Production category: 2784 books
Islands of Profit in a Sea of Red Ink
Why 40 Percent of Your Business Is Unprofitable and How to Fix It
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Top companies around the world turn to MIT's Jonathan Byrnes to figure out where the profit is. Using his systematic process for analyzing profitability, they can quickly determine which parts of the business are worth expanding and which are just a drain on resources. Then, using Byrnes's "profit...
Lean Six Sigma Logistics
Strategic Development to Operational Success
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
Speed to market, reducing costs, and accelerating lead times are vital for survival in todays competitive environment. This how to book illustrates how to integrate Lean, Six Sigma and Logistics into a cohesive process that will help you eliminate unnecessary inventories through disciplined efforts to...
Demand Management Best Practices
Process, Principles, and Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2003
Demand Management Best Practices outlines an effective demand management model process tied to an integrated business process that will give your organization a competitive edge. This book helps you effectively respond to ever-increasing expectations for improved supplier delivery performance, product...
Fit for Growth
A Guide to Strategic Cost Cutting, Restructuring, and Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
A practical approach to business transformation
Fit for Growth***** is a unique approach to business transformation that explicitly connects growth strategy with cost management and organization restructuring. Drawing on 70-plus years of strategy consulting experience and in-depth research,...
Next Level Supply Management Excellence
Your Straight to the Bottom Line Roadmap
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
In this sequel to the best-selling book, Straight to the Bottom Line, the authors and their panel of distinguished contributors outline the critical success factors for leading your company to the next level in procurement practices and performance and provide a proven transformation model to improve...
The Definitive Guide to Inventory Management
Principles and Strategies for the Efficient Flow of Inventory across the Supply Chain
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Master and apply both the technical and behavioral skills you need to succeed in any inventory management role or function! Now, there’s an authoritative and comprehensive guide to best-practice inventory management in any organization. Authored by world-class experts in collaboration with the Council...
Digitizing Government
Understanding and Implementing New Digital Business Models
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
For businesses large and small, investment in digital technologies is now a priority essential for success. Digitizing Government provides practical advice for understanding and implementing digital transformation to increase business value and improve client engagement, and features case studies from the private and public sectors.
Globalization 2.0
A Roadmap to the Future from Leading Minds
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
. . . Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent . . . and help you one another in righteousness and piety. . . (Al-Hadid 4:29; Al-Ma’idah 5:2) There cannot be any doubt that the current ?nancial crisis, which began in the US, has gone...
by G. Michael Campbell PMP
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
To make any project successful, you need a plan--and a goal!Even a good idea can be a bad one if its goals and scope are not clearly defined before you start. But help is on the way! In The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to Project Goals for Project Managers you will learn how to set strong and clear...
Supply Management and Procurement
From the Basics to Best-in-Class
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Driven by a down economy and difficult economic realities, many organizations are discovering that what worked well in the past may not be what is needed now to move forward or even survive. This comprehensive and analytical resource draws comparisons between practicing basic procurement and the more...
Managing Global Supply and Risk
Best Practices, Concepts, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Due to the profound growth in international trade, the need to pursue global supply and institute risk management practices has never been greater. The globalization of world markets has reconfigured supply networks, causing increasing complexities and challenges in sourcing and risk management. Managing...
The Essentials of Supply Chain Management
New Business Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
This is today's indispensable introduction to supply chain management for today's students and tomorrow's managers – not yesterday's! Prof. Hokey Min focuses on modern business strategies and applications – transcending obsolete logistics- and purchasing-driven approaches still found in many competitive...
The Definitive Guide to Supply Management and Procurement
Principles and Strategies for Establishing Efficient, Effective, and Sustainable Supply Management Operations
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Drive sustainable supply chain competitive advantage through more effective supplier management and procurement: reduce costs, improve quality, and deliver better service for all customers. This is the most authoritative, complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing supply management...
Distribution Planning and Control
Managing in the Era of Supply Chain Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
This third edition provides operations management students, academics and professionals with a fully up-to-date, practical and comprehensive sourcebook in the science of distribution and Supply Chain Management (SCM). Its objective is not only to discover the roots and detail the techniques of supply...