CITATION

Duggan, Kevin J.. Design for Operational Excellence: A Breakthrough Strategy for Business Growth. US: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Design for Operational Excellence: A Breakthrough Strategy for Business Growth

Published:  August 2011

eISBN: 9780071768566 0071768564 | ISBN: 9780071768245
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Return on Your Investment
  • Part I: Destination: Creating Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 1: The Engine of the Business
  • Chapter 2: The Myth of Improvement
  • Chapter 3: The Leapfrog
  • Chapter 4: Defining Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 5: Creating the Road Map to Operational Excellence
  • Part II: Nine Tough Questions on Continuous Improvement
  • Chapter 6: Preparing People to Jump
  • Chapter 7: The First Question: Why Do We Do Continuous Improvement?
  • Chapter 8: The Second Question: What Is the Best Way to Improve?
  • Chapter 9: The Third Question: How Do We Know Where to Improve?
  • Chapter 10: The Fourth Question: Why Do We Strive to Create Flow?
  • Chapter 11: The Fifth Question: What Causes the Death of Flow?
  • Chapter 12: The Sixth Question: What Would the Shop Floor Look Like if We Did Everything Right?
  • Chapter 13: The Seventh Question: What Would the Office Look Like if We Did Everything Right?
  • Chapter 14: The Eighth Question: What Would the Supply Chain Look Like if We Did Everything Right?
  • Chapter 15: The Final Question: Where Will Our Continuous Improvement Journey Take Us?
  • Part III: The Eight Principles of Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 16: The New Operations “Engine Design” for Operational Excellence
  • Chapter 17: The First Principle: Design Lean Value Streams
  • Chapter 18: The Second Principle: Make Lean Value Streams Flow
  • Chapter 19: The Third Principle: Make Flow Visual
  • Chapter 20: The Fourth Principle: Create Standard Work for Flow
  • Chapter 21: The Fifth Principle: Make Abnormal Flow Visual
  • Chapter 22: The Sixth Principle: Create Standard Work for Abnormal Flow
  • Chapter 23: The Seventh Principle: Have Employees in the Flow Improve the Flow
  • Chapter 24: The Eighth Principle: Perform Offense Activities
  • Part IV: Extended Case Studies
  • Introduction to Case Studies
  • Chapter 25: Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Chapter 26: IDEX Corporation
  • Chapter 27: Hypertherm
  • Conclusion: Our Blueprint for Growth
  • Notes
  • Index