Cost reduction...productivity improvement...customer retention...these are the promises of the Six Sigma quality management system. The Six Sigma Way reveals how GE, Motorola, and numerous other companies are successfully using Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance, and increase profits. Now you can hear the road map for implementing Six Sigma in your manufacturing or service organization. 

Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your CSSYB or Six sigma yellow belt certification exam. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on your test. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized chapters. 

A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you'll have your projects, team, and maybe even your organization running at peak efficiency. 

Operations management is a critical skill for all current and aspiring business leaders. Now, Operations Management for Dummies takes the guesswork out of this often-intimidating subject. Whether you are a professional just promoted into your first operations management job who needs to learn operations fast or your aim is to score your highest in an undergraduate or MBA operations management class, the plain-English, step-by-step information in Operations Management for Dummies gives you the critical toolkit for operations success. 

No project management training? No problem! In today’s workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren’t formally trained in managing projects - you’re an unofficial project manager. FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore, and James Wood understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the formula for success.

Supply Chain Management for Dummies, 2nd Edition guides you to an understanding of what a supply chain is and how to leverage this system effectively across your business, no matter its size or industry.

In this book series, you will find the best books to improve, expand and master your knowledge of the Lean methodology. Change the way you do business. This collection of books will help you to virtually improve the products you sell, the customer service you provide and the waste you have achieved.

Learn how to master Agile software development practices. This book teaches you how you can adopt Agile development practices into your organization the right way. 

Whether you want to boost your earnings via becoming a Six Sigma Certified Professional or are just looking for a way to learn more about the strategies as well as tools crucial to the support quality and improvement initiatives, this audiobook is an invaluable training kit. This audiobook is for anybody willing to learn Six Sigma and its processes. Beginner or advanced, the guide makes the learning journey easy. For individuals already knowledgeable with the basics of the processes of Six Sigma, then it is pretty easy to jump ahead and then drive into the in-depth tools.

Is efficiency and effectiveness at the forefront of your mind when it comes to business? Do you want to retain the quality that your provide but also increase profit margins? Lean Six Sigma can help you do it all! The world of business is as competitive and brutal as it has ever been, but each and every one still has to make profits, whether market conditions are good or bad. Retaining the quality advantage over a competitor can mean the difference between success and a business going to the wall. But how do you still find ways to keep customers happy while streamlining what you do.

The missing link to long-term Lean success! Despite the fact that companies worldwide have adopted Lean production, none has sustained the same levels of excellence as Toyota. Why? Leadership. In The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership, Jeffrey Liker and Gary L. Convis, a former executive V.P. and managing officer of Toyota, help executives and senior managers get employees to refocus their efforts - from simply performing their singular function to continuously improving in collaboration across the organization.

The bar is set high for inventory control professionals - and well-ordered stock rooms and records are just the beginning. Beyond core tasks such as locating items, you've got to project future business needs, hold down costs, and fix supply chain problems. You need strategic and financial knowledge and the skills to manage many moving parts. Essentials of Inventory Management is the answer audiobook on which practitioners and students rely. It breaks down the job into easy concepts and concrete steps. 

The implementation of lean six sigma methodology will help any organization that provides services or products to their customers. The methodology streamlines processes to cut out those that do not add value to a service or production line and limits bulk inventory. This will save costs, enhance production, and improve turnaround time. With improved workflow, the company can deliver high-quality products or services to their customers a lot faster.

When CEOs think about the supply chain, it's usually to cut costs. But the smartest leaders see supply chain and sourcing for what they can be: hidden tools for outperforming the competition. Steve Jobs, upon returning to Apple in 1997, focused on transforming the supply chain. He hired Tim Cook - and the company sped up the development of new products, getting them into consumers' hands faster. The rest is history.

Scrum is, to put it bluntly, the next step in how people do things. In fact, the whole workplace environment has been drastically changed due to the advent of agile development and Scrum, which have made corporate life much, much easier.