Author: H. William Dettmer
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: business, strategy, approach, systems, navigation, strategic
Number of Pages: 327
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0873896033
ISBN-13: 9780873896030

There are many parallels between the business world and the military world: both must always be wary of the competition; both must be able to adapt to rapidly changing conditions; and if either falters the results could be devastating. Yet while military leaders have employed essentially the same strategies for thousands of years, business leaders often feel the need to try the latest fad in an effort to capture lightning in a bottle and lead the company to success. In Strategic Navigation: A Systems Approach to Business Strategy, best-selling author H. William Dettmer explains how sound, prov

Author: Charles G. Co
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: approach, management, systems, excellence, business, quality
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $66.00
ISBN-10: 0873895789
ISBN-13: 9780873895781

As the face of business continues to change, organizations are looking for new ways to remain competitive and profitable. Many businesses have succumb to the "program du jour" management trap, jumping from one management philosophy to the next looking for the ultimate solution. ISO 9000, Baldrige, Six Sigma?which is the best program for your company? From Quality to Business Excellence: A Systems Approach to Management demonstrates how these and other management philosophies compliment each other and form the basis for a new systems approach to management. By better understanding how these app

Author: Paul G. Mathew
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: minitab, experiments, design
Number of Pages: 499
Published: 2004-10-31
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0873896378
ISBN-13: 9780873896375

Author: Kimberly A. Trautma
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: guidebook, medical, devices, requirements, system, worldwide, quality, fda
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 1996-10-01
List price: $89.25
ISBN-10: 0873893778
ISBN-13: 9780873893770

Authors:George Alukal, Anthony Mano,
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: process, improvements, approach, simplified, kaizen, lean
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $61.00
ISBN-10: 0873896890
ISBN-13: 9780873896894

To compete successfully in today’s economy, organizations need to be as good as or better than their global competitors. This goes not only for quality, but also for costs and cycle times (lead time, processing time, delivery time, set-up time, response time, etc.). Lean addresses these needs in its emphasis on teamwork, continuous training and learning, produce to demand ("pull"), mass customization and batch size reduction, cellular flow, quick changeover, and total productive maintenance. Originally applied in manufacturing settings, lean has now migrated to non-shop floor activities:

Author: Clifford Fiore
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: performance, bringing, products, market, breakthrough, achieving, strategies, product, development, lean
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2003-07-01
List price: $31.50
ISBN-10: 0873896041
ISBN-13: 9780873896047

Lean Strategies for Product Development highlights problems that are common to companies in terms of developing products cheaply and efficiently. The result is a book based on proven strategies and methodologies that will enable a company to significantly reduce the time necessary to develop new products and dramatically reduce product cost. Companies that have implemented the concepts presented in Lean Strategies for Product Development have achieved dramatic results. In some cases, cycle time reduction by as much as 70% has been achieved. The concepts are presented in the context of a story

Author: James L. Bossert
Publisher: ASQ Quality Pre
Keywords: handbook, management, supplier
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 2004-01-30
List price: $81.00
ISBN-10: 0873896297
ISBN-13: 9780873896290