This Diploma thesis called "Quality management in selected company" explores the current state of the quality management system in a selected organization. It was Gerresheimer Horšovský Týn, spol. s. r. o. The company produces inhalers, insulin pens and other plastic products for medical industry. The term quality is currently being used more and more frequently. In order, for a company to be successful and to compete on the market, it is necessary to pay great attention to quality. The first part of this thesis is a review of literature. It is devoted to the definition of basic concepts of quality management. In the next part there is a description of the selected company and its established quality management system. Finally, after the detection of the current conditions and identifying deficiencies of the quality management system are at this Diploma thesis suggested recommendations that could lead to improvement of the current situation at the company.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of certification on women-owned construction companies in the United States. The primary objectives were to determine if certification has impacted accessibility to public (government) and private construction work as well as the financial performance of women-owned construction firms. The secondary research objectives were to determine what challenges these firms have encountered during the certification process and their perception of it.

International companies are increasingly taking advantage of the benefits of globalisation such as continuous improvement in transport and communication technologies that in turn lower transportation costs and decrease logistical difficulties. However, the international environment includes business uncertainty in the form of exchange rate volatility as well as political and economic issues. Moreover, ongoing reduction of trade barriers is reversing the previous tendency to integrate business vertically, shifting international business schemes towards outsourcing all except what the company consider its core competence. Supply chain management is a strategic concept that considers the behavioural and political dimensions of conflict and dependence at the purchaser-supplier interface. Nevertheless, there is substantive ambiguity regarding its actual practice. Furthermore, although international purchasers are increasingly becoming more important, the purchasing si de of international trade remains largely ignored in empirical research. This study focuses on understanding the complexity surrounding the commercial relationship between purchasing executives and foreign suppliers. The aim is to investigate what key factors are associated with uncertainty at the cross-national purchaser-supplier interface. Of interest to this research is how purchasing executives deal with those variables. The literature review addresses the discussions of the constructs as it informs the development of hypotheses investigating patterns arising from their interactions. The result was a theoretically driven model addressing the complexity of the purchaser-supplier interface. A survey was conducted to collect data from the membership of a nation-wide professional body of Australian purchasing executives. The richness of the management reality was approached by having recourse to systems theory and the realism paradigm. The model was tested and discussed using structural equation modelling, the supply chain management literature and the responses and comments of the participating purchasing executives buying from over twenty countries. xxii The results include purchaser�s perceptions regarding five latent variables and their concurrent interactions within the uncertainty surrounding international trade. The factors are culture affinity, the strength of the commercial relationship, quality reliability, ISO 9000 certification and the country of origin effect. Findings indicate that culture affinity is particularly important for purchasing executives and that it is a significant driver of the commercial relationship with foreign suppliers of manufacturing products. Nevertheless, culture affinity does not significantly influence perceptions of quality reliability. In contrast, commitment, cooperation and conflict management have a significant influence when assessing foreign supplier�s quality reliability. Trust, traditionally seen as a social aspect of the commercial relationship, was found structurally embedded in the perceptions of quality reliability together with technical dimensions of quality. The commercial relationship between Australi an purchasing executives and foreign suppliers was found to have a high level of maturity. However, the purchasers showed no orientation towards commercial equity, and cooperation was found to be incomplete, overlooking working on cost optimisation. Further, a level of commercial partnership has not been established. It is suggested that a relational approach in the international supply chain is a necessary, but insufficient, condition to progress to the level of commercial partnerships. The study shows that Australian purchasers� perceptions regarding ISO 9000 are surrounded by controversy. However, the Standard is still considered a credible quality management system tool that enhances supplier�s competitive position. Additionally, the majority of the Australian purchasing companies were not engaged in a low-cost country sourcing strategy. Overall, it can be said that the country of origin effect and ISO 9000 certification did not have a significant influence on quality perceptions within the context of an uncertain international environment. By taking a multivariable and multidisciplinary perspective, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of mature commercial relationships in the international supply chain. The findings provide valuable information that assists organisations to tune or balance the supply management philosophy principles in the uncertainty associated with global trade.

Certains problèmes nécessitent des performances que seules les machines massivement parallèles<br />ou les méta-ordinateurs peuvent offrir. L'écriture d'algorithmes pour ce type de machines demeure<br />plus difficile que pour celles strictement séquentielles et la conception de langages adaptés est un sujet de<br />recherche actif nonobstant la fréquente utilisation de la programmation concurrente. En effet, la conception<br />d'un langage de programmation est le résultat d'un compromis qui détermine l'équilibre entre les différentes<br />qualités du langage telles que l'expressivité, la sûreté, la prédiction des performances, l'efficacité ou<br />bien la simplicité de la sémantique.<br />Dans des travaux antérieurs à cette thèse, il a été entrepris d'approfondir la position intermédiaire que le<br />paradigme des patrons occupe. Toutefois il ne s'agissait pas de concevoir un ensemble a priori fixé d'opérations<br />puis de concevoir des méthodologies pour la prédiction des performances, mais de fixer un modèle<br />de parallélisme structuré (avec son modèle de coûts) puis de concevoir un ensemble universel d'opérations<br />permettant de programmer n'importe quel algorithme de ce modèle. L'objectif est donc le suivant : parvenir<br />à la conception de langages universels dans lesquels le programmeur peut se faire une idée du coût à partir<br />du code source.<br />Cette thèse s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet «CoordinAtion et Répartition des Applications Multiprocesseurs<br />en objective camL» (CARAML) de l'ACI GRID dont l'objectif était le développement de bibliothèques<br />pour le calcul haute-performance et globalisé autour du langage OCaml. Ce projet était organisé en trois<br />phases successives : sûreté et opérations data-parallèles irrégulières mono-utilisateur ; opérations de multitraitement<br />data-parallèle ; opérations globalisées pour la programmation de grilles de calcul.<br />Ce tapuscrit est organisé en 3 parties correspondant chacune aux contributions de l'auteur dans chacune<br />des phases du projet CARAML : une étude sémantique d'un langage fonctionnel pour la programmationBSP<br />et la certification des programmes écrits dans ce langage ; une présentation d'une primitive de composition<br />parallèle (et qui permet aussi la programmation d'algorithmes «diviser-pour-régner» parallèles), un exemple<br />d'application via l'utilisation et l'implantation de structures de données parallèles et une extension pour les<br />entrées/sorties parallèles en BSML ; l'adaption du langage pour le méta-calcul.

Le but de ce rapport est de présenter une méthode globale de développement à partir de spécifications informelles, depuis la modélisation graphique des exigences temporelles d'un système ferroviaire critique jusqu'à une implantation systématique au moyen de méthodes formelles. Nous proposons d'utiliser ici les réseaux de Petri temporels pour décrire le comportement attendu du logiciel de contrôle-commande à construire.Tout d'abord nous construisons un modèle des exigences p-temporel prenant en compte toutes les contraintes que doit vérifier le système. Nous proposons des outils et des méthodes capables de valider et de vérifier ce modèle. Ensuite, il s'agit de construire un modèle de processus solution en réseau de Petri t-temporel. Ce modèle illustre des exigences techniques relatives à un choix technologique ou architectural. L'objectif est double : tout d'abord il est nécessaire de vérifier la traçabilité des exigences ; ensuite, il faut vérifier que l'ensemble des exigences sources sont bien implémentées dans la solution préconisée et dans sa mise en oeuvre. Enfin, nous proposons une approche visant à transformer de façon systématique le modèle de processus en machine abstraite $B$ afin de poursuivre une procédure formelle $B$ classique. Finalement, le cas d'étude du passage à niveau, composant critique dans le domaine de la sécurité ferroviaire est décrit

<p>Kvalitetsmärkningen Naturens Bästa arbetar för att marknadsföra upplevelser som inte är bra enbart för turisten utan även för miljön och omgivningen. Idag blir vi som konsumenter mer och mer medvetna och måna om vår miljö och den värld vi lever i. Således borde en kvalitetsmärkning som Naturens Bästa kunna vägleda oss till att finna arrangemang inom turismen som hjälper oss att välja arrangörer som verkligen lever upp till de krav vi ställer. Problemet som finns är dock att denna kvalitetsmärkning inte syns i den gemensamma marknadsföringen av destinationer i nuläget. Utifrån detta är syftet med uppsatsen att undersöka varför kvalitetsmärkningen Naturens Bästa inte har någon framskjutande roll i marknadsföringen av destinationer.</p><p>Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ insamlingsmetod i form av<strong> </strong>personliga intervjuer i vår undersökning för att få fram varför kvalitetsmärkningen inte syns i marknadsföringen. Intervjuerna genomfördes med respondenter från turistbyrån i Västerås, Västmanlands kommuner och landsting samt turistbyrån i Skinnskatteberg. Den teori uppsatsen bygger på är turism och marknadsföring, destinationsmarknadsföring och kvalitetsmärkning. Utifrån denna teori har intervjufrågorna utformats och den insamlade primärdatan sedan analyserats.</p><p>Med utgångspunkt i den genomförda analysen framkom det att Naturens Bästa inte har någon framskjuten roll i marknadsföringen av destinationer till stor del på grund av att kunskapen om kvalitetsmärkningen är dålig ute bland turistorganisationerna. Detta beror enligt vår mening på brist av information. Ytterligare en anledning är att det finns en ovilja att använda märkningen i broschyrerna.</p> / <p>The quality label Natures Best is committed to market experiences that are not only good for the tourist, but also for the environment.  Consumers today become more and more aware of their surrounding and the world we live in. Therefore, a quality label like Natures Best should be able to guide us to find arrangements within tourism that helps us choose arrangers that really lives up to the demands we have. The problem recognized, is that this quality label is not visible in the common marketing of destinations today. From this point of view, the purpose with this thesis is to investigate why the quality label Natures Best does not have a prominent role in the marketing of destinations. </p><p>In our examination of why the quality labeling does not have a prominent role, we have used a qualitative method of collection in the form of personal interviews. The interviews were carried out with respondents from the tourist bureau in Västerås, “Västmanlands kommuner och landsting” and the tourist bureau in Skinnskatteberg. The theory which the thesis is based upon is<em> </em>tourism and marketing, destination marketing and quality labeling. The questions for the interviews and the analysis of the primary data have been formed based on this theory.</p><p>With a starting point in the conducted analyze, it emerged that Natures Best does not have a prominent role in the marketing of destinations because there is a poor knowledge about the quality label among the organizations. According to us, this is due to a lack of information. Another reason is that it exist a reluctance to use the label in the brochures.</p>

<p> <p>Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka vilka yrkes- och studiebakgrunder yrkesverksamma datalärare har och om olika bakgrund leder till skillnad i uppfattningar om deras yrke och utbildning. Dessutom syftar arbetet till att undersöka hur datalärare håller sina ämneskunskaper ajour och om det finns skillnader i fortbildning beroende på utbildning och yrkesbakgrund. För att besvara arbetets frågeställningar används en kartläggande kvantitativ enkätundersökning som besvaras av yrkesverksamma datalärare från hela landet. För att få fram resultaten görs vissa sambandsanalyser och dessutom presenteras deskriptiv statistik. Undersökningen visar att majoriteten av datalärarna saknar lärarbehörighet samt att ungefär hälften tidigare har arbetat utanför skola och har professionella tillämpningar inom sitt ämne. Det visar sig även att det finns vissa skillnader i datalärarnas uppfattningar i vissa frågor beroende på yrkesbakgrund och utbildning.</p></p> / <p> <p>The main purpose of this rapport is to investigate which different backgrounds concerning working experience and education working computer science teachers have and if different backgrounds lead to a difference in opinion concerning their profession and education. Furthermore the rapport aims to examine how computer science teachers keep their knowledge of the subject up to date and if there are differences depending on education and earlier working experiences. A quantitative survey using a questionnaire answered by working computer science teachers from across Sweden is used to answer the questions which this rapport is based upon. The results are presented as descriptive statistics and some relations analysis has also been made. The research shows that the majority of computer science teachers lack teacher certification and approximately half of them have previously worked outside school with something within the area in which they are teaching. In addition some differences in opinion among computer science teachers depending on working experience and education are found concerning certain issues.</p></p>

This research project analyzes the beef grading system in Australia. Firstly, the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) grading system as a potential value-creating and value chain-coordinating mechanism is investigated. In-depth interviews with value chain stakeholders and industry experts suggest that the implementation of the MSA grading system has had a catalytic effect of moving value chains toward a greater level of coordination. The concept of best value supply chains is also used as a benchmark in determining MSAs effect on value chain performance. Secondly, using a survey of Australian consumers, findings suggest that the MSA certification is perceived as a trustworthy signal for tenderness and quality, reducing information asymmetry at the consumer level. This thesis then addresses the questions of whether or not it is necessary to use a grading system in consumer marketing (e.g. quality label) in order to be successful in terms of adding value to the industry. / Agricultural and Resource Economics

<p>Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of doctors in relation to death certification and also assess whether an educational intervention can improve the accuracy of death certificate completion and thereby improve mortality information.</p>

Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka vilka yrkes- och studiebakgrunder yrkesverksamma datalärare har och om olika bakgrund leder till skillnad i uppfattningar om deras yrke och utbildning. Dessutom syftar arbetet till att undersöka hur datalärare håller sina ämneskunskaper ajour och om det finns skillnader i fortbildning beroende på utbildning och yrkesbakgrund. För att besvara arbetets frågeställningar används en kartläggande kvantitativ enkätundersökning som besvaras av yrkesverksamma datalärare från hela landet. För att få fram resultaten görs vissa sambandsanalyser och dessutom presenteras deskriptiv statistik. Undersökningen visar att majoriteten av datalärarna saknar lärarbehörighet samt att ungefär hälften tidigare har arbetat utanför skola och har professionella tillämpningar inom sitt ämne. Det visar sig även att det finns vissa skillnader i datalärarnas uppfattningar i vissa frågor beroende på yrkesbakgrund och utbildning. / The main purpose of this rapport is to investigate which different backgrounds concerning working experience and education working computer science teachers have and if different backgrounds lead to a difference in opinion concerning their profession and education. Furthermore the rapport aims to examine how computer science teachers keep their knowledge of the subject up to date and if there are differences depending on education and earlier working experiences. A quantitative survey using a questionnaire answered by working computer science teachers from across Sweden is used to answer the questions which this rapport is based upon. The results are presented as descriptive statistics and some relations analysis has also been made. The research shows that the majority of computer science teachers lack teacher certification and approximately half of them have previously worked outside school with something within the area in which they are teaching. In addition some differences in opinion among computer science teachers depending on working experience and education are found concerning certain issues.