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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: ultimate improvement cycle
    sub title: maximizing profits through the integration of lean, six sigma, and the theory of constraints
  name:
    name part: Sproull, Robert.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: flu
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxxviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  table of contents: The lean, six sigma, and theory of constraints (TOC) : improvement cycles -- Introducing the ultimate improvement cycle (UIC) -- The value stream, a scheduling system, and performance metrics -- Finding waste in the constraint -- Reducing variation and defects -- Exploiting the current constraint -- Reducing waste and variation in the current constraint -- Subordinating nonconstraints to the current constraint -- Line balancing and flow optimization -- Optimizing the constraint buffer and pulling in the nonconstraints -- Elevating the constraint and implementing protective controls -- Breaking the current constraint -- Sustaining the gains with protective controls -- System constraints and problems -- Establishing the environment for change.
  note: Bob Sproull.
  note: "A Productivity Press book."
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Business logistics
  subject:
    topic: Production management
  subject:
    topic: Six sigma (Quality control standard)
  subject:
    topic: Theory of constraints (Management)
  classification: HD38.5 .S63 2009
  classification: 658.4/013
  identifier: 9781420090345 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  identifier: 1420090348 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  identifier: 2009002289
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 090123
    record change date: 20151110094800.0
    record identifier: in00002489936