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  • What Japanese improvement philosophies have Western companies adopted in their quest for excellence?
  • What measures and programs must my company have in place to successfully implement continuous improvement programs?
  • What role should people and teams play in the continuous improvement process?"

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    Improving Products Relentlessly
    "Successful Japanese companies promote a continuous improvement philosophy around three rather simple principles."
    From: Product Juggernauts; Jean-Philippe Deschamps; 1995 Harvard Business School Press
    The Continuous Improvement Process
    "As a leader, you must never allow your thinking (or the thinking of your employees) to be satisfied with good enough."
    From: The 21st Century Supervisor; Brad Humphrey; 2000 Jossey-Bass
    An Introduction to Kaizen
    "Most uniquely Japanese management practices, such as total quality control or companywide quality control, quality circles, and our style of labor relations, can be reduced to one word: kaizen."
    From: Gemba Kaizen; Masaaki Imai; 1997 McGraw Hill Professional Book Group
    Overview of the Hoshin System
    "The focus and alignment of the organization on this objective will assure that significant progress will get made, that is, a Breakthrough."
    From: Beyond Strategic Vision; Michael Cowley; 1997 Butterworth-Heinemann
    Four Phases of Implementing Improvement
    "Making it happen and keeping it going."
    From: Sales, Marketing, and Continuous Improvement; Daniel Stowell; 1997 Jossey-Bass
    The Process of Continuous Improvement
    "Continuous improvement won't happen without empowered people, at all levels in the organization."
    From: Customer-Driven Strategy; Thomas Wallace; 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Forms of Product Innovation
    "Product innovation is a _deliberate process_ and is viewed as such by long-lived, successful companies"
    From: Product Innovation Strategy Pure & Simple; Michel Robert; 1995 McGraw Hill Professional Book Group
    The Challenge of Corporate Renewal
    "Incremental innovation is clearly of critical economic and competitive importance."
    From: Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation; James Utterback; 1996 Harvard Business School Press
    New World of Work
    "Companies that reengineer are, in effect, putting back together again the work that Adam Smith and Henry Ford broke into tiny pieces so many years ago."
    From: Reengineering the Corporation; Michael Hammer; 1993 HarperBusiness
    Create Long-Term Customers through Excellent E-Service
    "Focus on making it easy—to the point of effortless—for customers to do business with you."
    From: e-service; Ron Zemke; 2000 Amacom
    The Role of Teams in Continuous Improvement
    "Managers can play a crucial role in the building of effective teams"
    From: Benchmarking for Best Practice; Mohamed Zairi; 1996 Butterworth-Heinemann
    Four Plateaus for Work Reengineering
    "Build accountabilities for leading and implementing improvements into every job."
    From: Paradigm Shift; Don Tapscott; 1993 McGraw Hill Professional Book Group
     
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    Accelerating Innovation Improving the Process of Product Development | Marvin Patterson|1993
    Advanced Supply Chain Management How to Build a Sustained Competitive Advantage | Charles Poirier|1999
    Agile Competitors and Virtual Organizations Strategies for Enriching the Customer | Steven Goldman, Roger Nagel, Kenneth Preiss|1995
    Agile Product Development for Mass Customization How to Develop and Deliver Products for Mass Customization, Niche Markets, JIT, Build-to-Order and Flexible Manufacturing | David Anderson|1997
    America's Best IndustryWeek's Guide to World-Class Manufacturing Plants | Theodore Kinni|1997
    Balanced Sourcing Cooperation and Competition in Supplier Relationships | Tim Laseter|1998
    Beyond Reengineering How the Process-Centered Organization Is Changing Our Work and Our Lives | Michael Hammer|1996
    The Case Against ISO 9000 There Is a Better Way to: Improve Your Efficiency, Satisfy Your Customers, Provide Real Quality and Increase Your Revenue! | John Seddon|2000
    Channel Champions How Leading Companies Build New Strategies to Serve Customers | Steven Wheeler, Evan Hirsh|1999
    Commercializing New Technologies Getting from Mind to Market | Vijay Jolly|1997
    A Complaint is a Gift Using Customer Feedback as a Strategic Tool | Janelle Barlow, Claus Moller|1996
    Creating an Environment for Successful Projects The Quest to Manage Project Management | Robert Graham, Randall Englund|1997
    Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service | Kristin Anderson, Ron Zemke|1998
    The Development Factory Unlocking the Potential of Process Innovation | Gary Pisano|1997
    Discovering the Soul of Service The Nine Drivers of Sustainable Business Success | Leonard Berry|1999
    Effective Project Management | Robert Wysocki, Robert Beck, David Crane|2000
    The Electronic B@zaar From the Silk Road to the eRoad | Robin Bloor|2000
    The Executive's Guide to Supply Management Strategies Building Supply Chain Thinking into All Business Processes | David Riggs, Sharon Robbins|1997
    Fabled Service Ordinary Acts, Extraordinary Outcomes | Betsy Sanders|1995
    From Mind to Market Reinventing the Retail Supply Chain | Roger Blackwell|1997
    Gemba Kaizen A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management | Masaaki Imai|1997
    Global Jumpstart The Complete Resource for Expanding Small and Midsize Businesses | Ruth Stanat, Chris West|1999
    The Global Manufacturing Vanguard New Rules from the Industy Elite | Micheline Maynard|1998
    Harnessing Value in the Supply Chain Strategic Sourcing in Action | Emiko Banfield|1999
    Implementing Activity-Based Management in Daily Operations John Miller|1996
    The Innovation Journey | Andrew Van de Ven, Douglas Polley, Raghu Garud, Sankaran Venkataraman|1999
    Intrapreneuring in Action A Handbook for Business Innovation | Gifford Pinchot, Ron Pellman|1999
    Invented Here Maximizing Your Organization's Internal Growth and Profitability: A Practical Guide to Transforming Work | Bart Victor, Andrew Boynton|1998
    Leading Manufacturing Excellence A Guide to State-of-the-Art Manufacturing | Patricia Moody|1997
    Managing Projects in Organizations How to Make the Best Use of Time, Techniques, and People | Davidson Frame|1995
    Managing Quality Fads How American Business Learned to Play the Quality Game | Robert Cole|1999
    Managing The Whirlwind Patterns and Opportunities in a Changing World | Michael Annison|1993
    A Manufacturing CEO's Secret Tips for Improving Profit Richard Ludwig|1996
    Mass Customization The New Frontier in Business Competition | Joseph Pine|1993
    Mastering Project Management Applying Advanced Concepts of Systems Thinking, Control and Evaluation, Resource Allocation | James Lewis|1998
    Monitoring, Measuring, & Managing Customer Service | Gary Goodman|2000
    The Nordstrom Way The Inside Story of America's #1 Customer Service Company | Robert Spector, Patrick McCarthy|2000
    On Great Service A Framework for Action | Leonard Berry|1995
    Portfolio Management for New Products | Robert Cooper, Scott Edgett, Elko Kleinschmidt|1998
    The Power of Product Platforms Building Value and Cost Leadership | Marc Meyer, Alvin Lehnerd|1997
    The Process Edge Creating Value Where It Counts | Peter Keen|1997
    Process Mapping How to Reengineer Your Business Processes | Daniel Hunt|1996
    Product Innovation Strategy Pure & Simple How Winning Companies Outpace their Competitors | Michel Robert|1995
    Product Juggernauts How Companies Mobilize to Generate a Stream of Market Winners | Jean-Philippe Deschamps, Ranganath Nayak|1995
    Product Leadership Creating and Launching Superior New Products | Robert Cooper|2000
    Quality Is Still Free Making Quality Certain in Uncertain Times | Philip Crosby|1996
    Reengineering the Corporation A Manifesto for Business Revolution | Michael Hammer, James Champy|1993
    Remade in America Transplanting and Transforming Japanese Mangement Systems | Jeffrey Liker, Mark Fruin, Paul Adler|1999
    Sales Shock The End of Selling Products The Rise of CoManaging Customers | Mack Hanan|1996
    Serious Play How the World's Best Companies Simulate to Innovate | Michael Schrage|2000
    Setting the PACE in Product Development A Guide to Product And Cycle-time Excellence | Michael McGrath|1996
    Seven Secrets of Service Strategy | Jacques Horovitz|2000
    The Six Sigma Revolution How General Electric and Others Turned Process Into Profits | George Eckes|2000
    The Six Sigma Way How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing their Performance | Peter Pande, Robert Neuman, Roland Cavanagh|2000
    Smart Companies, Smart Tools Transforming Business Processes into Business Assets | Thomas Koulopoulos|1997
    The Soul of the Enterprise Creating a Dynamic Vision for American Manufacturing | Robert Hall|1993
    Strategic Outsourcing A Structured Approach to Outsourcing Decisions and Initiatives | Maurice Greaver|1999
    Strategies for High Performance Organizations Employee Involvement, TQM, and Reengineering Programs in Fortune 1000 Corporations | Edward Lawler, Susan Albers Mohrman, Gerald Ledford|1998
    Supercharging Supply Chains New Ways to Increase Value Through Global Operational Excellence | Gene Tyndall, Christopher Gopal, Wolfgang Partsch, John Kamauff|1998
    Supply Chain Optimization Building the Strongest Total Business Network | Charles Poirier, Stephen Reiter|1996
    A Survival Guide for Project Managers James Taylor|1998
    Team-Based Project Management James Lewis|1998
    Transcultural Management A New Approach for Global Organizations | Atsushi Funakawa|1997
    The Transformation Imperative Achieving Market Dominance Through Radical Change | Thomas Vollmann|1996
    What Customers Like About You Adding Emotional Value for Service Excellence and Competitive Advantage | David Freemantle|1999
    Winning Business Proposals | Deiric McCann|2000
    World Class Manufacturing: The Next Decade Building Power, Strength, and Value | Richard Schonberger|1996
    World Class Production and Inventory Management Darryl Landvater|1997
    World-Class New Product Development Benchmarking Best Practices of Agile Manufacturers | Dan Dimancescu, Kemp Dwenger|1996
    You Will Be Satisfied | Bob Tasca|1997
    Zero Time Providing Instant Customer Value—Every Time, All the Time! | PhD Yeh, DBA Pearlson, George Kozmetsky|2000



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    • Product Development Vijay Jolly, Alvin Lehnerd, Marc Meyer, Marvin Patterson, Robert Grosse, David Anderson, Dan Dimancescu, Kemp Dwenger, Theodore Kinni, Frederick Webster, Gary Pisano, Michael McGrath
    • Product Innovation Jean-Philippe Deschamps, Ranganath Nayak, James Utterback, Marvin Patterson, Milind Lele, Gary Pisano, Michel Robert
    • Product Positioning Vijay Jolly, Geoffrey Moore, Jean-Pierre Jeannet, David Aaker, Sharon Oster, Milind Lele, Kevin Clancy, Robert Shulman, Philip Kotler, Scott Davis, Frederick Webster, Michael McGrath
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  • Best Practices & Process Improvement
    • Improving the Process Bart Victor, Andrew Boynton, Leonard Schlesinger, Harry Jackson, Daniel Stowell, Normand Frigon, Geary Rummler, Alan Brache, Thomas Davenport, Daniel Hunt, Jerome Finnigan, James Heskett, Earl Sasser, Mark Fruin, Jeffrey Liker, Peter Keen, Gary Pisano, Paul Adler
    • The Practice of Benchmarking Susanne Kelly, Jac Fitz-Enz, Peter Schwartz, Sebastian Nokes, James Harrington, James Harrington, Mary Anne Allison, Blair Gibb, Steven Hronec, Andrew Freeman, Jerome Finnigan, Ron Dembo, Mohamed Zairi
    • Implementing Improvements Jean-Philippe Deschamps, Ranganath Nayak, James Utterback, Thomas Wallace, Don Tapscott, Brad Humphrey, Jeff Stokes, Daniel Stowell, Michael Hammer, James Champy, Tom Connellan, Masaaki Imai, Art Caston, Ron Zemke, Michael Cowley, Ellen Domb, Mohamed Zairi, Michel Robert
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    • Product & Services Customization Bart Victor, Andrew Boynton, Don Peppers, Martha Rogers, Ian Gordon, Jerry Luftman, Bob Dorf, David Anderson, Joseph Pine, James Gilmore, Nicholas Imparato, Oren Harari
    • Personalizing Customer Service Don Peppers, Martha Rogers, Kenneth Preiss, Steven Goldman, Roger Nagel, Richard Whiteley, Diane Hessan, Betsy Sanders, Andrew Shapiro, Leonard Berry, Bob Dorf, Tom Connellan, Kristin Anderson, Gary Goodman, Ron Zemke, Ron Zemke, Kate Maddox, Dana Blankenhorn, Jim Sterne
    • Developing a Customer Service Strategy Malcolm McDonald, Warren Keegan, Betsy Sanders, John Dunleavy, Robert Spector, Leonard Berry, Scott Gross, Stan Adler, Kenneth Hartley, Patrick McCarthy, Forler Massnick, Stanley Brown, James Hurley, Douglas Gantenbein, Grant Norris, Bob Burg, Jim Sterne
    • Structuring & Analyzing the Value Chain John Henry Clippinger, Kenneth Preiss, Steven Goldman, Roger Nagel, Jac Fitz-Enz, Martin Deise, Conrad Nowikow, Patrick King, Amy Wright, Joseph Pine, David Bovet, Kathy Yohalem, Liam Fahey, James Brian Quinn, David Riggs, Sharon Robbins, Joseph Martha, Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, Steve Kerr
  • Negotiating the Supply Chain
    • Supply Chain Management John Oleson, John Schorr, Tim Laseter, Robert Grosse, Keith Brown, Emiko Banfield, David Bovet, Charles Poirier, Stephen Reiter, Joseph Martha, Gene Tyndall, Christopher Gopal, Wolfgang Partsch, John Kamauff
    • Logistics Management Thomas Wallace, Tim Laseter, Thomas Davenport, George Stalk, Charles Poirier, Stephen Reiter, Mark Scott, Frederick Webster, Carl Stern, Gene Tyndall, Christopher Gopal, Wolfgang Partsch, John Kamauff
    • B2B Purchasing in the New Economy John Schorr, Neil Rackham, John De Vincentis, Tim Laseter, Emiko Banfield, Peter Cohan, Charles Poirier, Stephen Reiter, Frederick Webster, Mohamed Zairi, David Riggs, Sharon Robbins, Gene Tyndall, Christopher Gopal, Wolfgang Partsch, John Kamauff
  • Adjusting to Product Life Cycles
    • Product Life Cycles Charles O'Reilly, Michael Cusumano, David Yoffie, Malcolm McDonald, Warren Keegan, Michael Tushman, Price Waterhouse, Paul Millier, David Thielen, Peter Boer, Milind Lele, Frederick Webster, Gary Pisano, Michel Robert, Gene Tyndall, Christopher Gopal, Wolfgang Partsch, John Kamauff
  • Managing Channels & Distribution
    • Channel Management John Oleson, Robert Hiebeler, Thomas B Kelly, Charles Ketteman, Steven Wheeler, Evan Hirsh, Martin Deise, Conrad Nowikow, Patrick King, Amy Wright, Kenneth Rolnicki, Robert Duboff, Jim Spaeth, Kathy Yohalem, Liam Fahey
    • Channel Conflict in the New Economy Don Peppers, Martha Rogers, Geoffrey Moore, Neil Rackham, John De Vincentis, Michael de Kare-Silver, Steven Wheeler, Evan Hirsh, Martin Deise, Conrad Nowikow, Patrick King, Amy Wright, Bob Dorf, Kenneth Rolnicki, Scott Davis, Walid Mougayar, Jim Sterne
  • The Shift toward a Services Economy
    • Improving the Process of Service Delivery Leonard Schlesinger, Chip Bell, Betsy Sanders, Leonard Berry, Jacques Horovitz, James Moore, Thomas Davenport, James Heskett, Earl Sasser, Peter Keen, James Brian Quinn, Jeremy Hope, Tony Hope
    • Creating a Service Culture Robert Slater, Leonard Schlesinger, Betsy Sanders, Robert Hiebeler, Thomas B Kelly, Charles Ketteman, Leonard Berry, Robert Hall, James Heskett, Earl Sasser, James Brian Quinn, Jeremy Hope, Tony Hope
  • Global Market Leadership
    • Global Business and Management Strategy Jean-Philippe Deschamps, Ranganath Nayak, Alvin Lehnerd, Marc Meyer, Peter Marber, Jean-Pierre Jeannet, David Aaker, Sheida Hodge, Robert Grosse, Virginia O'Brien, Joseph Quinlan, Micheline Maynard, Sumantra Ghoshal, Christopher Bartlett, Kathryn Stevens
    • Global Sourcing Gary Shilling, Jean-Pierre Jeannet, Tim Laseter, Robert Grosse, Sumantra Ghoshal, Christopher Bartlett, James Brian Quinn, Jordan Baruch, Karen Anne Zien, Gene Tyndall, Christopher Gopal, Wolfgang Partsch, John Kamauff, Ron Ashkenas, Dave Ulrich, Todd Jick, Steve Kerr
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