The Wall Street Diet Making Your Business Lean and Healthy

by Poirier, Charles C.; Bauer, Michael J.; Houser, William F.

• ISBN13: 9781576753811
• ISBN10: 1576753816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-25
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Likening current business improvement efforts to diet fads, the authors provide a reliable formula for long-term "lean" growth over the losses and gains of "hot new trends."

Author Biography

Chuck Poirier is a recognized authority on supply chain management, process improvement, e-business techniques, and collaborative use of technology around the world. He has authored or coauthored twelve business books, seven of which have been related to improving supply chain processing. His work has been translated into nine languages. He is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences and meetings. With more than forty years’ business experience, including senior-level positions, and the extensive research conducted for the writing of his many books, white papers, and position documents, Poirier is comfortable before any audience seeking help with value chain networks. He has helped firms in a variety of industries establish the framework for their supply chains and find the hidden values across the collaborative networking that can be established. His advanced techniques have become a hallmark of firms seeking the most benefits from cross-organizational collaboration.
Mike Bauer has breadth and depth that are unique in today’s compart- mentalized business world. He is a noted author and speaker, whose “hands-on” approach differentiates him from many others in the world of business and technology expertise. Bauer is characterized by tireless en- ergy, boundless curiosity, and the ability to understand how business and technology trends converge. He is as comfortable on a plant floor as he is in a board room. Bauer has spoken and written on a broad range of topics, from supply chain to lean manufacturing. He is the director of Computer Sciences Corporation’s Lean Enterprise Center and is a CSC Six Sigma champion.
Bill Houser, president of Integrated Productivity and Quality Systems, Inc., has a lengthy history helping businesses improve performance and enhance profitability. He has trained hundreds of business professionals in the principles of world-class quality and productivity. Houser has worked with more than one hundred corporations and government agen- cies in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. He is the coauthor of Business Partnering for Continuous Improvement and has written numer- ous articles on quality, productivity, and cost improvement. His models for success have stood the test of time and implementation and are con- sidered valuable aids in the fight against corporate obesity.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Change Your Lifestyle---Introduce the Wall Street Diet	1	(10)
Start Your Diet---Create a Lean Enterprise	11	(18)
Reduce Cholesterol and Increase Flow---Streamline Your Business	29	(20)
Lose Weight---Make Your Business Lean	49	(18)
Stick to Your Diet---Use Quality for Measurement	67	(20)
Chart Your Health---Use Productivity Profiling to Target Gains	87	(20)
Don't Do It Yourself---Outsource to Change Your Lifestyle	107	(16)
Adopt a New Lifestyle---Focus on Customer Satisfaction	123	(16)
Begin with Healthy Ingredients---Get Beyond the Cultural Roadblocks	139	(18)
Maintain the Gains---Turn the Diet into a Successful Business Plan	157	(18)
Afterword---Get Healthy	175	(4)
Appendix	179	(6)
Bibliography	185	(4)
Index	189	(10)
About the Authors	199