81 results about "Continual improvement process" patented technology

Systems and methods for the continuous improvement of performance. The present systems and methods provide the art with a mechanism for the continuous assessment of the performance of users. By measuring professional performance against benchmarks, standards, and goals, the present invention allows the art to assess continuously and in real time any gaps or deficiencies in performance of the user. The present invention also preferably provides users with performance improvement pathways that are targeted to address the deficiencies and shortcomings of each individual user. The present invention further provides a mechanism by which users may routinely evaluate their own performance and compare it against industry standards and peer groups. Through the present invention, users may also track activities related to their certification, licensure, or credentials and tie those to particular performance improvement pathways. The present invention is particularly useful within medical, legal, engineering, law enforcement, and public safety sectors.

A system, method and computer program product for requirements management. Particularly, a requirements management scheme performs at least the following functions: 1) it guides a team through the requirements process and provides a structure for collecting “requests”. By using the scheme, team members are prompted to think about and record relevant information that will help clarify and complete requests; and, 2) the scheme allows users to use the attributes throughout the development process to identify risk and make improvements to their process. Many of these attributes can be refined during the development phase or even later. Besides helping team members achieve continuous improvement in their requirements process by providing a set of data and metrics for collection and assessment, the scheme enables an organization to effectively manage their requirements as well as manage changes to those requirements.

An activity management system, and a method of using thereof, is described for a service process in semiconductor manufacturing. The activity management system includes a data collection system configured to receive service activity data associated with at least one service component and a service operator, and relate the service activity data with at least one service account. Additionally, the activity management system includes a data storage system coupled to the data collection system and configured to store the service activity data. Furthermore, the activity management system includes a service action system coupled to the data collection system and the data storage system, and configured to perform at least one service function including service component repair, service component start-up, service component preventive maintenance, service component cleaning, service component revision (e.g., a field change notice), a service component enhancement (e.g., a continuous improvement notice), service component de-installation, a customer action plan, a project action plan, and service education.

The invention discloses a personalized deep learning method for fog computing environment. A cloud node trains a general model through mass training data, the general model obtained by training is distributed to each fog computing node, the computation and storage ability of the fog computing node is used for training a deep leaning model which meets edge side industry requirements; data is collected from intelligent sensing equipment, and real-time reasoning is carried out on the fog computing node to output a result in real time; and errors which appear in reasoning are identified, the modelcan be continuously trained and optimized, the industrial personalized model can be selectively transmitted into the cloud, and meanwhile, the general model of the cloud is received and continuouslyimproved and optimized. Compared with the prior art, the method disclosed by the invention improves real-time business execution efficiency, meanwhile, the personalized deep learning method is storedin the fog computing node to guarantee the safety of the model, in addition, the model can be shared to the cloud according to the permission of the user, and therefore, the model exhibits openness.

Mixed-initiative message-augmenting agent systems and methods that provide users with tools that allow them to respond to messages, such as email messages, containing requests for information or otherwise requiring responses that require information that needs to be retrieved from one or more data sources. The systems and methods allow users to train machine-learning agents how to retrieve and present information in responses to like messages so that the machine-learning agents can eventually automatedly generate responses with minimal involvement by the users. Embodiments of the systems and methods allow users to build message-augmenting forms containing the desired information for responding to messages and to demonstrate to the machine-learning agents where to retrieve pertinent information for populating the forms. Embodiments of the systems and methods allow users to modify and repair automatically generated forms to continually improve the knowledge of the machine-learning agents.

Systems, apparatus and methods are provided. An example method includes gathering healthcare data and analyzing care paths currently in use by a healthcare organization, the analyzing including analyzing patterns and variances with respect to the care paths; defining one or more evidence-based clinical pathways based on the gathered healthcare data and analyzed care paths in conjunction with practitioner review and supporting metrics; facilitating implementation of the defined one or more evidence-based clinical pathways using computerized orders, computer-facilitated workflows and clinical dashboards; tracking usage of the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways and providing reminders to users to encourage compliance; monitoring deviations from the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways; accepting feedback from at least one of patients and practitioners; and analyzing deviations and feedback with respect to the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways to determine modification of the one or more evidence-based clinical pathways.

The invention relates to a data processing method for clinical pathway quality evaluation. The data processing method comprises the steps of collecting and classifying clinical pathway quality evaluation index data of each hospital, combining similar terms of clinical pathway quality evaluation index data with same substances to acquire simplified quality evaluation index data, calculating the weight of the simplified quality evaluation index data by virtue of a gray relational degree analysis method, setting a grading value of the weighted quality evaluation index data, and calculating a combined score according to the grading value and the weight for the clinical pathway quality evaluation. The data processing method is suitable for sanitary administrative organs to evaluate the hospitals implementing clinical pathway management and execute emphasis management on later-ranked hospitals and weak links. The data processing method is also suitable for the hospitals to make transverse comparison on multiple disease entities in the clinical pathway management of each department, and the disease entities with relatively poor quality and the weak links of the disease entities can be rapidly identified and subjected to priority intervention, so that the management efficiency is improved, and the clinical pathway management quality is continuously improved.

The invention relates to a management system constructing system and a management system constructing method. The system comprises a management system file and a cooperative working constructing system, wherein the management system file is divided into a plurality of file units, and the cooperative working constructing system comprises an organizational structure and a plurality of cooperative working flow instances which comprise an activity and participants. When a management system is constructed, the system file is divided into file units, and then the judgment that whether the file units are relevant to the cooperative working constructing system is carried out, and a corresponding binding relationship is established. The management system constructing method comprises the steps of establishing the layered structure of the system file and storing the structure in a storage device. The invention is convenient for the information management of the system file, can constantly improve the system and generate system files, and can give guidance to the participants when the system files are implemented.

The invention relates to a nursing quality control management system. The system comprises 10 function modules, namely, a medical nursing safety and adverse event report module, a nursing scheduling module, a head nurse on-duty record module, a nursing consultation sheet module, a critical case report module, a quality management standard setting module, a quality management module, a tracking and querying module, a satisfaction survey module, and a department continuous improvement opinion module. All the modules can perform the following operations: information querying, adding, modifying, deleting, exporting, and printing. The advantages lie in that the hospital informatization development platform is fully utilized to further implement the long-term mechanism of nursing quality management according to nursing quality control inspection lines of all special items and at all levels so as to realize scientific and integrated management of quality inspection, supervision, analysis and continuous improvement; and standardized, transparent and timely nursing quality control is realized, hospital nursing information sharing is enhanced, the communication cost is reduced, the staff labor is reduced, and the efficiency of nursing quality control work is improved effectively.

The invention provides a task scheduling method based on tokens, and belongs to the field of automation control. A task scheduling device comprises a global token coordinator and at least one controller connected with the global token coordinator. The method includes the steps: acquiring control system resources by the aid of the global token coordinator to determine the number of usable tokens; receiving token requests transmitted by the current controllers, and transmitting token replying instructions to the current controllers according to the number of usable tokens and the sequence of the controller stored in a token wait transmitting list; executing subsequent steps according to the token replying instructions. According to the method, the number of usable tokens is adjusted by the global token coordinator according to the system resources in real time, long-time high load of a system caused by a preserver due to operations of a plurality of controllers is avoided, the stability of the control system is improved, optimization effects of the device can be continually improved, system resources of the preserver are effectively utilized, waste of the system resources caused by limitation of the number of the controllers is prevented.

The invention relates to a real-time fluctuation concrete-quality management and control system and method, and belongs to the technical field of engineering construction. Through the adoption of the real-time fluctuation concrete-quality management and control system and method provided by the invention, the real-time monitoring of concrete quality is realized, various data during monitoring is acquired in real time, and the feedback of the data is sent out in time so as to achieve the purposes of management and control, and the improvement of the management level of concrete engineering construction; effective quality precontrol is performed on cement concrete before production use, the mix proportion which does not satisfy construction requirements and quality control standard requirements is not allowed to be used for mixing; feedback information is accurately acquired in events in time, and the processes of production and construction are managed in real time; the data of the overall process is combined and analyzed after the events, and the analysis of the data is favorable to continuous improvement and enhancement; requirements for overall quality management are really met, and cheating on workmanship and materials is effectively avoided, so that the engineering quality is guaranteed, and huge social and economic benefits are achieved.

A method is presented that allows feedback to be given on a musical performance without restrictions on the performance in terms of quality of intonation, tempo, or specific note order. Based on standard musical exercises, the ability to rate a performance is tolerant to repeated and/or omitted notes, to varying tempo and to systematic tuning errors. The method is suitable for use on mobile devices and may provide real-time feedback to allow the performer to adjust their performance or monitor their progress during the performance. Since a wide range of proficiency is able to be rated to give an indication of how well the performer executed a musical exercise this allows very inexperienced musicians to feel a sense of accomplishment when practicing outside the teaching environment as well as giving more accomplished musicians the feedback they need for continuous improvement.

The invention discloses a user-side drinking water monitoring system and a monitoring service method. The system includes a collection and monitoring module and an application system module which are used for collecting, processing and distributing drinking water information, providing early warning and providing services. Through online monitoring of the quantification cycle of drinking water services, early warning notification, service arrangement and evaluation processing and the like, the service method realizes the notification of the drinking water service operation management in advance to provide drinking water users with active services, allows the drinking water users to have a real-time understanding of the conditions of the drinking water service monitoring, early warning, service pre-arranged planning, actual services and the like and to conduct reasonable service evaluation and trace historical service information according to service standards learned about in real time, and at the same time allows the drinking water service operation management to have a real-time understanding of the working quality and efficiency of drinking water service personnel and to reasonably control and reward and punish the service personnel to continuously improve the service work, so that the normal operation of water purification systems of the users is fully and continuously guaranteed, and the safe and healthy drinking is ensured.

The invention provides a scheduling method for a branch line scheduling scene of a distribution network, belonging to the scheduling field, comprising the steps of obtaining operation ticket information by means of a data interface; After obtaining the operation ticket information, assigning the tasks to be executed to the virtual dispatching robot, so that the virtual robot completes the execution flow of the tasks to be executed in the mode of program-controlled telephone system docking; The manual intervention mode is executed during the execution of the tasks of the virtual robot. By usingthe scheduling method, the manpower released can carry out more valuable business work and improve the energy efficiency of the distribution network scheduling work by replacing part of the manual repetitive labor. In addition to reduce manual scheduling seat operation errors to achieve error-free operation the virtual scheduling robot can continue to obtain more basic data and operation logs through the integration with the business system learning and continuous improvement. This sustainability is long-term, can be people cannot afford the super-intensity work, reduce man-made due to humaninternal and external causes of scheduling misoperation.

The present invention solves the problems with the prior-art environmentally friendly design. That is, in order to achieve continual improvement, it is necessary to make a detailed evaluation based on the parts configuration. If a method of setting a basic unit for each individual part is used, a large number of process steps are required, and it is impossible to conduct accurate life cycle assessments (LCAs) frequently. The present invention provides an environmental impact assessment support and design support system incorporating a database in which information about the basic unit is associated with information about product classifications, parts classifications, and materials classifications. The system manages the information about the parts configuration and the basic unit while associating their histories of creation with each other.

The invention relates to information safety, data mining and data auditing, and aims to provide a character terminal feature data extraction method based on behavioral analysis. According to the method, data produced in the interaction process of a client of a user and a host are obtained through network monitoring, the data are analyzed through terminal simulation, the interaction process between the client and the host is restored, and needed content is further extracted according to behavioral rules of man-machine direct interaction in the use process of the client. The method well solves the problem that when data streams of network character terminal equipment are analyzed by means of an automated tool, precision, efficiency and adaptability cannot be achieved at the same time, provides a flexible logic system capable of being improved continuously, and has wide application space.

A method of continuously improving an online course taught by an educational institution over a computer generated medium to a plurality of locations is disclosed. A minimum criteria is established and used to determine the quality of the online course taught through the computer generated medium. The online course sessions are monitored from a remote location through the computer generated medium at predetermined periodic intervals. Electronic reports are generated at the remote location and are provided to the educational institution during the online course via the electronic medium enabling the educational institution to make real time adjustments to the online course before the online course ends for improving the quality of the online course.

The invention provides a distributed network protocol security detection method for a smart power grid. The method is that the distributed network protocol of the smart power grid is expressed by a state migration system composed of a timed automation machine; the conditions to be met by the distributed network protocol security of the smart power grid are expressed through a temporal logic formula; the distributed network protocol security is detected on the premise that no attacker appears; after introducing the attacker, the distributed network protocol safety is detected again. The method specifically comprises the steps of 1) building the state migration system based on the timed automation machine for the distributed network protocol, and detecting; 2) building an attacker model and detecting the distributed network protocol security; 3) building a detector model, improving the distributed network protocol security, and then detecting. With the adoption of the method, any security problem can be detected through the detector model, thus a user can continuously improve the protocol, and as a result, the security of the distributed network protocol of the smart power grid can be effectively improved.

The invention discloses a method and a system for duration performance testing, which are used for a performance optimization stage of a computer software product, and for continuously monitoring and continuously improving the performance of the software product, wherein the method for the duration performance testing comprises the steps of submitting a response product, constructing an operating environment, executing and recording performance data, selecting preferred performance, reporting the performance data to a user, and manually setting the performance data. Therefore, the performance testing automation in a software product testing process is achieved, and the problem that the performance of the software product is difficult to evaluate is solved.

The present invention provides a teaching management system for a talent training index system. The system is characterized in that: based on the Internet and the cloud computing technology, by integrating educational resources, a unified, open and shared school service platform is built, and a result-oriented education concept is carried out; courses are designed according to reverse design principles, and a curriculum system is built with the final learning achievement as both the starting point and the end point; the OBE teaching mode changes from the traditional curriculum orientation to the output orientation, from the teacher-centered form to the student-centered form, and from the quality control to the continuous improvement, so that development of the talent training program is subverted; accurate academic status presentation is brought to the school by using big data analysis, and the academic status presentation can be imported into the teaching platform through the achievement of the school; and generation of the talent development program of the predetermined index system can provide the basis for administrative decision-making, the campus time and spatial dimensions can be expanded, and the teaching efficiency can be improved, and comprehensive teaching-centered informatization can be realized.

The invention discloses a drinking water monitoring and operation management and service method based on big data analysis. The whole process of drinking water service in a water purification system is managed and controlled through a big data platform, the quality and the efficiency of early-stage installation service are ensured; through management such as a quantization cycle, online monitoring, early warning notification, service arrangement and evaluation processing on the drinking water service, active service is provided for the drinking water user, the drinking water user can know conditions such as drinking water service monitoring, early warning, service pre-arranged planning, and actual service, reasonable service evaluation and tracing of historical information of the conditions such as drinking water service monitoring, early warning and service can be carried out according to the acquired service scheme; and due to operation and management on the drinking water service, the working quality and the effcieicny of a drinking water service worker can be known in real time, the service worker can be reasonably arranged and rewarded or published, the service work is improved continuously, and the normal filtering and purifying effects of the water purification system can be ensured comprehensively and lastingly.