Onderzoek doen naar, en adviseren over de meest geschikte tooling voor het vastleggen, communiceren en het werken met VSM's en het borgen van de resultaten in de organisatie. In dit onderzoek moet duidelijk worden of de applicaties die momenteel gebruikt worden (Mavim Rules en MS Visio) aansluiten op …

As environmental concerns becoming increasingly important to logistics service providers, the question arises as to how they can achieve sustainable physical distribution practices while surviving the severe competition in freight transport. This issue is further complicated by the pressures from the …

Weblog met publicatie van artikelen over vakontwikkeling t.a.v. lean leiderschap en social sourcing.

Lean is een ontwerptheorie op zoek naar een theoretische onderbouwing. In deze bijdrage laat de auteur zien dat de Moderne Sociotechniek (MST), zoals ontwikkeld door Ulbo de Sitter, kan dienen als een dergelijke theoretische onderbouwing. De overeenkomsten zijn dus groter dan menigeen, inclusief De Sitter …

Over the last few decades health promotion has increasingly focused on the empowerment of deprived communities and is shifting from a 'top-down' approach to a participatory practice, aimed at helping people to gain control over their lives and health. Previous research shows that this shift is not without …

In this article, van der Reep argues the need for a new architectural priciple when desgining software systems. The Internet and its capacity to provide social media technology is creating a new P2P networked economy. An economy based around people working together and which will have a major impact …

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare data on the level of aerobic capacity and body composition of nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients with normative data matched for sex, age and level of sporting activity. The study population consisted of 101 outpatients with nonspecific …

Diet is a major factor in the etiology of colorectal cancer, with high fish consumption possibly decreasing colorectal cancer risk, as was shown in several observational studies. To date, no intervention trials have examined the possible beneficial effects of fish intake on colorectal cancer risk. The …