1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462553103321

Autore

Motwani Jaideep

Titolo

Lean sigma methods and tools for service organizations [[electronic resource] ] : the story of a cruise line transformation / / Jaideep Motwani, Rob Ptacek, and Richard Fleming

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017), : Business Expert Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-89508-0

1-60649-408-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

Service systems and innovations in business and society collection

Altri autori (Persone)

PtacekRob

FlemingRichard

Disciplina

658.562

Soggetti

Six sigma (Quality control standard)

Lean manufacturing

Service industries - Quality control

Cruise lines - Quality control

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Part of: 2012 digital library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The lean sigma for service challenge -- 2. Identification and understanding of lean sigma implementation -- 3. Lean sigma methods and tools, basic concepts -- 4. Comparing manufacturing and service environments -- 5. Key enablers, policy deployment, accountability sessions, employee training and involvement, and lean sigma tool selection and application -- 6. Analysis of the current state -- 7. Application of lean sigma tools and results -- 8. Making cultural transitions -- 9. Achieving, sustaining, and celebrating success -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Every business aspires to be competitive and profitable in their markets. To do this, an organization needs to offer customers value propositions, whether it is manifest in the product they produce or in the service they provide. This in turn will create customer loyalty and growth. There are a number of organizational philosophies and strategies used by businesses to help accomplish this goal, among



which are the concepts of Six-Sigma and Lean. Both are widely recognized and implemented, and both have been successful in improving value propositions of a variety of organizations, mostly in manufacturing concerns. Lean Sigma Methods and Tools for Service Organizations proposes to integrate the best practices from each of these philosophies and apply them to a customer-focused organization--a cruise ship--whose overriding mission is to deliver superior service to its customers. The authors demonstrate in this book how key components of both Six-Sigma and Lean, such as identifying and removing defects, elimination of waste, metrics, speed of delivery, and the seamless integration of these concepts and practices throughout the operation, serve to enhance the kind of value propositions that customers recognize and which allows the organization to be successful.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783726103321

Autore

Giddings Bob <1952-, >

Titolo

Artists' impressions in architectural design / / Bob Giddings and Margaret Horne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Spon Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-135-80795-7

1-135-80796-5

0-419-23600-7

1-280-09988-7

0-203-36246-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HorneMargaret <1948->

Disciplina

720.22

720/.28/4

Soggetti

Architectural drawing

Architectural rendering

Architecture

Architecture-- Designs and plans-- Presentation drawings

Designs and plans

Presentation drawings

Technique

Architecture - Designs and plans - Presentation drawings

Architectural rendering - Technique

Architectural drawing - Technique

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Context and Introduction; Theory and Ideas about Envisioning Buildings; Historical Methods; Artists' Pictures; Two Dimensional Drawings; Three Dimensional Drawings; Thin Straight Lines; Realistic Impressions; Models; Computer-Aided Design; Virtual Reality; Where Next? Ideas and Conclusions; List of Illustrations; Credits; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design analyses the ways in which architects have presented their designs for clients and the public, both historically and contemporarily. It spans a period from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century.Architects have become familiar with change. The passage of time has brought with it new and revived styles of architecture, as well as innovative tools and techniques for their representation. The result is that while some methods show a view of the architect's concept for a building, others offer an almost real experience of the intended ar