Productivity Improvement through Quality Control Circles: A Comparative Approach

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 17-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. Vaziri
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Productivity Improvement

SPEL: The Quality Journey

2005 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 203-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamshed Hasan Khan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Statistical Quality Control ◽  
Trade Barriers ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Productivity Improvement ◽  
Statistical Quality ◽  
Quality Culture ◽  
Control Quality ◽  
Quality Tools ◽  
Current Systems

Synthetic Products Enterprises (Private) Limited (SPEL) was one of the few (indigenous) Pakistani companies that had introduced and implemented many quality and productivity improvement initiatives. These included Benchmarking, Statistical Quality Control, Quality Control Circles, and 5S'. A distinguishing feature of these initiatives was the involvement and motivation of its employees. However, with emerging competition coupled with reduced trade barriers, it became imperative for the company to constantly review and improve its current systems, which were predominantly quality driven. SPEL was able to develop a quality culture within its organization whereas several other companies, which had implemented similar kinds of quality tools, failed to develop it. This case explores the process through which a customer focused Total Quality Culture was developed and the conditions needed to facilitate this development.

Lectin-Induced RBC Agglutination: Chemical vs. Cryofixation

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 664-665
Author(s):  
Dean A. Handley ◽  
Lanping A. Sung ◽  
Shu Chien
Keyword(s):  
Lectin Binding ◽  
Freeze Substitution ◽  
Electrostatic Charge ◽  
Geometric Parameters ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Chemical Fixation ◽  
Cell Surfaces ◽  
Minimal Cell ◽  
Membrane Stiffness ◽  
Cell Contour

RBC agglutination by lectins represents an interactive balance between the attractive (bridging) force due to lectin binding on cell surfaces and disaggregating forces, such as membrane stiffness and electrostatic charge repulsion (1). During agglutination, critical geometric parameters of cell contour and intercellular distance reflect the magnitude of these interactive forces and the size of the bridging macromolecule (2). Valid ultrastructural measurements of these geometric parameters from agglutinated RBC's require preservation with minimal cell distortion. As chemical fixation may adversely influence RBC geometric properties (3), we used chemical fixation and cryofixation (rapid freezing followed by freeze-substitution) as a comparative approach to examine these parameters from RBC agglutinated with Ulex I lectin.

Health communication ethics and CDC quality-control guidelines for information

2003 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey W McKenna ◽  
Terry F Pechacek ◽  
Donna F Stroup
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Communication Ethics

Quality control and the medical record

1971 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. L. Weed
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Medical Record
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