A Graphic Novel about IT, Devops, and Helping Your Business Win Volume 3
The transformation of Parts Unlimited has only just begun. After stabilizing the disastrous Phoenix Project launch, Bill Palmer and his IT team face an even greater challenge: proving that technology isn't just a cost center but the key to the company's survival. With market share plummeting and competitors pulling ahead, Bill must navigate ......
Why Product Development Projects Miss Their Targets
Why do so many new products fail in the market? What causes schedule and cost overruns? How can products be developed right the first time? Unlike books focused solely on speeding development or cutting costs, Blind Spots: Why Product Development Projects Miss Their Targets reveals the often-overlooked traps that lead to costly failures and ......
Sometimes management books achieve a clear-cut distinction between strategy and tactics. Seldom they include the business model as a third competitiveness driver. And never so far, has the theory of business been considered as a fourth required performance vector, different from all other three. However, organizational optimization requires ......
How disruptive entrepreneurs win in regulated markets
Compliance can be a burden... but it can also be your secret weapon! If you want to turn regulatory challenges into something that gives you a competitive edge, helps you protect your brand and outsmart your competitors, you need to use them to your advantage. The Compliance Edge empowers disruptive founders with the tools, strategies and ......
Applying the Theory of Constraints from Goldratt's the Goal in the Digital Age
Building Resilient Manufacturing Operations is a powerful guide for manufacturers battling daily chaos and systemic inefficiency. Grounded in the Theory of Constraints (ToC), this book shows leaders how to gain control of their operations, drive reliable performance, and build long-term resilience. Drawing on the author's decades of hands-on ......
Leveraging AI, Machine Learning, and Advanced Analytics for Success
We are in the early stages of a transformational period in our economic and digital age that will revolutionize the manufacturing value chain. As this period progresses, there will be opportunities to optimize key activities across manufacturing, supply chain planning, distribution, procurement, and contracting. Organizations that apply ......
In his book Reengineering Purchasing: Lessons from the Front Lines, Paul Ericksen shares over three dozen personal experiences where he was responsible for fundamental changes to purchasing strategy and practice that increased the competitiveness of the companies and clients he worked at and for. His stories show how a more collaborative approach ......
A Graphic Novel about IT, Devops, and Helping Your Business Win
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule.
Introduction to Operations Management: A Supply Chain Process Approach details how firms buy, make, deliver, and return goods and services around the globe, providing students with a solid foundation of operations management concepts and techniques. The text offers a set of activities that guide the effectiveness of organizations and prepare ......
