{"title":"The \"special K\" in kaizen.","authors":"L F McAtee","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Do you want a strategy that guarantees the success of kaizen in your organization? This article will provide insights as to why one organization may succeed and another fails. Learn why the \"Special K\" is the difference. Idea will be presented on how to develop the \"Special K\" in others and ourselves. You will be challenged to become a \"kaizener\".</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"8-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sharp interpersonal skills: your key to business success.","authors":"K Just","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In today's more participative work environments, it is more important than ever to have strong interpersonal skills. Several recent studies cite interpersonal skills as a critical element in the selection of leader's in today's organizations. No longer are we relying upon power and control, but rather on empowerment and commitment. This article deals with building interpersonal working relationships, the type that helps to create synergy and teamwork within a workgroup or organization.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"84-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quick and continuous improvement through kaizen blitz.","authors":"T McNichols, R Hassinger, G W Bapst","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is our objective to provide you with a step-by-step approach to conducting a kaizen blitz within two days and describe how to achieve dramatic performance improvement with employee buy-in through this process. Kaizen blitz has been used dozens of times by the authors, and in some instances the same area has been blitzed as many as four times, with significant improvements each and every time. Employees have even taken it on themselves to conduct informal blitzes as a continuing improvement effort after a formal blitz has been conducted in their area. Blitzes can succeed in a variety of environments. The morning after the employees of one company attended this presentation, they self initiated a mini-blitz and discovered opportunities for improvement that they enthusiastically presented to management.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid-fire improvement with short-cycle kaizen.","authors":"E Heard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Continuous improvement is an attractive idea, but it is typically more myth than reality. SCK is no myth. It delivers dramatic improvements in traditional measures quickly. SCK accomplishes this via kaizens: rapid, repeated, time-compressed changes for the better in bite-sized chunks of the business.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"15-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case study on the 5S program: the five pillars of the visual workplace.","authors":"R Hubbard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This case study will explain the 5S concepts and how The Clarkson Company has begun implementing such a program, and how it is a foundation for continuous improvement.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"24-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proactive performance measures.","authors":"D L Rivers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adoption of a process of careful selection and implementation generating the appropriate proactive (leading) performance measures will provide an important tool with which to progress. When used in combination with traditional financial performance measures, proactive performance measures contribute to our cache of competitive weapons.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"60-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What? Me speak in public: what if somebody sees me?","authors":"M Nelson, S Nelson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this paper is to highlight the specific critical areas of public speaking. It deals with the important and often forgotten areas of the presentation: the objective statement and lesson plan, key platform skills, and the motivational environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"90-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing a model of long-term alliance success.","authors":"R Frankel, J S Whipple","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The remarkable consistency of buyer and supplier perspectives was the most striking feature of this research. Although significant differences did exist, the dominant perspective illustrated a strong cohesion between partners. AS such, it would appear that these alliances do represent \"best in class\" relationships and thus may provide valuable insight for academics and practitioners into what makes alliances succeed--or fail.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"55-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming your manufacturing organization into a learning organization.","authors":"K M Kapp","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many experts believe the only sustainable advantage an organization will have in the future is its ability to learn faster than its competitors. This competitive advantage can be achieved by transforming the organization into a learning organization. This article describes the basic elements of a learning organization and how to transform an organization to focus on learning. The article also describes methods for evaluating the training and learning that occurs within the organization to ensure that training dollars are wisely spent. Finally, the article describes what individuals can do to focus on their own learning and personal development within an organization.</p>","PeriodicalId":79636,"journal":{"name":"Hospital materiel management quarterly","volume":"20 4","pages":"46-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21255668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}