STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PDCA AND 5S CONCEPTS TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE INFORMAL WELDING INDUSTRY IN KUMASI, GHANA

Strategic Implementation of the PDCA and 5S Concepts to Improve the Productivity of the Informal Welding Industry in Kumasi, Ghana

The informal welding industry is one of the major SMEs in Ghana.The industry is however confronted with a lot of challenges which, therefore, can be addressed by the use of Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) and 5S concepts.This study evaluated the benefits of the PDCA and 5S concepts as strategic tools for improving the performance of the informal welding i

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Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes ricinus tick cell lines respond to infection with tick-borne encephalitis virus: transcriptomic and proteomic analysis

Abstract Background Ixodid ticks are important vectors of a wide variety of viral, bacterial and protozoan pathogens of medical and veterinary importance.Although several studies have elucidated tick responses to bacteria, little is known about the tick response to viruses.To gain insight into the response of tick cells to flavivirus infection, the

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