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The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist for Operational Excellence
Since 1977, manufacturing professionals have turned to The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist to improve their companies performance. Must-reading for logistics, distribution, and manufacturing professionals, the ABCD Checklist provides a superbly efficient approach to benchmarking your companys performance and capabilities against the very best. Its sharply honed questions cover all the essential areas:
- Strategic Planning
- People/Team Systems
- Total Quality
- Continuous Improvement
- New Product Development
- Planning and Control
This newly updated edition reflects the dramatic changes in MRP II practices and the explosion of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools. Including FAQs and tools from the field compiled by Oliver Wights international group of consultants, The Oliver Wight ABCD Checklist for Operational Excellence, Fifth Edition should be a critical part of any program that strives to reach as close to perfection as possible.
Synopsis
A comprehensive guide to assessing operational excellence. Used by thousands of manufacturing firms, this recent edition enables companies to evaluate their performance in areas such as strategic planning, people and team systems, product development, continuous improvement and planning and control.
About the Author
OLIVER WIGHT INTERNATIONAL, INC., founded in 1969, is an international consulting and education firm for professionals in distribution, logistics, and manufacturing.
Table of Contents
Strategic Planning Processes.
People/Team Processes.
Total Quality and Continuous Improvement Processes.
New Product Development Processes.
Planning and Control Processes.
Appendices.