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| | Customer Focused Process Improvement - Chapter 1 |
 | | Implementing process improvement in your organization will involve a change in the way you operate, as well as a change in the way you use your greatest asset: the people who work at your company. | | | Process improvement is a remarkably effective and practical way for companies to lower costs, reduce waste, speed up cycle time, and dramatically improve quality. | | | Focusing solutions on raising quality and eliminating waste—not solely on the costs or productivity of a department. |
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http://wso.williams.edu:8000/~dredmond/lochridge/cfpi_chapter1.htm
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| | Focused Improvement Systems A development of TQM and Kaizen |
| | A Focused Improvement system should be unique to the organisation or business unit being measured, reflecting critical success factors and business processes. | | | The aim of a Focused Improvement system is to promote improvement, therefore good performance should be recognised and poor performance penalised. | | | Assessment of the benefits to be gained from improvement of a variable against the cost of collecting data and reporting its performance; |
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http://www.smthacker.co.uk/focused_improvement_system.htm
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| | PROFES Cost/Benefit Repository |
| | The criteria for assessing benefit and cost of the PROFES improvement methodology were acquired through interviews from the pilot users of the methodology and from the methodology providers. | | | For validating the PROFES improvement methodology it was demonstrated that the application of the methodology actually resulted in the achievement of product quality goals. | | | Cost/benefit analysis and validation of the PROFES improvement methodology were conducted in two subsequent 15 months periods. |
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http://www.iese.fhg.de/projects/profes/CBRepository/CBRepository.html
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| | Special education improvement efforts were integrated into the larger school improvement process; therefore, IDE indicated special education issues are addressed in a systemic manner. | | | IDE explained on page 3 of the APR that Iowa’s continuous improvement monitoring, first implemented in 2002, was organized around the following “enduring concepts”: parent and student participation, educational interventions, appropriate services in the least restrictive environment, transition, system supports, and student results. | | | Special education monitoring activities were integrated into Iowa’s general school improvement process in which 20% of Iowa’s local school districts, area education agencies (AEAs), and other agencies were reviewed annually. |
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http://www.ed.gov/fund/data/report/idea/partbapr/baprltr03-ia.doc
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| | STRATEGIC PLANNING FOCUSED ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT |
| | The principles and practices of continuous improvement focus on the needs of students and stakeholders and examine key student and stakeholder requirements to define the strategic goals and direction of the District. | | | The Criteria are designed to help schools and districts improve their educational services through focus on dual, results-oriented goals which are, 1) provision of ever-improving educational value to students, contributing to their overall development and well-being; and 2) improvement of overall school effectiveness, use of resources and capabilities. | | | Using these criteria can provide a valuable framework for performance excellence and can help assess and measure performance on a wide range of key institutional performance indicators. |
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http://www.d11.org/boe/policies/ade.htm
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| | John Hunter - Management Improvement, Investing, Internet Resources, Economics Blog |
| | The challenge is to raise the awareness of the decision makers and the public that the long term benefits of such investments are the best decision to make. | | | However, it is a significant part of why I care about management improvement. | | | In the Deming on Management section, I attempt to clearly indicate what he actual said and include some of my thoughts on the topic. |
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http://johnhunter.com
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| | These resources will also be targeted to those states most in need of improvement on the performance issues. | | | States should examine the rank orders to ensure that the data are accurate and to note any areas that need improvement. | | | OSEP’s accountability strategy is continuing to make technical assistance available to all states regarding self-assessment, improvement planning, and evaluation. |
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http://www.ideadata.org/docs/PartCJuly2003.doc
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| | Software Dioxide: Focused Improvement |
| | Improvement projects have no direct product to sell, but there is still a real, measurable benefit such as a decrease in rework costs or an increase in productivity. | | | In this article, Karen King explains how to improve software processes with a managed plan, by applying the set of steps described in the article, as suitable to your organization. | | | King points out that process improvement is continuous in a learning organization and therefore learning how to manage improvement is critical for becoming a high-performance organization that can meet new business situations. |
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http://www.softwaredioxide.com/Channels/ConView.asp?id=7026
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| | The reason that I focused my research on services in the health care industry is because my grandfather is in a nursing home. | | | I feel like the quality service area is an area that is neglected by many health care providers because they don't want to spend the time or money making the improvements that need to be made. | | | A company that follows up on their product can find the aspects of the service that require improvement (Lovelock 223-225). |
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http://academic.emporia.edu/smithwil/s99mg423/eja/wheat.htm
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| | FY 2002 Budget School Accountability |
| | The team could recommend the appropriate budget neutral improvement measures including but not limited to: | | | The team helps the school to identify needed resources and help broker additional resources by tying into systemwide initiatives such as professional development. | | | Dissemination of information on accountability to stakeholders in the school community, broadly defined, is carried out periodically. |
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http://boston.k12.ma.us/bps/BudgetFY02/accountability.asp
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| | Online Quality Resource Guide by John Hunter |
| | Curious Cat Management Improvement Bookstore Popular, as well as hard to find, management books available online at a discount I manage the bookstore and this guide - John | | | Public Sector Continuous Improvement Site library, links to online resources | | | curiouscat.com blog - Thoughts on Management Improvement, Customer Focused Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Deming, Customer Focus by John Hunter. |
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http://deming.eng.clemson.edu/onlineq.html
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| | John Hunter's Customer Focused Continuous Improvement Site |
| | Previously, I served on the board of the Public Sector Network (now the Government Division of ASQ) for several years (and established their online presence). | | | I have spoken at various conferences including the National Quality Education Conference, the W. | | | I established the Public Sector Continuous Improvement Site, in 1996. |
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http://johnhunter.com/johnhunter/plife.cfm
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| | International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes'99) |
| | This international conference focuses on professional software process improvement motivated by product quality needs. | | | Topics ====== The topics of the conference include but are not limited to: Software Process Improvement Process Assessment Process Modeling Measurement Software Quality Quality Standards Empirical Software Engineering Industrial Experiences and Case Studies Methods and Tools Submissions =========== Submit a paper, an experience report, or a position statement. | | | International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes'99) |
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http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/99/990622-profes.html
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| | 4th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES'2002) |
| | The large number of participants that are coming from industry confirms that the conference provides a variety of up-to-date topics and tackles industry problems. | | | Theme and Scope =============== The main theme of PROFES is professional software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. | | | http://www.vtt.fi/ele/profes2002/index.htm Theme and Scope =============== The main theme of PROFES is professional software process improvement (SPI)motivated by product and service quality needs. |
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http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/02/021209-profes.html
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| | Focused improvement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Focused improvement in theory of constraints is the ensemble of activities aimed at elevating the performance of any system, especially a business system, with respect to its goal by eliminating its constraints one by one and by not working on non-constraints. | | | Most of the popular performance improvement methods, such as TQM or reengineering, are not focused improvement methods, i.e. | | | The method to achieve focused improvement is the use of the five thinking processes. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focused_improvement
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| | Curious Cat Management Improvement Connections: Blogs - Annotated Management Blog Directory |
| | Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Blog focused on: Management Improvement, Innovation, Process Improvement, Customer Focus, Systems Thining, Deming's ideas, Six Sigma, Lean Thinking, data based decision making as well as other topics (investing and economics). | | | Management Improvement Library Management Glossary Books Management Blog Calendar Career - Jobs Updates Web Boards Conferences Seminars | | | Management Improvement Blogs - Customer Focused Continuous Improvement |
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http://curiouscat.net/guides/blogs.cfm
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| | U.S. Pregrant 20040059619 - Techniques for facilitating innovation-focused improvement of an entity |
| | A method involves: assessing an innovation status of an entity; identifying at least one initiative with an innovation focus which is structured to increase the value of the entity; implementing the initiative; and repeating the assessing, identifying and implementing. | | | Techniques for facilitating innovation-focused improvement of an entity | | | U.S. Pregrant 20040059619 - Techniques for facilitating innovation-focused improvement of an entity |
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http://cxp.paterra.com/uspregrant20040059619.html
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| | Curious Cat Mangement Improvement Calendar - Conferences, Seminars and events on management topics |
| | Encyclopedia of management terms (focused on Six Sigma, Quality Management, System Thinking, Customer Focus, SPC and Deming. | | | We maintain this online calendar of Management Improvement events focused on Deming's ideas, system thinking, process improvement, innovation, Six Sigma, customer focus, Quality Management, etc. Suggest an event to add to the calendar. | | | curiouscat.com > Management Improvement > Conferences and Seminars > Calendar |
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http://www.curiouscat.net/calendar
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| | 3rd International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes'2001) |
| | Werner Mellis (University of Cologne, Germany) more speakers to be confirmed Theme & Scope The main theme of PROFES 2001 is professional software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. | | | 3rd International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes'2001) |
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http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/01/010910-profes.html
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| | [20040901] PROFES 2000: PRODUCT FOCUSED SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT 2ND CONFERENCE |
| | The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 60 submitted full papers. | | | This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2000, held in Oulu, Finland, in June 2000. | | | The book is divided into topical sections on process improvement, empirical software engineering, industrial experiences, methods and tools, software process and modeling, software and process measurement, and organizational learning and experience factory. |
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http://www.ticmundi.com/optical/3-540-67688-0.html
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| | CBC News: Ottawa eases EI rules, affecting 200,000 workers |
| | Some in the Atlantic provinces don't think the reforms are a real improvement, however. | | | Dominic Leblanc, a Liberal MP from the same province, thinks the latest round of changes will make amends. | | | Earle McCurdy of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union says the changes will bring little relief to the 10,000 fish plant workers in Newfoundland. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/02/23/ei-changes050223.html
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| | 2nd International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (Profes'2000) |
| | Theme & Scope ------------- The main theme of PROFES 2000 is professional software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. | | | Keynote Speakers include: ------------------------- Bill Curtis (Vice President, TeraQuest Inc.) Roger Fordham (Director of New Center Development, Global Software Division, Motorola Inc.) Continuing the success of PROFES'99 conference, we are arranging the 2nd International PROFES (Product Focused Software Process Improvement) conference in Oulu, Finland during the night-less midsummer nights June 20-22, 2000. | | | SPI is facilitated by software process assessment, software measurement, process modeling, technology transfer and has become a practical tool for quality software engineering and management. |
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http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/00/000620-profes.html
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| | Focused Improvement Management Consulting |
| | Strategic changes are the ones that impact the way you run your business…the ones that allow you to flex to the demands of your customer...the ones that dramatically improve total costs, and give you an advantage over your competitors. | | | These changes make improvements possible by increasing the speed and efficiency of your business processes. | | | While all improvements are changes, not all changes are improvements. |
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http://www.focusedimprovement.com
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| | CIMRO - FOCUSED QUALITY STUDIES |
| | Study team members included physicians, nurses, statisticians, epidemiologists and healthcare specialists appropriate for the clinical area under review. | | | A focused quality study requires a clearly defined study question, specific indicators to be monitored and evaluated, standards against which to compare data and a method for analyzing results. | | | CIMRO has completed numerous focused quality studies, all of which provided valuable information on quality healthcare delivery. |
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http://www.cimro.com/focused.htm
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| | Shanks Consulting - Focused Equipment Improvement |
| | The method "focuses" on equipment maintenance problems and seeks to identify the main root causes of the problems, going beyond basic maintenance in order to improve equipment performance and capability. | | | Focused Equipment Improvement is one of the main pillars of TPM. | | | The aim of Focused Equipment Improvement (FEI) is to increase the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by addressing specific equipment losses. |
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http://www.shanks.fsnet.co.uk/fei.html
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| | Operations, Productivity & Quality Management Consulting - ISO 9001 2000 certificate consultancy & training. ... |
| | The package can be customized as per the exact need of the organization. | | | P R O F I T package is designed so as to help the organizations improve productivity and maximize bottom line performance by implementing specially designed quality improvement and quality maintenance system. | | | P R O F I T - Productivity and Resources Optimization by Focused Improvements Techniques is the proprietary Quality Management Consulting Package developed by Lakshy Business Consultants to cater the ever changing quality management and performance improvement needs of the organizations of all size and nature. |
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http://www.lakshy.com/PROFIT/PROFIT.htm
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| | Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2004003204 |
| | Table of contents for Dynamics of profit focused accounting : attaining sustained value and bottom-line improvement / C. Lynn Northrup. | | | Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog. | | | Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2004003204 |
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004003204.html
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| | 6th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES'2005) |
| | 6th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES'2005) | | | ~ THEME & SCOPE The conference theme 'Professional software process improvement (SPI)' is focused onto the approaches to systems and software quality management and improvement. | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALL FOR PAPERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROFES 2005 New paper submission deadline: January 21, 2005 The 6th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement http://profes2005.oulu.fi/ Oulu, Finland, June 11 - 15, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selected papers will be published in the Journal of Software Process Improvement and Practice in late 2005. |
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http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/05/050613-profes.html
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| | PR Newswire : HealthMedia(R) Launches Focused Health Improvement Program, HealthMedia(R) Breathe(TM). @ HighBeam ... |
| | HealthMedia(R) Breathe(TM) is an effective, low cost option for any size organization looking to empower as many smokers as possible to | | | HealthMedia, Inc., a leading- edge lifestyle management and disease prevention company that delivers tailored counseling programs through expert systems technology, today announced the launch of its third-generation focused health improvement smoking cessation product, HealthMedia(R) Breathe(TM). | | | Current Article: HealthMedia(R) Launches Focused Health Improvement Program, HealthMedia(R) Breathe(TM). |
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http://static.highbeam.com/p/prnewswire/april102001/healthmediarlaunchesfocusedhealthimprovementprogra/index.html
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| | Rainbows focused on self-improvement - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
| | Use of this site indicates your agreement to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (updated 6/7/2005) | | | They know they have to get better between now and the NCAA Tournament. | | | Rainbows focused on self-improvement - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper |
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http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Oct/04/sp/sp08a.html
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| | Bothwell Regional Health Center - ATM Machine |
| | Through the team process, individuals at all levels of the organization assess the quality of patient care, services and processes, and identify opportunities for change that result in improvement of healthcare delivery. | | | Performance improvement is focused on the key processes that are important to the health | | | The approach to performance improvement throughout the organization is consistent and process-focused |
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http://www.brhc.org/BRHC_Quality.htm
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| | Improvement in Jönköping is county-wide, focusing on asthma care, care of elders, prevention of influenza, medication safety, and county-wide access to appropriate services. | | | Improving access to specialty care and establishing a business case for chronic illness care have also been primary targets. | | | In addition, TMH is partnering with Capital Health Plan (CHP), a single-site, mixed-model HMO, to improve care for people with chronic conditions in the community. |
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http://ihi.org/NR/rdonlyres/F2CFEF63-C069-491A-94B1-51F11B5A03FF/0/...
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| | ACMontheWeb: Focused Monitoring and Continuous Improvement Monitoring |
| | Leader Services builds a custom implementation based on the specific needs of your state, and can accommodate the requirements of the new Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring Systems (CIFMS) initiative. | | | Advanced Compliance Monitoring transforms a Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring Process into a web-based workflow, allowing schools undergoing monitoring to perform an online self-assessment, with results immediately available to state Dept. of Education staff for review. | | | These plans are immediately available to schools, and e-mail notifications are sent to appropriate staff based on key events in the process. |
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http://www.acmontheweb.com
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| | reality blurred + Martha Stewart will produce a women-focused home improvement reality show |
| | Martha Stewart Omnimedia purchased a $700,000 house in Norwalk, Conn., to use for the series. | | | This site is powered by Movable Type, hosted by Hostito, and licensed by a Creative Commons License. | | | The series “is about a group of women who learn trades and help renovate the 125-year-old house,” and those women “are coming off welfare programs, recovering from bankruptcy or getting out of drug rehabilitation,” according to the AP. |
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http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/future_shows/2005_Oct_03_martha_home_women
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| | A Typed Generic Process Model for Product Focused Process Improvement |
| | TGPM could be instantiated to generate process models for individual processes. | | | The motivation behind the idea of product focused process improvement is to make a process improvement program address certain product quality features in an explicit manner. | | | Index Terms- Process Models, Product focused process improvement, Software Quality, Software Metrics |
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http://doi.ieeecs.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.2002.1045032
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| | Fund Code - 555: Goals 2000: Focused Instructional Improvement |
| | The purpose of this Goals 2000 grant is to support primarily school-based professional development programs that will improve instruction in English language arts, history and social science, mathematics, science and technology education, foreign language; comprehensive health education, and the arts. | | | Goals 2000: Focused Instructional Improvement - (Fund Code: 555) | | | To ensure that the funds are awarded to schools with the greatest need, the Department is requesting that the Superintendent rank the submissions for the district, with #1 being the school most in need. |
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http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/GRANTS/grants99/555.html
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| | Focused Improvement Training Courses |
| | Candidates use the Focused Improvement methods and techniques to solve a current shop floor problem and develop a practical understanding of how this approach drives out the production line loss and waste. | | | To develop a manufacturing process and culture where production line loss and waste is systematically and rigorously rooted out using shop floor Focused Improvement teams. | | | This course enables manufacturing staff to utilise a practical problem solving process with supporting tools and techniques to improve the overall performance of the manufacturing operation. |
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http://www.kcts.co.uk/trainfi.htm
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| | Focused Equipment Improvement |
| | The Focused Equipment Improvement program is designed to provide Reliability Improvement teams a set of tools that free a process from chronic losses and equipment design problems. | | | The focus is on specific equipment related losses that reduce overall equipment effectiveness and cause accelerated deterioration of machine parts. |
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http://www.aleracon.com/focused_equipment_improvement.htm
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| | Product Focused Software Process Improvement SPI in the embedded software domain (SMEALSearch) - ... |
| | Product Focused Software Process Improvement SPI in the embedded software domain (SMEALSearch) - Pal,Rangaswamy,Giles,Debnath | | | Product Focused Software Process Improvement Spi in the embedded software domain | | | @misc{ solingen-product, author = "Rini Van Solingen", title = "Product Focused Software Process Improvement SPI in the embedded software domain" } |
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http://smealsearch.psu.edu/77426.html
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| | CSAF Logistics Review Focused Improvement for EAF Readiness - Storming Media |
| | The goal of the CLR is to improve the combat readiness and capability of the EAF by making logistics processes smarter, more efficient, and more effective, With this direction, MAJCOMs identified improvement opportunities in the areas of wing-level distribution, aircraft fleet health, contingency planning, and officer/SNCO development. | | | The initiatives included consolidating base distribution processes under a single squadron; making the Logistics Group commander responsible for long-ten% fleet health through the realignment of monitoring/management agencies; integrating all logistics contingency planning and deployment processes; and developing initiatives to better train officers and SNCOs. | | | Abstract: In the Spring of CYO I, the Air Force Chief of Staff approved several initiatives under the CSAF Logistics Review (CLR) to improve logistics processes. |
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http://www.stormingmedia.us/39/3950/A395024.html
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| | rpm.espn.com: Earnhardt Jr., team showing maturity |
| | The team is focused on the big picture, and it understands that what's really important is when a sixth-place finish comes at a track where he's never finished better than, say, 10th. | | | Even on solid days when Junior will finish sixth, there is little frustration over the fact that Kenseth finished fourth and still put a little more distance between them in the points race. | | | But Junior's all about improvement, and he's trying to improve to one-time champion, with just six more to go to catch up to Daddy. |
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http://espn.go.com/rpm/wc/2003/0629/1574373.html
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