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"Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to their brand-name counterparts, just less expensive. But is this really true?...
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Are you making the biggest leaps every quarter to grow to the next level in one year? Would you like to have a customized system to make the optimal quarterly leaps every quarter in just 4 weeks?
Would you like to double your business in a year?
In “Becoming a Pioneer” you will discover:
✓ How to make "The Fit Business Leap"?
✓ How to build One Line "Scale-Ready Algorithms"?
✓ How to build the ideal monthly cash flow for your business?
✓...
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El mundo industrial, comercial y de servicios se ha visto envuelto en los últimos años en una alta competencia que obliga a todas las organizaciones a luchar por ocupar un lugar preponderante en las preferencias del cliente, el cual se refleja en sus ventas y utilidades. Uno de los aspectos que ha impulsado esa competencia es el fenómeno de la globalización, el cual ha inducido a las empresas a implementar formas más eficientes y eficaces de...
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Let's be realistic, it is human to make mistakes, so it's impossible to have a system with no errors; it is, however, possible to have a system that improves itself and learns from its mistakes. Internal audits are a crucial part of such a system. In this book, Dejan Kosutic, an author, and experienced ISO consultant is giving away his practical know-how on ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 22000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, AS9100...
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Navigate the intricacies of examination management across Sub-Saharan Africa with Quality Assurance in the Management of Examination Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. This comprehensive guide is tailored for both mass testing institutions and professional credentialing bodies operating in the public and private sectors.
Discover effective strategies in planning, programming, and budgeting, bolstered by system practices and theories of implementation....
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El servicio y la calidad son hoy factores diferenciadores de organizaciones que asumen su éxito desde la perspectiva de los clientes y referentes para elevar sus niveles de competitividad.
Esta obra ofrece al lector una orientación teórica y práctica que ayudará a las organizaciones, instituciones y empresas a diseñar, implementar y evaluar los procesos de calidad y servicio. Además, proporciona un capítulo de talleres que sirve de guía...
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"There are many misconceptions about ISO standards that very often do not allow the standard to become a serious candidate for consideration, let alone for the actual implementation." In this book, Dejan Kosutic, author and experienced ISO consultant, is giving away his practical know-how on preparing for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 22000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, AS9100, and IATF 16949 implementation. No matter if you...
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Quality is not the sole responsibility of QA. If the whole team doesn't take quality seriously, the release of new features will always be delayed or worse, buggy software gets released. I have heard many people referring to QA as just a testing entity, which possibly means QA does nothing within the agile environment other than testing. In addition, speaking of agile software development QA, some people may also think that it is just for monitoring...
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In this book, Dejan Kosutic, author and experienced ISO consultant, is giving away his practical know-how on managing policies, procedures, plans, forms, reports, and other documented information. No matter if you are new or experienced in the field, this book gives you everything you will ever need to learn on how to handle ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 20000, ISO 22000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 13485, AS9100, and IATF 16949 documents.
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"Before you decide if your company should go for the certification, you have to ask yourself one important question: Do you really need it?" This book is a complete guide that will not only help you decide on this crucial concern, but also lead you from the beginning of the certification project to the end. This book is not focused solely on one ISO standard, the certification process is the same for any standard, so the book is adapted in such a...
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"The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry--in almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded our ability as individuals to properly deliver to people--consistently, correctly, safely. ....Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument that we can do better and finds...
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Have you ever felt that you had a great insight that would benefit your department, division, or organization and found that you seem to be the only one who can see it? Worse yet, has it ever seemed that while you are struggling to pull your idea into consideration, others are actively holding you back? If you just had the power, you think, great things could be accomplished.
What is your reaction? Have you and others who suggest new ideas been so...
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This is a book about practicing, learning, and sharing our experiences with the Lean methodology and the Toyota Production System.
Doctors don't "implement medicine," they practice medicine.
Lawyers don't "implement cases," they practice law.
Shouldn't Lean facilitators, consultants, managers, and the like, also "practice Lean?"
When most of us start with Lean, the practices and principles are new. We might struggle to make change happen....
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Automating Software Tests Using Selenium is a practical manual aimed at all professionals and companies in the systems area and who aim to improve the quality of their services and / or products in a simple, efficient and low cost. In this book you will find the features that the Selenium tool provides to implement a robust automated testing environment, such as: writing / executing test scripts, exporting / importing test scripts into a test project,...
16) Why Quality is Important and How It Applies in Diverse Business and Social Environments, Volume I
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These two volumes are about understanding-why-and application-how-with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.
Quality is the consistent achievement of the user's expectations of a product or service. The achievement needs to be "The right thing, right first time, every time, in time." Beginning with manufacturing and services, it also includes professional, personal, and spiritual dimensions.
Variation does not sit happily with consistency...
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Automatización de tests de software El uso de Selenium es un manual práctico dirigido a todos los profesionales y empresas en el área de sistemas y que buscan mejorar la calidad de sus servicios y / o productos de forma sencilla, eficiente y de bajo costo. En este libro encontrará las características que proporciona la herramienta Selenium para implementar un sólido entorno de test automatizado, como: escribir / ejecutar scripts de test, exportar...
18) Why Quality is Important and How It Applies in Diverse Business and Social Environments, Volume II
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These two volumes are about understanding-why-and application-how-with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.
Quality is the consistent achievement of the user's expectations of a product or service. The achievement needs to be "The right thing, right first time, every time, in time." Beginning with manufacturing and services, it also includes professional, personal, and spiritual dimensions.
Variation does not sit happily with consistency...
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Service organizations and offices worldwide are beginning to realize that only those companies that are efficient and able to meet the changing needs of customers will survive the fierce competition of the marketplace. Adopting lean puts anyone in a position more likely to build an intimate relationship with customers and build a foundation of operational excellence. Lean as a philosophy is new to the service companies, and many of them struggle to...
20) Big kibble: the hidden dangers of the commercial pet food industry and how to do better by our dogs
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"A big, inside look at the shocking lack of regulation within the pet food industry, and how readers can dramatically improve the quality of their dogs' lives through diet. What's really going into commercial dog food? The answer is horrifying. Big Kibbleis big business: $75 billion globally. A handful of multi-national corporations dominate the industry and together own as many as 80% of all brands. This comes as a surprise to most people, but what's...
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