Improvements tools and methods

The EPA should develop improved tools and methods to more systematically estimate the overall impact of prospective regulatory actions on health, the environment, and food production. Rapid advances in computer technology, as well as the EPA s successful efforts to computerize major data sets like the Tolerance Assessment System (TAS) make such progress readily attainable."... 

The 19 improvement tools and methods described in this chapter are summarized in Table 1. Note that these tools are sometimes called by slightly different names in other references. 

Training for improvement of operation and maintenance skills. This is a key part of PTPM. Ongoing training in advaneed maintenanee teehniques, tools, and methods must be done. This eould eover areas sueh as ... 

In practical terms, detecting and measuring are critical to all aspects of human activity—to manufacturing, to our environment, to health and medicine, to agriculture, and to national security. Thus it is essential that chemical scientists continue to improve the tools and methods needed for this central scientific activity. 

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Gitlow, H., Gitlow, S., Oppenheim, A., and Oppenheim, R. (1989), Tools and Methods for the Improvement of Quality, Irwin, Boston. 

Belyakov VN and Linkov VM. Electrochemically-stimulated sorption and sorption-membrane methods for removal of ionic impurities from water. In Omelchenko A, Pivovarov AA, and Swindall WJ. (Eds.). Modern Tools and Methods of Water Treatment for Improving Living Standards. The Netherlands Springer 2005, pp. 115-136. 

The tools and methods of decontamination should, more appropriately, be viewed as an integral part of the suite of passive defense capabilities that are necessary to survive attack and quickly bring operations back up to tempo. Therefore, a key element to managing the consequences of such an attack is to achieve rapid recovery to operational status, which in turn requires a well-planned decontamination capability. With improved materials, tools, protocols, and training, decontamination can be made much more efficient and effective. 

The result of this exemplary partial process is the C3 model for the delegation of the computational process anlysis to an externel partner in the scenario. Complementary to these interdisciplinary work processes also collaboration aspects within the plastics engineering domain were examined. Therefore the tasks of process analysis by integrated ID and 3D simulation as well as the interactive exploration of huge simulation result data in a virtual 3D space were improved by innovative tools and methods driven by real world scenarios. 

Many improvement efforts can be successfully completed using only subject matter knowledge to answer the three questions of the model for improvement. In other cases, additioned knowledge is needed to develop a change. What are some ways to obtain this knowledge A number of different tools and methods are described in this Handbook and are summarized in this chapter. These methods and tools for improvement in this chapter are organized into five use categories ... 

What A collection of tools and methods (provocations, random entry, six thinking hats, concept triangle, etc.) based on creative thinking that fit with traditioneil queility improvement methods. The methods are serious, deliberate, and systematic they do not rely on acting crazy or pure natural teilent. 

The objectives in FP-5 for what concerns operational safety are to provide improved and innovative tools and methods for maintaining and enhancing the safety of existing installations, for achieving evolutionary improvements in their design and operation and for improving the competitiveness of Europe s nuclear industry. Three top research priorities have been identified ... 

In case of failure, the physical asset needs maintenance in order to perform the required tasks. The system performance curve then follows the same path until it reaches the next failure point (shown as point B in the figure). Operator response in this scenario is very crucial. The response time depends on how early the anomahes/symptoms are observed and interpreted. In some cases, symptoms of deteriorated performance may be observed months, weeks or even days prior to the actual event. By intelligently using the time-frame for operator response, it is believed that implementing AI tools and methods can significantly improve overall performance as shown by the intervention point in the figure. 

The sharpened focus on safety management at construction sites has also improved tools and processes in practical health and safety work. The traditional weekly inspections of construction sites have been substituted by a more systematic TR observation method (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 2004). The TR tool gives a measurement indicator based on the observations of housekeeping and other safety-critical issues at the site. Thus the progress of the site in health and safety performance can be followed week by week by the company management and safety inspectors. More recently, iPads and mobile phone tools are used to aid the assessment, thus making the process more effective and repeatable at site conditions. 

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