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The Supply Chain Management Casebook
Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
30 up-to-date case studies illuminate every aspect of modern supply chain management • Risk management, analytics, global supply chain issues, and much more • Innovative processes, technologies, strategies, and tactics • An indispensable resource for both students and practitioners This...
The Applied Business Analytics Casebook
Applications in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, and Operations Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
The first collection of cases on “big data” analytics for supply chain, operations research, and operations management, this reference puts readers in the position of the analytics professional and decision-maker. Perfect for students, practitioners, and certification candidates in SCM, OM, and...
Computational Intelligence in Business Analytics
Concepts, Methods, and Tools for Big Data Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Use computational intelligence to drive more value from business analytics, overcome real-world uncertainties and complexities, and make better decisions. Drawing on his pioneering experience as an instructor and researcher, Dr. Les Sztandera thoroughly illuminates today's key computational intelligence...
Return on Sustainability
How Business Can Increase Profitability and Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
This book highlights the risk of inaction for businesses when it comes to climate change, but also contains best practices to allow them to capitalize on the numerous business opportunities that climate change presents, including increased profitability, enhanced brand value, and improved shareholder...
by Kevin Wilhelm, Peter A. Soyka, Eric Olson
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
A brand new collection of best practices for growing businesses and profits through sustainability… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!
3 authoritative books deliver world-class insights, methodologies, and strategies for accelerating business...
by Jack Rudloe, Anne Rudloe
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
This is an excerpt from Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold (ISBN: 9780137009725) by Jack and Anne Rudloe. Available in print and digital formats. Don’t just eat shrimp: discover their amazing story! People love to eat shrimp, fishermen roam the seas catching them, and farmers grow...
Advanced Analytics Methodologies
Driving Business Value with Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Advanced Analytics Methodologies is today's definitive guide to analytics implementation for MBA and university-level business students and sophisticated practitioners. Its expanded, cutting-edge coverage helps readers systematically "jump the gap" between their organization's current analytical capabilities...
Real-World Data Mining
Applied Business Analytics and Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
Use the latest data mining best practices to enable timely, actionable, evidence-based decision making throughout your organization! Real-World Data Mining demystifies current best practices, showing how to use data mining to uncover hidden patterns and correlations, and leverage these to improve...
Learning from Catastrophes
Strategies for Reaction and Response
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Events ranging from Hurricane Katrina to the global economic crisis have taught businesspeople an unforgettable lesson: if you don’t plan for “extreme risk,” you endanger your organization’s very survival. But how can you plan for events that go far beyond anything that occurs in normal day-to-day...
The Operations Manager's Toolbox
Using the Best Project Management Techniques to Improve Processes and Maximize Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Operations managers: use project management (PM) tools and techniques to supercharge efficiency, free up resources, eliminate unnecessary meetings, and get more done faster! Long-time operations manager and PMP-certified project manager Randal Wilson shows how to apply PM to complete the crucial "smaller"...
by Randal Wilson, Arthur V. Hill, Hillel Glazer
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
A brand new collection of state-of-the-art operations management tools and tactics… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 3 authoritative eBooks bring together today’s most valuable new operations management techniques and solutions! Apply today’s...
BIG Ideas to BIG Results
Leading Corporate Transformation in a Disruptive World
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
A PROVEN, NO-NONSENSE, STEP-BY-STEP, RESULTS-DRIVEN APPROACH TO DRIVING CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION AND BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A DISRUPTIVE WORLD
Why do most corporate transformation leaders fail to achieve breakthrough performance? They make things too complex. They clutter it...
Value Above Cost
Driving Superior Financial Performance with CVA, the Most Important Metric You've Never Used
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
This book systematically explains how to maximize shareholder value. Columbia University's Don Sexton fully identifies the real drivers of shareholder value, unifying key concepts from marketing, branding, economics, management, finance, accounting, and statistics. Sexton introduces a powerful new...
Ruthless Execution
What Business Leaders Do When Their Companies Hit the Wall
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2003
Today's business leaders need a radically different skill from their recent predecessors: they must know how to know how to manage through adversity while preparing their companies for a new rebirth of success. In Ruthless Execution, Amir Hartman, author of the bestselling NETREADY, identifies the central...