Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


stephen a ruffa

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “stephen a ruffa
Skip side bar filters
  • The Going Lean Fieldbook

    A Practical Guide to Lean Transformation and Sustainable Success

    In Going Lean, author Stephen A. Ruffa introduced the groundbreaking principles of Lean Dynamics, revealing how leading companies go beyond chasing the most visible outcomes of lean to address the disconnects that cause operational waste to accumulate. Illustrated by compelling cases and clear examples, The Going Lean Fieldbook provides a logical structure and practical advice for applying lean ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • Going Lean

    How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits

    Efficient operations and powerful innovations are not limited to seasons of growth and high demand. Going Lean introduces the powerful yet unexpected mind-set that’s reshaping the rules for business competitiveness: Lean Dynamics ™. This approach, based on the now-famous Toyota Production System--empowers companies to thrive in virtually any environment--even when sudden shifts occur or they ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Going Lean

    How the Best Companies Apply Lean Manufacturing Principles to Shatter Uncertainty, Drive Innovation, and Maximize Profits

    Narrated by Jim Bond ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 19 min

    In the wake of economic downturn, foreign competition, spiking oil prices, and even war, American business throughout this decade has been thrust into crisis. To improve their performance, corporations everywhere have adopted a wide range of tools and techniques, yet many continue to struggle. Going Lean points to a better way. Drawing from the lessons of a new breed of companies that have stood ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials

    Series series HBR's 10 Must Reads
    An introduction to the most enduring ideas on management from Harvard Business ReviewChange is the one constant in business, and we must adapt or face obsolescence. Yet certain challenges never go away. That's what makes this book "must read." These are the 10 seminal articles by management's most influential experts, on topics of perennial concern to ambitious managers and leaders hungry for ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Other Side of Innovation

    Solving the Execution Challenge

    In their first book, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators, the authors provided a better model for executing disruptive innovation. They laid out a three-part plan for launching high-risk/high-reward innovation efforts: (1) borrow assets from the existing firms, (2) unlearn and unload certain processes and systems that do not serve the new entity, and (3) learn and build all new capabilities and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sales Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

    by Brian Tracy ...
    The pressure surrounding the sales manager is intense. Given the task of recruiting, managing, and motivating a top team of high-performing sales professions, so much of the sales manager’s success is dependent on others. Or is it?Sales expert Brian Tracy has spent decades studying the most successful sales managers and professionals in every industry. In this indispensable pocket-sized resource, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Redefining Operational Excellence

    New Strategies for Maximixing Perforamnce and Profits Across the Organization

    by Andrew Miller ...
    Discover new strategies for maximizing performance and profit across your organization through the concept of operational excellence.Companies must learn that you cannot fire and budget-slice your way to sustainable growth. Our world is too complex, too interconnected, and technology too quick-evolving for organizations to achieve dramatic results simply by eliminating waste and increasing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Innovation to the Core

    A Blueprint for Transforming the Way Your Company Innovates

    If you're like most business leaders, innovation now tops your corporate agenda. But despite all the talk and excitement about the importance of innovation, managers have so far found scant help for innovating in a systematic way that fuels consistent growth and sustained success.In Innovation to the Core, Strategos CEO Peter Skarzynski and business strategist Rowan Gibson change all that. They ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Innovation Management

    Not solely covering new products, Innovation Management focuses on new services and new business models; in doing so, it provides an introduction to new business development. The book follows the logic of the innovation process, from idea development via selection to implementation, and discusses these topics both on the level of the company and individual projects. Its content is evidence-based, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Leadership Gap

    Building Leadership Capacity for Competitive Advantage

    Studies consistently show that quality leadership development programs pay off for companies -- in the form of shareholder returns, market share growth, and sales. However, many companies have inadequate leadership development programs. This book challenges traditional views of leadership development with a perspective that focuses on recognizing leadership as a source of competitive advantage. If ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire

    A Roadmap to a Sustainable Culture of Ingenuity and Purpose

    by Braden Kelley ...
    Essential strategies to transform your organization and boost your profitsWant to recapture your organization's original innovative spirit? Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire helps you remove the obstacles that have crippled the innovation superpowers that made your organization successful in the first place.Helps you identify the blockages hindering innovation within your organizationReveals the ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

  • Lean Manufacturing Principles Made Easy

    by Jeannine Hill ...
    These Are Some Of The Tips You Will Find In The Book :* What Is Lean Manufacturing?* Lean Manufacturing Tools* Questions, Diagnostics And Assesments* Areas In Business Where Lean Can Help* 5 Steps To Enable Lean Manufacturing Into Your Business* Lean Manufacturing And Consulting Firms In The UK* Definition Of Lean Manufacturing* Important Lean Manufacturing Terms : Definition* Lean Manufacturing ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus