The Values ＆ Benefits of Umicore＇s Process Excellence Model

We will highlight the values Umicore's unique Process Excellence Model is based upon and how these do correlate with the overall culture of Umicore. Besides, we are going to explain about the benefits for the target industries that come along with our approach. Here, we will not mainly focus on the usually mentioned cost saving potential, but how also other aspects do create substantial value for the industries.

Practice and Challenge of International Peer Review: A Case Study of Research Evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence

Purpose: The main goal of this paper is to show that international peer review can work in China’s context with satisfactory outcomes. Moreover, this paper also provides a reference for the practice of science and technology management.Design/methodology/approach: This paper starts with a discussion of two critical questions about the significance and design of international peer review. A case study of international peer review of CAS Centers for Excellence is further analyzed. Findings: International peer review may provide a solution to address the problem of quantitative oriented research evaluation in China. The case study of research evaluation of CAS Centers for Excellence shows that it is possible and feasible to conduct an international peer review in China’s context. When applying this approach to other scenarios, there are still many issues to consider including individualized design of international peer review combined with practical demands, and further improvement of theories and methods of international peer review. Research limitation: 1) Only the case of international peer review of CAS Centers for Excellence is analyzed;2) A relatively small number of respondents were surveyed in the questionnaire. Practical implications: The work presented in this study can be used as a reference for future studies.Originality/value: Currently, there are no similarly detailed studies exploring the significance and methodology of international peer review in China.

New Chief, New Journey, New Excellence

After five years planning and working for its creation,and four years serving as its Founding Editor-in-Chief,it is time for me to step down and free IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica to the new journey for its new level of excellence and significance.As many of you have known,on April 1,2017,I have been selected as the Editor-in-Chief

Substantiality:A Construct Indicating Research Excellence to Measure University Research Performance

Purpose:The adequacy of research performance of universities or research institutes have often been evaluated and understood in two axes:“quantity”(i.e.size or volume)and“quality”(i.e.what we define here as a measure of excellence that is considered theoretically independent of size or volume,such as clarity in diamond grading).The purpose of this article is,however,to introduce a third construct named“substantiality”(“ATSUMI”in Japanese)of research performance and to demonstrate its importance in evaluating/understanding research universities.Design/methodology/approach:We take a two-step approach to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed construct by showing that(1)some characteristics of research universities are not well captured by the conventional constructs(“quantity”and“quality”)-based indicators,and(2)the“substantiality”indicators can capture them.Furthermore,by suggesting that“substantiality”indicators appear linked to the reputation that appeared in university reputation rankings by simple statistical analysis,we reveal additional benefits of the construct.Findings:We propose a new construct named“substantiality”for measuring research performance.We show that indicators based on“substantiality”can capture important characteristics of research institutes.“Substantiality”indicators demonstrate their“predictive powers”on research reputation.Research limitations:The concept of“substantiality”originated from IGO game;therefore the ease/difficulty of accepting the concept is culturally dependent.In other words,while it is easily accepted by people from Japan and other East Asian countries and regions,it might be difficult for researchers from other cultural regions to accept it.Practical implications:There is no simple solution to the challenge of evaluating research universities’research performance.It is vital to combine different types of indicators to understand the excellence of research institutes.Substantiality indicators could be part of such a combination of indicators.Originality/value:The authors propose a new construct named substantiality for measuring research performance.They show that indicators based on this construct can capture the important characteristics of research institutes.

NI公司ni.com连续二年荣获“Standard of Excellence”大奖

2003年10月14日网络市场联盟(Web Marketing Associ-ation)连续第二年向NI公司网站ni.com颁发“Standard of Ex-cellence”大奖。250余位专家从设计、更新、内容、技术含量、交互性、导向性和易用性等角度进行评判,对ni.com给予了高度评价。

Centers of excellence in minimally invasive gynecology: Raising the bar for quality in women's health

The ＂Center of Excellence＂ concept has been employed in healthcare for several decades. This concept has been adopted in several disciplines; such as bariatric surgery, orthopedic surgery, diabetes and stroke. The most successful model in surgery thus far has been the bariatric program, with a very extensive network and a large prospective database. Recently, the American As-sociation of Gynecologic Laparoscopists has introduced this concept in gynecologic surgery. The ＂Center Of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology＂ （COEMIG） designation program has been introduced with the goals of increasing safety and efficiency, cutting cost and increasing patient awareness and access to mini-mally invasive surgical options for women. The program may harbor challenges as well, such as human and fnancial resources, and diffculties with implementation and maintenance of such designation. This commen-tary describes the COEMIG designation process, along with its potential benefits and possible challenges. Though no studies have been published to date on the value of this concept in the feld of gynecologic surgery, we envision this commentary to provoke such studies to examine the relative value of this new program.

Foreign-funded“Double Excellence Enterprise”——Anhui South Textile Co.Ltd.

The Anhui South Textile Co.Ltd.,established in September 1992,is a Sino-foreign cooperative enterprise,stock-held by Anqing TextileFactory.It has a total investment of RMB 16.5 million,registered capitalof RMB 11.55 million,with 25.3 percent shared by the foreign side.Mainproducts include combed yarn under 100s. Since its operation,the company,by making full use of its advantages—having an annual export quota for cotton yarn of 9000 pieces,preferential policy,new equipment,strong ability for high grade

Pursuing Excellence

Yang Yinyu’s team has been devoted to producing such devices with meticulous attention to detail, improving their craftsmanship, and incessantly striving for the best.

The Secret behind Japan's High-tech Excellence

The secret behind Japan’s high tech excellence is not quality,economy or good em-ployee relations.It has to do with good blood.So says Toshitaka Nomi,author of Adviceon How to Form a Good Combination of Blood Types.Nomi documented more than 300.000 cases,cross-referencing personality with blood type.Type O’s,he found,are assertive and straightthinkers.About 40 percent of Japan’spopulation is Type A.Sticklers for detail?says Nomi,these people make excellent engi-

Yogic Prescription for Corporate Wellness and Excellence

Yoga has been practiced as a complete way of life management and ecological harmony for time immemorial. Successful companies across the globe like Microsoft, IBM, and PepsiCo etc., have incorporated yoga or spirituality at their workplaces for employees＇ wellness and organizational excellence. In contemporary scenario, scientific researches on yoga that substantiate its positive impacts at bodily, psychic, societal, spiritual and organizational level have been made abundantly. However, there is a lack of an innovative yogic model that is holistic and supportive to boost corporate wellness （CW） and excellence （CE）. So the basic aim of this paper is to propose a yogic prescription CYP） for the corporate wellness and excellence that needs to be tested in future researches.

The Study on the personnel training mode based on the occupation ability development and excellence engineer training

As the application undergraduate course colleges and universities, a distinctive talent training system must be formed to achieve the target of practical and innovative talents training, which needs to constantly explore and innovate teaching mode. In the paper, talent training model based on the occupation ability development and Excellence Engineer training has carried on the deep discussion and research, thorough study and research.

New Standard——Criteria for Perfomance Excellence

In order to facilitate the development of China's market economy and responsethe competition in the post-WTO era, it is important for China national business organizations topursue performance excellence. According to related requirements of the Law of the People's Republicof China on Product Quality and the Quality Improvement Approach issued by China State Council, theCriteria for Performance Excellence was developed in order to guide organizations to pursueperformance excellence and improve the quality of products, service and business. On the basis ofthe national quality award criteria in other countries and the quality management practice in China,this national standard specifies the performance excellence evaluation requirements oforganizations in 7 aspects, which are leadership, strategy, customers and market, resources, processmanagement, measurement, analysis, improvement and business results. The national standard providesorganizations with self-assessment criteria to pursue performance excellence, and it can also beused as evaluating criteria of quality award.

STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE:SHANXI SHOWCASES CPC'S EFFORTS TO BUILD A DISCIPLINED PARTY

The third thematic seminar of the Stories of the Communist Party of China(CPC)series focusing on party-building,with'Building a Well-disciplined Party in All Aspects:The Practice of Shanxi'as its theme,was held in Beijing on June 30.Song Tao,Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee(IDCPC),Luo Huining,Secretary of the CPC Shanxi

豪华之上 创新荣誉 沃尔沃890荣誉版(S90 Excellence) 打造私人飞机超级头等舱

如今,汽车不再是具备单一功能的出行工具,而是连接家和办公室之外的第三空间。汽车的设计和制造,将满足人们对美好生活的需求,以提供更高品质、更具针对性的产品和服务。沃尔沃汽车深刻洞悉时代领袖对豪华座驾的需求,推出全球首款三座总裁级专享豪华轿车S90荣誉版(S90 Excellence)。该车型已经正式上市,并在北京以及上海的沃尔沃品牌体验中心接受预定。

Achieve Research Excellence through Improvement of Science Assessment System

With the support of the Consultation and Evaluation Committee of the Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS),a task force headed by CAS Member FANG Rongxiang recently conducted a project entitled Science Value Assessment in an Increasingly Globalized World.Based on the study,the researchers presented a report on the improvement of China’s science assessment system.The following paragraphs present the major ideas of this report.