons...

Preparing for CNE certification: a journey to excellence.

The journey to professional excellence: a matter of priorities.

Today and for the foreseeable future, it appears that we will confront continual challenges and almost overwhelming change that could easily disillusion and distract us from our primary purpose of patient care. To avoid that possibility and to ensure our continuing journey to excellence, let us remember and teach: It is always a matter of priorities.