Operational excellence assessment framework for manufacturing companies

Operational Excellence (OE) is a consequence of an enterprise-wide practises based on correct principles that can be classified under four dimensions; Culture, Continuous Process Improvement, Enterprise Alignment and Results. To achieve OE, organisations have to attain a high maturity level and measurable success in the four dimensions as assessed externally by accredited institutions or consultants. External assessment is costly and can be inaccurate due to the lack of in depth knowledge of the organisation by external assessors, on the contrary, self-assessment of an organisations OE is cost effective and accurate if performed with a complete tool which assesses all four dimensions of OE. A complete OE self-assessment tool is currently unavailable, thus this study focuses on the development of a complete OE self-assessment tool. Using a matrix to critically evaluate and compare existing self-assessment tools in areas such as dimensions assessed, scoring criteria and usability, a complete self-assessment tool is then developed based on the combination of existing assessment tools. The tool is validated through the application, by managers, within a manufacturing company that already implements aspects of lean in order to self-assess its OE. The results of the assessment form the basis on which a roadmap to achieving OE is then developed

BIOLOGIC AND ANTIGENIC CHARACTERISTICS OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES TYPE A ISOLATED IN THE TOWN OF VARNA DURING 1996-1998

The haemadsorption, haemagglutination, and inhibitor-susceptibility as well as the eluent, pathogenic, toxic, and immunogenic activity of 10 isolated influenza type A strains were examined using modern methods for studying their antigenic structure and some biological properties. The investigations showed a continuous active circulation of influenza virus type A with antigenic formula H3N2 similar to that of standard strains AJ Beijing/32/92, Johanesburg/33/95, and A/Uhan/359/95 with the corresponding biological properties

Complete Systems of Hermite Associated Functions

It is proved that if the increasing sequence {kn} n=0..∞ n=0 of nonnegative integers has density greater than 1/2 and D is an arbitrary simply connected subregion of C\R then the system of Hermite associated functions Gkn(z) n=0..∞ is complete in the space H(D) of complex functions holomorphic in D

Riemann's Hypothesis

Riemann’s memoir is devoted to the function π(x) defined as the number of prime numbers less or equal to the real and positive number x. This is really the fact, but the “main role” in it is played by the already mentioned zeta-function

A Note on a Classical Generating Function for the Jacobi Polynomials

Mathematics Subject Classification: 33C45.A more general form for a classical generating function for the Jacobi polynomials is given.* Partially supported by Project MM 1305 - National Science Fund, Bulgarian Ministry of Educ. Sci

THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY UNDER ART. 24, PAR. 2 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS AND SANCTIONS ACT

The article examines the administrative penal liability of employees and managers of enterprises, institutions and organizations under article 24, par. 2 of Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act (AVSA). The general character of the responsibility and the relation between the institutes of the criminal and administrative law in connection with the application of art. 24, par. 2 of the law are discussed. The paper analyzes the preconditions of the responsibility under art. 24, par. 2, as well as admission and abetment as forms of responsibility of the heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations. It is concluded that the setting of additional requirements to the responsibility of the heads of organizations, as well as its direct connection with the guilty administrative violation by the respective employee, complicates the implementation of the administrative penalty and withdraws the administrative bodies from the application of article 24, par. 2 of the Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act.The article examines the administrative penal liability of employees and managers of enterprises, institutions and organizations under article 24, par. 2 of Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act (AVSA). The general character of the responsibility and the relation between the institutes of the criminal and administrative law in connection with the application of art. 24, par. 2 of the law are discussed. The paper analyzes the preconditions of the responsibility under art. 24, par. 2, as well as admission and abetment as forms of responsibility of the heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations. It is concluded that the setting of additional requirements to the responsibility of the heads of organizations, as well as its direct connection with the guilty administrative violation by the respective employee, complicates the implementation of the administrative penalty and withdraws the administrative bodies from the application of article 24, par. 2 of the Administrative Violations and Sanctions Act

Photon data shed new light upon the GDR spreading width in heavy nuclei

A global study of the electric dipole strength in and below the isovector giant dipole resonance (GDR) is presented for mass numbers A>80. It relies on the recently established remarkably good match between data for the nuclear photo effect to novel photon scattering data covering the region below the neutron emission threshold as well as by average resonance neutron capture (ARC). From the wide energy coverage of these data the correlation of the GDR spreading width with energy can be studied with remarkable accuracy. A clear sensitivity to details of the nuclear shape, i.e. the beta- and gamma-deformations, is demonstrated. Based hereon a new parameterization of the energy dependence of the nuclear electric-dipole strength is proposed which - with only two new parameters - allows to describe the dipole strength in all heavy nuclei with A>80. Although it differs significantly from previous parameterizations it holds for spherical, transitional, triaxial and well deformed nuclei. The GDR spreading width depends in a regular way on the respective resonance energy, but it is independent of the photon energy.Comment: accepted by Phys. Lett. B after minor modification

ATTEMPTS FOR CULTIVATION OF SOME DNA- AND RNA-VIRUSES ON CELL CULTURE FROM HUMAN THYROID GLAND

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