Value stream mapping: a sector based approach This paper was created on 01/05/2012 Gieljan Engelrelst Dimitri Van Nieuwenhove Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of Ghent Belgium Gieljan.Engelrelst@ugent.be Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of Ghent Belgium Dimitri.VanNieuwenhove@ugent.be Abstract—Value stream mapping is one of the most used tools in lean manufacturing. It’s a universal approach that can be used in many environments
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Evidence Based Nursing Practice in Nursing "Doing the right things right" (Craig & Smyth‚ 2002‚ p.4) Used to improve the experiences associated with health care and illness Early examples o Infection control (aseptic technique) o DVT (deep vein thrombosis) prevention Development of the EBP Concept Began with medicine o Archie Cochran‚ a British epidemiologist in 1972 published a book criticizing the medical profession for not reviewing medical research studies o Believed that
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Condition Based Maintenance vs. Phase Based Maintenance Activity 9.1 – Research Paper MBAA 520 Organizational Behavior Theory‚ Applications in Aviation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is an increasing desire for the implementation of condition based maintenance programs to replace the traditional hour based maintenance on Military rotor wing aircraft. There are several advantages and disadvantages to this type of maintenance. The purpose of this paper is to discuss both and the affect that they play
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RFID Technology “Real Time GPS System for a University Using RFID” FOR SUBMISSION OF Research Practice March/April 2013 SUBMITTED BY KRITIKA RATHORE 2012H112196P Literature Review RFID is a generic term for technologies that use radio wave to automatically identify individual items. RFID is a technology that allows data transfer between tags and readers without the necessity of line of light over a distance of up to a couple of 10 m depending on the type of tag used. For RFID system
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To achieve a high quality of healthcare and to keep up with the increasing pace of clinical advances in the field of midwifery‚ using women’s experiences and statistics within evidence based practice is probably the best research evidence. Evidence based practice is ‘The conscientious and judicious use of current best evidence in conjunction with clinical expertise and patient values to guide health (and social) care decisions’. (Sackett et al 2000). The main aims of this assignment are to outline
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Assignment The purpose of this abstract is to summarize and evaluate the paper „Is the resource-based “view” a useful perspective for strategic management research “ written by RICHARD L. PRIEM and JOHN E. BUTLER. I. Summarization The authors try to clarify the fundamental theoretical statements of the resource based view (RBV) and specify its fundamental contributions to knowledge. PRIEM and BUTLER try to answer two basic questions: 1. Is the foundational and unembellished RBV actually a
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VALUE-BASED LEADERSHIP AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE I herewith declare this work to be my own‚ that I have acknowledged all the sources I have consulted in the paper itself and not only in the bibliography‚ that all wording unaccompanied by a reference is my own‚ and that no part of this paper has been directly sourced from the internet‚ or elsewhere‚ without providing the necessary recognition. I acknowledge that if any part of this declaration is found to be false I shall receive no
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Question 1: Sassu is online based accounting software which enables users to remotely access their business transactions from anyplace they want. All one is in need to be wired to the internet and login to their sassu account and start inputting or manipulating their business transactions (“What is Cloud Accounting‚” n.d.‚ parra. 1). Sassu is a market leader in the Asia Pacific software as a Service Accounting industry‚ thriving with millions of transaction worth billions of dollars with a reach
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OOUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND POSSIBILITIES Dr Roy Killen Faculty of Education‚ University of Newcastle‚ Australia This paper explores some of the basic principles of outcomes-based education and relates them to the Australian school and vocational education context. It is intended to help teachers 2 understand how they can translate the theory and philosophy of OBE into practical action in their instructional planning‚ teaching and assessment of student 3 learning. The
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Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is when you figure out the cost of activities to then discover the cost of products and services. ABC occurs in in four stages. These steps are as follows: identify activities and calculate their estimated total costs‚ identify the allocation base for each activity and estimate the total quantity of each allocation base‚ compute the predetermined overhead allocation rate for every activity‚ and allocate indirect costs to the cost object. I will use the production of a
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