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		<title><![CDATA[Six Sigma for the Rest of Us]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=56136]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Within large corporations, Six Sigma's popularity as a means of improving quality and reducing costs continues to increase. However, the same can't be said of small and medium-sized organizations, which, as a rule, have been less enthusiastic about adopting Six Sigma. Nevertheless, smaller companies should consider that business process principles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Product Realization - The Revised Standard Focuses On Customer Requirements.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=57306]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of the clauses from ISO 9001:1994 are incorporated into ISO 9001:2000's section 7, Product realization. This article groups the requirements from the 1994 version's clauses. It also addresses process planning and customer communication and is the only section of the standard that allows exclusions to the requirements. The summaries...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Six Sigma Strategies: Creating Excellence in the Workplace]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=57839]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A true Six Sigma organization produces not only excellent product but also maintains highly efficient production and administrative systems that work effectively with the company's other service processes. However, not every organization takes this holistic approach. Production processes still may run at low yields with high scrap ratios and defects....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Now Anyone Can Design Professional Surveys and Analyze Results!]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=58660]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Gathering feedback from customers is a snap with SURVEYWin, from the award winning folks at Raosoft! No matter how big or small your organization is, you can do sophisticated market research or satisfaction surveys with ease... and without spending a fortune. This product supports every element of a good research...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ISO 14001 Brings Change and Delivers Profits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=58780]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the introduction of ISO 14001 more than four years ago companies developed internal environmental management systems EMSs primarily to increase profitability. Due to the lack of guidance and structure and the added costs of creating an EMS, few companies chose to implement one. Market pressure is now the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is It Worth It?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=59621]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The article is about the Baldrige award that not only recognizes superior businesses but also increases understanding of the elements critical for performance excellence. In today's competitive marketplace, ISO 9000 registration is becoming a requirement for doing business in many industries. To remain competitive, companies need to go beyond that....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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