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	CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT - the first-ever Master of Business Synergies (MBS) e-Course
		Continuous improvement is also the main source of growth for organizations that cannot pursue more aggressive venture strategies as they have to follow some restricting bureaucratic rules and regulations.
		The essence of continuous improvement is the utilization of the human resources of the firm to produce a constant stream of improvements in all aspects of customer value, including quality, functional design, and timely delivery, while lowering cost at the same time.
		Continuous improvement does not necessarily call for a significant investment to implement it, but it does call for a great deal of commitment and continuous effort, which brings about gradual progress.
	www.1000ventures.com /business_guide/mbs_mini_cimprovement.html (219 words)

	The importance of Continuous Process Improvement
		Continuous Process Improvement in the front office might be the elimination of steps in an order review and entry process where it can be determined that many of these steps slowed the process without adding true value.
		Continuous improvement requires an organization to have a high level of confidence in itself, and the willingness to inspire individuals to be fearless and constructively critical of everything they, and others, do.
		Continuous improvement is a process of continually trying to achieve a better way and understanding that while not every attempt will be a winner, the large number of attempts will result in plenty of successes.
	www.reliableplant.com /article.asp?articleid=509 (1093 words)

	Project Management Processes - Continuous Improvement
		Continuous Improvement, often known as Kaizen, is essentially a small step-by-step incremental improvement strategy.
		Continuous improvement of the project management process can be made within a variety of platforms.
		In a continuous improvement culture, those that perform the work are a vital source of expertise in producing steady, gradual improvements, en route to perfection.
	www.botinternational.com /continuous_improvement.htm (1666 words)

	Texas Continuous Improvement Process
		The Texas Continuous Improvement Process (TCIP) is a permanent, annual process that the State uses to continuously identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to improve the provision of special education in Texas.
		Improvement planning involves examining what needs to be improved and then identifying and implementing actions to improve that part of the special education system.
		The TCIP is intended to be a multi-level model, meaning the self assessment, public meetings, and improvement planning will occur at the State level, and will yield information and data which will be shared at the regional and district levels so that ultimately all levels in the system are involved in coordinated, continuous improvement.
	www.tea.state.tx.us /special.ed/tcip (631 words)

	OSEP Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process
		Texas is following the OSEP Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (CIMP) which is designed to assess the impact and effectiveness of State and local efforts in providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, and a free appropriate public education to children and youth with disabilities.
		The Improvement Plan is the State's response to the OSEP Monitoring Report and addresses areas of improvement identified during the self-assessment and validation planning (public meeting) phases, as well as areas of noncompliance identified during the OSEP on-site Monitoring Visit.
		The Texas Improvement Plan addresses areas of improvement identified in the self-assessment and public meeting phases, as well as areas of noncompliance identified by OSEP during their on-site monitoring visit.
	www.tea.state.tx.us /special.ed/cimp (744 words)

	Arizona State University - Continuous Improvement Resources at Arizona State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Continuous Improvement - Operational philosophy that increasing quality is an ongoing responsibility of everyone in the organization.
		Continuous Improvement Team - A group of people at Arizona State University who meet to identify, analyze, and improve a process.
		In quality improvement, the facilitator focuses on the interpersonal process which the team leader focuses on content.
	www.west.asu.edu /tqteam/tools/glossary.html (1217 words)

	Continuous Improvement Skills Training
		Alamo's Continuous Improvement Skills is a flexible training and doing workshop for teams and individuals who need to understand the what, why, and how of continuous improvement.
		Continuous Improvement Skills is presented in five modules: Identifying Improvement Projects, Organizing Data, Improvement Goals, Identifying Improvement Obstacles, and Continuing Improvement Process.
		Continuous Improvement Skills training is ideal for any team or individual participating in the continuous improvement effort, from top management to front line employees.
	www.alamols.com /training/ciskills.htm (497 words)

	EPA P-Track - Continuous Improvement
		To submit a successful application, facilities need to demonstrate past environmental achievement and commit to continued improvement in their performance.
		Commitments for improvement should relate to the facility's significant environmental aspects identified in the EMS and should take into account local environmental priorities and pollution prevention opportunities.
		In documenting past achievements and committing to continued improvement, facilities should not rely on any actions that represent compliance with existing legal requirements at the Federal, state, tribal, or local levels.
	www.epa.gov /performancetrack/program/improv.htm (370 words)

	Continuous Improvement
		Is Continuous Improvement a fad created by consultants as part of a “make work” exercise, or is it a useful concept that should be adopted as a strategy for any organization expecting to survive in the fast paced environment in which we live?
		Fortunately, Continuous Improvement draws both on common sense and proven ideas that have been in existence for some time, and there is a considerable body of information about it.
		Get people involved: For a continuous improvement programme to be effective, it has to have the support of all of the employees of the organization, not just the production department, or the customer services department.
	www.cbser.com /articles/2006/continuous_improvement.htm (797 words)

	CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT:
		Quality improvement is based on the science of improvement that pursues knowledge of general truths or operation of general laws, especially those obtained and tested through the scientific method.
		Deming made an important contribution to the science of improvement by recognizing that there are certain elements of knowledge that underpin all improvements in the entire spectrum of applications.
		Improvement comes from the application of knowledge—of medicine, engineering, teaching, driving a truck, or simply the way some activity is currently done.
	www.case.edu /med/epidbio/mphp439/CQI.htm (8138 words)

	CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FIRM (CIF)
		CIF is a firm continuously improving on customer value due to improvements in productivity initiated by the members of the general work force.
		The key success factor in this endogenous, incremental and continuous technological and operational change is the organization and management of the firm in such a way that all members are motivated to promote change and are supported in their effort to do so.
		Lean manufacturing, supplemented by Six Sigma principles, can help your company attain the goal of continuous improvement – but only when embraced as a core corporate philosophy and rooted in the corporate culture.
	www.1000ventures.com /business_guide/im_cif_main.html (933 words)

	Continuous Improvement Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Improvement of undergraduate education is the core concept and guiding principle of the program.
		Those performing review and improvement and assessment activities are expected to be fully aware of EC 2000 requirements, and to incorporate them into their activities.
		Reactive improvements, based on assessment results, should be supplemented by proactive improvements motivated by creativity and innovation to lead the moving target and advance our undergraduate program to where it should be in the future.
	www.ee.washington.edu /ABET/cip10.htm (4701 words)

	Continuous Improvement in Software Development
		Often organizations implementing TQM make the mistake of requiring continuous improvement to be formal, time consuming and to involve many people.
		Part of making continuous improvement continuous is to make it easy for employees to make changes as they deem necessary.
		The 4 steps described for continuous improvement are followed by software professionals every day when dealing with problems such as abends and incident reports.
	www.qpmg.com /tqm2.htm (850 words)

	Continuous Improvement
		Today, everyone understands that the only norm in the world of business is that continuous, rapid, and often unexpected changes have become a way of life.
		Managers and supervisors are vital to the success of Continuous Improvement in your company.
		“Implementation” prepares managers and supervisors to personally lead continuous improvement efforts, develop a kickoff plan for quality in their own organizations, and collaborate with colleagues across functions to bring about large-scale organizational change.
	www.hplinc.com /cont_improvement.htm (1536 words)

	Continuous improvement
		To Taylor, commitment to continuous improvement is the focus of the school's quality efforts, not making the charts and diagrams that map its progress.
		During the first two years, an ASQ consultant visited the school six times, spending several hours each time working with staff members to refine their application of the tools to the school's goals.
		The school saw dramatic improvement: Algebra/data analysis was the area of "least concern'' when this group reached sixth grade.
	www.nsdc.org /library/publications/tools/2-98lead.cfm (930 words)

	Continuous Improvement
		Our stretch goal of "attainment of unequalled speed through continuous improvement," helps focus team members to find improved ways to do their job.
		The Air and Fuel continuous improvement team currently consists of full-time and part-time members who have been trained in a wide range of improvement tools.
		Continuous improvement has become an integral part of our division culture.
	www.parker.com /ead/cm2.asp?cmid=3163 (271 words)

	» What is Continuous Improvement?
		Improvement results from process evolution, not from an increase in scale.
		With these thoughts in mind, you can see how important it is to first define continuous improvement and note how it can actually affect your business.
		Continuous improvement has often been cited as one of the goals of a Quality Management System; however, in the real world, it is not possible to continuously improve anything or any process.
	www.bizmanualz.com /information/2005/02/08/what-is-continuous-improvement.html (950 words)

	Training Program - Continuous Performance Improvement
		Improvement starts by identifying the "gap" and setting the target.
		Improvement simply and always means : "improving the value generated by the core processes of an enterprise" - all the rest is "spurious", fictitious improvement.
		Which of the old and new Improvement Tools, originally applied to Quality improvement, can and should be adopted by the SME for Performance improvement (--> read more about).
	www.scodanibbio.com /site/access/toolbox2.html (959 words)

	NCEA Continuous Improvement Process
		The National Community Education Association has developed a Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) which provides a Community Education or a 21st CCLC Program an excellent vehicle for strategic planning and/or establishing benchmarks for the future.
		Lack of improvement would cause the program leaders to reexamine the process to see if it can still be improved.
		This makes the continuous use of that data accessible and useful in continuing to improve the programs.
	www.ncea.com /ncea_continuous_improvement_process.aspx (1333 words)

	Pilgrim's Pride - About Us - Continuous Improvement
		Continuous Improvement is our guiding management philosophy --- it is the way we choose to do business.
		Through CI, our Partners are empowered to identify, quantify and eliminate waste by examining each and every one of their processes on a daily basis.
		Continuous Improvement is based on three basic concepts or Cornerstones: Quality, Process Improvement and Teamwork.
	www.pilgrimspride.com /aboutus/continuousimprovement.aspx (255 words)

	Sara Laughlin & Associates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Consult with individual organizations or groups of organizations on continuous improvement.
		Facilitated comprehensive continuous improvement training from 19 Indiana public libraries and 48 libraries in New York State.
		Developed continuous improvement rubrics for use by libraries in assessing progress,
	home.bluemarble.net /~laughlin/continuousimprovement.html (231 words)

	Kaizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kaizen (改善, Japanese for "change for the better" or "improvement", the English translation is "continuous improvement", or "continual improvement.") is an approach to productivity improvement originating in applications of the work of American experts such as Frederick Winslow Taylor, Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Walter Shewhart, W.
		It is also a process that, when done correctly, humanizes the workplace, eliminates hard work (both mental and physical), and teaches people how to do rapid experiments using the scientific method and how to learn to see and eliminate waste in business processes.
		Kaizen often takes place one small step at a time, hence the English translation: "continuous improvement", or "continual improvement." Yet radical changes for the sake of goals, such as just in time and moving lines, also gain the full support of upper level management.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Continuous_improvement (1209 words)

	Continuous Improvement
		It is a multi-tiered achievement structure by which all Haldex divisions are measured.
		We continuously work toward identifying the root cause of variation and we act on it.
		Six Sigma is a very powerful problem solving tool that supports our continuous improvement culture.
	www.haldexbarnes.com /operational/continuous.cfm?pl1=6 (369 words)

	Continuous Improvement \| University of Miami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1991 the University of Miami, Business and Finance Division, established a formal commitment to inventing its future through a focus on Continuous Improvement.
		A summary of a speech on Continuous Improvement given by Dr. Donna E. Shalala, President of the University of Miami, is available at the following link:
		Services of the Office of Continuous Improvement are provided free of charge to the University of Miami and are adapted to the specific needs of departments or individuals.
	www.miami.edu /UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,3281-1,00.html (185 words)

	Kentucky: Finance Cabinet - Continuous Process Improvement
		The concepts of âContinuousâ and âImprovementâ are essential in the efforts we undertake, and purposefully connote an on-going effort.
		That is, once a change for an âimprovement areaâ is identified, it still must be measured to determine whether it was truly an improvement, and whether the improvement is sustained well into the future.
		The majority of the improvement initiatives CRC addresses are within the Finance and Administration Cabinet.
	finance.ky.gov /internal/crc/continuous.htm (273 words)

	Continuous Improvement
		The E. and J. Gallo Winery has continually invested in research and education to improve the quality of the wines we produce.
		Seven to twelve years in length, our unprecedented contracts give growers the economic security and incentive to replant vineyards to the better wine grape varieties that have become the foundation of California's premium wine industry.
		With hundreds of growers throughout the state working under long-term contracts, we have the ability to improve the quality of the grapes that go into all of our wines and the flexibility to meet changing consumer tastes.
	jobs.gallo.com /WorldClass/Continuous.asp (1206 words)

	Wisconsin Continuous Improvement Focused Monitoring System
		OSEP has worked to shape its accountability system in a way that drives and supports improved results for children with disabilities, while continuing to require that States protect the individual rights of children with disabilities and their families.
		Wisconsin is now developing a Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring System (CIFMS) that incorporates the most effective elements of continuous improvement and focused monitoring as described by OSEP.
		The purpose of this new system is to achieve positive results for children with disabilities in Wisconsin while ensuring continued procedural compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
	www.dpi.state.wi.us /sped/cifms.html (312 words)

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