Simple Excellence

by Zak, Adam; Waddell, Bill

• ISBN13: 9781439838457
• ISBN10: 1439838453
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-12
• Publisher: Productivity Pr

Summary

This book explains the critical role that each member of the senior management team must play in successfully achieving a company's transformation to a lean organization, or operational excellence. It charts a course of simplification, in contrast to the complications that pervade traditional management by functional silos, and also the increasing complexity of managing popular improvement initiatives such as lean, six sigma, and theory of constraints. Written by well-known authorities, the book includes case studies from companies recognized for excellence. This is the first book to spell out in detail the role of each key individual on the management team, including sales and marketing, human resources, purchasing/supply chain, information technology, finance, and engineering.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Authors	p. xi
A Different Way of Managing	p. 1
Thinking Differently
The Mom-and-Pop Theory of Management	p. 13
It's All about Value	p. 19
The High Cost of Poor Cost Accounting	p. 27
Can We Find a Few Righteous People?	p. 33
People	p. 39
Channels and Chains	p. 45
You Gotta Go with the Flow	p. 51
Managing Differently
Getting Sales and Marketing into the Game	p. 61
Value-Stream Structures	p. 67
Simple Accounting	p. 77
The Roadmap from Chain to Channel	p. 85
Scheduling the Factory	p. 89
Purchasing	p. 95
Quality Management	p. 99
Sales, Operations, and Financial Planning	p. 107
Pricing to Win	p. 113
Capital Investment	p. 123
Performance Metrics	p. 127
Wrapping It Up	p. 135
Index	p. 139
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