(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Explaining how to implement and sustain a top-down strategy for manufacturing excellence, The 12 Principles of Manufacturing Excellence: A Leader’s Guide to Achieving and Sustaining Excellence, by Larry E. Fast (CRC Press, 2011), provides a comprehensive, proven approach for delivering world-class performance while also cultivating the right culture through leadership and mentoring.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Asking tough questions about the current state of project management, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence: A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results, by Adil F. Dalal (CRC Press, 2011), provides techniques to achieve excellence in project leadership that can result in Six Sigma-type results or failure-free projects.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Ethics plays a critical role in project management, but all too often its importance is overlooked. This benign neglect can result in serious consequences to individuals and organizations, ranging from tarnished reputations to civil and criminal liability. Ethics and Project Management, by Ralph L. Kliem (CRC Press, 2011) demonstrates the importance of making ethics a key consideration in managing projects and describes the impacts that occur when ethical transgressions arise.

(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The fourth edition of the book, Integral Logistics Management: Operations and Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies, by Paul Schönsleben (CRC Press, 2011) is the most complete resource for efficient operations, effective planning, and improving on the challenges and opportunities in today’s global supply chains.