Os desastres hidrológicos movidos por eventos climáticos têm se tornado mais frequentes, sendo obstáculos complexos para o desenvolvimento de ferramentas e planos ações efetivos nas cidades paranaenses. Assim, promover melhorias ao sistema gestão, esse trabalho tem objetivo principal fortalecer as políticas resiliência propondo inovadoras superar os riscos vulnerabilidades no enfrentamento à fu...

Abstract This paper aims to assess and improve the sustainability performance at a higher educational institute (HEI) in UAE using DMAIC methodology, considering five aspects (knowledge, behaviour, concern, awareness attitude). One primary six secondary research questions were defined define phase. In measure phase, questionnaire was designed current level based on aspects. A distributed among ...

In managing healthcare logistics, cost is not the only factor to be considered. The level of items’ criticality used in patient care services plays an important role as well. A stock-out incident of a high critical item could threaten a patient's life. In this paper, the DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) methodology is used to drive improvement projects based on customer driven cri...

This article is analyzing three methodologies used for identification and resolving of large and complex quality problems: Six Sigma, Shainin and KepnerTregoe problem management. To compare these three methodologies the general quality improvement roadmap was defined consisting of 5 phases: Problem definition, Diagnosis, Generation and selection of solutions, Enhancement and New routines. The a...

If organizations wish to achieve continuous quality improvement they need to use appropriate selection of quality tools and techniques. In this paper a review of possibilities of the systematic use of seven basic quality tools (7QC tools) is presented. It is shown that 7QC tools can be used in all process phases, from the beginning of a product development up to management of a production proce...