The purpose of this guide is to provide the leadership team with generic but essentially practical advice on the use of benchmarking as a tool for continuous improvement in efficiency and performance. may be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with t...

In today’s complex and turbulent environments the need for continuous improvements in products and processes is widely recognised. But the mechanisms whereby such a continual stream of innovation can be achieved are often less clearly identified. One option is to mobilise a high proportion of the workforce in a process of sustained incremental problem-solving, but experience with this approach ...

OBJECTIVE Continuous quality improvement (CQI) methods are foundational approaches to improving healthcare delivery. Publications using the term CQI, however, are methodologically heterogeneous, and labels other than CQI are used to signify relevant approaches. Standards for identifying the use of CQI based on its key methodological features could enable more effective learning across quality i...

30 Process improvements to streamline contracting processes are often not undertaken because of the misconception that federal and agency-specific acquisition regulations are impediments. That misconception results from a desire to maintain acquisition integrity through the application of sometimes stringent standards and detailed processes, even when regulations and directives provide guidance...

the objective of the current study was to examine the extent of variation of genetic improvement in dam of dams genetic pathway after insemination of heifers with sex sorted semen. for this purpose three different sexed semen based strategies were examined including 1: continuous use of sex sorted semen (strategy cs), 2: use of sex sorted semen for the first and the second inseminations and use...

This paper describes a project undertaken at BAE SYSTEMS to study the process of Continuous Improvement (CI) from a knowledge perspective. We used the Knowledge Structure Mapping (KSM) technique to identify ways of managing the underlying knowledge resource in order to share and disseminate best practice and thereby increase the effectiveness of CI on site. A secondary goal was to investigate t...

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...

The continuous quality improvement (CQI) efforts at the Lodge and Conference Center at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama, involve a range of strategies, policies, and practices enacted by the current management team to lift the service game and enhance the overall quality and value for money appeal of the guest experience. The authors report findings of a recently conducted study on this issue. ...

In 2001, electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Flextronics International Ltd. was facing an exciting, but challenging environment. Fueled by the outsourcing trend of high tech original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) like HP, 3Com, and Nokia, Flextronics’ annual revenues topped $12bn after three years of annual growth in excess of 50%. However, orders across the EMS industry were slo...