Feeling busy? Want your time back and better results?Well, Improve LESS. Change fewer things, but the right things.That is the entire premise of this book.Authored by seasoned consultant Chad Bareither, Improve LESS draws from his extensive experience and deep knowledge of methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, and Industrial Engineering. Chad distills complex ideas into a practical framework that can be quickly absorbed to fuel immediate action....

"Why can't you get what you really want from IT? All you desire is a ready-and-willing partner to help you exploit IT to drive your business. Instead, you get endless rules and regulations, not to mention processes, projects, and technologies that deliver too little, too late, for too much. It's frustrating!How to build a relationship that puts you firmly in control and produces the business results you need? In The 8 Things We Hate About IT, Susan Cramm provides the answers.

Proven methods for achieving continuous process improvementResolve "quality chaos" by creating a link between quality problems and their optimal solutions. With a focus on building an integrated quality environment, Strategic Continuous Process Improvement: Which Quality Tools to Use and When to Use Them begins by discussing the different types of continuous process improvement (CPI) systems available.This practical guide explains how to implement a strategic per...

Are you managing a team in manufacturing line? You feel that the company has huge potential to move on, and there's a missing piece that's preventing it? It can be Lean Manufacturing.Develop by Toyota and implemented all around the world, lean manufacturing is one of the best way to reduce waste. Learn how to work towards this direction and you'll see your profits sore!This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL company owners, sharing what LEAN is all about. Study it, imple...

Today, tens of thousands of companies are struggling to become "time-based" competitors, inspired by such corporations as Motorola, General Electric, Citicorp, and a myriad of others who have cut production time in half-or more. But until now, the literature has focused on the theory and philosophy of fast cycle time, rather than the tools and techniques for implementing it. Here, for the first time, Christopher Meyer, an internationally recognized expert in cycle time reduction, presents ...

Customers are increasingly demanding higher levels of speed and quality, yet leaders often focus mainly on reducing the costs of operations. This book outlines the needed evolution in leadership attitudes and behaviors in the key operational areas such as new product development, sales, operations, customer service, human resources, finance, and information technology.

The ITIL 4 Digital IT and Strategy (DITS) reference and revision guide is one of five ITIL 4 revision aids published by TSO, following on from ITIL 4 Foundation revision guide. It focuses on the alignment of digital business strategy with IT strategy. It also covers how disruption from new technologies is impacting organizations and how businesses are responding. Key topics include, using DITS in an organization, DITS and digital disruption, strategic approaches for digital organizations, ...

A complete program for document strategy design. This popular book has sold in over 30 countries world wide and is required text at universities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia. The five-phase process will guide your assessments and decisions, and result in a document strategy tailored for the specific needs and goals of any organization. -Understand the key measures and pressures to guide your efforts. -Determine target documents for your strategy. -Build the justification needed ...

For executives and managers long frustrated by reorganizations that simply did not work—and for those desiring an effective way to organize their present work better—here is the e-book to show you how to re/org the right way. Written by the originators of the "Language of Work Model," who have facilitated re/orgs in many different enterprises, you will learn a systematic, proven re/organizing methodology that will achieve the results you want. Short and to the point, this e-book is free to...

All businesses need an efficient and inexpensive strategy for optimally motivating all employees that is easy to implement and adaptable to all personality types. Most importantly, it should address the fundamental reason why employees are unmotivated to begin with; continuously occurring negative unspoken messages that have become institutionalized in our businesses.We send one such negative unspoken message to our employees when we do not pay them in direct proportion to their pro...

Based on twenty years of management research, observations, practices, and experiences, The Ten Commandments of Quality Management will create the next generation of great leaders!Author Ajit Silva compares and contrasts the behavior patterns of traditional managers to quality managers and examines the ensuing outcomes of pursuing each management style. He also recommends using the quality management technique to organizations that want to raise employee morale, reduce att...

In Book 5 of the Prompt Power series, Rorschach Tse explores the powerful intersection of data analysis and AI-driven decision-making. This book delves into how you can use ChatGPT to analyze data, summarize complex reports, generate visualizations, and ultimately make smarter, more informed decisions.Learn how to craft precise prompts for extracting insights from raw data, making data-driven decisions, and evaluat...