Article: The demise and rebirth of wood boats.

Article: Old time religion: Va. boatbuilder Francis Haynie remains ...
National Fisherman;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Walk inside Francis Lee Haynie's boatbuilding sheds in Northumberland County on Virginia's Northern Neck and you swear you've gone back more then 30 years, to a period when Chesapeake Bay watermen fished exclusively from wooden deadrise boats. At the end of April, a new wooden boat was on a trailer

Article: Virginia waterman gets a boat to "last a lifetime." (Craig Hunt's ...
National Fisherman;  April 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...When crabber Craig Hunt of Poquoson, Va., decided to give up his traditionally built, wooden, 40' Chesapeake Bay deadrise boat and replace it with a larger vessel, he did something unusual for a Virginia fisherman - he had it built strip-planked and sheathed in fiberglass, and he went to a North

Article: The costs of poor quality health care
Business and Economic Review;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... health care outlays are the result of poor quality care." Double-digit inflation ... health care outlays are the result of poor quality care." The MBGH study estimates the annual cost of poor quality care per covered employee is between ...

Article: Poor quality medical care key factor in high death ...
M2 Presswire;  June 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... PRESSWIRE-15 June 2001-YALE UNIVERSITY: Poor quality medical care key factor in high death ... of the differences in mortality." Poor quality care was defined as patients not receiving ... said the current study suggests that poor quality of medical care may be an important ...

Article: Eliminating the cost of poor quality
FDM;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Examine the costs caused by poor quality in your plant and develop an effective ... production expenses and of the cost of poor quality- waste, spoilage, rejects and ... executives are looking at the cost of poor quality and pondering how to deal with ...

Article: Poor-quality care costly; Change in payer focus ...
Business Insurance;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... study detailing the economic toll of poor-quality health care will make employers realize ... decisions. The annual costs associated with poor-quality health care climb to between $1,700 ... the study estimates. The costs of poor quality, the study says, stem from four basic ...

Article: Sinking the cost of poor quality.
Quality In Manufacturing;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... is that many companies have a cost of poor quality percentage that is higher than their ... formula for cost of quality: Cost of poor quality = cost of dissatisfied customers + cost ... measures and programs to deal with cost of poor quality at the prevention level and encouraging ...