Streamlined Process Improvement

Author : H. James Harrington
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071770968
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streamlined Process Improvement written by H. James Harrington and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Business Process Improvement methodology established by Dr. H. James Harrington and his group brings revolutionary improvement not only in quality of products and services, but also in the business processes.” —Professor Yoshio Kondo The Book That Goes Beyond Six Sigma and Lean . . . The Next Evolutionary Step in Business Process Management “Don’t design for Six Sigma—design for maximum performance.” H. James Harrington How would you like to streamline your operations, lower your costs, improve your quality, and increase your profits—all at the same time? It’s not an impossible dream. It’s the next evolutionary breakthrough in process improvement that goes beyond Process Reengineering, TRIZ, Six Sigma, and Lean to deliver actual, quantifiable results. And now it’s yours. Streamlined Process Improvement (SPI) is the powerful new program developed by H. James Harrington. After 40 years of improving processes for IBM, Ernst & Young, the Chinese government, and many other private and governmental organizations, Harrington has become the go-to leader in the field. His revolutionary guide shows you how to: Discover the latest process tools—to make faster, more dramatic improvements using the revolutionary PASIC improvement methodology Use walk-through questionnaires and checklists—to streamline your job, resulting in optimum value to your stakeholders Use the newest methodologies—including simulation modeling, risk analysis, Five Ss, Process Innovation, Information Technology, Lean, and Six Sigma—to take your business to the next level Increase innovation—to drive growth and profits for many years to come Harrington’s groundbreaking system is organized and explained step by step to help you achieve maximum results with a minimum of stress. His simple PASIC approach shows you how to Plan, Analyze, Streamline, Implement, and Continuously Improve throughout the entire process. He walks you through the basics of how to analyze each process, how to decide which to focus on first, and how to prepare for organizational change. You’ll be surprised by just how quickly you can make things run more efficiently and effectively. With Harrington’s proven techniques, you can sell your products and services at a lower price, satisfy your customers, make work more enjoyable for your employees, and still earn greater profits than your competitors. This powerful process guide is the definitive handbook for operations managers, quality consultants, Six Sigma practitioners, knowledge workers, and Lean thinkers for a new generation.

Author : H. James Harrington
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Process Improvement: The Breakthrough Strategy for Total Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness written by H. James Harrington and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1991-04-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is in trouble, there is no doubt about it. Here is perhaps the best proof: We are now experiencing the first generation in our history in which children will reach adulthood in a poorer economic climate than thatenjoyed by their parents.

Author : Miriam B. Larson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136311459
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streamlined ID written by Miriam B. Larson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Streamlined ID: A Practical Guide to Instructional Design presents a focused and generalizable approach to instructional design and development – one that addresses the needs of ID novices, as well as practitioners in a variety of career environments. Emphasizing the essentials and "big ideas" of ID, Streamlined ID presents a new perspective – one that aims to produce instruction that is sustainable, optimized, appropriately redundant, and targeted at continuous improvement. The book features an enhanced version of the classic ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) that emphasizes the iterative nature of design and the role of evaluation throughout the design/development process. It clearly lays out a systematic approach that emphasizes the use of research-based theories, while acknowledging the need to customize the process to address a variety of pedagogical approaches: Instructivist, Constructivist, and Connectivist. The book opens with an overview of the basics of ID and each subsequent chapter describes major activities in the ID process with step-by-step instructions and tips for streamlining the process. Numerous job aids serve to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of your design efforts. Each chapter highlights key concepts and provides additional exercises and assignments based on the work of Benjamin Bloom. Streamlined ID is an ideal reference guide for optimizing professional practice.

Author : George D. Robson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451602464
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continuous Process Improvement written by George D. Robson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade Japanese companies have derived many of their competitive advantages from streamlined work-flow processes. Desperate to replicate the Japanese systems, American managers have bought into countless theories advanced by management consultants which, lacking a methodology, have proved fruitless and frustrating. Now, from inside a world-renowned learning organization, comes that methodology. Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is an improvement and problem-prevention system created and developed by George Robson to "empower" natural work teams in three General Electric businesses. Composed of a logical set of steps, at the heart of which is "Process Flow Diagramming," CPI focuses on and simplifies the critical elements of work flow processes and eliminates those parts that add no value. Not only has this methodology helped these GE businesses save in excess of $35 million during the first two years of implementation, but similar techniques are now being employed by leading-edge companies throughout the world. CPI is a transportable system that not only has profoundly changed manufacturing practices, but has been applied with equal success in all areas of a business. Robson shows how the "Iceberg Phenomenon" can identify the measurable benefits of accurately accounting for direct and indirect costs by carefully tracking expenses. Planning for the true costs of customer service, marketing concessions, and retraining can turn unplanned losses into short- and long-term returns on investments. Robson focuses on activities that are critical to quality in design and production and demonstrates how non-value-added work can be eliminated. The staggering cost of re-work, calculated in "The Rule of Tens," is reduced by catching mistakes before they escape to subsequent stages of handling. The CPI system, which has been widely praised within General Electric, will be of broad interest throughout the business and university communities.

Author : H. James Harrington
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071371025
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Process Improvement: The Breakthrough Strategy for Total Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness written by H. James Harrington and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1991-04-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Page
Publisher : AMACOM
ISBN 13 : 0814414796
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Business Process Improvement written by Susan Page and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baffled by repeated mistakes in your department? Want to focus your employees' limited time on more valuable work? The answer to these challenges and more is business process improvement (BPI). Every process in every organization can be made more effective, cost-efficient, and adaptable to changing business needs. The good news is you don't need to be a BPM expert to get great results. Written by an experienced process analyst, this how-to guide presents a simple, bottom-line approach to process improvement work. With its proven 10-step method you can: Identify and prioritize the processes that need fixing * Eliminate duplication and bureaucracy * Control costs * Establish internal controls to reduce human error * Test and rework the process before introducing it * Implement the changes Now in its second edition, The Power of Business Process Improvement is even more user-friendly with new software suggestions, quizzes, a comparison of industry improvement methods, and examples to help you apply the ideas. Whether you are new to BPI or a seasoned pro, you will have business running better in no time.

Author : Richard M. Dougherty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810851989
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streamlining Library Services written by Richard M. Dougherty and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite technological advances, many basic library activities still lend themselves to analysis and improvement. Richard M. Dougherty provides numerous examples and easy-to-apply tools and techniques to assess what libraries are doing, how they are doing it, and how much time is required to do it. These tools include block diagrams, check sheets, flow process charts, work-flow diagrams, flow charts, through-put analysis, self-administered diary studies, and work sampling. Specific examples from all areas of library operations are presented. Streamling Library Services provides detailed information on how to diagnose problem areas with such tools as Pareto and fishbone charts; use brainstorming; organize a work-flow study; and build and present cost studies. Special emphasis is placed on activities that should occur after the analysis is concluded, including data analysis, reporting study results, and making recommendations to management. Guidelines are provided for managers and staff as they strive to streamline activities. Topics include implementation issues and strategies that must be addressed as new workflows and services are introduced and organizational change issues and strategies for building staff support toward change. Book jacket.

Author : Bjorn Andersen
Publisher : Quality Press
ISBN 13 : 1636941761
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Process Improvement Toolbox written by Bjorn Andersen and published by Quality Press. This book was released on 2007-04-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This best-seller is fully revised and updated! Its goal is still to give readers practical insight into how they can create a coherent business process improvement system. Author Bjørn Andersen works from the premise that consistently working on improving various aspects of how things are done, large and small, is the key to success for any organization.The first half presents an overall business process improvement model, with the ensuing chapters dealing with topics of understanding and modeling your current business processes, using performance measurement in improvement work, creating a business process improvement roadmap, and organizing for improvement work. The second half of the book presents the overall toolbox, followed by one chapter for each phase of the overall improvement model. For each of these phases, a selection of suitable tools is presented with background, steps to use them, and an example of their use. The final two chapters contain two more extensive case studies illustrating the use of the full methodology. And finally, a number of templates can be found at the very end of the book, templates that support most of the tools presented.This book is suitable for employees and managers at any organizational level in any type of industry, including service, manufacturing, and the public sector. It should also be useful as a textbook for students in courses relating to quality management and continuous improvement.

Author : Andreas Jedlitschka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540695648
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Product-Focused Software Process Improvement written by Andreas Jedlitschka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2008, held in Monte Porzio Catone, Italy, in June 2008. The 31 revised full papers presented together with 4 reports on workshops and tutorials and 3 keynote addresses were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The papers address different development modes, roles in the value chain, stakeholders’ viewpoints, collaborative development, as well as economic and quality aspects. The papers are organized in topical sections on quality and measurement, cost estimation, capability and maturity models, systems and software quality, software process improvement, lessons learned and best practices, and agile software development.

Author : Dan Madison
Publisher : Paton Professional
ISBN 13 : 1932828044
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Process Mapping, Process Improvement, and Process Management written by Dan Madison and published by Paton Professional. This book was released on 2005 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, a simple, well-written survey of process redesign that will help you transform your organization into a world-class competitor. Author Dan Madison explains the evolution of work management styles, from traditional to process-focused, and introduces the tools of process mapping, the roles and responsibilities of everyone in the organization, and a logical ten-step redesign methodology. Thirty-eight design principles allow readers to custom-fit the methodology to the particular challenges within their own organizations. Additional chapters by guest writers Jerry Talley, Ph.D., and Vic Walling, Ph.D., discuss cross-department process management and using computer simulation in redesign, respectively. (Publisher)