Understanding, Managing and Implementing Quality

Understanding, Managing and Implementing Quality
Author: Jiju Antony
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2002-09-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134596154

This book considers strategic aspects of quality management and self-assessment frameworks, and provides an in-depth examination of a number of the main quality improvement tools and techniques. Incorporating a critical orientation and drawing upon original case-studies, it also reviews the implementation of a variety of quality management programmes in a range of organisational contexts, including manufacturing, higher education, health care, policing and retailing.

Guidelines on the Effective Delivery of Infrastructure and Associated Services for the Olympic Games

Guidelines on the Effective Delivery of Infrastructure and Associated Services for the Olympic Games
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2023-10-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9264812946

These guidelines discuss cross-cutting issues that can affect the effective procurement of infrastructure and associated services necessary to host Olympic and Paralympic Games. Designed for organising committees responsible for the overall delivery of the Games, the guidelines offer examples, good practices and practical tools to help mitigate these risks.

BiSL® Self-assessment -diagnosis for business information management - 2nd revised edition

BiSL® Self-assessment -diagnosis for business information management - 2nd revised edition
Author: Ralph Donatz
Publisher: Van Haren
Total Pages: 45
Release: 1970-01-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9087537662

Note: This book is available in several languages: Dutch, English. Self assessment is the individual, systematic review of a way of working and the results of it. Filling out this BiSL® Self-assessment results into a clear notion how the business information management and its processes and activities are arranged within your own organization. An important purpose for this Self-assessment is not only to get a clear notion how certain processes are arranged, but also to make the constraints within the organization transparent as well as the consequences this has for (the continuity and quality of) the services. Based on the results of this evaluation actions can be initiated for further improvement. The eBook ISBN 9789087537661 is only available via Van Haren Publishing 1. Introduction 2. Development phases 3. Approach 4. The Self-assessment 5. Instruments for analysis and decision-making

Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management

Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Infrastructure Management
Author: Neil S. Grigg
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2010-12-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 142003233X

According to a report released by the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN), over the next 20 years America's water and wastewater systems will have to invest an additional $20 billion a year to replace aging and failing infrastructure in order to comply with the national environmental and public health priorities in the Clean Water Act and Safe Drink

Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment

Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment
Author: Ernie Hayden, MIPM, CISSP, CEH, GICSP(Gold), PSP
Publisher: Rothstein Publishing
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1944480722

ASIS Book of The Year Winner as selected by ASIS International, the world's largest community of security practitioners Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment wins 2021 ASIS Security Book of the Year Award - SecurityInfoWatch ... and Threat Reduction Handbook by Ernie Hayden, PSP (Rothstein Publishing) was selected as its 2021 ASIS Security Industry Book of the Year. As a manager or engineer have you ever been assigned a task to perform a risk assessment of one of your facilities or plant systems? What if you are an insurance inspector or corporate auditor? Do you know how to prepare yourself for the inspection, decided what to look for, and how to write your report? This is a handbook for junior and senior personnel alike on what constitutes critical infrastructure and risk and offers guides to the risk assessor on preparation, performance, and documentation of a risk assessment of a complex facility. This is a definite “must read” for consultants, plant managers, corporate risk managers, junior and senior engineers, and university students before they jump into their first technical assignment.

Specific Considerations and Guidance for the Establishment of Ionizing Radiation Facilities

Specific Considerations and Guidance for the Establishment of Ionizing Radiation Facilities
Author: IAEA
Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2023-04-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9201474229

Various nuclear techniques have led to opportunities to enhance quality of life through services offered by ionizing radiation facilities (IRFs). National nuclear institutions, universities, medical centres, and private companies have established and used IRFs not only for research and development purposes but also for the provision of commercial services and goods. This publication provides guidance for organizations and institutions working on IRF projects to enable them to undertake them in a well-organized manner. It includes considerations for a feasibility study, provides detailed methodologies on how to assess the status of the necessary infrastructure, and aims to help Member States as well as their respective organizations to understand their commitments and obligations associated with an IRF project. It is intended to be used by managers, staff, decision makers at the national level and other stakeholders at institutions that are seeking or supporting the establishment of an IRF.

Transport Infrastructure and Systems

Transport Infrastructure and Systems
Author: Gianluca Dell'Acqua
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1134
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1315281880

Transport Infrastructure Asset management in transport infrastructure, financial viability of transport engineering projects/ Life cycle Cost Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Assessment of transport infrastructure/ Infrastructures financing and pricing with equity appraisal, operation optimization and energy management/ Low-Volume roads: planning, maintenance, operations, environmental and social issues/ Public-Private Partnership (PPP) experience in transport infrastructure in different countries and economic conditions/ Airport Pavement Management Systems, runway design and maintenance/ Port maintenance and development issues, technology relating to cargo handling, landside access, cruise operations/ Infrastructure Building Information Modelling (I-BIM) / Pavement design and innovative bituminous materials/ Recycling and re-use in road pavements, environmentally sustainable technologies/ Stone pavements, ancient roads and historic railways/ Cementitious stabilization of materials used in the rehabilitation of transportation infrastructure. Transport Systems Sustainable transport and the environment protection including green vehicles/ Urban transport, land use development, spatial and transport planning/ Bicycling, bike, bike-sharing systems, cycling mobility/ Human factor in transport systems/ Intelligent Mobility: emerging technologies to enable the smarter movement of people and goods/Airport landside: access roads, parking facilities, terminal facilities, aircraft apron and the azdjacent taxiway/ Transportation policy, planning and design, modelling and decision making/ Transport economics, finance and pricing issues, optimization problems, equity appraisal/ Road safety impact assessments, road safety audits, the management of road network safety and safety inspections/ Tunnels and underground structures: preventing incidents-accidents mitigating their effects for both people and goods/ Traffic flow characteristics, traffic control devices, work zone traffic control, highway capacity and quality of service/ Track-vehicle interactions in railway systems, capacity analysis of railway networks/ Risk assessment and safety in air and railway transport, reliability aspects/ Maritime transport and inland waterways transport research/ Intermodal freight transport: terminals and logistics.

Infrastructure Risk Assessment & Management

Infrastructure Risk Assessment & Management
Author: G. Schleyer
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2016-06-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1784660930

Infrastructure Risk Assessment & Management contains selected papers presented at both the 10th International Conference on Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation and the 14th International Conference on Structures under Shock and Impact, organized by the Wessex Institute. The papers cover a variety of topics, including impact and blast loading, response of buildings and other structures to blast and their dynamic behaviour. These are all areas of active research and general interest, focused on the survivability of physical facilities and the protection of people. It contains a series of research contributions, essential to deepen the knowledge of how structures and materials behave under a wide variety of dynamic load actions. Current events emphasise the importance of the analysis and management of risk to planners, civil authorities, law enforcement agencies, non-governmental organisations, information technology experts and many other researchers and practitioners throughout the world. This volume brings together the work of researchers and other professionals actively involved in finding new ways to cope with the increased demands for a more effective control of impact and blast effects as well as risk management and control.