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- Integrating Improvement Initiatives
- From the executive summary: ‘Six Sigma is an approach to product and process improvement that has gained wide acceptance and has delivered large business benefits across many industries. As application of this framework spreads to software development we must consider how Six Sigma relates to and can be integrated with...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Convergence Ethanol Inc. Announces Profit Improvement Initiative
- LOS ANGELES -- Convergence Ethanol, Inc. (OTCBB:CETH), a biorenewable energy project developer and provider of engineered products and systems to the energy industry, announced today a profit improvement initiative.
- Research articles 2007-01-11
- The Power of Six.(Cott Corp's improvement initiative system)
- On the midst of orchestrating many corporate and manufacturing changes during the past three years, Toronto, Ontario-based Cott Corp. has certainly come to realize the power of Six. The Six, in particular, is the company's improvement initiative system called Six Sigma. With 16 facilities...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Software Process Improvement And Product Line Practice
- Many organizations with an existing process improvement initiative are also considering a software product line adoption initiative. Managers in these organizations often ask how they can build on their process improvement work and reconcile these two significant change initiatives. This paper addresses one aspect of this question: how a process...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Johns Hopkins and AANP Lead Evidence-based Performance Improvement Initiative to Deliver Tangible Benefits in Constipation Treatment & Outcomes
- Johns Hopkins & American Academy of Nurse Practitioners launch results-driven program to address doctors' performance gaps and improve patient care NEW YORK CITY -- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners AANP today announced the launch of the Performance Improvement component of...
- Research articles 2008-10-06
- Adoption-Centric Software Maintenance Process Improvement Via Information Integration
- Software process improvement is an iterative activity, normally involving measurement, analysis, and change. For most organizations, the existing software process has substantial momentum and is seemingly immovable. Any change to existing process activities causes turbulence in the organization, which can be a significant barrier to adoption of the quality improvement...
- White papers 2006-12-11
- When It's About Lasting Change?Process Improvement Is Almost Always The Last Option!
- A deregulated Midwestern utility knew it was in trouble. The organization was profitable, but its stock had flat lined in the low $20s per share for the past few months. What the company needed was to dramatically change the way it was perceived in the marketplace by financial analysts as...
- Case studies 2005-10-14
- TeraQuest launches workforce improvement initiative aimed at improving the management of software professionals; Initiative is based on SEI's P-CMM
- AUSTIN, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 23, 1996--TeraQuest Metrics Inc., a leading provider of consulting services for improving software development quality and productivity, has announced a new initiative based on the P-CMMSM People Capability Maturity Model, an innovative model developed at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute SEI.
- Research articles 1996-09-23
- Prudential Financial anchors unique government improvement initiative: Davis Productivity Awards recognize state employee performance with national/international impact.(Special Advertising Report)(Advertisement)
- TALLAHASSEE -- Prudential Financial, manager of more than $450 billion for 15 million Americans plus customers in 30 countries worldwide, is the new Anchor Sponsor of the Davis Productivity Awards program - a major government improvement effort admin TALLAHASSEE -- Prudential Financial, manager of more than...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- Patent quality makeover: IBM hopes improvement initiative will drive U.S. innovation.(Front Line)(International Business Machines Corp.)(Brief article)
- IBM, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and Open Source Development Labs will undertake an initiative focused on improving U.S. patent quality. The partnership, which will also involve members of the open source software community and aca IBM, the United States Patent and Trademark Office,...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- Straight to the top: executive support strengthens improvement initiatives at North America's stellar plants. (Best Plants).
- FOR ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, it has to have the full support of top management. That such an obvious statement is repeated so frequently in management books and at industry conferences is sad testimony to the lack of such support at many manufacturing...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- ITT champions Six Sigma. (Be Practices).(organizational initiative pioneered by GE)(Brief Article)
- Every day in more than two dozen countries from the U.S. to the People's Republic of China, ITT Industries Inc. is fielding teams of champions. They are black belts and other employees who are making a comprehensive performance-improvement initiative Every day in more than two dozen...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- CHW plans IT initiative.(The Week in Healthcare)(Catholic Healthcare West)(Brief Article)
- Byline: John Morrissey Catholic Healthcare West said late last week it would invest $137 million during the next eight years in a healthcare information technology and workflow improvement initiative aimed at improving patient safety throughout the San Francisco-based system of 41 hospitals in...
- Research articles 2004-02-23
- WORLD BANK: Mandela launches slum improvement effort ---- cities alliance unveils new initiative.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 December 1999-WORLD BANK: Mandela launches slum improvement effort -- cities alliance unveils new initiative C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:171299 BERLIN -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela announced he will serve as a patron to the Cities Without Slums...
- Research articles 1999-12-17
- Bombardier Presents Comprehensive Restructuring Initiative for Rail Transportation Business-Financial Results for Fiscal Year Ended Jan. 31 2004 are Announced.
- March 17, 2004 - Bombardier Inc. -- Major restructuring initiative for Bombardier Transportation proposed including: -- Global workforce reduction of 6,600 positions -- Seven production sites to be closed -- Productivity improvement initiatives at f March 17, 2004 - Bombardier Inc. -- Major restructuring...
- Research articles 2004-03-01
- ADL Calls White House Compromise Faith-Based Measure "A Welcome Improvement"; Calls For Protection Of Religious Liberty
- PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League ADL today called a new version of President Bush's faith- based initiative a "welcome improvement" over previous drafts of the bill. The League noted, however, that the mePALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League...
- Research articles 2002-02-07
- Introducing a Productivity Initiative
- In a company where good, solid, and effective managerial processes exist already, many of the techniques for improving productivity should be easy to incorporate. Though technical capabilities are crucial, implementing new systems can be expensive and often lead to drastic reductions in productivity. Employing innovative managerial techniques is a cheaper...
- Articles 2008-01-30
- Achieving Continuous Improvement in Complex Supply Chains Today
- Remember continuous improvement? A decade or so ago, it was all the rage. Companies were rushing to embrace the concept under a trendy Japanese term, kaizen. Continuous-improvement techniques were applied with some success to manufacturing, as part of the quality craze. The term has faded from management playbooks. The very...
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Six Sigma- Performance Improvement
- "Six Sigma" is a term coined by Motorola in the late 1980's to represents a stretch goal for process quality. Sigma is the Greek symbol used by statisticians to denote the standard deviation- a statistical measure of variability. When a process reaches "six sigma" quality, the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- IDEX Corp. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from Jim Lucas of Janney Montgomery Scott. Larry Kingsley - Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Hi, Jim. Operator Jim, please go ahead. Jim, please proceed with your question. Unidentified Analyst Can you hear me, okay? Larry Kingsley -...
- Earnings calls 2008-02-05
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