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The Toyota Way Fieldbookby Jeffrey Liker; David Meier
McGraw-Hill 2005; US$ 29.95The Toyota Way Fieldbook is a companion to the international bestseller The Toyota Way. The Toyota Way Fieldbook builds on the philosophical aspects of Toyota's operating systems by detailing the concepts and providing practical examples for application that leaders need to bring Toyota's success-proven practices to life in any organization. The Toyota Way Fieldbook will help other companies learn from Toyota and develop systems that fit their unique cultures. The book begins with a review of the principles of the Toyota Way through the 4Ps model-Philosophy, Processes, People and Partners, and Problem Solving. Readers looking to learn from Toyota's lean systems will be provided with the inside knowledge they need to.:.; Define the companies... more...
Six Sigma Pricingby ManMohan S. Sodhi; Navdeep S. Sodhi
Pearson Education 2007; US$ 49.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Apply Six Sigma to Your #1 Business Challenge: Pricing “Six Sigma is well known for having helped companies save billions of dollars. This book is the first to show us how to use it on the revenue side of the equation to generate profitable growth. This step-by-step guide will be an instant classic—a seminal book on a topic critical to profitability.” —Robert Cross, Chairman and CEO, Revenue Analytics Inc. and author of Revenue Management “Six Sigma Pricing provides companies with a practical toolkit to improve their price management. The... more...
Hoshin Kanriby David Hutchins
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 89.95Hoshin Kanri is not the next big thing in quality, it is a strategic approach to continuous improvement that provides a context for ongoing initiatives such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing. David Hutchins' Hoshin Kanri shows you how to develop a dynamic vision for continuous improvement; to implement effective policies to support it; to link key performance indicators to Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen and to sustain a strategy-led programme for improving business performance. more...
Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Resultsby Mike Rother
McGraw-Hill 2009; US$ 29.95"How any organization in any industry can progress from old-fashioned management by results to a strikingly different and better way." --James P. Womack, Chairman and Founder, Lean Enterprise Institute "One of the stepping stones that will usher in a new era of management thinking." -- The Systems Thinker This game-changing book puts you behind the curtain at Toyota, providing new insight into the legendary automaker's management practices and offering practical guidance for leading and developing people in a way that makes the best use of their brainpower. Drawing on six years of research into Toyota's employee-management routines, Toyota Kata examines and elucidates, for the first time, the company's organizational... more...
The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More With Lessby Mark O. George
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 29.95Praise for The Lean Six Sigma guide to Doing More with Less "At Frito Lay, we have applied many of the concepts and tools in this book, and we are realizing a five to seven times return on our annual Lean Six Sigma investment." —Tony Mattei, Lean Six Sigma Director, Frito Lay "Ecolab has experienced a sustainable, competitive advantage through Lean Six Sigma. The principles in this book are helping us drive greater value for our share-holders, better service for our customers, and talent development opportunities for our associates." —Jeffrey E. Burt, Vice President and Global Deployment Leader, Lean Six Sigma, Ecolab "This book gives excellent insights into Lean Six Sigma and its strong impact within different industries. We... more...
Foundations of Information Securityby Jule Hintzbergen; Kees Hintzbergen; André Smulders
Van Haren Publishing 2010; US$ 30.00This practical title clearly explains the approaches that most organizations can consider and implement which helps turn Information Security management into an approachable, effective and well-understood tool. It covers: The quality requirements an organization may have for information; The risks associated with these quality requirements; The countermeasures that are necessary to mitigate these risks; Ensuring business continuity in the event of a disaster; When and whether to report incidents outside the organization more...
Lean Office and Service Simplifiedby Drew Locher
CRC Press 2011; US$ 39.95Demystifying the application of Lean methods, Lean Office and Service Simplified: The Definitive How-To Guide goes beyond the basic tools to detail the key concepts of Lean as they apply to office and service environments. It begins by discussing value stream management, followed by chapters on standard work, flow, level pull, and visual management. The book covers essential Lean tools, including 5S and mistake proofing. It breaks down Lean concepts into their elementary components, describes them in a nonmanufacturing context, and supplies readers with specific how-to methodologies. Providing detailed examples throughout, the text illustrates the functions found in most service organizations, as well as the administrative areas of manufacturing... more...
Innovationby Andy Bruce; David Birchall
Pearson Education 2012; US$ 24.99This is the eBook version of the printed book. Companies that innovate successfully get six key things right. These are planning, pipeline, process, platform, people, and performance, and you need to get them right too. This book gives you a practical framework that will help you seek out new commercial opportunities and develop new and better ways of doing things. For innovation to be more than a buzzword it has to be deeply integrated into a team's structure--this book presents an integrated approach that will accelerate your move from buzzwords to practical steps to implementation. more...
101 Ways to Improve Business Performanceby Donald Waters
Kogan Page 1999; US$ 9.45In 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$ 13.95In 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...









