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Based on the 'LEAN' and Value Stream Management (VSM) methodologies/principles of adding value and eliminating waste in business, which are commonly applied to large organisations, this project adapts and develops these methods for application to SMEs (initially in the polymer/plastics industry). The project's Value Stream Management for SMEs (VSMlite) will develop SME-specific tools to enable SME ...

The aim of the project is to design and verify a model of objective quality assessment, effectiveness and efficiency of educational activities in the area of life-long vocational education. To this effect tools for self-evaluation and quality evaluation will be developed as well as models for periodical and reciprocal quality benchmarking of educational institutions.