The "success or die" ultimatum
Subtitle: saving companies with blended, long-term improvement formulas
By: Steven Borris, Daniel Borris
Contributors: Borris, Daniel, author
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781482299038; 9781482299069
Subjects: Organizational effectiveness; Success in business
Description: Improvement techniques are like spices: better when blended. Many organizations seem to lose sight of the techniques that still work in addition to Lean & Six Sigma and TPM. This book is a collection of simple stories that show the best ways to find and fix four companies' problems. The authors use the most appropriate tools for the problems. It shows that four different companies all suffer much the same issues but explains why they think are unique.
Notes: "A Productivity Press book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. The uninvited visitors; title: chapter 2. The consultant; title: chapter 3. The CEO; title: chapter 4. The COO; title: chapter 5. Hamish; title: chapter 6. Division presidents; title: chapter 7. Big picture map; title: chapter 8. Hugh Greenlees; title: chapter 9. The confrontation : Ronson & Ronson Metals Distribution; title: chapter 10. Next automotive; title: chapter 11. Chuck Nothis; title: chapter 12. Independent pharmaceuticals; title: chapter 13. Lucie Bell; title: chapter 14. Phonethics : the call center; title: chapter 15. Elizabeth Golden; title: chapter 16. The project plan; title: chapter 17. Corporate cost allocations; title: chapter 18. The low-hanging fruit : phonethics; title: chapter 19. Initial analysis and morning meetings : Next Automotive; title: chapter 20. Theory becomes practice : Next Automotive 3; title: chapter 21. Chuck Nothis : curriculum vitae; title: chapter 22. Understanding data and basic statistics : introduction to SPC; title: chapter 23. The powder analysis; title: chapter 24. Hugh comes around?; title: chapter 25. Ronson & Ronson Metal Distribution 3; title: chapter 26. Corporate update; title: chapter 27. Corporate cost and strategy; title: chapter 28. Hugh Greenlees 2; title: chapter 29. Hamish 2; title: chapter 30. Commitment; title: chapter 31. Jeff Lincoln 2; title: chapter 32. Phonethics call center company 3; title: chapter 33. Phonethics 4 : the diagnosis; title: chapter 34. Elizabeth Golden 2; title: chapter 35. Lucie Bell 2; title: chapter 36. Strategy meeting with the board.