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Data Warehousing: The Route to Mass Customisation

1/20/2021

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Data Warehousing: The Route to Mass Customisa
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By: Sean Kelly

  Though companies have amassed an enormous amount of data, they haven't always been able to use it because it is unstructured, unintegrated, or polluted. This book shows how to transform this vast pool of data into information of strategic significance. Taking up where database marketing leaves off, it offers practical ideas for businesses to realize staggering response rates from mailings, focused marketing campaigns, and more.

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Dr. Deming The American Who Taught The Japanese About Quality

1/14/2021

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Deming
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By: Rafael Aguayo

  Dr. W. Edwards Deming, a household name in Japan, became the prime catalyst behind the incredible success of Japanese industry. In fact, since 1951, the Deming Prize has been the most coveted and prestigious award among Japanese corporations.  Today, Deming is finally becoming a household name in his own country. The lessons he has to teach American business are more urgent and important than ever.   Just how different is the Deming Management Method? Compare just a few of the many differences in beliefs between conventional organizations and Deming organizations and you will want to change right away.

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Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations

1/8/2021

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Lean Leadership
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By: Susan Fowler and Ken Blanchard

  From The One Minute Manager to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard's books have helped millions of people unleash their power and the potential of everyone around them. The Ken Blanchard Companies has helped thousands of organizations become more people-oriented, customer-centered, and performance-driven. Now, in Leading at a Higher Level, Updated Edition, Blanchard and his colleagues bring together everything they've learned about world-class leadership. You'll discover how to create targets and visions based on the "triple bottom line", and make sure people know who you are, where you're going, and the values that will guide your journey. 

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The Goal A Process of Ongoing Improvement

1/7/2021

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Theory of Constraints
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By: Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

  Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal, a gripping novel, is transforming management thinking throughout the world. It is a book to recommend to your friends in industry - even to your bosses - but not to your competitors. 

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The Obstacle is the Way

1/6/2021

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Adversity
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By: Ryan Holiday

  We are stuck, stymied, frustrated. But it needn’t be this way. There is a formula for success that’s been followed by the icons of history—from John D. Rockefeller to Amelia Earhart to Ulysses S. Grant to Steve Jobs—a formula that let them turn obstacles into opportunities. Faced with impossible situations, they found the astounding triumphs we all seek.

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The TPM Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner (The LEAN Playbook Series)

1/5/2021

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Total productive maintenance
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By: Productivity Press

  A companywide approach to improving the effectiveness and longevity of equipment and machines, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a critical component of production line success. The need for a step-by-step guidelines on how to achieve TPM has been filled with the publication of The TPM Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guideline for the Lean Practitioner.

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The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management (Fast Forward MBA Series)

1/4/2021

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The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management (Fast Forward MBA Series)
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  For any professional responsible for coordinating projects among different departments, across executive levels, or with technical complexity, The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management offers comprehensive instruction on how to deliver on time and on budget. Get the step-by-step advice you need to find the right sponsor, clarify objectives, and set realistic schedules and budget projections. 

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

12/31/2020

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Made to Stick
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By: Chip Heath and Dan Heath

  Mark Twain once observed, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas “stick.”   ​
  • Why do some ideas thrive while others die?
  • And, how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? ​

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5S for Operators

12/29/2020

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By: Hiroyuki Hirano

  Hiroyuki Hirano’s five pillars of the visual workplace: sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain are the most fundamental and often overlooked aspects in continuous improvement initiatives. Together, these concepts form the framework of the 5S System, a set of principles whose simplicity often betrays its powerful impact on the workplace.

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

12/28/2020

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team A leadership Fable
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By:  Patrick Lencioni

  In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams.

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Project Management

12/22/2020

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Project Management, Harold Kerzner
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​  Project Management, or the "Project Management bible" as it's widely known, provides practical guidance on all aspects of project management. It features a streamlined approach to PM functions without stinting on detailed coverage of the tools and methods used at all stages of a project.

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Lean Six Sigma, A Beginner's Guide to Understanding and Practicing Lean Six Sigma

12/21/2020

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Lean Six Sigma
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By: Jim Hall and Tina Scott

  DO YOU WANT YOUR BUSINESS PROCESSES TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND DELIVER GREATER QUALITY PRODUCTS?  Do you often look at how your organization functions and wish things could be better?  Are you a manager who is tired of the waste in your processes, products, and services?  Do you want to find ways to change the attitude and workplace mentality of the workforce in your organization?  

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Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control

12/18/2020

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By: Walter A. Shewhart

​  The application of statistical methods in mass production make possible the most efficient use of raw materials and manufacturing processes, economical production, and the highest standards of quality for manufactured goods.

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Humans Are Underrated

12/17/2020

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Humans are underrated
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By: Geoff Colvin

  ​It's easy to imagine a nightmare scenario in which computers simply take over most of the tasks that people now get paid to do. The unavoidable question—will millions of people lose out, unable to best the machine?—is increasingly dominating business, education, economics, and policy.

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The Quality Toolbox

12/16/2020

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Quality
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By: Nancy R. Tague

  The Quality Toolbox is a comprehensive reference to a variety of methods and techniques: those most commonly used for quality improvement, many less commonly used, and some created by the author and not available elsewhere.

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The Logical Thinking Process: A Systems Approach to Complex Problem Solving

12/15/2020

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The Logical Thinking Process
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By: H. William Dettmer

  A major rewrite of Dettmer's classic Goldratt's Theory of Constraints, this new edition presents a whole new approach to building and applying logic trees. The logical thinking process referred to in the title is nothing less than a broadly applicable, systems-level approach to policy analysis. Dettmer has streamlined the process of constructing the logic trees while simultaneously ensuring that the results are more logically sound and closer representations of reality than ever before. He explains an easier, more logically sound way to integrate Current Reality Trees with Evaporating Clouds. 

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Supply Chain Risk Management: An Emerging Discipline

12/14/2020

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Supply Chain Risk Management
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by: Gregory L. Schlegel and Robert J. Trent

  You don’t have to outrun the bear … you just have to outrun the other guy. Often in business we only have to run a bit faster than our competitors to be successful. The same is true in risk management. While we would always like to anticipate and prevent risk from happening, when risk events do occur being faster, flexible, and more responsive than others can make a world of difference. Supply Chain Risk Management: An Emerging Discipline gives you the tools and expertise to do just that.

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Cannibals with Forks: Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business

12/11/2020

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Triple Bottom Line
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By:  John Elkington

  This is a definition of the "triple bottom line" of profit, environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind

12/10/2020

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Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind
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Geert Hofstede

  Based on research conducted in more than seventy countries over a forty-year span, Cultures and Organizations examines what drives people apart―when cooperation is so clearly in everyone’s interest. 

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

12/9/2020

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Productivity
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  ​In today's world, yesterday's methods just don't work. In Getting Things Done, veteran coach and management consultant David Allen shares the breakthrough methods for stress-free performance that he has introduced to tens of thousands of people across the country. Allen's premise is simple: our productivity is directly proportional to our ability to relax. Only when our minds are clear and our thoughts are organized can we achieve effective productivity and unleash our creative potential. In Getting Things Done Allen shows how to:

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Principles of Supply Chain Management, (Resource Management)

12/8/2020

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Principles of Supply Chain Management
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By: Richard E. Crandall, William R. Crandall and Charlie C. Chen

  The latest edition of this popular textbook presents a balanced overview of the principles of supply chain management. Going beyond the usual supply chain text, Principles of Supply Chain Management not only details the individual components of the supply chain, but also illustrates how the pieces must come together. To show the logic behind why supply chain management is essential, the text examines how supply chains are evolving, looks ahead to new developments, and provides a balanced look at supply chains with a focus on both the customer side and the supplier side of supply chains.

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The Joy of Lean: Transforming, Leading, and Sustaining a Culture of Engaged Team Performance

12/7/2020

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The Joy of Lean
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By: Dodd Starbird

  Has your organization tried Lean already? If so, you surely see and feel the Joy of Lean in your workplace now, right?  Don t worry. If you re not quite to joy yet, you re not alone.

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Lean Six Sigma Tools Memory Jogger

12/4/2020

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By: Sarah Carleton

  The content of The Lean Six Sigma Tools Memory Jogger is aligned with the ASQ Six Sigma Body of Knowledge, LSS 6001 Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt Training International Standard and the IASSC (International Association for Six Sigma Certification) for which GOAL/QPC is designated as an Accredited Curriculum Provider.

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The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company

12/3/2020

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The Lean Turnaround
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By: Art Byrne

  Lean isn't just for manufacturing anymore . . .Few business leaders in the world have applied Lean strategy as successfully as Art Byrne has--and none has the ability to explain how to do it with such succinctness and clarity.

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The Standardized Work Field Guide

12/2/2020

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Standardized Work
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By: Timothy D. Martin, Jeffrey T. Bell, Scott A. Martin

This field guide can be used directly on the gemba (work area) for implementing and documenting standardized work. It promotes the "future state" of standardized work along with crucial step-by-step techniques and explanations not found in other publications. The authors furnish many real examples of work problems that cause Lean practitioners difficulty with documentation, along with accurate solutions to those problems. 

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