Out of the present crisis rediscovering improvement in the new economy

Today, organizations have achieved an overall failure rate above 80 percent with Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and continuous improvement in general. This is certainly not due to a shortage of books, consultants, and other online resources about the methodologies and tools, or the success stories...

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Main Author: Burton, Terence T., 1950- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press c2012.
Edition:1st edition
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Summary:Today, organizations have achieved an overall failure rate above 80 percent with Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and continuous improvement in general. This is certainly not due to a shortage of books, consultants, and other online resources about the methodologies and tools, or the success stories of Toyota and others. However, it is due to a shortage of knowledge and practice about the most critical success factors of improvement: leadership, sustaining infrastructure, behavioral and cultural transformation, and now emerging technology. These factors produce 90 percent of t
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (291 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781315300351
9781466566866
9781466504448