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Building a Digital Analytics Organization: Create Value by Integrating Analytical Processes, Technology, and People into Business Operations

Building a Digital Analytics Organization: Create Value by Integrating Analytical Processes, Technology, and People into Business Operations

By: Judah Phillips

Publisher: FT Press

Publication Date: 22-JUL-2013

Insert Date: 18-JUN-2013

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This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book. In Building a Digital Analytics Organization, pioneering expert Judah Phillips thoroughly explains digital analytics to business practitioners and presents best practices for using it to reduce costs and increase profitable revenue throughout the business. Unbiased and product-independent, this guide is replete with examples, many based on Phillips’s own experience. He covers everything from making the business case through defining and executing strategy and shows how to successfully integrate processes, technology, and people in...

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Service Management, Student Workbook: An Integrated Approach to Supply Chain Management and Operations

Service Management, Student Workbook: An Integrated Approach to Supply Chain Management and Operations

By: Cengiz Haksever; Barry Render

Publisher: FT Press

Publication Date: 18-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 12-JUN-2013

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With this hands-on study guide to accompany the reference on integrating the many disciplines that comprise service operations management, authors Haksever and Render help students master all aspects of the field. Fully aligned with Service Management, this workbook-style book includes chapter learning objectives, chapter summaries, chapter questions, reviews of key terms and concepts, additional cases and examples, discussion questions, and more....

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Service Management: An Integrated Approach to Supply Chain Management and Operations

Service Management: An Integrated Approach to Supply Chain Management and Operations

By: Cengiz Haksever; Barry Render

Publisher: FT Press

Publication Date: 11-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 12-JUN-2013

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Tie customer-driven strategies to service operations and process management, and sharpen your focus on creating customer value throughout your entire service organization! This comprehensive, multidisciplinary reference thoroughly covers today's most effective theories and methods for managing service organizations, drawing on innovative insights from economics, consumer behavior, marketing, strategy, and operations management. Leading experts Cengiz Haksever and Barry Render provide crucial insights into emerging service operation and supply chain topics, reinforcing key points with...

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IT Asset Management: A Pocket Survival Guide

IT Asset Management: A Pocket Survival Guide

By: Martyn Hobbs

Publisher: IT Governance Ltd

Publication Date: 04-AUG-2011

Insert Date: 11-JUN-2013

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"Implement Asset Management and reap the rewards! IT Asset Management (ITAM) is the set of business practices that join financial, contractual and inventory functions to support life cycle management for elements found in the business environment, namely software and hardware. Build your hardware asset listing first Software is one of the most critical elements of information and communications technologies and most organisations have huge investments in software, whether internally developed or external procured. However, with a major objective of IT Asset Management usually being...

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Production Line Efficiency

Production Line Efficiency

By: Sabry Shaaban; Sarah Hudson

Publisher: Business Expert Press

Publication Date: 31-MAY-2013

Insert Date: 04-JUN-2013

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In today’s production world, many of the lines seem unpaced and unbalanced. Inside this book, you will learn new designs for these lines that can lead to more efficiency by taking advantage of inherent imbalance—for example, operators who work at different speeds—a concept that has traditionally been seen as an obstacle to efficient production. The authors have included a series of experiments that illustrate the issues involved in improving performance through production line imbalance, as well as some surprisingly easy ways to improve performance with low or zero costs. Emphasis is placed...

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Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Core Disciplines for Top Performance, Second Editon

Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Core Disciplines for Top Performance, Second Editon

By: Shoshanah Cohen; Joseph Roussel

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Publication Date: 21-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 28-MAY-2013

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The classic guide to supply chain strategy--re-created to help business leaders gain an advantage in today’s volatile, globalized arenaThe definitive guide to supply chains that deliver valueThe global landscape has changed dramatically since the first edition of Strategic Supply Chain Management established itself as the authority on creating value and achieving competitive advantage from the supply chain. ...

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The Human Side of Postmortems

The Human Side of Postmortems

By: Dave Zwieback

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 07-MAY-2013

Insert Date: 08-MAY-2013

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Imagine you had to write a postmortem containing statements like these? "We were unable to resolve the outage as quickly as we would have hoped because our decision making was impacted by extreme stress." "We spent two hours repeatedly applying the fix that worked during the previous outage, only to find out that it made no difference in this one." "We did not communicate openly about an escalating outage that was caused by our botched deployment because we thought we were about to lose our jobs." While the above scenarios are entirely realistic, it's hard to find many postmortem...

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Operations Management: An Integrated Approach, 5th Edition

Operations Management: An Integrated Approach, 5th Edition

By: R. Dan Reid; Nada R. Sanders

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 23-OCT-2012

Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013

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The 5th edition of Operations Management continues to incorporate more of a business/qualitative focus with less emphasis on a quantitative presentation to OM. This new edition is focused on offering more problem solving hints and tips as part of the solution to most examples and solved problems throughout the book. New content changes include an increased coverage of sustainability. Each chapter has a new section that features information on how sustainability is impacting the topic of that chapter. There is a new second virtual case on Healthcare and operations management. More...

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Assessing Vendors

Assessing Vendors

By: Josh More

Publisher: Syngress

Publication Date: 10-APR-2013

Insert Date: 03-MAY-2013

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Assessing vendors is a tricky process. Large and regulated organizations are forced to demonstrate due diligence in vendor assessment, but often do not know how to do this. This results in a great deal of busywork being required by both the vendors and the organizations. Smaller organizations don't know what to look for and, as a result, often wind up selecting based on price instead of value. This results in service failures and vendors that just milk their customers for as long as they can. Assessing Vendors shows you how to walk the line between under- and over-assessing, so...

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A Framework for Applying Analytics in Healthcare: What Can Be Learned from the Best Practices in Retail, Banking, Politics, and Sports

A Framework for Applying Analytics in Healthcare: What Can Be Learned from the Best Practices in Retail, Banking, Politics, and Sports

By: Dwight McNeill

Publisher: FT Press

Publication Date: 27-JUN-2013

Insert Date: 12-APR-2013

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This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book. In A Framework for Applying Analytics in Healthcare, Dwight McNeill brings together best practices and actionable lessons first learned in retail, finance, politics, and beyond--and shows exactly how to adapt and apply them in healthcare. Writing for analysts, operations specialists, and managers throughout healthcare and related fields, McNeill demonstrates how to use analytics to address inefficiencies, poor population health outcomes, affordability, disparities, access to insurance, lack of customer-centricity, and other problems and...

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Importer

Importer

By: Madeleine Nguyen-The

Publisher: Editions d'Organisation

Publication Date: 07-JUL-2011

Insert Date: 10-APR-2013

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PrésentationTrouver des produits de qualité, à un bon prix, en provenance de fournisseurs sérieux, c'est déjà très bien. Mais s'approvisionner de l'étranger nécessite plus encore. C'est un métier à part entière.Il convient de se poser bien d'autres questions avant de lancer l'opération import, sous peine de voir sa marchandise bloquée en douane, non conforme à la commande ou de découvrir, un peu tard, l'ensemble des coûts générés par cette production étrangère, allant parfois jusqu'à justifier une relocalisation. Si l'approvisionnement à l'étranger est pressenti comme étant une solution...

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Théorie et pratique de l'audit interne

Théorie et pratique de l'audit interne

By: Jacques Renard

Publisher: Editions d'Organisation

Publication Date: 07-JUL-2011

Insert Date: 10-APR-2013

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PrésentationUn guide méthodologique pour les équipes d'auditeurs en activité.Un vade-mecum pour tous les responsables opérationnels, les sensibilisant aux risques et au contrôle interne.Un manuel d'apprentissage pour les étudiants et auditeurs débutants.Pour tous : la solution aux problèmes sémantiques et aux difficultés d'interprétation.La fonction d'audit interne, pour s'adapter à des secteurs d'activité de plus en plus nombreux, affine et développe ses techniques et méthodes. Cette 7e édition prend en compte les innovations les plus récentes, en particulier :la mise à jour des Normes...

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E-Logistics and E-Supply Chain Management

E-Logistics and E-Supply Chain Management

By: Deryn Graham; Ioannis Manikas; Dimitris Folinas

Publisher: IGI Global

Publication Date: 30-APR-2013

Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013

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Business models rely on the development and use of technologies in logistics and supply chain management in order to continually improve business processes. E-Logistics and E-Supply Chain Management: Applications for Evolving Business explores the creation of integrated supply chains, the developments of virtual business, and the processes of re-engineering for business development. This reference source is useful for researchers, students, and practitioners to provide an academic and pragmatic approach to electronic logistics and supply chain management....

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Business-Oriented Enterprise Integration for Organizational Agility

Business-Oriented Enterprise Integration for Organizational Agility

By: Robin Qiu

Publisher: IGI Global

Publication Date: 30-APR-2013

Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013

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Over the past few years, advancement in distributed computing and interconnected networks has enhanced the role of information technology and improved business performance around the world. As a result, enterprise integration has become a norm in competitive organizations by effectively integrating people, tools, and information. Business-Oriented Enterprise Integration for Organizational Agility explores technical integration challenges with a focus on identifying a viable solution. This book is essential for researchers and practitioners aiming to better understand how to enable rich,...

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Supply Chain Design (Collection)

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Supply Chain Design (Collection)

By: Mark J. Schniederjans; Stephen B. LeGrand; Arthur V. Hill; Michael Watson; Sara Lewis; Peter Cacioppi; Jay Jayaraman

Publisher: FT Press

Publication Date: 02-MAR-2013

Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013

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A brand new collection of world-class supply chain design solutions… 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 3 authoritative eBooks deliver state-of-the-art guidance for designing and optimizing highly competitive global supply chains! This unique 3 eBook package will help you design state-of-the-art supply chains that deliver rapid, quantifiable, and sustainable competitive advantage. The Encyclopedia of Operations Management is the perfect single-volume "field manual" for every supply chain or operations management practitioner and student. Nearly 1,500...

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Managing the Global Supply Chain (Collection)

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Managing the Global Supply Chain (Collection)

By: Chad W. Autry; Thomas J. Goldsby; John E. Bell; Arthur V. Hill

Publisher: FT Press

Publication Date: 02-MAR-2013

Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013

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A brand new collection of insights and actionable techniques for world-class supply chain management… 2 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 2 authoritative eBooks deliver comprehensive resources for managing state-of-the-art supply chains in challenging global environments Master the latest techniques for overcoming your most difficult operations and supply chain management challenges! This unique 2 eBook package will help you address issues ranging from Lean/Six Sigma to transportation and warehousing, and anticipate emerging global issues – so you can...

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Statistical Methods in Customer Relationship Management

Statistical Methods in Customer Relationship Management

By: V. Kumar; J. Andrew Petersen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 24-SEP-2012

Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013

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Statistical Methods in Customer Relationship Management focuses on the quantitative and modeling aspects of customer management strategies that lead to future firm profitability, with emphasis on developing an understanding of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) models as the guiding concept for profitable customer management. To understand and explore the functioning of CRM models, this book traces the management strategies throughout a customer's tenure with a firm. Furthermore, the book explores in detail CRM models for customer acquisition, customer retention, customer acquisition...

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An Introduction to Supply Chain Management

An Introduction to Supply Chain Management

By: Edmund Prater; Kim Whitehead

Publisher: Business Expert Press

Publication Date: 01-FEB-2013

Insert Date: 23-FEB-2013

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If you’re a manager of a supply chain operation, or a student learning about supply chain management, this book will provide not only an overview of supply chain management but also a framework for subsequent, more detailed study in various aspects of supply management. This book reviews the evolution of supply chain management concepts and discusses trends in global markets and strategic competitiveness. It then focuses on the major issues involved in managing a competitive supply chain including: forecasting, inventory management, distribution, dealing with uncertainty, reverse logistics,...

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Service Design

Service Design

By: Andy Polaine; Lavrans Løvlie; Ben Reason

Publisher: Rosenfeld Media

Publication Date: 13-MAR-2013

Insert Date: 22-FEB-2013

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Service Design is an eminently practical guide to designing services that work for people. It offers powerful insights, methods, and case studies to help you design, implement, and measure multichannel service experiences with greater impact for customers, businesses, and society....

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Strategies to the Prediction, Mitigation and Management of Product Obsolescence

Strategies to the Prediction, Mitigation and Management of Product Obsolescence

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 29-MAY-2012

Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013

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Supply chains for electronic products are primarily driven by consumer electronics. Every year new mobile phones, computers and gaming consoles are introduced, driving the continued applicability of Moore's law. The semiconductor manufacturing industry is highly dynamic and releases new, better and cheaper products day by day. But what happens to long-field life products like airplanes or ships, which need the same components for decades? How do electronic and also non-electronic systems that need to be manufactured and supported of decades manage to continue operation using parts that...