Research.
Strategies to decrease costs and wait times in the airline industry
can be applied in many other industries. This month we highlight
research that introduces these strategies. The first article . . .
The aloha tracker.(SOLUTIONS IN PRACTICE)
Hawaii may have been the last state to join the United States, but
it may be the first one to track food and protect consumers with radio
frequency identification. The state's Department of . . .
Reality chain: seven habits for supply chain success.(Company
overview)
COMPANIES WITH THE TOP-PERFORMING SUPPLY CHAINS have one thing in
common--habits that ensure success. But there's a mountain of
information on supply chain strategies, so how do you know which . . .
Prevention, control, sustainability: plan and conduct effective
safety audits.
Planning and conducting environmental, health, and safety (EHS)
audits for a company or client's full range of operations can be a
daunting undertaking. These operations may include both domestic . . .
High performance management: process mastery reduces sting of
change, complexity.
LEADERSHIP WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS IS FORCED TO respond to the
greatest challenge since the Industrial Revolution: globalization and
the increasing rate of change and complexity.
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Shanghai surprise: lean efforts gain an unusual champion in human
resources.(Company overview)
MANY COMPANIES BASED IN CHINA are governed by a strong,
group-motivated work ethic. In other words, an individual's success
and fulfillment depends on the entire team's work measurement. . . .
Voluntary parts: time and money donations fuel MedShare
International's supply chain of aid.(Cover story)
IN THE GLOBAL MEDICAL COMMUNITY, THE DISPARITIES in the quality of
supplies and equipment are too obvious to overlook. Routine tools,
blades, and protective clothing used in surgical or emergency . . .
Consumed by cellular manufacturing?(manufacturing)
EVERY PRODUCT POSSESSES UNIQUE characteristics. Could there be one
best process to manufacture these products? Does the traditional batch
and queue process have rights to exist today? A supplier . . .
Avoiding growth pains.(management)
CAN TOO MUCH SUCCESS BE FATAL? A company that provides specialized
equipment to financial institutions and construction companies on a
rental basis to test and verify power systems has grown . . .
Inside out.(performance)
IS UPPER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT A prerequisite for high performance?
Top management support does matter, but the lack of such support does
not mean that an individual or team can't make significant . . .
Safety pupils prepare: board examinations to change in
2009.(Front Line)
The Certified Safety Professional certification held by more than
11,000 individuals is changing to reflect a wider grasp of contemporary
issues. On Jan. 1, 2009, the Board of Certified Safety . . .
CSI-E.(UNCOMMON IE)
THE TASK AT HAND: We all know that a forensic engineer solves
crimes on television shows. Well, not exactly. For Fred Pope of
Professional Investigative Engineers in Denver, clients are . . .
Trace of blood: RFID may secure the nation's blood
supply.(Front Line)
In the United States alone, someone needs blood every two seconds.
According to the American Red Cross, this means that more than 38,000
blood donations are needed every day with the average red . . .
Dilbert.(Comic)(Cartoon)
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Special effects report.(SITE TO SEE)
Annual reports are a necessary evil. Running up to 100 pages in
length, each one feels like a book yet reads like a manifesto from a
CEO. Printing companies received one less client when the . . .
USPS woos IEs: Operations Industrial Engineer Initiative creates
300 positions.(Front Line)
After closing the first application call for new industrial
engineer hires in March, the United States Postal Service is set to
start interviewing more candidates for operations, . . .
Bargain infrastructure breaking.(PRIME NUMBER)
To keep the United States moving, the federal government should
spend $225 billion per year for the next 50 years on its transportation
systems, according to the National Surface Transportation . . .
System = solution.(BOOK OF THE MONTH)
Natural disasters, economic disasters, and other societal phenomena
all stem from a root cause that then stretches through complex, dense
components. But do they have to occur again and again? . . .
Two hospitals, one mission: transparency in quality, safety, and
satisfaction reports.(Front Line)
"Good is not good enough," said Lois Silverman, chair of
the Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BID-MC) and Beth
Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham Board of Directors, while . . .
Juran's dream: a quality society; Industry pioneer dies at
103.(Front Line)(Obituary)
Joseph M. Juran, Ph.D., noted author and "father" of
quality management, died Feb. 28 from natural causes. According to
Joseph De Feo, CEO of the Juran Institute, a training and consulting
firm . . .
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