A Production System 1. Working memory Current state of the world 2. Set of production rules (KB) Condition action pairs (IF THEN) Condition part matched against working memory Action part defines the associated problem solving step if the condition is true 3. Recognize-Act Cycle (Algorithm/Interpreter) Initialize working memory with problem start Repeat examining rules and taking action until the problem is solved or nothing new can be concluded Production System
{"title":"Production Systems","authors":"N. Reed","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-5","url":null,"abstract":"A Production System 1. Working memory Current state of the world 2. Set of production rules (KB) Condition action pairs (IF THEN) Condition part matched against working memory Action part defines the associated problem solving step if the condition is true 3. Recognize-Act Cycle (Algorithm/Interpreter) Initialize working memory with problem start Repeat examining rules and taking action until the problem is solved or nothing new can be concluded Production System","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134565363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-10-08DOI: 10.4324/9781315300269-10
{"title":"Recent Advances in Process Understanding","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123738619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kidney Care Clinic LEAN review Recently completed a one year review. Key outcomes: • Improved MD clinic efficiency using LEAN methodologies to decrease average wait time for patients during clinic visits. • Redesigned the silo structure of Unit Coordinators into a functional team model which has resulted in standardized processes, promoted team work, improved efficiency and morale for staff and provides patients with a more welcoming and supportive environment. • Redesigned the KCC referral form which includes a change in the eGFR criteria to facilitate early intervention in order to slow the progression of CKD. • Revision of the triage criteria to identify and prioritize patients onto urgent, priority and routine pathways, based on eGFR. • Implemented group patient meetings to optimize staff time and to create a supportive patient experience. • Created patient satisfaction survey tools to track progress of improvement. • Created a plan of continuous improvement for future standardization, optimization and support for the KCC patients and staff. Fraser Terry Satchwill
{"title":"Quality Initiatives","authors":"Terry Satchwill","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-4","url":null,"abstract":"Kidney Care Clinic LEAN review Recently completed a one year review. Key outcomes: • Improved MD clinic efficiency using LEAN methodologies to decrease average wait time for patients during clinic visits. • Redesigned the silo structure of Unit Coordinators into a functional team model which has resulted in standardized processes, promoted team work, improved efficiency and morale for staff and provides patients with a more welcoming and supportive environment. • Redesigned the KCC referral form which includes a change in the eGFR criteria to facilitate early intervention in order to slow the progression of CKD. • Revision of the triage criteria to identify and prioritize patients onto urgent, priority and routine pathways, based on eGFR. • Implemented group patient meetings to optimize staff time and to create a supportive patient experience. • Created patient satisfaction survey tools to track progress of improvement. • Created a plan of continuous improvement for future standardization, optimization and support for the KCC patients and staff. Fraser Terry Satchwill","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133913983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Global Attitudes and Bailout Conditions","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115561413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-10-08DOI: 10.4324/9781315300269-11
{"title":"Business Psychology Concepts","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130471144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-10-08DOI: 10.4324/9781315300269-13
{"title":"The “No-Change” Scenario and Possible Future Changes","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-13","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126328334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How the Toyota Production System and Lean Thinking Are Currently Implemented","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"210 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134042229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global Motor Manufacturing in the Credit Crunch of 2008–2009","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115322485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The History and Development of the Toyota Production System","authors":"","doi":"10.4324/9781315300269-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315300269-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":114071,"journal":{"name":"The Future of Lean Sigma Thinking in a Changing Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130776311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}