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  title info:
    title: The new beginning
    sub title: a business novel on how to successfully implement the combination of the Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma to drive profit margins
  name:
    name part: Sproull, Robert
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Hutcheson, Matt
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Case studies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    place:
      place term: New York
    publisher: Productivity Press
    date issued: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: This book is a sequel to the business novel, The Secret to Maximizing Profitability - A Business Novel on How to Successfully Combine the Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma to Drive Profit Margins to New Levels. In The New Beginning, Tom Mahanan, Tires for All's former Director of Finance, who learned how to combine the Theory of Constraints with Lean and Six Sigma, and then applied it to Tires for All, to take his company to levels of profitability they had never experienced before. As a reward for his work, Tom was given a permanent seat on the Board of Directors, as long as he continued his improvement work at the remaining portfolio of companies owned by the Board of Directors. Tom performed extremely well, but one day he receives a life-changing phone call from his former mentor, Bob Nelson, the man who he had worked with at Tires for All to make amazing improvements. Bob asks him to play golf with him and two others, Jeff Johnson, from Toner International, and Pete Hallwell, the CFO at Maximo Health Center Complex. Pete and Tom share a golf cart during the round and begin chatting about the work Tom had done at Tires for All and the other portfolio of companies. Pete, who works for a healthcare complex of hospitals, is so impressed with the results Tom had achieved, that he invites him to lunch the following week. Tom accepts his offer of lunch and ultimately, Tom signs a consulting agreement with Pete. Tom had provided an example from a previous improvement effort where he worked with a hospital in Chicago to improve their Emergency Department time for STEMI-type heart attack patients. In his explanation, Tom presents a variety of improvement tools which includes the integration of the Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma. Tom then meets with his current employer and specifically, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Jonathan Briggs, to let him know that he will be resigning to form his own consulting firm. Jonathan then surprises Tom by offe…
  note: Bob Sproull and Matt Hutcheson.
  note: Bob Sproull is an Independent Consultant and the owner of Focus and Leverage Consulting. Bob is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Theory of Constraints Jonah. Bob has served as a Vice President of Quality, Engineering, and Continuous Improvement for two different manufacturing companies, was General Manager for a manufacturing company, has an extensive consulting background in Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO), and focuses on teaching companies how to maximize their profitability through an integrated Lean, six Sigma, and Constraints Management improvement methodology. Bob is an internationally known speaker and author of numerous white papers and articles on continuous improvement. Bob's background also includes 9 years with the Presbyterian University Hospital complex in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he ran the Biochemistry Department at Children's Hospital, performed extensive research in breakthrough testing methods and assisted with the development of organ transplant procedures. Bob completed his undergraduate work at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Rochester with a dual Math/Physics major. A results-driven Performance Improvement Professional with a diverse healthcare, manufacturing, MRO and technical background, he has significant experience appraising under-performing companies, developing and executing highly successful improvement strategies based upon the integration of Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management methodology. Bob is the author of four books, including, The Focus and Leverage Improvement Book, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2018; The Problem-Solving, Problem-Prevention, and Decision-Making Guide - Organized and Systematic Roadmaps for Managers, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2018; The Ultimate Improvement Cycle: Maximizing Profits Through the Integration of Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints, Productivity Press, 2009; Process ProblemSolving: A Guide for Main…
  subject:
    topic: Theory of constraints (Management)
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Production management
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Lean manufacturing
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Six sigma (Quality control standard)
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Théorie des contraintes (Gestion)
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Production
    topic: Gestion
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Production allégée
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Six Sigma
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
  subject:
    topic: Lean manufacturing
  subject:
    topic: Production management
  subject:
    topic: Six sigma (Quality control standard)
  subject:
    topic: Theory of constraints (Management)
  classification: HD69.T46
  classification: 658.4013
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    record creation date: 210323
    record change date: 20260128221154.3
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng