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Improving Adverse Event Case Narrative QualityBy Ramil Cabela and Lorraine Koscielny
May/June 2011
Volume 7, Number 3
Improving the quality of narratives that describe adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs.
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Improving the Electronic Invoicing Process for Third-party LogisticsBy Joseph Chen
March/April 2011
Volume 7, Number 2
ATC Logistics & Electronics, a supply chain management firm, improves its electronic invoice rejection rate.
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Improving Web Feature On-time DeliveryBy David Paisley
January/February 2011
Volume 7, Number 1
The development team for a software firm was failing to deliver new web features in a timely manner. A DMAIC project examined the process inputs and increased the company’s feature completion rate.
 
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Mining Drill Move KaizenBy Kurt Peterson
November/December 2010
Volume 6, Number 6
Faced with the need to quickly ramp up production without adding new equipment, Michigan Operations of Cliffs Natural Resources conducted a Kaizen event to reduce the time to move a drill from one blast pattern to another, as safely as possible.
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Lab On-time TestingBy Bill Poynor and Holly Duckworth
September/October 2010
Volume 6, Number 5
When Kaiser Aluminum Trentwood facility brought physical property tests of its metal products in house, the group began encountering delays. To combat this issue, the laboratory manager completed a Green Belt project to improve lab on-time testing.
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Stability Protocol Planning ProcessBy Ann Hosea and Ilona Kirzhner
July/August 2010
Volume 6, Number 4
A contract research manufacturer reduced the lengthy cycle time for the process of designing stability protocols, which are used in testing drug formulations and packaging.
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