Six Sigma Implementation for Ship Maintenance and Safety Management Bahadir Inozu, Ph.D. Chairman, Professor, 1 and Director2 Ivan Radovic Special Projects Manager1 and Project Manager for Maritime Applications2 1 School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, 2Reliability, Operation and Maintenance Division, Gulf Coast Region Maritime Technology Center, 911 Engineering Building, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148 Tel: (504) 280 7182, Fax: (504) 280-5627
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Currie owns 2.7% of the B.C. market and due to fierce competition, it is extremely difficult to gain market share. On the other hand, Texas has a bigger market with less competition. Texas Department of Transportation is approving road construction projects that worth more than $4.5 billion. With Currie’s experience and specialized techniques in road maintenance, it would have a great chance in securing sizeable market share in Texas. Moreover many companies in Texas are barred from bidding for one
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1. Describe the findings of Project Oxygen using the functions approach, Mintzberg’s roles approach, and the approach. To begin with, there are four functions approach such as planning, organizing, leading and controlling. According to the definition of “planning” about set strategies to achieve goals or develop some plans to integrate and coordinate activities. For example, this Project Oxygen should have a clear vision and strategy for the team. They will plan a suitable strategy to achieve their
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system needed for? What will the system do for the organization? How is the system going to be made? Analysis In this phase is the group that has been placed in charge of the project must decide if the project should initialize with the resources available. This also includes looking at any existing system to see what it is doing for the organization and how well that system is doing its job. Feasibility is also considered in this phase which gives rise to questions such as: Can the system be
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3 Vertical and Horizontal Fit 4 1.4 Analytical approaches to strategic HRD 4 1.5 Stages to the implementation of Strategic HRD 5 1.6 Advantages and Disadvantages of a strategic approach to HRD 5 Task 2 5 2.1 Definition of training needs analysis in terms of skills and knowledge and attributes 5 2.2 The justification of TNA 6 2.3 Discrimination issues in TNA 7 2.4 Approaches used for TNA at the organizational, team and individual levels 7 Guide to effective introduction of TNA 7
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balancing strategies in Shuzworld’s Shanghai Production Facility (SSPF). Due to the circumstances surrounding this issue, I have chosen this decision analysis tool because the goal of using a layout strategy is “to develop an effective and efficient layout that will meet the firm’s competitive requirements” (JGT2 power point presentation). Proper job layouts must support a business's competitive priorities: process, flexibility, customer contact, and quality of work life. Although there are
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Introduction 4 3. Problem Statement 5 4. Analysis of Identified Problems 7 5. Recommended Solutions 9 6. Bibliography 11 1. Executive Summary This assignment is based on a case study called the Continental Computer Corporation (CCC) who is currently undergoing an exercise to include project management as a profession in the corporation. Whilst
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Communication Research a company at which you would like to work Introduction This paper is a research on motivation, stress and communication on a company chosen to work for. It details a job and how the employee will build motivation and set goals after accepting the job. Stressful situations on the job can decrease an employee’s motivation, which is why steps to managing stressful situation are also pointed out in the paper. The paper also mentions a few ways to cope with non-verbal and cultural
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To me, being a team player is recognizing the full value and capabilities of each member of the team. I began to develop a mature understanding of this my Senior year of high school when I was I was co-captain of the Varsity soccer team. From the outside, the Wilson Memorial High School girls’ soccer team looked powerful and sound. Externally, we appeared to be a cohesive group, a successful group, even a happy group. But on the inside, we were weak, broken, and exclusive. Though we were successful
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advantage of the more sophisticated state-of-the art information systems technology that already exists in the human resources department (Riordan Manufacturing, 2006). In this document, the stakeholders, the information- gathering techniques, project design plan, business requirements, scope, and feasibility will be discussed. Stakeholders and Key Roles Recognizing the stakeholders and defining their participation within a company is essential to achieving the organizational objectives. The
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