Quality Control in Industries & Professions & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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Gemba Walks the Toyota Way

The Place to Teach and Learn

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Narrated by Beatrice Hart ...

Unabridged

1 hour 15 min

Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value-creating work happens. Many leaders use gemba only for solving problems, visiting only when there is an issue. Others practice gemba walks on a daily basis to follow up and monitor the situation. However, Toyota believes that leaders truly develop through daily experiences at the gemba. In reality, gemba is a principle for managing, ... Read more

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Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value-creating work happens. Many leaders use gemba only for solving problems, visiting only when there is an issue. Others practice gemba walks on a daily basis to follow up and monitor the situation. However, Toyota believes that leaders truly develop through daily experiences at the gemba. In reality, gemba is a principle for managing,
... Read more
Audiobook

Six Sigma

The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World's Top Corporation

by Richard Schroeder, Mikel Harry Ph.D. ...

Narrated by James Lurie ...

Abridged

5 hours 10 min

The extraordinary breakthrough management program--heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal--that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results.Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any ... Read more

$13.99 USD

The extraordinary breakthrough management program--heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal--that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results.Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any
... Read more
Audiobook

LEAN

4 Books - Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Analytics & Lean Enterprise

by Harry Altman ...

Narrated by Bridger Conklin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 23 min

LEAN: 4 Books - Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Analytics & Lean EnterpriseSIX SIGMASix Sigma is a method that provides organizations tools to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale, and quality of products or services.LEAN STARTUPLean Startup provides a ... Read more

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LEAN: 4 Books - Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Analytics & Lean EnterpriseSIX SIGMASix Sigma is a method that provides organizations tools to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale, and quality of products or services.LEAN STARTUPLean Startup provides a
... Read more
Audiobook

Lean Six Sigma For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Martin Brenig-Jones, Jo Dowdall ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you'll have your projects, team, and maybe even your ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you'll have your projects, team, and maybe even your
... Read more
Audiobook

Mary Regina's Nursing Home

by William J. Beerman, Sr ...

Narrated by Rich Germaine ...

Unabridged

10 hours

Mary Regina’s nursing home is a substantive 10-hour journalistic novel hybrid with content assembled over 5 years of research by a retired former journalist and certified internal auditor, William J. Beerman, Sr. The factual information assembled during the research is wrapped in a human interest story about William's Catholic German-American family during the post-WW II years in Pittsburgh, PA ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mary Regina’s nursing home is a substantive 10-hour journalistic novel hybrid with content assembled over 5 years of research by a retired former journalist and certified internal auditor, William J. Beerman, Sr. The factual information assembled during the research is wrapped in a human interest story about William's Catholic German-American family during the post-WW II years in Pittsburgh, PA
... Read more
Audiobook

The Six Sigma Method

Boost quality and consistency in your business

by 50minutes ...

Narrated by Sara Wright ...

Series Audiobook 14 - Management & Marketing
Unabridged

24 min

Boost quality and consistency in your business!This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Six Sigma method, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to: • Follow the DMAIC methodology to successfully implement the Six Sigma method in your company • Focus on the three most important factors: customers, ... Read more

$31.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Boost quality and consistency in your business!This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the Six Sigma method, providing you with the essential information and saving time.In 50 minutes you will be able to: • Follow the DMAIC methodology to successfully implement the Six Sigma method in your company • Focus on the three most important factors: customers,
... Read more
Audiobook

Toyota Standard Work

The Foundation of Kaizen

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 9 min

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no standard. In the classic old way of management, companies were and (many are still) following the Taylor’s ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no standard. In the classic old way of management, companies were and (many are still) following the Taylor’s
... Read more
Audiobook

The Unstoppable Sales Machine

How to Connect, Convert, and Close New Customers

by Shawn Casemore ...

Narrated by Lyle Blaker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Selling in today's economy has changed. So it's time to rethink how we generate sales to create a sustainable model that produces consistent results.This book addresses the shifts sales professionals and their organizations need to make in introducing modern sales strategies. It provides insights and proven strategies for business owners, sales executives, leaders, and professionals.In a review of ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Selling in today's economy has changed. So it's time to rethink how we generate sales to create a sustainable model that produces consistent results.This book addresses the shifts sales professionals and their organizations need to make in introducing modern sales strategies. It provides insights and proven strategies for business owners, sales executives, leaders, and professionals.In a review of
... Read more
Audiobook

ISO 9001:2015

A Pocket Guide

by Steve Watkins, Steve Watkins, Nick Orchiston, Nick Orchiston ...

Narrated by Andy Cresswell ...

Unabridged

1 hour 11 min

With a quality management system (QMS) based on ISO 9001 – the world's most established quality framework – you can ensure the quality of the products and services your company provides, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing profitability. ISO 9001:2015 – A Pocket Guide provides a useful introduction to ISO 9001 and the principles of quality management. ... Read more

$13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

With a quality management system (QMS) based on ISO 9001 – the world's most established quality framework – you can ensure the quality of the products and services your company provides, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing profitability. ISO 9001:2015 – A Pocket Guide provides a useful introduction to ISO 9001 and the principles of quality management.
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Audiobook

The Art of Excellent Products

Enchanting Customers with Premium Brand Experiences

by Riccardo Illy ...

Narrated by Sam Rushton ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

Italian brands are known to create some of the most premium, sought-after products in the world. Learn to compete in the modern marketplace using the proven business principles that Italian brands have been employing for generations.While it is no secret that Italians create superior products that both withstand the threat of ongoing competition and stand the test of time, the specific business ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Italian brands are known to create some of the most premium, sought-after products in the world. Learn to compete in the modern marketplace using the proven business principles that Italian brands have been employing for generations.While it is no secret that Italians create superior products that both withstand the threat of ongoing competition and stand the test of time, the specific business
... Read more
Audiobook

Six Sigma

Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)

by Jason Bennett, Jennifer Bowen ...

Narrated by Eric LaCord ...

Unabridged

1 hour 17 min

Six Sigma: Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)Do you want to improve your business processes and reduce wastage, cut costs, improve quality, and enhance service delivery?Do you want to use Six Sigma to increase productivity in your organization?Do you want to cut costs and boost your bottom line?Are you ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Six Sigma: Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)Do you want to improve your business processes and reduce wastage, cut costs, improve quality, and enhance service delivery?Do you want to use Six Sigma to increase productivity in your organization?Do you want to cut costs and boost your bottom line?Are you
... Read more
Audiobook

Toyota Production System Concepts

What Andon Truly is in Lean Manufacturing?

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

9 min

Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in order to make the process more efficient and prevent issues. In manufacturing, an andon is a system that tells managers, maintenance workers, and other employees about a problem with quality or the manufacturing process. But is this all that Andon being?Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in ... Read more

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Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in order to make the process more efficient and prevent issues. In manufacturing, an andon is a system that tells managers, maintenance workers, and other employees about a problem with quality or the manufacturing process. But is this all that Andon being?Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in
... Read more
Audiobook

Fatal Solution

How a Healthcare System Used Tragedy to Transform Itself and Redefine Just Culture

by Jan M. Davies, Carmella Steinke, W. Ward Flemons ...

Narrated by Kim Niemi ...

Unabridged

12 hours 5 min

One box of chemicals mistaken for another. Ingredients intended to be life-sustaining are instead life-taking. Families in shock, healthcare providers reeling, and fingers starting to point. A large healthcare system's reputation hangs in the balance while decisions need to be made, quickly. More questions than answers. People have to be held accountable—does this mean they get fired? Should the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

One box of chemicals mistaken for another. Ingredients intended to be life-sustaining are instead life-taking. Families in shock, healthcare providers reeling, and fingers starting to point. A large healthcare system's reputation hangs in the balance while decisions need to be made, quickly. More questions than answers. People have to be held accountable—does this mean they get fired? Should the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Façade of Excellence

Defining a New Normal of Leadership

by John Dyer ...

Narrated by John Dyer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 23 min

The crucial need to substitute true leadership for bad management practices such as Management By Objectives (MBO) and the use of fear is now well known and was often championed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. The executives of these organizations might give permission for the tools of Lean and Six Sigma to be taught but many of them still refuse to look in a mirror and change their own leadership style ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The crucial need to substitute true leadership for bad management practices such as Management By Objectives (MBO) and the use of fear is now well known and was often championed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. The executives of these organizations might give permission for the tools of Lean and Six Sigma to be taught but many of them still refuse to look in a mirror and change their own leadership style
... Read more
Audiobook

Passive Income Blueprint: Smart Ideas To Create Financial Independence and Become an Online Millionaire

by My Ebook Publishing House ...

Narrated by Matt Montanez ...

Unabridged

48 min

LEARN HOW TO MAKE MONEY AND CREATE FINANCIAL FREEDOM!Are You Sick And Tired Of Your 9-5 Job?Do you want to spend more time with your family instead of your mean boss?Are you curious to find out about the most effective and proven passive income streams?If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, then this book is for you.Here you will find your path to financial freedom!This book ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

LEARN HOW TO MAKE MONEY AND CREATE FINANCIAL FREEDOM!Are You Sick And Tired Of Your 9-5 Job?Do you want to spend more time with your family instead of your mean boss?Are you curious to find out about the most effective and proven passive income streams?If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, then this book is for you.Here you will find your path to financial freedom!This book
... Read more
Audiobook

Management Control System

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

Unabridged

33 min

The use of Management Control Systems initiated from the times when globalization came into being all across the world as this was a beginning of the phase of industrial competition among the different industries in the market. The environment of management control systems was introduced in the companies as they started to face changes in size, structure, processes within the organization; ... Read more

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The use of Management Control Systems initiated from the times when globalization came into being all across the world as this was a beginning of the phase of industrial competition among the different industries in the market. The environment of management control systems was introduced in the companies as they started to face changes in size, structure, processes within the organization;
... Read more
Audiobook

Jidoka

The Toyota Principle of Building Quality into the Process

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

58 min

Jidoka is one of the main pillars of the TPS. The TPS is presented as a house with two pillars. One pillar represents just-in-time (JIT), and the other pillar the concept of Jidoka. Take away any of the pillars holding up the roof, and the entire system will collapse. Take out quality, and there is no TPS. Jidoka is a principle of building quality for customers—not inspecting quality. Building ... Read more

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Jidoka is one of the main pillars of the TPS. The TPS is presented as a house with two pillars. One pillar represents just-in-time (JIT), and the other pillar the concept of Jidoka. Take away any of the pillars holding up the roof, and the entire system will collapse. Take out quality, and there is no TPS. Jidoka is a principle of building quality for customers—not inspecting quality. Building
... Read more
Audiobook

Total Quality Management

The New Management Model

by Stephen George ...

Narrated by Lloyd Bochner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

The quality movement prompted many companies to question their entire way of operating. To understand and profit from the concept of Total Quality Management, companies must pay particular attention to the first word in the phrase: total. The spectacular rewards enjoyed by top companies like 3M, FedEx, and Ben & Jerry's were earned through a total commitment to achieving superior quality and ... Read more

$27.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The quality movement prompted many companies to question their entire way of operating. To understand and profit from the concept of Total Quality Management, companies must pay particular attention to the first word in the phrase: total. The spectacular rewards enjoyed by top companies like 3M, FedEx, and Ben & Jerry's were earned through a total commitment to achieving superior quality and
... Read more
Audiobook

Lean Sigma Mastery Collection: 7 Books in 1: Lean Six Sigma, Lean Analytics, Lean Enterprise, Agile Project Management, KAIZEN, KAHBAN, SCRUM

by Bill Galvin ...

Narrated by Sam Slydell, Ted Ryan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

Every business wishes to provide an exceptional product to their customers. They want to be able to do this and meet their customers' needs, while also reducing costs to ensure profits stay as high as possible. But in many companies, there is a level of waste and inefficiency that shouldn’t be there. The result is a product that is of lower quality than the customer wants, more costs, and just ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Every business wishes to provide an exceptional product to their customers. They want to be able to do this and meet their customers' needs, while also reducing costs to ensure profits stay as high as possible. But in many companies, there is a level of waste and inefficiency that shouldn’t be there. The result is a product that is of lower quality than the customer wants, more costs, and just
... Read more
Audiobook

Toyota Production System Concepts

Poka Yoka - Design for Great Quality

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Narrated by David Z ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Toyota Production System Concepts
Unabridged

15 min

Poka-yoke, a Japanese term meaning "error-proofing", is a simple yet powerful technique used in lean manufacturing and quality management to prevent mistakes before they happen. These mistake-proofing devices help workers avoid errors such as using the wrong parts, forgetting steps, or assembling components incorrectly. In Japanese, "poka" means accidental mistake, and "yoke"</stro... ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Poka-yoke, a Japanese term meaning "error-proofing", is a simple yet powerful technique used in lean manufacturing and quality management to prevent mistakes before they happen. These mistake-proofing devices help workers avoid errors such as using the wrong parts, forgetting steps, or assembling components incorrectly. In Japanese, "poka" means accidental mistake, and "yoke"</stro...
... Read more
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The Truth About the Drug Companies

How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It

by Marcia Angell ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless ... Read more

$14.99 USD

During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless
... Read more
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Implementing Six Sigma

Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods 2nd Edition

by Forrest W. Breyfogle III ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

32 hours 36 min

This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyond traditional Six Sigma methodologies,introducing an enhanced roadmap—S4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solution ssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects ... Read more

$39.99 USD

This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyond traditional Six Sigma methodologies,introducing an enhanced roadmap—S4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solution ssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects
... Read more
Audiobook

Aligned

Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders

by Bruce McCarthy, Melissa Appel ...

Narrated by April Doty ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company?By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company?By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that
... Read more
Audiobook

Agile PMP Mastery

A Complete Guide to Project Management, Scrum, and AI Tools for the PMP Exam: The Ultimate for Acing the PMP Exam, Scaling Agile Teams, Managing Projects with AI, Kanban, Lean Six

by Peter Spencer ...

Narrated by Tom Brooks ...

Unabridged

3 hours 56 min

Must-Have PMP Exam Prep for 2025 Master Agile, AI Tools & PMI Standards Like a Pro Are you ready to CRUSH the PMP exam and lead Agile teams with unshakable confidence in 2025 and beyond?Look no further. Agile PMP Mastery 2025 is not just another PMP prep guide—it’s your audio-powered, high-performance roadmap to project management greatness. Designed as the Ultimate book Companion—this isn't dry ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Must-Have PMP Exam Prep for 2025 Master Agile, AI Tools & PMI Standards Like a Pro Are you ready to CRUSH the PMP exam and lead Agile teams with unshakable confidence in 2025 and beyond?Look no further. Agile PMP Mastery 2025 is not just another PMP prep guide—it’s your audio-powered, high-performance roadmap to project management greatness. Designed as the Ultimate book Companion—this isn't dry
... Read more

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