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Building Strength Through Collaboration: What Faith Community Nurses Need To Know, Marcia A. Potter
Building Strength Through Collaboration: What Faith Community Nurses Need To Know, Marcia A. Potter
International Journal of Faith Community Nursing
This article is a practical guide and viewpoint narrative that offers definitions, justifications for, process steps, and a how-to checklist for Faith Community Nurses considering collaboration between multiple agencies outside of their own. The author offers simple guidelines and how-to advice on securing success, avoiding risks, and preventing costly misunderstandings between cooperating agencies when combining resources.
Preliminary Evaluation For Lean Implementation In A Small Manufacturing Company, Ronald Lynch
Preliminary Evaluation For Lean Implementation In A Small Manufacturing Company, Ronald Lynch
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Lean management and tools have many positive effects on a company including increased profitability, and efficiency. Lean tools can be implemented in any type of company with a proper evaluation through the creation of Value Stream Map. This paper will demonstrate how a Value Stream Map (VSM) will provide an easier transition to a lean environment. A local company of about 100 employees will be analyzed to create a current and a future VSM. The areas of opportunity for improvement in a lean environment includes recommended lean implementations and the future VSM. Functions of the company that will be analyzed …