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Quality & Manufacturing Summaries

Whether you opt for lean management, Six Sigma, the balanced scorecard or another quality management technique, you’ll find all you need to know to create a first-rate, efficient, sustainable value chain here.

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Waging War on Complexity Costs

Stephen A. Wilson and Andrei Perumal

McGraw-Hill, 2009

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1 month ago

Jugaad Innovation

Navi Radjou et al.

Jossey-Bass, 2012

(8)

3 months ago

The New Industrial Revolution

Peter Marsh

Yale UP, 2012

(8)

4 months ago

Beyond the Lean Revolution

Deborah J. Nightingale and Jayakanth Srinivasan

AMACOM, 2011

(7)

4 months ago

The Power of LEO

Subir Chowdhury

McGraw-Hill, 2011

(8)

6 months ago

Out of the Crisis
 

W. Edwards Deming

MIT Press, 2000

(9)

8 months ago

Competing Against Time
 

George Stalk, Jr. and Thomas M. Hout

Free Press, 1990

(8)

11 months ago

Why Things Go Wrong

Gary Fellers

Pelican Publishing, 2011

(8)

11 months ago

Make It In America

Andrew N. Liveris

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011

(8)

1 year ago

How to Save a Failing Project

Ralph R. Young et al.

Management Concepts, 2009

(7)

1 year ago

A Complete and Balanced Service Scorecard

Rajesh K. Tyagi and Praveen Gupta

FT Press, 2008

(8)

1 year ago

Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation
 

George Koenigsaecker

Productivity Press, 2009

(7)

2 years ago

The New Rules of Green Marketing
 

Jacquelyn Ottman

Berrett-Koehler, 2011

(7)

2 years ago

The Services Shift
 

Robert E. Kennedy and Ajay Sharma

FT Press, 2009

(7)

3 years ago

Earth, Inc.
 

Gregory Unruh

Harvard Business Review Press, 2010

(9)

3 years ago

How to Implement Lean Manufacturing

Lonnie Wilson

McGraw-Hill, 2009

(8)

3 years ago

Creating a Lean Culture
 

David Mann

Productivity Press, 2005

(7)

3 years ago

Business Process Management and the Balanced Scorecard

Ralph Smith

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006

(6)

3 years ago

Implementing Six Sigma and Lean

Ron Basu

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008

(6)

3 years ago

The Ultimate Improvement Cycle

Bob Sproull

CRC Press, 2009

(7)

3 years ago

Going Lean
 

Stephen A. Ruffa

AMACOM, 2008

(7)

4 years ago

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Quality & Manufacturing

Companies that value sustained success place a high priority on quality manufacturing. Savvy consumers, after all, are quick to expose the pretenders who seek shortcuts. But while executives across a variety of industries may agree in principle with the importance of quality in manufacturing, they often have diverse opinions on how that’s accomplished. Some insist that the bulk of the responsibility for quality control lies with the line managers; others believe that front-line workers carry most of the weight. getAbstract’s summaries on quality and manufacturing will provide compelling support for both sides – and everything in between. We present only the most pertinent information so you can make intelligent decisions tailored to your organization’s specialized wants and needs.

Quality Matters

Whether you favor lean management theory or choose to explore the Six Sigma approach, the summaries in this category emphasize the significance of manufacturing quality and the dire consequences of falling short. You’ll learn why many corporations are forging global alliances to ensure viability and gain a competitive edge. You’ll also find advice on project management and methods for instituting accountability at every level of the creative process. getAbstract will show you proven techniques for motivating your workforce and enabling them to realize their potential. Quality and manufacturing are too important to be left to chance. Take advantage of getAbstract’s powerful knowledge warehouse and prepare yourself to battle the competition. In this day and age, you need every weapon at your disposal.

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