Quality Assurance (QA) and Total Quality Management (TQM)

On the backdrop of the institutionalisation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, and the emergence of multi-stakeholder-driven voluntary regulation, this timely collection places special emphasis on India and explores its international voluntary sustainability standards.

Negotiation is an essential skill for all those operating commercially on behalf of their organisations.

These two volumes are about understanding-why-and application-how-with the aim of providing guidance and introduction to both.

The most essential component of every project manager's job is the ability to identify potential risks before they cause unnecessary headaches and turmoil all around.

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"e;On Time-In Full"e; is an important work.

Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics is a step-by-step guide to balancing the triangle of service, cost and cash which is the essence of supply chain management.

Cutting-edge Lean manufacturing strategiesThoroughly updated with the latest trends and new global case studies, How to Implement Lean Manufacturing, Second Edition, explains how to implement this powerful formula for eliminating waste, controlling quality and inventory, and improving overall performance across an enterprise environment.

Best Practice in Inventory Management 3E offers a simple, entirely jargon-free and yet comprehensive introduction to key aspects of inventory management.

This book is a fictionalized account of one teacher's effort in applying process improvement principles to her teaching practices.

Engineering Reliability and Risk Assessment explains how to improve the performance of a system using the latest risk and reliability models.

By one estimate, the U.

This book directly addresses controversial issues like climate change, carbon taxes, fracking, offshoring, urban sprawl, globalization, income inequality, regulation, corruption, compliance and enforcement, providing an informed basis for mapping the way forward.

Lean is about building and improving stable and predictable systems and processes to deliver to customers high-quality products/services on time by engaging everyone in the organization.

In 1999, Joseph Pine and James Gilmore offered this idea to readers as a new way to think about connecting with customers and securing their loyalty.

Lean Management gilt seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren als Leitparadigma der Managementlehre.

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The most essential component of every project manager's job is the ability to identify potential risks before they cause unnecessary headaches and turmoil all around.

This new edition textbook continues down the path that the first edition, winner of the 2013 IISE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award, successfully carved out.

Implement demand driven smart metrics to drive and sustain dramatic gains in flow and improve ROI performanceWhat if the objective of minimizing unit product cost that is hard coded into all reporting and measurement systems is simply "e;bad math"e; that drives decisions and actions that destroy ROI?

Real Process Improvement Using the CMMI (R) presents readers with non-academic, real-world approaches to process improvement via CMMI.

This volume covers the most current theories and practices in Quality Management and Six Sigma.

Customer Relationship Management is the first book to explore the benefits to the firm of a globally integrated approach to the management philosophy of Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

What is the secret behind every successful product?

The purpose of this book is to provide a road map to help healthcare professionals establish a "e;culture of patient safety"e; in their facilities and practices, provide high quality healthcare, and increase patient and staff satisfaction by improving communication among staff members and between medical staff and patients.

Many shops have simplified their production control by using card-based systems such as kanban and Constant Work-in-Process (ConWIP).

In recent years, technological innovation in design, materials and construction methods have resulted in significant changes in construction costs.

This book uses case studies to discuss consumer awareness of and education on sustainable fashion.

Retailers are being advised to review their supply chains in a bid to accelerate their speed to market.

Based on the bestselling American Management Association seminar!

Business Excellence and Total Quality Management (TQM) models provide a means of measuring the satisfaction of customers, employees and shareholders simultaneously.

The business case for sustainability is clear and organizations are responding to the imperative to act.

This book aims to provide a systematic approach to the design, assessment, operation, and maintenance of safety barriers that are used for preventing accidents and protecting humans, equipment, and the environment.

Across the country ambulances are turned away from emergency departments (EDs) and patients are waiting hours and sometimes days to be admitted to a hospital room.

The normal or bell curve distribution is far more common in statistics textbooks than it is in real factories, where processes follow non-normal and often highly skewed distributions.

Fundamentals and Future Trends of 3D Printing in Drug Delivery provides readers with all needed information for their journey from ideation to approval of innovative drug delivery devices produced through additive manufacturing.

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What new theories, evidence, explanations, and policies have shaped our studies of income distribution in the 21st century?

This book reports on advances in manufacturing, with a special emphasis on smart manufacturing and information management systems.

This book is a comprehensive guide that equips organizations and individuals with the necessary tools and knowledge to streamline operations, optimize resources, and deliver superior customer value through implementing lean Six Sigma methodologies.

This book helps close the gap in how organizations think about and implement Toyota's continuous improvement methods and management system.

This book fully details, as the title suggests, the real secret to maximizing an organization's profitability.

Every organizational endeavor is based on project management.

The Toyota Production System (TPS) is regarded as a sophisticated concept that helps us understand the world of manufacturing.

NAVIGATING THE NEW NORMAL IN A DIGITAL WORLDIn an era where remote work has become a norm, auditing has evolved to embrace the power of electronic communication tools.

The most complete, current guide to Six Sigma Best practices in Six Sigma are continuously evolving, just as Six Sigma itself evolved from earlier best practices in quality improvement.

A versatile manual that can be used to stimulate product innovation, benchmarking analysis, and engineering design, this book goes beyond theory to provide relevant advanced methods and techniques that readers can apply in their work for both short- and long-term results.