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Responsible Manufacturing: Issues Pertaining to Sustainability Remanufacturing is a way to transform a disposal burden into a business opportunity
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 12:00
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Responsible manufacturing has become an obligation to the environment and to society itself, enforced primarily by customer perspective and governmental regulations on environmental issues. This is mainly driven by the…
Health Care in the Next Curve Transforming a dysfunctional industry
Mon, 09/10/2018 - 14:53
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In the book, Health Care in the Next Curve (CRC Press, 2018), author John Abendshien takes an objective and sometimes scathing look at the current industry structure: a silo-driven culture and entrenchment that is…
True Kaizen Management's role in improving work climate and culture
Tue, 12/12/2017 - 12:00
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Released in November 2017, is the book, True Kaizen: Management's Role in Improving Work Climate and Culture, by Collin McLoughlin and Toshihiko Miura (Productivity Press, 2017). Features Cross cultural insights…
Agile Network Businesses: Collaboration, Coordination, and Competitive Advantage Reconfigure supply chains and manufacturing systems to meet customer demands
Wed, 08/23/2017 - 12:00
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In Agile Network Businesses: Collaboration, Coordination, and Competitive Advantage (CRC Press, an Auerbach Publication, 2017), author Vivek Kale enables IT managers and business decision makers to understand clearly…
Andy & Me and the Hospital: Further Adventures on the Lean Journey Includes changes required to implement Toyota Production System methods in healthcare
Mon, 08/08/2016 - 10:50
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In a cool and readable style, Andy & Me and the Hospital: Further Adventures on the Lean Journey follows Tom Pappas’s relationship with Andy Saito, a reclusive retired Toyota guru. Tom and Andy are pulled into a…
Process Implementation Through 5S Laying the foundation for lean
Mon, 05/09/2016 - 12:31
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) — The procedure outlined in the book, Process Implementation Through 5S: Laying the Foundation for Lean, by Drew Willis (Productivity Press, 2016), shows how basic lean principles can be used to implement standardized…
Case Studies in Strategic Planning How to do systematic strategic planning in real-life cases
Thu, 03/03/2016 - 13:16
(CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL) -- Case Studies in Strategic Planning shows you how to do systematic strategic planning in real-life cases, regardless of your level of expertise. The simplified version of this methodology and its analysis tools, based…
Making the Case for Change Using effective business cases to minimize project and innovation failures
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 12:20
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The best time to stop projects or programs that will not be successful is before they are ever started. Research has shown that the focused use of realistic business-case analysis on proposed initiatives could enable…
Maximizing Value Propositions to Increase Project Success Rates A systematic approach to an early evaluation of potential projects
Wed, 05/21/2014 - 10:10
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Value proposition, an old concept, is taking on new significance in today’s innovation-driven environment. Business focus has shifted from developing many creative ideas to developing only those that will successfully…
The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook Tools and methods for process acceleration
Wed, 07/31/2013 - 10:11
(CRC Press) -- Although Lean and Six Sigma appear to be quite different, when used together they have shown to deliver unprecedented improvements to quality and profitability. The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook: Tools and Methods for Process…