A holistic approach emphasises that lean is not only a strategy to promote everyday improvement but also a philosophy of ongoing quality improvement within the hospital's value system.
"Among the objectives of the joint venture are the further improvement of customer services, ongoing organic growth in existing markets and the development of retail activities, directly or through partnerships and acquisitions, in other countries in the region," Ahold said.
Although continuous improvement described in literature as an important principle for business development, creating a culture of ongoing improvement is not a trivial task.
The tool developed could support continuous improvement in the performance of ongoing sustainability indicator initiatives, allowing greater guidance, objectivity and transparency in sustainability assessment processes.
At Stanford we read The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox, about identifying bottlenecks, increasing throughputs, and reducing operation expenses in a factory.
We recognise the sophistication of the automobile market and purchase preferences and this has already been identified as an area of ongoing improvement and will be addressed in future work.
Since 1996, the upper Caroline Street corridor and Key West Bight have been part of ongoing improvement efforts spearheaded by the City of Key West and funded by a special property tax system.
Fatigue, nausea, and skin problems showed a similar pattern of ongoing improvement, with symptom probabilities falling by 80 85% between 0 90 days before ART initiation and three years after.
In case of ongoing improvement, period analysis provides survival predictions as up-to-date as possible.
This approach makes it possible to check, adjust and increase the information available to the evaluators, turning the audit into a process of ongoing improvement of the physician's practice.
