Handbook for Productivity Measurement and Improvement - Hardcover

Head, Christopher W.; Thor, Carl G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563270072 ISBN 13: 9781563270079

Publisher: Productivity Press, 1993

Synopsis

With its comprehensive scope and easy-to-read format, this compendium belongs in every company and academic institution concerned with business and industrial viability. Featuring scores of contributions covering the most advanced methods for the measurement and improvement of quality and productivity, no other reference can compete. Throughout 100 chapters, front-runners in the quality movement reveal the evolving theory and specific practices of world-class organizations. Spanning a wide variety of industries and business sectors, this handbook includes insightful discussions on quality and productivity in manufacturing, service industries, profit centers, administration, nonprofit and government institutions, health care and education.

Topics include―

Benchmarking

The best way to implement an activity-based cost-management system

Ten rules for building a measurement system

Process simplification through cycle-time reduction

Strategies for measuring and improving white-collar productivity

Sharing the productivity payoff―gain sharing primer

About this edition

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1563270072
• ISBN 13: 9781563270079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1344