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English translation: Practical Process Improvement team


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English term or phrase:PPI team
English translation:Practical Process Improvement team
Entered by: Stephanie Ezrol
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18:34 Jun 16, 2011
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Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / HR
English term or phrase: PPI
I cannot find what the acronym PPI is in English, let alone translate it in French!! Your suggestions are very welcome.

Here is the context:

PPI is how we do business at *************. PPI helps us to become a more efficient company and therefore serve our customers in ways no other company can. "I encourage those of you who are not involved to work with your supervisor to identify an opportunity for improvement and form a PPI team!"

Many thanks in advance for your help, Yasmina.
Yasmina Austin
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:52
Practica process improvement
Explanation:
About PPI

What is the objective of Practical Process Improvement?

The objective of PPI is profitable growth. This objective is achieved in two ways:

Customer allegiance. In the twenty first century, merely satisfying our customers is not enough. Improving the entire experience for the customer including price, availability (rapid delivery), and product quality must be the focus. By addressing all three of these areas, the customers’ perceptions will improve over time and build their loyalty. Their dedication to you will then lead to increased sales and revenue.


Involvement of all employees. To achieve successful cost reduction, every employee must be actively involved and believe in the process. The executive team focuses on achieving near-term and long-term enterprise objectives leading to profitable growth. PPI Teams work on projects assigned by management. PPI Teams then analyze the processes of production, improve response times, lower their costs, and improve quality for the customer.
http://www.ppiresults.com/about.php



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The answer should read:
Practical process improvement, the "l" got lost somewhere.

HERE'S ANOTHER REFERENCE:


Practical Process Improvement Team Project Guide

By: Jason Stone, R. Edward Zunich
10 Digit ISBN b001c20bjk
13 Digit ISBN : b001c20bjk

The purpose of this book is to provide a guidebook for the application of The Eight Step Method and Practical Process Improvement tools to complete team projects. It is primarily intended as a step-by-step manual for Facilitators, Team Leaders, and Process Champions. It is rich with illustrations and examples, including presentation of the final report of a successful PPI Team.


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Thermo Electron, a world leader in analytical instrumentation laboratory equipment, measurement and control solutions, software and services, launched its customer loyalty initiative in early 2005. Thermo, which recently merged with Fisher Scientific to form a new global entity, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., has long been recognized as an industry leader. Their world-class products have set the standard in the life, laboratory and health sciences industry. But times — and customer preferences — change. Thermo leadership wanted to be sure their legacy business processes still met their customers’ needs and wants. They wanted to reexamine their service delivery and reevaluate business processes (especially customer-facing ones) with an ear to the Voice of the Customer, to ensure they’re as customer-oriented as possible.

In early 2005, a cross-divisional Practical Process Improvement (PPI) team was created, charged with finding the best way to measure and improve customer loyalty. After reviewing their options, Thermo’s Six Sigma Black Belts — experts in all aspects of process measurement and improvement — recommended Net Promoter as their loyalty index.
http://www.mainecreative.com/Samples/tech-profile.htm
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Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 15:52
Grading comment
Thanks Stephanie. That's the answer that fitted best. Yasmina.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6Practica process improvement
Stephanie Ezrol
3Payment protection insurance
AllegroTrans
2Public-Private Initiative
Jack Doughty


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ppi
Payment protection insurance


Explanation:
poss

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
ppi
Practica process improvement


Explanation:
About PPI

What is the objective of Practical Process Improvement?

The objective of PPI is profitable growth. This objective is achieved in two ways:

Customer allegiance. In the twenty first century, merely satisfying our customers is not enough. Improving the entire experience for the customer including price, availability (rapid delivery), and product quality must be the focus. By addressing all three of these areas, the customers’ perceptions will improve over time and build their loyalty. Their dedication to you will then lead to increased sales and revenue.


Involvement of all employees. To achieve successful cost reduction, every employee must be actively involved and believe in the process. The executive team focuses on achieving near-term and long-term enterprise objectives leading to profitable growth. PPI Teams work on projects assigned by management. PPI Teams then analyze the processes of production, improve response times, lower their costs, and improve quality for the customer.
http://www.ppiresults.com/about.php



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Note added at 9 mins (2011-06-16 18:44:01 GMT)
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The answer should read:
Practical process improvement, the "l" got lost somewhere.

HERE'S ANOTHER REFERENCE:


Practical Process Improvement Team Project Guide

By: Jason Stone, R. Edward Zunich
10 Digit ISBN b001c20bjk
13 Digit ISBN : b001c20bjk

The purpose of this book is to provide a guidebook for the application of The Eight Step Method and Practical Process Improvement tools to complete team projects. It is primarily intended as a step-by-step manual for Facilitators, Team Leaders, and Process Champions. It is rich with illustrations and examples, including presentation of the final report of a successful PPI Team.


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Note added at 12 mins (2011-06-16 18:47:08 GMT)
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Thermo Electron, a world leader in analytical instrumentation laboratory equipment, measurement and control solutions, software and services, launched its customer loyalty initiative in early 2005. Thermo, which recently merged with Fisher Scientific to form a new global entity, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., has long been recognized as an industry leader. Their world-class products have set the standard in the life, laboratory and health sciences industry. But times — and customer preferences — change. Thermo leadership wanted to be sure their legacy business processes still met their customers’ needs and wants. They wanted to reexamine their service delivery and reevaluate business processes (especially customer-facing ones) with an ear to the Voice of the Customer, to ensure they’re as customer-oriented as possible.

In early 2005, a cross-divisional Practical Process Improvement (PPI) team was created, charged with finding the best way to measure and improve customer loyalty. After reviewing their options, Thermo’s Six Sigma Black Belts — experts in all aspects of process measurement and improvement — recommended Net Promoter as their loyalty index.
http://www.mainecreative.com/Samples/tech-profile.htm


Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 15:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Thanks Stephanie. That's the answer that fitted best. Yasmina.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cmwilliams: Practical... seems likely in this context
1 hr

agree  Veronika McLaren: indeed it does seem likely...
1 hr

agree  Didier Fourcot: Most likely but customer confirmation could avoid a misunderstanding, a way to cheat could be using "la méthode PPI" without expliciting it
14 hrs

agree  Phong Le
1 day4 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
2 days15 hrs

agree  Thuy-PTT
26 days
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Public-Private Initiative


Explanation:
Might or might not be appropriate for this context, but...
A PPI (Public-Private Initiative) - in the UK, not in the USA - is an agreement between the Government and one or more private companies for carrying out work or performing services. Also sometimes known as PPP (Public-Private Partnership)

Public - Private Initiatives (PPI) aimed at increasing access to ...
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1 The public-private initiatives (PPI) are associations between the public and private sectors (financial entities or commercial ...
www.haiweb.org/17072006/CountryWorkingPaperPeru.pdf

PPP/PPI/PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS/PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES ...
31 May 2011 ... What is the meaning of PPP/PPI/PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS/PUBLIC-PRIVATE INITIATIVES PROGRAM/1128840 acronym/abbreviation and what does ...
www.all-acronyms.com/PPP/PPI/Public Private Partnerships/Pu...

Jack Doughty
Local time: 20:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 102
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Changes made by editors
Jul 3, 2011 - Changes made by Stephanie Ezrol:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Jun 16, 2011 - Changes made by AllegroTrans:
Language pairEnglish to French => English


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