Organization Excellence: Productivity and Improvement (A Simple Approach)

Organization Excellence: Productivity and Improvement (A Simple Approach)
Author: David Kong
Publisher: David Kong
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2014-07-13
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Throughout my years of productivity and IT consultancy with implementation, I have encountered numerous challenges faced by organization to implement an efficient and effective system that works for them. When such challenges are not handled properly, it resulted in implementations which are not optimized to the organization business requirement. I would like to provide some useful information, which can help organizations to implement productivity and improvement activities into their daily operations. There are many factors that can affect productivity of an organization. As it is not possible for me to cover every tool which can help to improve productivity, I have decided to concentrate on some of the key ones here. I will be touching on plant layouts, proper quality frameworks and management system for the discussion in this book. An organization with an optimized system in place, can contribute to good output performance. It increases the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization. Internal controls should be installed to ensure that products at every stage of the process are being checked for conformance. Enforcement of the compliance to the procedures and internal controls that were implemented should also be available to ensure that the defined goals and objectives are met. A good organization should stress on training for staff. Such training should be structured in a way that it is geared towards equipping staff with the relevant skill sets and knowledge to perform their job. Job skill matrix table could be put up to develop staff further and also serve as a tool for resource planning. I cannot stress enough the importance of how a good proper strategic planning and implementation can contribute greatly to the success of an organization performance. Due to this, I have also included Business Continuity Planning as one of the criteria for organization excellence. With the occurrence of natural disaster, haze, pandemic flu episode and any unexpected happening, it warrants some form of planning to prepare the organization to systematically react in the event such occurrence is to happen. As a value added service, I have included a few Excel templates for some of the tools cover in this book in the website: http://pqi.dscloud.biz. You will need to be a registered user in order to gain access to them. They are listed as follows: - Fish Bone Diagram using Excel - Moving Average using Excel - Correlation using Excel - Covariance using Excel - Percentile using Excel - Pareto Chart using Excel - Solver using Excel - Goal Seek using Excel

The Improvement Guide

The Improvement Guide
Author: Gerald J. Langley
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2009-06-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470549033

This new edition of this bestselling guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings. The authors explore their Model for Improvement that worked with international improvement efforts at multinational companies as well as in different industries such as healthcare and public agencies. This edition includes new information that shows how to accelerate improvement by spreading changes across multiple sites. The book presents a practical tool kit of ideas, examples, and applications.

Standardized Work with TWI

Standardized Work with TWI
Author: Bartosz Misiurek
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2016-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498737560

This book presents what the training within industry (TWI) program is and how its presence affects the understanding of work standardization, focusing on the practical aspects of the implementation of work standardization in the elimination of human errors in manufacturing and service processes.

Succeed with Productivity and Quality

Succeed with Productivity and Quality
Author: Imre Bernolak
Publisher: Quality Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009-03-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0873895266

This book is the culmination of inter-firm comparisons done by the author of more than 4,000 companies in over 100 different industries. These productivity analyses and comparisons all show that virtually every organization, even the best, can learn from their competitors and counterparts, as well as from self-analysis, about how to achieve more and better through improved organization and utilization of their resources. Part I explains what productivity is and why it’s so important. Part II describes how productivity problems and opportunities can be identified through measurement and systematic analysis. While this is not a statistical textbook, it explains through simple and practical solutions how one can benefit from relevant measurement. Part III outlines how each individual person can improve their productivity and become significantly more efficient and effective. Part IV reviews how productivity can be enhanced through better planning, organization, use of time, knowledge, technology and resources. This basic and comprehensive book is intended for entrepreneurs, managers of local branches of large corporations, such as banks, business chains, as well as managers or aspiring managers in other private or public organizations. It is essential reading for students of business administration, economics, as well as managerial practices, and fills a hole in the training of students in all fields where they will manage people and resources. Professionals, other knowledge workers and technical people also benefit because their professional training usually concentrates on their specific expertise and not productivity improvement. Over the years it has become clear that even managers of the best organizations can benefit by learning from the experience of others.

Operational Excellence Handbook

Operational Excellence Handbook
Author: Gregory Hutchins
Publisher: CERM Academy for Enterprise Risk Management
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1732974438

What is Operational Excellence Handbook: An Enterprise Approach? Operational Excellence Handbook is the planning, execution, and reporting of business management that encourages process improvement, lean, and quality. This handbook provides a practical and hands on approach based on the control of variability (risk), process improvement, and scientific management. What This Book Can Do for You? The Operational Excellence Handbook offers the following benefits to you, specifically explaining: + Explains the importance of global competitiveness. + Describes how Op Ex leadership is the critical requirement for all operational success. + Offers Op Ex solutions on how to cope with change and disruption - the new normal. + Describes how empowerment is a prerequisite for continuous improvement. + Describes how teaming rules have changed. + Offers suggestions on how customer requirements can be satisfied in a changing environment. + Describes how communications can facilitate project execution and ensure outcomes. + Helps ensure continuous improvement projects are planned, initiated, and completed on time, on budget, and within scope. + Offers outsourcing tips and tools.

Handbook of Organizational Consultation, Second Editon

Handbook of Organizational Consultation, Second Editon
Author: Robert Golembiewski
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1392
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1482289903

The second edition of the Handbook of Organizational Consultation includes more than 35 additional chapters and an expanded list of international contributors. It addresses all aspects of organizational consulting, including normative, empirical and political topics - and offers a broad view of consultation diagnoses, problem centers, and interventions. Perspectives on Political Science said this book is a reference guide, training handbook, and practitioner's tool [that] .stand[s] alone as a comprehensive source of information and guidance on the consultancy enterprise. . ..a careful reading of this book will be a profitable endeavor for both consulting practitioners and their clients.

Evidence-Based Productivity Improvement

Evidence-Based Productivity Improvement
Author: Robert D. Pritchard
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012-05-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136587772

This new book explains the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement system (ProMES) and how it meets the criteria for an optimal measurement and feedback system. It summarizes all the research that has been done on productivity, mentioning other measurement systems, and gives detailed information on how to implement this one in organizations. This book will be of interest to behavioral science researchers and professionals who wish to learn more about the practical methods of measuring and improving organizational productivity.

Six Sigma for Organizational Excellence

Six Sigma for Organizational Excellence
Author: K. Muralidharan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2015-04-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 813222325X

This book discusses the integrated concepts of statistical quality engineering and management tools. It will help readers to understand and apply the concepts of quality through project management and technical analysis, using statistical methods. Prepared in a ready-to-use form, the text will equip practitioners to implement the Six Sigma principles in projects. The concepts discussed are all critically assessed and explained, allowing them to be practically applied in managerial decision-making, and in each chapter, the objectives and connections to the rest of the work are clearly illustrated. To aid in understanding, the book includes a wealth of tables, graphs, descriptions and checklists, as well as charts and plots, worked-out examples and exercises. Perhaps the most unique feature of the book is its approach, using statistical tools, to explain the science behind Six Sigma project management and integrated in engineering concepts. The material on quality engineering and statistical management tools offers valuable support for undergraduate, postgraduate and research students. The book can also serve as a concise guide for Six Sigma professionals, Green Belt, Black Belt and Master Black Belt trainers.

Energy Centered Management

Energy Centered Management
Author: Marvin T. Howell
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000355748

This book provides organizations with a guide to planning, developing, and implementing an energy reduction and management program. It is specially designed to achieve energy reduction deployment including top management for all employees and onsite contractors. Energy reduction deployment (ERD) can be implemented by itself and render significant savings; however, for even greater savings, this book shows how to implement energy centered management systems (ECMS) which can be in congruence with ISO 50001. This book assists in the hunt for energy waste and is designed to thoroughly cover ECMS plus addresses what additions are necessary to have ECMS conform to ISO 50001 Energy Management System (EnMS). It provides a checklist and information on how to perform an internal audit or self-inspection and discusses how to create an energy awareness organization culture.