BACKGROUND Cost consequences analysis was completed from randomized controlled trial (RCT) data for the Just-in-time (JIT) librarian consultation service in primary care that ran from October 2005 to April 2006. The service was aimed at providing answers to clinical questions arising during the clinical encounter while the patient waits. Cost saving and cost avoidance were also analyzed. The da...

it is difficult to disagree with the general argument that successful health reform requires a significant degree of policy capacity or that all players in the policy game need to move beyond self-interested advocacy. however, an overly broad definition of policy capacity is a problem. more important perhaps, health reform inevitably requires not just policy capacity but political leadership an...

Services are available to help support existing employment for individuals with psychiatric disabilities; however, there is a gap in services targeting job interview skills that can help obtain employment. We assessed the feasibility and efficacy of Virtual Reality Job Interview Training (VR-JIT) in a randomized controlled trial. Participants were randomized to VR-JIT (n = 25) or treatment-as-u...

The customer oriented market leaded to the growth of complexity of production and service processes. This growing complexity has increased the required logistics operations and leaded to the appearance of global supply chain strategies. There are several supply strategies, which are based on just-in-time philosophy and they are core tools of leaning. One of these JIT-based supply strategies is ...

In manufacturing, great gains in performance have been realized by a new production philosophy, which leads to "lean production". This new production philosophy is a generalization of such partial approaches as JIT, TQM, time-based competition, and concurrent engineering. In construction, lean production is little known. The concepts, principles and methods of lean production are reviewed, and ...

Many factors affect JIT implementation directly or indirectly. Factors such as product quality and lead time directly affect the implementation of JIT. On the other hand, factors such as work environment, working conditions, motivation, flexibility whether manufacturing or organizational affect JIT implementation indirectly, although their impact is no less important than those affecting direct...