Design for operational excellence : a breakthrough strategy for business growth

Design for operational excellence a breakthrough strategy for business growth

Beyond Six Sigma and Lean! Design your processes to facilitate real business growth, in both healthy and unhealthy economies Design for Operational Excellence defines why companies embark upon continuous improvement—and the true answer is not to improve efficiency, quality, or eliminate waste! The r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Books24x7, Inc (-)
Otros Autores: Duggan, Kevin J., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : McGraw-Hill [2012]
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Organizational effectiveness.
Organizational change.
Corporations > Growth.
Success in business.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628629306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Return on Your Investment
  • Part I: Destination: Creating Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 1: The Engine of the Business
  • Chapter 2: The Myth of Improvement
  • Chapter 3: The Leapfrog
  • Chapter 4: Defining Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 5: Creating the Road Map to Operational Excellence
  • Part II: Nine Tough Questions on Continuous Improvement
  • Chapter 6: Preparing People to Jump
  • Chapter 7: The First Question: Why Do We Do Continuous Improvement?
  • Chapter 8: The Second Question: What Is the Best Way to Improve?
  • Chapter 9: The Third Question: How Do We Know Where to Improve?
  • Chapter 10: The Fourth Question: Why Do We Strive to Create Flow?
  • Chapter 11: The Fifth Question: What Causes the Death of Flow?
  • Chapter 12: The Sixth Question: What Would the Shop Floor Look Like if We Did Everything Right?
  • Chapter 13: The Seventh Question: What Would the Office Look Like if We Did Everything Right?
  • Chapter 14: The Eighth Question: What Would the Supply Chain Look Like if We Did Everything Right?
  • Chapter 15: The Final Question: Where Will Our Continuous Improvement Journey Take Us?
  • Part III: The Eight Principles of Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 16: The New Operations "Engine Design" for Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 17: The First Principle: Design Lean Value Streams
  • Chapter 18: The Second Principle: Make Lean Value Streams Flow
  • Chapter 19: The Third Principle: Make Flow Visual
  • Chapter 20: The Fourth Principle: Create Standard Work for Flow
  • Chapter 21: The Fifth Principle: Make Abnormal Flow Visual
  • Chapter 22: The Sixth Principle: Create Standard Work for Abnormal Flow
  • Chapter 23: The Seventh Principle: Have Employees in the Flow Improve the Flow
  • Chapter 24: The Eighth Principle: Perform Offense Activities.
  • Part IV: Extended Case Studies
  • Introduction to Case Studies
  • Chapter 25: Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Chapter 26: IDEX Corporation
  • Chapter 27: Hypertherm
  • Conclusion: Our Blueprint for Growth
  • Notes
  • Index.

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