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Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Managers, quality professionals and educators tell us this is the best book they've read on quality improvement. It gets to the heart of the subject using easy terms. This book picks up where The Goal leaves off, explains the process of quality and productivity improvement and provides a plan to make it happen. An ideal selection for everyone from front-line supervisors to CEOs.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Helps lean leaders succeed in their personal batch-to-lean transformation. This title provides provides critical guidance on developing and using the key elements of a lean management system, including: leader standard work, visual controls, daily accountability processes, maintaining a process focus, managing key HR issues, and more.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Helps lean leaders succeed in their personal batch-to-lean transformation. This title provides provides critical guidance on developing and using the key elements of a lean management system, including: leader standard work, visual controls, daily accountability processes, maintaining a process focus, managing key HR issues, and more. …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Tells the story of the BSWQA and its clinical network and payers who are committed to delivering accountable, value-based patient care. The book describes the need for accountable care organisations in today's health care environment and details the framework and requirements needed to establish one.…

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The authors claim to show how lean thinking with a new definition of value can breathe life into a company or economic activity, doubling productivity and sales whilst stabilizing employment, by providing a step by step plan based on in depth studies of fifty lean companies around the world.…

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Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Keyte, a consultant on the application of lean manufacturing strategies, and Locher, a lean enterprise consultant, offer a step- by- step approach to applying lean initiatives to the administrative and office environment in this guide for readers who want to improve their production support activities within their order-to-cash value.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Keyte, a consultant on the application of lean manufacturing strategies, and Locher, a lean enterprise consultant, offer a step- by- step approach to applying lean initiatives to the administrative and office environment in this guide for readers who want to improve their production support activities within their order-to-cash value.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Keyte, a consultant on the application of lean manufacturing strategies, and Locher, a lean enterprise consultant, offer a step- by- step approach to applying lean initiatives to the administrative and office environment in this guide for readers who want to improve their production support activities within their order-to-cash value.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication AwardLean Production Simplified, Second Edition is a plain language guide to the lean production system written for the practitioner by a practitioner. It delivers a comprehensive insider's view of lean manufacturing. The author helps the reader to grasp the system as a whole and the factors that animate it by organizing the book around an image of a house of lean production.Highlights include: A comprehensive view of Toyota¹s lean manufacturing systemA look at the origins and underlying principles of leanIdentifying the goals of lean productionPractical problem solving for lean productionActivities that support involvement - Kaizen circles, suggestion systems, and problem solving This second edition has been updated with expanded information on the Lean Improvement Process; Production Physics and Little's Law - the fundamental equation for both manufacturing and service industries (cycle time = work in process/throughput); Value Stream Thinking - combining processes required to bring the product or service to the customer; Hoshin Planning -- using the Planning and Execution Tree diagram and Problem Solving -- including the "Five Why" method and how to use it. Lean Production Simplified, Second Edition covers each of the components of lean within the context of the entire lean production system. The author's straightforward common sense approach makes this book an easily accessible on-the-floor resource for every operator. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Winner of a 2012 Shingo Research and Professional Publication AwardDemystifying the application of Lean methods, Lean Office and Service Simplified: The Definitive How-To Guide goes beyond the basic tools to detail the key concepts of Lean as they apply to office and service environments. It begins by discussing value stream management, followed by chapters on standard work, flow, level pull, and visual management.Winner of a 2012 Shingo Prize, this book covers essential Lean tools, including 5S and mistake proofing. It breaks down Lean concepts into their elementary components, describes them in a nonmanufacturing context, and supplies readers with specific how-to methodologies. Providing detailed examples throughout, the text illustrates the functions found in most service organizations, as well as the administrative areas of manufacturing companies.Drawing on more than two decades of practical experience, the author provides implementation strategies on a function-by-function and department-by-department basis. He examines the most common obstacles that readers are likely to encounter and supplies strategies to address those obstacles. The text includes a toolbox of helpful forms, charts, checklists, templates, and worksheets to help kick-start your Lean implementation efforts.Watch Shingo Prize-winning author Drew Locher discuss how to implement Lean concepts into your office and service settings.…

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Looks at how principles borrowed from industry can be applied to make healthcare safer, and in doing so, make it more effective and less costly. This book is a compilation of case studies from units in different hospitals around the Pittsburgh region that applied industrial principles to the benefit of patients and the satisfaction of employees.…

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Hardback. Zustand: Good. The healthcare sector is on the cusp of sweeping disruption. The hallmarks of the old system?pricing that?s disconnected from outcomes and incentives for treating sickness rather than maintaining health?are no longer sustainable. And yet, after decades of financial success, it?s difficult for most established industry players to grapple with meaningful changes to their business models.In their latest book, Bringing Value to Healthcare: Practical Steps for Getting to a Market-Based Model, Rita Numerof and Michael Abrams lay out the roadmap to a healthcare system that is accountable for delivering optimal patient outcomes at a sustainable cost. Based on in-depth research and decades of experience consulting with leading hospitals, insurers, and device and drug manufacturers, Numerof and Abrams provide a market-based approach to addressing the ills of the current healthcare system. In addition to highlighting industry challenges and opportunities, the authors also outline the changes required of consumers, employers, and policy makers to move to a patient-centered model characterized by value, accountability, and transparency.This is the handbook for payer, provider, pharmaceutical, and medical device executives who are seeking to preserve today?s profitability while positioning their organizations for success in the very different markets of tomorrow. The book?s guidance is illuminated by case studies and each chapter concludes with a self-assessment tool and key questions.Getting to a new future isn?t easy. But if it can?t be envisioned, it can?t be realized. Bringing Value to Healthcare is that critical first step. …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Written by Dr. Robert Camp, universally regarded as the founding father of the benchmark process, this bestseller is quite simply the definitive reference on the topic. Camp guides readers through the historic ten-step benchmarking process that he developed while at Xerox. This process is credited with reviving that company when it was floundering in 1979. Camp presents other examples of the process, including its dramatic application to L.L. Bean. He uses these examples to show managers how to relate benchmarking to their own circumstances and then provides them with expert strategy and tips so that they can efficiently and easily launch their own quest for best performance. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.