Resource Management

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1. Food Safety Regulatory Compliance

   Catalyst for a Lean and Sustainable Food Supply Chain

   By Preston W. Blevins

   Series: Resource Management

   The global sourcing of ingredients has created complex supply chains, significant management challenges, and additional regulatory compliance requirements. This places tremendous pressure on food manufacturers, many of whom lack the knowledge, concepts, techniques, and procedures to comply with...

   Published November 15th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Lean Tools and Techniques for Customer Satisfaction and Competitive Advantage

   By Sam Tomas

   Series: Resource Management

   Lean techniques have proven especially effective when they target customer satisfaction in terms of cost, quality, and delivery. This book presents lean tools that take into account the voice of the customer so as to meet or exceed competitor capabilities. First, the text presents process mapping...

   Published June 14th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
3. Customer-Focused Operations

   By Juan P. Montermoso

   Series: Resource Management

   Published June 14th 2012 by Auerbach Publications
4. Driving Strategy to Execution Using Lean Six Sigma

   A Framework for Creating High Performance Organizations

   By Gerhard Plenert, Tom Cluley

   Series: Resource Management

   Many organizations develop strategic plans that gather dust on bookshelves. Many other organizations employ Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate waste and reduce process variation only to find they are not moving the big bars that measure success for the organization. Driving Strategy to...

   Published April 10th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments

   Practices of Global Firms from Korea and Japan

   By Young Won Park, Paul Hong

   Series: Resource Management

   Since the start of the recent financial crisis, as most global firms struggle to remain competitive, an increasing number of Korean and Japanese firms have experienced an amazing rate of growth and expansion. Although academic researchers and business leaders in the United States, China, Brazil,...

   Published December 18th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Integral Logistics Management

   Operations and Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies, Fourth Edition

   By Paul Schönsleben

   Series: Resource Management

   From the Foreword of the First Edition of Integral Logistics Management: Operations and Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies: "Changes in the world outside the company alter the way that we look at problems and priorities in the company itself. This presents new challenges to company...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Auerbach Publications
7. Lean Management Principles for Information Technology

   By Gerhard J. Plenert

   Series: Resource Management

   Whether it's because of a lack of understanding, poor planning, or a myriad of other things, 50 to 60 percent of the IT effort in most companies can be considered waste. Explaining how to introduce Lean principles to your IT functions to reduce and even eliminate this waste, Lean...

   Published July 27th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies, Second Edition

   By David Frederick Ross

   Series: Resource Management

   It is almost impossible to conceive of the concept and practical application of supply chain management (SCM) without linking it to the enabling power of today’s information technologies. Building upon the foundations of the first edition, Introduction to Supply Chain Management Technologies,...

   Published October 11th 2010 by CRC Press
9. Integral Logistics Management

   Operations and Supply Chain Management in Comprehensive Value-Added Networks, Third Edition

   By Paul Schönsleben

   Series: Resource Management

   Tackling the logistical, planning, and managerial challenges that companies face, the third edition of this bestselling reference addresses the increased importance of strategy issues in various fields. While retaining many elements of the previous editions, Integral Logistics Management:...

   Published January 2nd 2010 by Auerbach Publications
10. Principles of Supply Chain Management

    By Richard E. Crandall, William R. Crandall, Charlie Chen

    Series: Resource Management

    Going beyond the usual supply chain text, Principles of Supply Chain Management not only details the individual components of the supply chain but also illustrates how the pieces must come together. Providing the logic behind why supply chain management is essential, the text examines how supply...

    Published December 14th 2009 by CRC Press