Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity

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Mention the phrase "bottom line," and the immediate thought tends to focus on a company's financial performance. Think again! There's an equally important factor that carries tremendous impact on that final total: operational performance measures.Implementation of a performance improvement program can significantly improve a company's bottom line. Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity shows the way-featuring a new integrated theory of performance measurement, with a never-before-published measurement model that's applicable to any business activity.Practical procedures and guidelines directly identify the variables that should be measured; guidelines to develop measurement systems; and how to analyze, interpret, and use performance methods effectively. Numerous diagrams, tables and examples make the principles and procedures easy to understand and implement.While this performance measurement approach is simplicity itself, be prepared for powerful results!Managers can put the theory into action right away- giving them better control, improved performance, increased personal productivity-and an easier day at work! Operations, finance, administration and quality managers alike will find there's so much to gain when they're Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity ... and a better bottom line is just the beginning!


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Presents a theory of performance measurement along with procedures for applying the theory to the real world. Covers measuring production processes, implementing performance measures, interpreting these measures, and insuring your measures are showing an accurate picture. Appends the results of case studies and surveys about what some leading companies are measuring and implementing performance measures in sales and manufacturing. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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