Operational Excellence Handbook A Must Have For Those Embarking On A Journey Of Transformation And Continuous Improvement

Author : Rod Baxter
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329184327
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operational Excellence Handbook: A Must Have for Those Embarking On a Journey of Transformation and Continuous Improvement written by Rod Baxter and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operational Excellence Handbook is designed for leaders and practitioners wishing to transform their organizations through strategy and culture, and through the application of operational excellence approaches, methodologies, processes, and tools. The handbook contains 70 chapters organized in five sections describing strategy, culture, methodologies, project management, and tools that are helpful to create immediate and sustainable value for your organization. As you travel on your value generation journey, you will wish to select the appropriate approach, methodologies, and tools - based on your organization's current situation, future strategies and goals, resource availability and limitations, as well as urgency and schedule needs - that will provide immediate value. With the purchase of this handbook, the reader has access to a file containing all templates referenced in the book.

Author : Nick Rich
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0749497009
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systems for Manufacturing Excellence written by Nick Rich and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many production managers have de-stocked excessively large inventories, gone lean, experimented with continuous improvement processes and introduced new working practices. These interventions have largely failed. Businesses have also failed to invest in the workforce that undertakes improvements. This means that cash flow stops quickly, stocks are depleted to zero and customers lose confidence. Systems for Manufacturing Excellence looks at how people and technology work effectively together to generate high performance manufacturing and service operations. Not everyone is a Toyota but that does not mean we cannot learn from such businesses. The book will present a logic, variety of approaches and methods that underpin the different models of high performance used by 'world class' businesses. The authors use examples from their training with Toyota, work with Tesco, and many world class manufacturing businesses that form their research agenda. The book will help teams run each part of their production process for effectiveness and efficiency, with a high level of discipline that supports excellence in performance.

Author : Kevin J. Duggan
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071768564
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design for Operational Excellence: A Breakthrough Strategy for Business Growth written by Kevin J. Duggan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Six Sigma and Lean! Design your processes to facilitate real business growth, in both healthy and unhealthy economies Design for Operational Excellence defines why companies embark upon continuous improvement—and the true answer is not to improve efficiency, quality, or eliminate waste! The reason is to achieve Operational Excellence. Duggan, an established authority on OpEx, provides the design criteria and guidelines that enable you to grow your business organically by refocusing management’s attention from running the business to growing the business. Founded on eight key principles, this groundbreaking system facilitates the continuous flow of value into any operation—from customer service to sales to manufacturing. Kevin J. Duggan is a renowned speaker, executive mentor, and educator in applying advanced lean techniques to achieve Operational Excellence and the author of two books on the subject: Creating Mixed Model Value Streams and The Office That Grows Your Business—Achieving Operational Excellence in Your Business Processes. As the Founder of the Institute for Operational Excellence, the leading educational center on Operational Excellence, and Duggan Associates, an international training and advisory firm, Kevin has assisted many major corporations worldwide, including United Technologies Corporation, Caterpillar, Pratt & Whitney, Singapore Airlines, IDEX Corporation, GKN and Parker Hannifin. A recognized expert on Operational Excellence, Kevin is a frequent keynote speaker, master of ceremonies, and panelist at international conferences, and has appeared on CNN and the Fox Business Network.

Author : Gregory Hutchins
Publisher : CERM Academy for Enterprise Risk Management
ISBN 13 : 1732974438
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operational Excellence Handbook written by Gregory Hutchins and published by CERM Academy for Enterprise Risk Management. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Operational Excellence Handbook: An Enterprise Approach? Operational Excellence Handbook is the planning, execution, and reporting of business management that encourages process improvement, lean, and quality. This handbook provides a practical and hands on approach based on the control of variability (risk), process improvement, and scientific management. What This Book Can Do for You? The Operational Excellence Handbook offers the following benefits to you, specifically explaining: + Explains the importance of global competitiveness. + Describes how Op Ex leadership is the critical requirement for all operational success. + Offers Op Ex solutions on how to cope with change and disruption - the new normal. + Describes how empowerment is a prerequisite for continuous improvement. + Describes how teaming rules have changed. + Offers suggestions on how customer requirements can be satisfied in a changing environment. + Describes how communications can facilitate project execution and ensure outcomes. + Helps ensure continuous improvement projects are planned, initiated, and completed on time, on budget, and within scope. + Offers outsourcing tips and tools.

Author : Luca Dellanna
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781674775234
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Practices for Operational Excellence written by Luca Dellanna and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say about Luca's books: "This book was so helpful to my work. Opened my eyes up to some more reasons why change is so hard." - Chris Murman A very thoughtful piece of writing, deep and wiring!" - David Krejca"Practical, directional advice." - Hari Meyyappan"A thoughtfully written book in very straightforward language." - A.L. Peevey"This guy! Luca is amazing. So insightful with common sense applications of Complexity and the ability to communicate clearly!!" - Bob KlapetzkyInside, you'll find the solutions to your problems as a manager: - How to manage "difficult" employees?- How to get your subordinates to solve their own problems?- How to get more time for yourself, to work on what's important?- How to introduce a culture of mutual trust, respect and accountability, in a team which is demotivated or full of personal problems?What's inside- The 4 Principles of Operational Excellence, that determine whether your organization will operate smoothly or always react to the last problem, whether your subordinates respect you and each other or operate with defensiveness and distrust.- The 8 Best Practices of Operational Excellence, that effective managers use on a weekly and monthly basis to ensure that the Principles are followed in practice every day, even when conditions are not optimal, even when they are not around.- How to get buy-in, a roadmap for an impactful roll-out, and systems to sustain the change. This book does not let you alone with the complex reality of implementing change in a big company where multiple projects and agendas are involved.This book will help you improve the way your team works, leading to the following benefits: - Less stress: as your team's Operational Culture improves, they will learn how to solve alone problems you would have to micromanage instead.- More time: as your team takes care of its own problems, you will be freed from running after emergencies and work on the things that matter.- More respect: as you become a better leader, and your subordinates become better teammates, valuing each other's work, you will become more respected and valued.- More budget: as your team improves its output, the bottom line contribution of your team becomes available to be redistributed as budget and bonuses for you and your team.- A better career: the skills you will learn with this book are rare and thus valuable. They will make you a more valued and respect employee, leading to a successful career.A complete playbook with best practices you can apply starting today in your company, to translate into impactful action the Principles of Operational Excellence.It includes comparisons between the actions of good managers and bad ones, lots of detailed examples and word-by-word scripts.Other books only describe how an effective company looks like, ignoring how to get there. This book doesn't leave you alone with the implementation. It proposes practical tactics and word-by-word scripts you can use to obtain buy-in from the Top Management and to roll-out the change initiatives.THE COMPLETE TOOLKIT FOR THE OPERATIONS MANAGERS & SUPERVISORS IN MANUFACTURING & LOGISTICS-Handle unmotivated workers and instill newfound proactivity.- Get your workers to work safely, even when the boss is not looking.- Get your employees to keep an orderly work-floor, even when they are not motivated.- Get your quality up, while decreasing the cognitive load of your workers.- Manage a fast-changing company, where workers fail to keep up with growth and change.In this handbook, you will find all the procedures you need to run your operations smoothly.Procedures that work in practiceYou will only find methods that are simple enough to be easily implemented and reliable enough to work even when your workers are tired or distracted. You will find procedures that stay into place even when priorities change and when your company scales.

Author : Roger Burghall
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118844874
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies written by Roger Burghall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use Lean Six Sigma to transform your business. Lean Six Sigma is a powerful method for improving both the efficiency and quality of projects and operations. In this new book, the team that bought you Lean Six Sigma For Dummies shows you how to take Lean Six Sigma to the next level and manage continual change in your organization. You'll learn to design a roadmap for transformation that's tailored to your business objectives; develop and implement processes that eliminate waste and variation across the company; synchronize your supply chain; and successfully deploy Lean Six Sigma over time. Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies shows you how to: Define your transformation objectives and create a bespoke 'Transformation Charter' for your organization. Assess your company's readiness for transformation. Establish a 'Transformation Governance System' to help you manage the transformation programme effectively. Bring your people with you! Plan and achieve the cultural change needed to make the transformation process successful. Join up the dots between planning and effective execution with Strategy Deployment. Deploy a 'Continuous Improvement' toolkit to achieve everyday operational excellence. Sustain the transformation programme and widen the scope across the organization (including deploying to the supply chain). Adopt a 'Capability Maturity Approach' to drive business improvement – recognizing that change is a continuous transformational journey, just as pioneers like Toyota have done. Use a range of Lean Six Sigma Tools – using the right tools, at the right time (and in the right order!) enables continuous improvement by eliminating waste and process variation.

Author : Thomas Pyzdek
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071799257
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handbook for Quality Management, Second Edition written by Thomas Pyzdek and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to organizational excellence--completely updated Fully revised for the latest American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/QE) Body of Knowledge, The Handbook for Quality Management: A Complete Guide to Operational Excellence, Second Edition offers in-depth guidance on effectively applying the principles of quality management in today's business environment and delivering superior results. Designed to help you prepare for and pass the ASQ CMQ/QE exam, this authoritative volume also serves as an essential on-the-job reference. Coverage includes: Business-integrated quality systems Organizational structures The quality function Approaches to quality Customer-focused organizations Integrated planning Strategic planning Understanding customer expectations and needs Benchmarking Organizational assessment Process control Quantifying process variation Quality audits Supply chain management Continuous improvement Effective change management Six Sigma methodology, including detailed descriptions of the DMAIC and DMADV approaches Management of human resources Motivation theories and principles Management styles Resource requirements to manage the quality function Over the past 40 years, the quality management discipline has undergone steady evolution from disparate quality assurance efforts to strategic, business-integrated functions. Today's quality manager must be able to plan and implement measurable, cost-effective process-improvement initiatives across the organization. Written by two of the foremost authorities on the subject and fully updated for the latest American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) Body of Knowledge, The Handbook for Quality Management, Second Edition provides an operational guide to the proper understanding and application of quality management in the current business environment. It serves as a primary reference source for an organization's quality program and for anyone seeking to pass the CMQ/OE exam, given by the ASQ. The Handbook for Quality Management: A Complete Guide to Operational Excellence, Second Edition: Clearly defines quality management principles and their application within a cross section of industries Integrates the application of Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma, and Lean thinking into the Quality Management discipline Contains detailed methods for planning, including customer needs recognition, benchmarking, and organizational assessments Discusses controls such as statistical process control, audits, and supply chain management Explains the stages of continuous improvement Incorporates classic motivation theory with more current management practices advocated by Joiner, Senge, and Deming, among others Features simulated and past exam questions to help you study for the ASQ CMQ/OE exam with answers that can be found at www.mhprofessional.com/HQM2

Author : Fraser Wilkinson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040043852
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operational Excellence in Your Organization written by Fraser Wilkinson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizations are under continued pressure to improve and innovate products and services to remain relevant and sustainable. In many cases, some form of “transformation” program is conceived to help achieve this aim. The transformation itself may include the deployment of systems and processes that make the organization more capable of sustaining improvements and driving future change. “Change Agents” often act as coaches, trainers, mentors, and facilitators to embed change. In practice, these Change Agents must deal with resistance throughout different levels of the organization. These Change Agents must be able to act as flexible, multi-situational problem solvers, and teachers of those problem-solving skills. Only organizations that have developed a strong problem-solving capability can hope to survive for sustained periods of time. This book describes many of the obstacles that Change Agents must overcome and the knowledge they need to make them credible with both leaders and the workforce they are tasked with navigating through an organizational transformation. Technical subjects such as diagnostic and improvement tools are described as well as pointing the reader in the direction of relevant theory and practical advice from the authors who have collectively more than 45 years of experience in such roles. Subject matter expertise in Lean Operations, Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma, Change Management, Excellence Models, Daily Management, and Problem Solving is used to describe some essential frameworks that can be brought together in a powerful system of improvement to aid organizations, but most importantly to support and encourage the Change Agent wherever they are in their career. At some point, leaders and managers will also be expected to act as Change Agents. This work brings together simple, universal, accessible, and practical resources to help guide those front-line Change Agents regardless of particular industry or experience.

Author : John S. Mitchell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118990153
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operational Excellence written by John S. Mitchell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the foundation and tools that are essential for an enterprise to bring Operational Excellence into their organizational culture; gain maximum results, benefits and value Strategies for and implementing details for enterprises at all levels of maturity from those with programs in place to those looking to improve safety, health, environment performance as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations Includes topics from concept to sustainability satisfying knowledge requirements of all levels in the organization Defines program objectives; develops improvement strategies; identifies and prioritizes improvement opportunities; implements improvement plans; monitors, continuously improves and sustains results Applicable to a broad variety of operating enterprises, academic institutions and third party implementing organizations

Author : Kevin J. Duggan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315363194
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Lean Office written by Kevin J. Duggan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While more and more companies are aggressively pursuing Operational Excellence by employing Six Sigma, Lean, and other continuous improvement methods, the concept has yet to be defined in a way that can be easily taught and applied, especially in industries other than manufacturing. This book fills that need. Beyond the Lean Office uses a compelling novel format to illustrate what it takes to create and sustain flow and Operational Excellence in the office. Readers learn as they follow the main character through initial attempts to correct late responses to a primary customer and the evolution to an approach based on Operational Excellence. The story illustrates the day-to-day issues that most organizations face in their pursuit of Operational Excellence. To achieve Operational Excellence, it takes more than just a strong leader with passion and drive. The key ingredient is practical knowledge that can be applied quickly and easily by following a process. This book supplies step-by-step guidance on how to move your office services from point A to point B. The practical insights and guidance presented here create a road map that can be shared with each employee to rapidly move your organization forward. All chapters also include a From the Author section that shares authoritative insights on the topic at hand. After reading this book, you will understand how to design and create self-healing flow that provides reliable, predictable output in the office and operates without the need for management intervention to deliver the services provided by the office. Instead, management focuses on the activities that grow your enterprise.