1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006580103321

Autore

Burton Terence T. <1950->

Titolo

Accelerating lean six sigma results : how to achieve improvement excellence in the new economy / / Terence T. Burton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fort Lauderdale, FL : , : J. Ross Publishing, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-68015-168-1

1-60427-698-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/013

Soggetti

Total quality management

Cost effectiveness

Cost control

Six sigma (Quality control standard)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Improvement Excellence : the missing factor -- Scaleable improvement 2010 and beyond: rapid deployment and rapid results -- The accelerators of lean six sigma -- Accelerator #1: reset leadership, strategy, and vision -- Accelerator #2: robust deployment planning -- Accelerator #3: customized education and development -- Accelerator #4: communicate, communicate, communicate -- Accelerator #5: launching with the best in mind -- Accelerator #6: strong extensive mentoring support -- Accelerator #7: DMAIC the deployment process regularly -- Accelerator #8: accelerate individual project paths -- Accelerator #9: complete the C in DMAIC -- Accelerator #10: practice concurrent continuous deployment -- Greatest opportunities: transactional enterprise process improvement -- The intersection of leadership, improvement, and technology.

Sommario/riassunto

In the new economy, the mandates for improvement initiatives are rapid deployment and sustainable results. Accelerating Lean Six Sigma Results provides real-world direction for this new improvement agenda with targeted rapid deployment and the Scalable Lean Six Sigma approach for quickly achieving high impact results, return on



investment, and growth in global market share.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973453503321

Autore

Teixeira Pedro <approximately 1570->

Titolo

The travels of Pedro Teixeira : with his "Kings of Harmuz" and extracts from his "Kings of Persia."

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, : Ashgate, 2010

ISBN

1-317-01317-4

1-317-01318-2

1-315-55195-0

1-283-01534-X

9786613015341

1-4094-1615-1

Edizione

[9th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; ; 2d ser., no. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

FergusonDonald (Ferguson, Donald William.)

SinclairWilliam F.-1900 (Sinclair, William Frederick.)

Disciplina

955.02

Soggetti

Voyages around the world

Iran History 640-

Orient Description and travel

Ormus History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of the 1902 ed.

Translation of Relaciones.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""I. PEDRO TEIXEIRA""; ""II. THE FIRST COMING OF THE ENGLISH AND THE DUTCH TO THE EAST""; ""III. TEIXEIRA'S BOOK""; ""CAPTAIN STEVEN'S PREFACE TO HIS TRANSLATION OF THE ""KINGS OF PERSIA"" AND ""KINGS OF HARMUZ,"" INCLUDING TRIXEIRA'S PREFACE TO HIS WHOLE WORK""; ""CERTIFICATE OF ORTHODOXY AND LICENSE TO PRINT""; ""THE TRAVELS OF PEDRO TEIXEIRA""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A. A SHORT NARRATIVE OF THE ORIGIN OF THE KINGDOM OF HARMUZ""; ""B. EXTRACTS FROM THE ""KINGS OF PERSIA""""; ""C. AN ACCOUNT OF THE NOTABLE PROVINCES OF PERSIA""



""D. RELATION OF THE CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF HARMUZ""""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Translated and Annotated by William F. Sinclair, Bombay Civil Service (Retd.), with Further Notes and an Introduction by Donald Ferguson. The main text is a translation of: Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira d'el origen descendencia y svccession de los reyes de Persia, y de Harmuz, y de vn viage hecho por el mismo avtor dende la India Oriental hasta Italia por tierra. Amberes, 1610. Appendices: A, A short narrative of the origin of the kingdom of Harmuz and of its kings. B, Extracts from the Relation of the kings of Persia. C, A short account of the most notable provinces ... of Persia. D, Relation of the chronicle of the kings of Ormuz. Includes bibliographical references and index. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1902.