synthesis of best practice

... mix of small, mid-sized, and large agencies to assess the state of the practice across the whole spectrum of transit activity in North America BACKGROUND The scope and objectives of TCRP Synthesis ... questionnaries A profile of these two systems may provide insight into the state of the practice of representative transit agencies The questionnaries are included in this synthesis as Appendixes ... MIS issues The synthesis study focused on the best practices of seven select transit agencies through a detailed examination of specific integration projects and an assessment of critical success...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 11:20

... Data analysis 11 Profiles of the case-study schools 11 Teacher profiles for the case-study phase 18 A synthesis of school profiles 20 Phase The survey: Perceptions of best practice in desegregated ... constitutes best practice Figure 4.3 Teacher practices as perceived by learners Figure 4.4 Parents’ perceptions of school practices Figure 4.5 School governing bodies’ perceptions of best practice ... African schools 21 Responses of teachers 21 Responses of learners 24 Responses of parents 25 Responses of members of school governing bodies 27 Responses of members of school management teams 29...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 10:20

... Supervised—“made by, at the direction of, or under the actual supervision of an instructor”; Part of a structured course—“an integral part of a class session offered as a regular part of the systematic, mediated ... doctrine did not protect the activities of the Board of Educational Services in Erie County, New York, which made mass copies of copyrighted works taped off of broadcast television for distribution ... whether more of the work was used than necessary to accomplish the specific purpose of the use The fourth factor examines “the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the work.”...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 12:21

... dissemination strategy A practice environment supportive of delivery of best practice care There are potential barriers at the practice level under the control of individual clinicians and practice teams, ... choice of condition could reflect the importance of the health problem within the region (number of persons affected, loss of quality of life/loss of life, costs of management) and the importance of ... delivery of best practice care The focus of the model is on the occupations and professional groups that are responsible for the delivery of competencies crucial to the prevention and management of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... 6:12 PM 32 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices this publication, continuous improvement well might be less a matter of domination and more one of survival Later, we will address how ... playing games with the numbers, takes a lot of work On top of that, the organization and its environment are in a constant state of flux, so even the best of metrics must be scrutinized periodically ... Handbook of Best Practices • Quality System An objective assessment of the current quality system • • will reveal an organization’s strengths and weaknesses Many state governments and corporations offer...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... cover a range of possible settings; temperature is one example Often these factors are continuous A subset of this type of factor is one with an ordered set of levels An example of this is high-medium-low ... of 16 runs) Use a bar chart or a scatter plot of factor A at both of its levels (each of the two levels will have eight data points) Then use a bar chart or scatter plot of factor B at both of ... small Such a process, often called a “point” process, may be indicative of high sensitivity to input parameters Alternatively, it may indicate a lack of knowledge of the effect of process settings...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... November 6, 2001 6:10 PM 72 4.1.4 USE The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices OF COMMON MATERIALS The fifth design consideration is use of the materials most processed This simply means that materials ... 2001 6:10 PM 74 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices TABLE 4.2 Process Mapping Vocabulary Process map: a graphical representation of the flow of a process A detailed process map contains ... Date Part Number Name Period of Data SL3003Ch04Frame Page 78 Tuesday, November 6, 2001 6:10 PM 78 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices described DFMA principles of fewer parts and part types...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices With IPPD, each process is still needed It’s the sequencing, the sharing of knowledge, and the elimination of hand-offs that now offer a product that’s ... Jealousy of Change (From the Functional Manager’s View) Fear of loss of turf is the best way to explain the response from most functional managers To understand this, consider Maslow’s hierarchy of ... PM 98 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices reach), increased flexibility because of the need to cover multiple disciplines, and an increased likelihood of keeping the team leader involved,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... PM 118 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices • Requirements for approval of product, procedures, processes, and equipment • Requirements for qualification of personnel and for a quality management ... the availability of information that describes the characteristics of the product, the availability of work instructions, the use of suitable equipment, the availability and use of monitoring and ... Records of the results of calibration and verification should be maintained The organization should assess and record the validity of previous measuring results The ability of computer software...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... Friday, November 9, 2001 1:52 PM 176 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices and lead to the loss of future business Some of the causes of this waste may be weak process control, poor product design, ... Friday, November 9, 2001 1:52 PM 174 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices 8.2 ELIMINATION OF WASTE PRINCIPLE 8.2.1 DEFINITION OF WASTE Waste, or muda, as it is known in the Toyota production ... overproduce for a variety of reasons Large-lot production, long machine setups, and making up for poor quality are some of them Part of the root cause of this waste may be the logic of “Just in case somebody...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... 228 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices • Process Map A two-dimensional version of a process flow chart that also • • • • portrays handoffs and receipts of products or services from one ... number of handoffs that are a part of this process, recognizing that every time there is a handoff, there is a strong potential for an error, an oversight, something left out, a buildup of a queue, ... the various areas of responsibility (listed down the left-hand side) This gives us a very clear, visual picture of some of the things we might want to consider doing in terms of reordering the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... about half of its C stock to others This means that by giving up control of the dollars on about 7.5% of your stock, you have relieved yourself of doing the work of managing about half of your part ... approach, in terms of the same items: • • • • Timely detection and correction of causes of error Fewer mistakes in part identification Minimal loss of production time Systematic improvement of record accuracy ... concept of your inventory The Pareto principle stated that 80% of your sales come from 20% of your part numbers and, conversely, the bottom 20% of your sales must come from the remaining 80% of your...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... to be considered are CF1 = Age of clubs CF2 = Time of day CF3 = Driving range practice CF4 = Use of a golf cart CF5 = Drinks CF6 = Type of ball used CF7 = Use of a caddy For this example, two ... 292 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices arrays, based on the design of experiments theory, to study a large number of decision variables with a small number of experiments Using orthogonal ... Level • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Age of clubs Time of day Driving range practice Use of a golf cart Drinks Type of ball used Use of a caddy Old A.M Yes Yes Yes Titleist Yes New P.M...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... average value of K However, it takes a lot of work to so Also, process changes that reduce defect rates are likely to alter the value of K As a rule of thumb, consider using a value of K ≅ 0.5 Though ... Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices 14.4.2 BALANCING CONTAINMENT AND CORRECTION When an organization targets a significant problem for correction, there often is a flurry of activity to “detect ... Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices Flexibility applies to the variety of tools that can be selected at a given time and to how an effective facilitator responds to the dynamics of her or his diverse...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... or more observations, the median of two or more observations, a count of items that meet a criteria of interest, or the percentage of items meeting a criteria of interest Limits are defined for ... Tuesday, November 6, 2001 6:02 PM 334 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices number of times, then on average a subgroup of size n = will detect a sigma shift in nine subgroups As you can ... The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices • • of liquid to maintain a similar environment that carries over into subsequent temperature observations for a period of time Subgroups formed over...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices well as at geographically separated systems within the same company Another key aspect of this link is to assure the availability of information so rational, ... Handbook of Best Practices 16.4.2.1 Supplier Partnerships Supplier partnerships are the most common form of strategic partnerships used by today’s manufacturing companies This type of partnership ... type of provider will also typically have low fixed costs and specialized expertise Loss of control is the most commonly cited disadvantage of using this type of strategic partner Other types of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... project was the existence of many weeks of © 2002 by CRC Press LLC SL3003Ch17Frame Page 378 Tuesday, November 6, 2001 6:00 PM 378 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices safety inventory, ... focused table of deciding factors, the truck firm developed a scoring system that led to selection of the finalist: Tire Company Tire Company’s director of sales and the truck firm’s manager of supplier ... produced the final assemblies Because of the significant rejection rate of the final assemblies, 10 days’ inventory of tires and rims had to be maintained as a form of safety stock Under the new conditions,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... 6:00 PM 396 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices Policy: The software design engineer does all of the tasks involved in the work that is designated “software design engineering work.” Paradigm: ... November 6, 2001 6:00 PM 390 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices • Often, extra help is provided to aid in faster processing of constraint tasks, such as setup, cleanup, paperwork, etc ... area of the company At this point we asked, “What the software design engineers that only they can do, and what they that others are capable of doing?” Some of the tasks involved in the software...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... certificate consisted of a descriptive title of the invention, a schematic of the new invention, a rendering of the current design, the purpose of the invention, and a description of the solution 19.2.1 ... Weight of a moving object Weight of a nonmoving object Length of a moving object Length of a nonmoving object Area of a moving object Area of a non-moving object Volume of moving object 2,26 29,40 ... 6, 2001 6:01 PM 416 The Manufacturing Handbook of Best Practices TABLE 19.6 System of Standard Solutions Class Increasing performance 1.1 Synthesis of the substance field models 1.1.1 Constructing...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20

... and Treasurer of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Director of the Aerospace and Defense Division of the IIE, a Co-Chair of the Total Quality Management (TQM) Committee of the American ... 175 8.2.5 Waste of Movement 176 8.2.6 Waste of Motion .176 8.2.7 Waste of Waiting 176 8.2.8 Waste of Overprocessing 176 8.2.9 Impact of Waste .177 ... particular topic is of special interest to you for purposes of review or to initiate your understanding of its “fit” within the broad spectrum of tools and techniques that are a regular part of today’s...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:20