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  • Workflow Modelingby Alec Sharp; Patrick McDermott

    Artech House 2008; US$ 69.00

    This extensively revised second edition of the acclaimed and bestselling book, Workflow Modeling serves as a complete guide to discovering, scoping, assessing, modeling, and redesigning business processes. Providing proven techniques for identifying, modeling, and redesigning business processes, and explaining how to implement workflow improvement, this book helps you define requirements for systems development or systems acquisition. more...

  • Faster Cheaper Betterby Lisa Hershman; Michael Hammer

    Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.99

    A bold and revolutionary thinker’s legacy for how business can meet the greatest economic challenge in decades...   It’s no secret: everyone knows that the way most companies do things is screwed up. Surprisingly, though, herein lays the biggest opportunity for improving growth and profitability in a world in which consumers are tapped out and competition is coming from the devastating combination of low-wage countries with high skills.   For more than a decade, following his landmark Reengineering the Corporation, Michael Hammer did “deep dives” into the processes of companies in every imaginable business—from oil refineries to software developers, factories, retailers, and hospitals—to understand... more...

  • The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Editionby Thomas Pyzdek; Paul Keller

    McGraw-Hill 2009; US$ 89.95

    The authoritative classic--revised and updated for today's Six Sigma practitioners Whether you want to further your Six Sigma training to achieve a Black or Green Belt or you are totally new to the quality-management strategy, you need reliable guidance. The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition shows you, step by step, how to integrate this profitable approach into your company's culture. Co-written by an award-winning contributor to the practice of quality management and a successful Six Sigma trainer, this hands-on guide features: Cutting-edge, Lean Six Sigma concepts integrated throughout Completely revised material focused on project objectives Updated and expanded problem-solving examples using Excel and Minitab A streamlined... more...

  • Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technologyby John M. Nicholas; Herman Steyn

    Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 54.95

    Project Management for Business, Engineering and Technology, 3rd edition is a direct response to the ever-increasing need for better project management. First covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, the main bulk of the book is dedicated to the concepts and techniques of practical application, including project initiation and proposals, scope and task definition, scheduling, budgeting, risk analysis, control, project organization and all-important "people" aspects--project leadership, team building, conflict resolution and stress management. The Systems Development Cycle is used as a framework to discuss project management in a variety of situations, making this the go-to book for managing virtually... more...

  • Making the Internet work for your businessby Angela Booth

    Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 25.40

    When you use the Internet for your business you don't need to wait for the customers to come to you because a Web site is a 24 hour sales force to the whole world. Making the Internet Work for Your Business offers clear and pratical advice on how to use the Internet to develop your business; how to promote your products or services; how to find vital information; and how to pursue new business opportunities. more...

  • 101 Ways to Improve Business Performanceby Donald Waters

    Kogan Page 1999; US$ 9.45

    In today's increasingly competitive market place, organizations have to improve their business performance or they run the risk of losing out to competitors. But how can organizations achieve this? Managers often don't know how to improve the performance of their organization, or even where to look for likely answers. In this practical guide, Donald Waters describes the most important ideas for developing business performance. more...

  • Successful Product Managementby Stephen Morse

    Kogan Page 1998; US$ 13.95

    In this second edition, Stephen Morse focuses on the skills and techniques the product manager needs to be effective. It offers a practical approach to the product management system, covering all aspects of the tasks. The detailed examples and checklists will assist all product managers whether they are new to marketing or adapting their role as product managers. more...

  • Managing the Demand-Supply Chainby William E. Hoover; Eero Eloranta; Holmströ; Jan m; Kati Huttunen

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 95.00

    A proven,innovative approach to meeting customer demand Combining an intensive focus on customer/marketplace demands with innovative technology tools developed to execute demand chain planning, Managing the Demand-Supply Chain sets forth a powerful new model for fulfilling customer demand in the best possible way. Four of the world's leading demand chain researchers and implementers demonstrate how select high-tech companies, such as Nokia and Dell, have used the demand chain approach to differentiate their value offerings and delight their customers. The authors introduce three exciting new demand chain tools. "Demand breakpoint" identifies the point where value is significantly changed by operations; "value offering point" or VOP is... more...

  • High Performance Manufacturingby Roger G. Schroeder; Barbara B. Flynn

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 110.00

    The most thorough, valid set of findings on global manufacturing and winning practices worldwide This eye-opening resource sets a new standard for how manufacturing practices are viewed in today's business world. The results of an extensive research project spanning 164 factories in the United States, Japan, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom determine the best path to high performance manufacturing. This is one of the first books to offer comparisons of manufacturing in these five countries, addressing their current issues and providing insights that affect manufacturing worldwide. Researchers from such universities as the London Business School, Wake Forest University, Yokohama University, and the University of Minnesota detail how... more...

  • Project Management for Business Professionalsby Joan Knutson

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 140.00

    No longer restricted to the engineering industry, project management has at long last crossed over to mainstream business. Project Management for Business Professionals is the definitive reference on the essentials of contemporary project management. Featured here are some of the foremost practitioners and researchers from academia, consulting, and private industry, sharing their various areas of project management expertise and providing a wide range of perspectives on everything from risk management to resource planning to ethics management. Focusing on both the technical and human sides of the field, this unique resource follows the main points of the "project management body of knowledge"-the certification standard of the Project Management... more...