Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream (Lean Enterprise Institute)
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Seeing the Whole: Mapping the Extended Value Stream (Lean Enterprise Institute)
James P. Womack , and Daniel T. Jones
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5 out of 5 stars Commend the Lean Enterprise Institute .......2005-03-31

This is a great example of how to set up the flow of production operation.
Value Stream Management
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Don Tapping , Tom Shuker , and Tom Luyster
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4 out of 5 stars Practical book.......2007-08-14

VSM books shows interesting process to apply modern control thinking to production. However, clear products standardisation & determination process could be necessary before methods can be applied as well as possible.

Discussed waste elimination is generally nice approach. Waste elimination possibilities in organisations should to be evaluated with this book and more generally at lean bibliography, because elimination of waste helps almost everybody. :)



5 out of 5 stars Good step-by-step recipe book for lean implementation.......2006-09-15

This book provides a practical approach for implementing lean manufacturing and what pit-falls should be avoided during the lean journey. Recommended for organizations that are beginning lean manaufacturing implementation.

5 out of 5 stars Good primer.......2004-07-23

I use this book in my lean manufacturing class. It has good practical examples and a useful method for doing lean using the value stream mapping approach. I highly receommend this book for the first timers. I think someone who has no experience could get started using this book.

5 out of 5 stars An Excellent Tool for all!!.......2002-10-23

This book has helped in all areas of our business. We are incorporating it into all of our processes!! Wonderful training tool for any organization.

5 out of 5 stars Great tools for Leaning your facility.......2002-10-12

This book gave me great insight to re-initialized our lean efforts. We have been so busy and got caught up in the value stream mapping craze and kaizen events, but little impact. This book did a superb job in laying out the eight steps, with all the forms, templates necessary to ensure sustainable results. Great work by the authors!
The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing
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    The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing
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    Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)
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      3 out of 5 stars Excellent/Next to Worthless - Depends on your view.......2007-02-06

      If you are the acedemic type, who loves to read technical theories, this book would probably be five stars. If you are looking for something to help you with practical, day to day stock or option trading, I'd advise you to spend your money on any number of other more useful books on investing. For example, this book might give you a way to not only consider the closing price of a stock, but to determine how many shares sold at a particular price during each hours of the day so you get a 'picture' of the direction it is heading. However, to do that would take all day for just a few stocks, and then to do it every day . . . .? That would be fine to consider the trade volumes at various prices when deciding to buy or sell a stock, but what would be needed is a computer program to do it hopefully in real time - but it gives no such programs.

      So, if you like to trade, get a more useful book; if you like 'ivory towers' where you can ponder any of a number of stocks too slowly to be able to trade, then get this book. Don't get me wrong - it is good to know this stuff, if only for background information. But, without being able to get the information in real time, it won't help with practical day to day trading.

      3 out of 5 stars Very Average.......2006-09-15

      This book is very average. Its maybe good for novice traders but a total waist for more experienced traders. This book should not be labeled as a technical analysis book because its just ain't. If you decide to buy it, buy it used because its not worth the full price.

      5 out of 5 stars Wow.......2002-12-14

      Just the info on point and figure combined with moving averages is worth the cost of this book and that just one of the chapters.
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      5 out of 5 stars The value leader.......2002-12-04

      I don't know where you can get an explanation of Point & Figure charting (I've seen it but never could understand this thing), John Murphy's succint, highly readable and technically important
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      You should get this book if you want to survey the field and then drill down from there. Raschke's first at bat historial review with some of her own TA thrown in for good measure gets you going and the others make it hard to stop. I can honestly say outside of 1 typo/error, this book is flawlessly editted with lots of graphs. I was truly impressed & that's after reading allot on this field. Yes not everything is interesting
      (I care less about Sentiment) but now I know more about it and can understand why Schaeffer and Williams think its important. But that's the beauty of this book, chockablock information about allot of topics in TA. A good starter, a better review.

      2 out of 5 stars There Are Better T/A Books.......2002-10-19

      This book is OK but nothing special. He uses some tools that I have never seen in any TA software like Market Profile. Also lots of stuff on point & figure plus candlesticks which I do not use too much.

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      The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and  Purchasing
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      • THE BOOK OF YIELDS
      The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing
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      Now in a revised and updated edition, The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing is the chef's best resource for planning and preparing food more quickly and accurately. It is the food service manager's most powerful tool for controlling costs.

      With over 200 new foods added since the previous edition, this Seventh Edition offers real-world practices and combines the text with a workbook providing wholesale food prices, worksheets for costing ingredients, and worksheets for planning food purchases. All worksheets show how to do the math!

      Constructed with a durable comb binding that allows it to lay flat while students work in the kitchen, this hands-on reference provides a substantial collection of accurate food measurements for more than 1,000 raw food ingredients. Measurements are given in weight-to-volume equivalents, trim yields, and cooking yields. Completely up to date with helpful information relating to food preparation, purchasing decisions, and controlling costs, The Book of Yields, Seventh Edition will always be the best, most practical tool in your kitchen.
      * Organized by type of food-such as dry and fresh herbs, vegetables, fruit, flours, meats, and others
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      The Book of Yields, Seventh Edition is a valuable, easy-to-use resource for students as well as professional chefs and food service managers who need quick and exact measurements for scratch items.

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      5 out of 5 stars THE BOOK OF YIELDS.......2007-06-10

      This is an excellent book for any chef or food and beverage manager looking to save time while maintaining accuracy of food cost work sheets. Contains a lot of food yield tables as well as many excellent examples of worksheets that you can use. Money well spent to save time.
      Supplier Price Analysis: A Guide for Purchasing, Accounting, and Financial Analysts
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        Richard G. Newman
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        A day does not go by that a buyer or purchasing agent does not complete a transaction and have the vague feeling that the price paid was too high. In an easy-to-read guide, Newman explores the subject of price, the components of which are shown to be compatible with information readily available from the supplier's annual report data, among other relevant sources. A simple example demonstrates how to determine the price structure of the supplier. Two complex cases follow, which are analyzed from the buyer's perspective. This book will help the buyer focus in on those areas of price which can be successfully negotiated as well as how to find the information in a cost-effective manner. It will also help direct buyers' attention to those suppliers who offer the greatest potential for cost reduction.
        Integrating ERP, CRM, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materials
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        Dimitris N. Chorafas
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        Organizations enjoy two kinds of strategic advantages. One is transitory: being in the right place with the right products at the right time. The other comes from having first class management and instituting processes that mobilize an organization, keeping in ahead of the competition. Which would you like to count on for your organization's success? Integrating ERP, CRM, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materials explores how to create business opportunities and reap savings by: · Restructuring and updating of ERP and CRM software as it integrates supply chain management and delivers new killer applications · Evolving opportunities that will develop from the implementation of smart materials, automatic identification, classification systems, and quality assurance projects · Auditing the implementation, operation, and maintenance of ERP and CRM software as well as the corrective action taken on the basis of results Internet commerce, online supply chain, and advances in technology - all available at increasingly lower costs - make systems of the past obsolete. However, just as new technology creates new opportunities, it can also create unforeseen consequences. By binding a wealth of interdependent issues between the covers of one book, Integrating ERP, CRM, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materials gives you the tools you need to create proprietary, high value-added solutions.

        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars Great Titles/ Poor Content.......2001-11-08

        Chorafas book is tedious to read. The titles are excellent, but the majority of the time I found the content under the title poorly researched, off the subject or focused only on one insignificant point instead of the subject title.

        5 out of 5 stars Interesting combination of blue sky and practical.......2001-09-22

        This book is difficult to classify other than it ties together a number of related, but different, disciplines. It is also one of the most interesting books on ERP, CRM and SCM I have ever read because of the eclectic array of topics and fascinating points of view.

        Chapters I liked based on professional interest are: Auditing the Implementation, Operation and Maintenance of ERP Software, The Ongoing Change in the Practice of Auditing Information Technology, Auditing Supply Chain Solutions and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, Case Studies in Auditing a Company's Financial Statements and Other Reports, Auditing the Security/Protection Methodology and Providing Improvements. These are solidly written and thoroughly cover all aspects of the topics. This is no surprise if you are familiar with Mr. Chorafas' work, which is heavily slanted towards financial management.

        I also liked "The Next Frontier in Technology and in Supply Chain Management", which is one of the more visionary chapters in the book. It also has one of the longest titles I have ever seen (I truncated the complete title name). Unfortunately, like the title, well crafted sentences are not a hallmark of Mr. Chorafas' writing. Despite that, the information he provides between the covers of this book is thought-provoking and excellent fodder for long-range strategic planning.

        If you are an architect, strategic planner of CIO of a company that employs or plans to employ any two or the three foundation systems discussed in this book (ERP, CRM or SCM) this book is essential reading. It is also an excellent resource for consultants who specialize in any of the three system types.
        Cost-Benefit Analysis for engineers and planners
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          Michael Snell
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          Solving Business Problems with MRP II
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            Alan D. Luber
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            ASIN: 1555581323

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            * Covers the capabilities required to support multiplant manufacturing environments * Examines the impact of client/server technology on the new generation of MRP II software packages * Studies the trends in functionality and technology

            Books:

            1. Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase Sales for Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing Writers
            2. Sociology of Organizations: Classic, Contemporary and Critical Readings
            3. SPIN Selling
            4. Strategic Human Resources: Frameworks for General Managers
            5. Supervision in Social Work
            6. Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning: Concepts, Models, Software and Case Studies
            7. Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations, Second Edition
            8. Supply Chain Management with APO: Structures, Modelling Approaches and Implementation of mySAP SCM 4.1
            9. System Engineering Management
            10. Taking Care of Myself: A Hygiene, Puberty and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism

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