Description: Product Description : Velocity: Combining Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints to Achieve Breakthrough Performance - A Business Novel Millions of readers remember The Goal the landmark business novel that sets forth by way of story the essential principles of Eliyahu Goldratts innovative methods of production Now from the AGIGoldratt Institute and Jeff Cox the same creative writer who coauthored The Goal comes VELOCITY the book that reveals how to achieve outstanding bottomline results by integrating the worlds three most powerful continuous improvement disciplines Lean Six Sigma and Goldratts Theory of ConstraintsUsed by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps to dramatically improve some of the most complex logistically vast supply chains in the world the VELOCITY APPROACH draws on the strengths of all three disciplines to deliver breakthrough performance gains In physics speed with direction is velocity in business the application of VELOCITY means your organization can achieve operational speed with strategic direction to outmaneuver competitors gain loyalty with customers and rapidly build sustainable earnings growth in as little as one or two business quartersDee Jacob and Suzan Bergland two principals of AGI have been teaching the concepts techniques and tools of VELOCITY to major corporations including Procter Gamble ITT and Northrop Grumman for years Now they unlock the door for you to see how to apply their insights and methods to your organization be it business notforprofit manufacturing or service based in order to shorten lead times slash inventories reduce production variability and increase salesWriter Jeff Cox returns with the vivid realistic style that made The Goal so readable yet so edifying Thrust into the presidency of the subsidiary company where she has managed sales and marketing Amy Cieolara is mandated by her corporate superiors to implement Lean Six Sigma LSS in order to appease a key customer Assigned to help her is LSS Master Black Belt Wayne Reese installed as her operations manager But as time goes on and corporate pressure mounts Amy finds she has to start thinking for herself and learning from everyone around her and she arrives at the series of steps that form the core of the VELOCITY APPROACHVELOCITY offers keen insight into the human and organizational factors that so often derail growth while teaching you proven practical techniques for restarting and revving up the internal engines of your company to reach new levels of success Colorful characters believable situations and everything from dice games to AGIs reality tree techniques make this business novel a vital resource for everyone seeking to deliver business improvement in these challenging economic times and far into the future( it is an used product )
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Brand: Free Press
UPC: 9781439158937
MPN: black & white illustrations
Model No: black & white illustrations
Country of Origin: USA United States
Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1
Dimensions LxWxH - Cms: 6X0.8X9
ISBN-10: 1439158932
ISBN-13: 9781439158937
SKU: SONG1439158932
Edition: Illustrated
No. of Pages: 320
Type: Books
Book Title: Velocity : Combining Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints to Achieve Breakthrough Performance - a Business Novel
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Organizational Behavior, Industrial Management, General, Management
Item Height: 1 in
Genre: Business & Economics
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Jeff Cox, Dee Jacob, Suzan Bergland
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback