{"product_id":"forensic-science-laboratory-benchmarking-max-m-houck-9780367251581","title":"Forensic Science Laboratory Benchmarking: The Foresight Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForensic Science Laboratory Benchmarking: The FORESIGHT Manual \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003etakes a step-by-step instructional approach to utilizing FORESIGHT data, detailing how labs can participate in the process to improve efficiencies. The FORESIGHT Project--a business benchmarking process for forensic service providers--was created in 2008 to collect and report data while offering improvement to processes through analysis, comparisons, and best practice evaluations. The program has grown to include more than 200 participating forensic laboratories worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORESIGHT offers the capability for labs to improve core functions, provide and benefit from metrics, and thus, improve the labs capabilities and functioning for the public good, while maintaining their often limited, fixed budgets. Due to ever-increasing caseloads, forensic laboratories are constantly plagued by backlogged casework--cases submitted to the laboratory but not yet worked. This leads to inefficiencies, delays, and unhappy agencies expecting timely results. Unfortunately, even if a lab's slates were wiped clean and the backlog were erased, many of the inefficient processes--that created the backlog--would still be in place. Eventually, and inevitably, the lab would develop a new backlog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnique coverage and features: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents critical and proven cutting-edge measures to utilize FORESIGHT data improve laboratory testing, operational efficiency, and policies without added additional costs.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSynthesizes the data input from more than 200 labs and a decade's worth of analytics to illustrate process improvements and the advantages of participating.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines how to develop data-driven responses to solve current and future problems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForensic Science Laboratory Benchmarking \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewill be of interest to quality assurance specialists, economists, supervisors in the parent agencies of the labs, managers at all levels of any of the hundreds of public laboratories around the world, and anyone concerned about the effectiveness and efficiency of laboratory testing. As an operational guide, the book provides a helpful roadmap to help public science agencies and forensic labs analyze how they operate, improve on what works, and change what doesn't to better meet their mission and serve their community's goals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max M. Houck,Paul J. Speaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367251582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367251581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Max M. Houck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621681541375,"sku":"9780367251581","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forensic-science-laboratory-benchmarking-max-m-houck-9780367251581","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}