Operations Excellence

Smart Solutions for Business Success

By: Roland Schwientek (Editor), Axel Schmidt (Editor)

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Hardcover | 15 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Achieving operative excellence is an important endeavour for all companies - it is the golden path that leads to increased value over the long term. Through this book you too can achieve operations excellence within your own company.

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Non-Fiction Business & Management Management & Management Techniques Management of Specific Areas Production of Quality Control Management Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Advice on Careers & Achieving Success Quality Assurance QA & Total Quality Management TQM Business Strategy Industry & Industrial Studies Manufacturing Industries Business Mathematics & Systems

List of Figures and Boxes	p. viii
Notes on the Contributors	p. xii
List of Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Research and Development
Introduction: what is successful product development?	p. 6
Changing business models and their impact on product development	p. 9
Innovate to win: how clever cost approach design can outsmart competition	p. 24
Global development made successful: lessons learned by the automotive industry	p. 45
Success factors and levers for best practice in innovation management	p. 61
Smart engineering processes: 'made in Japan'	p. 79
Purchasing
Introduction: strategic trends and challenges for purchasing	p. 92
Key trends in purchasing best practices and impact on purchasing strategy	p. 96
Purchasing EmPowerment: the way to achieve world-class purchasing	p. 114
Organizations drive strategy and performance: insights from two successful lead buying models	p. 131
Manufacturing
Introduction: manufacturing in a global context	p. 144
How companies can optimize their global manufacturing footprint	p. 147
Leveraging manufacturing excellence in global production networks	p. 162
From maintenance to quality control: effective support functions leverage managing performance	p. 174
Supply Chain Management
Introduction: supply chain management - more than just logistics	p. 198
Global supply chain management: a success factor for global players	p. 201
Complexity management: the starting point for improving performance	p. 216
Working capital excellence: how companies can tap hidden cash reserves in the supply chain	p. 232
Supply chain organization: a key enabler for successful supply chain management	p. 257
Index	p. 270
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