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Reducing Human Error in Simulation in General Motors

This paper focuses on the steps taken to minimize human error in simulation modeling in General Motors. While errors are costly and undesirable in any field, they are especially harmful in simulation which has been struggling to gain acceptance in the business world for a long time. The solution discussed...

Tags: General Motors Corp., Institute For Operations Research, Error, Research & Development, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2003-10-31

Detecting and Simulating Pilot Errors for Safety Enhancement

This paper presents research on computational models of pilot activities for detecting and simulating pilot errors, and discusses how these techniques may be used to enhance aviation safety. The discussion addresses improved feedback about pilot errors to support training, and the use of actual and simulated error data to understand...

Tags: Error, Productivity, Workforce Management, Human Resources

White papers 2003-06-27

Validation-The Foundation of Accuracy

Inventory movement is the source of essentially all error. Once inventory records are correct, they are unlikely to go bad until something moves. Therefore, if inventory movement can be controlled, inventory accuracy can be controlled. There are two kinds of inventory movements: automated and manual. The distinction is important because...

Tags: Technique, Distinction, Error, Inventory Movement, Productivity

White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Centice to Launch New Drug Verification System at NACDS

PASS Rx Empowers Pharmacists to Increase Efficiency, Optimize Workflow and Provides Improved Quality of Dispensed Medications MORRISVILLE, N.C. -- Centice Corporation, a leader in drug verification, today announced plans to unveil its PASS Rx([TM]) product at the upcoming National Association of Chain Drug Stores show in San Diego,...

Articles 2008-08-20

Shattering maple bats: raising concerns in the majors: alarming rate of splintered wood flying around ball parks this season has put players, coaches, umpires and fans on alert to avoid injury

EVERY BASEBALL PLAYER SEEMS TO have a story about a close call with the game's newest nemesis, the airborne bat barrel. "Second game of the year in Cleveland," White Sox reliever Matt Thornton recalled. "I threw the pitch, snapped the bat in half. The ball...

Articles 2008-08-01

Covidien Launches Contrast Delivery System with RFID

Ground-breaking system helps reduce the risk of potentially life-threatening medical errors, infections in CT imaging procedures DENVER -- Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the U.S. commercial availability of Covidien Imaging Solutions' contrast delivery system with radio-frequency identification RFID technology....

Articles 2008-07-28

Google launches rival to Wikipedia

SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Google has launched its own version of communally constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world. The Internet search powerhouse went live late Wednesday with a free service dubbed "Knol," to indicate a unit of knowledge. ...

Articles 2008-07-24

Wall Street News Alert Issues Special Alert on APRJ! July 10, 2008

Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" thismorning are: American Capital Partners Limited, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: APRJ),Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB). To receive FREE Stock Alerts, text the word "STOCK" in the subject line to79704. There is important news coming...

Articles 2008-07-10

GameFly.com Chooses Omniture Test&Target to Improve Online Customer Experience and Increase Registration

Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR), a leading providerof online business optimization software, today announced that GameFly.comhas selected Omniture Test&Target to improve its users' online video gamerental experience and provide quantifiable results from its new onlinemarketing campaigns. GameFly is theleading video game rental service. Consumers...

Articles 2008-07-10

Philex Gold Inc.: Clarifying Press Release

Philex Gold, Inc. (the "Company" or "PGI") (TSX VENTURE: PGI) has been selected by the Corporate Finance Branch of the Ontario Securities Commission (the "OSC") for review of its continuous disclosure record. As a part of this review, the Company has been requested to issue a press release...

Articles 2008-07-10

New Study Finds U.S. Consumers Continue to Amass Valuable Troves of Digital Content

Increased Ownership of Digital Devices - Especially Camera Phones and Digital Audio Players -- Generates More Content That Consumers Increasingly Call "Priceless" SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Both the value and volume of digital content continues to rise as U.S. consumers amass more music, photos, movies...

Articles 2008-07-09

Stocks to Watch for Wednesday: CLTH, VSE, BIOF, CZZ

Wall Street Press Wire( www.WallStreetPressWire.com ) is please to highlight its "stocks on themove" for Wednesday. Our list includes: CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: CLTH), VeraSun Energy Corporation (NYSE: VSE), BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP.(NASDAQ: BIOF) and Cosan Limited (NYSE: CZZ). With major breaking news just released, Wall Street Press Wire...

Articles 2008-07-09

Breaking News Alert: CLTH!

Wall Street Press Wire( www.WallStreetPressWire.com ) is please to highlight its "stocks on themove" for Wednesday. Our list includes: CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: CLTH), Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), Aventine RenewableEnergy Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AVR) and Gushan Environmental Energy Limited(NYSE: GU). With major breaking news just released,...

Articles 2008-07-09

US refueling tanker contract to be re-bid: senator

WASHINGTON AFP — Senator Richard Shelby said Wednesday that the Pentagon has decided to re-bid on an expedited schedule a 35 billion dollar Air Force contract for refueling aircraft that had been awarded to Northrop Grumman. "This is the best of all options," the Alabama senator...

Articles 2008-07-09

Sorry, the Line Is Busy

If you were making a phone call in 1963, andthe party you were calling was on the phone, you would get a busy signal.Irritating to say the least, but at least you knew what was happening.Nowadays, with digital phone lines and call waiting, you actually don'tknow what the...

Articles 2008-07-09

Oversight Systems Sets Continuous Auditing Benchmark for Monitoring Procure-to-Pay Transactions - $200K in Exceptions Identified Per Day

Benchmark Cites Record-Setting Performance, Results at Fortune 200 Company ATLANTA -- Oversight Systems, Inc. today announced the results of a two-year performance benchmarking study of its industry-leading continuous auditing solution at a Fortune 200 company. Oversight extracts and analyzes 18 gigabytes of data daily (representing...

Articles 2008-07-09

Specsources Interior Design Software Launches SpeCAD Tool

ATLANTA -- Specsources, Inc., a leading provider of interior design furniture specification software, announced today that it has officially launched SpeCAD, an AutoCAD software plug-in which interfaces directly with Specsources web-based furniture specification writing software. SpeCAD gives the interior designer access to a set of...

Articles 2008-07-09

U.S. Bank Small Business Survey Shows Minnesota Small Business Owners Believe Economy is in Recession, but Feel They Have Access to the Credit They Need

Businesses Also Show Signs of Optimism Despite Fuel, Housing Concerns MINNEAPOLIS -- Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of Minnesota small business owners believe the economy is in a recession, and nearly half (46 percent) report lower revenues this year compared to 2007, according to the U.S....

Articles 2008-07-09

Gas Prices Continue to Top Travelers' List of Most Frustrating Issues

Access America's National Survey Reveals Steady Rise in Frustration Tracks Precipitous Rise in Prices RICHMOND, Va. -- In national survey of recent travelers, commissioned by travel insurance and assistance provider Access America, in unaided responses, nearly half (48%) of recent travelers identified gas prices as...

Articles 2008-07-09

Pet owners prefer McCain

WASHINGTON -- If the presidential election were up to pet owners, John McCain could have a blue ribbon in his future. From George Washington's foxhounds Drunkard and Tipsy to George W. Bush's terriers Barney and Miss Beazley, pets are a longtime presidential tradition...

Articles 2008-07-09