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In order to survive and attain market leadership, organizations
must engage in longer-term strategic quality activities to address
radical, paradigm-shifting improvements that affect the
organization and its competitive position. This requires a
different way of thinking and acting by leaders and managers that
is known as insightful thinking. This book can show you how to
achieve this kind of success. It is about how to think insightfully
about quality and to increase the creativity, innovation, and
agility of an organization and its employees. Quality must be
addressed in strategic as well as operational terms in order for
organizations to compete effectively over the long term. Strategic
quality management requires insightful leadership.The second
edition updates the case discussions about real organizations that
illustrate the main points of the book. It challenges leaders and
managers to adopt a new way of thinking and presents
thought-provoking ideas about how organizations can begin the
process of charting their own paths to insight and lasting success.
Industry 4.0 systems use various sensor technologies many that
include the integration of RFID. The intent of this book is to
provide a sufficient discussion of RFID to enable readers with no
prior knowledge to develop a basic understanding of the technology.
RFID for the Supply Chain and Operations Professional discusses
current applications and specific examples of RFID usage taken from
a variety of industries. The appropriate coupling of RFID with
other technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS),
enterprise resource planning (ERP), IIoT technologies and robotics
is discussed as well as an overview of the RFID implementation
process. This book will help readers develop an understanding of
the capability of the technology to increase an organization's
customer responsiveness. In the third edition, the discussion and
examples have been updated to reflect the rapid advancement in RFID
technology. A new case study and new examples have been added along
with updated discussions and projections about RFID technology.
In order to survive and attain and maintain market leadership,
organizations must engage in longer-term strategic quality
activities to address radical - possibly paradigm-shifting -
improvements that might affect the organization and its competitive
position. Doing so requires a different way of thinking and acting
by leaders and managers. This is known as insightful thinking, and
this book can show you how to achieve this kind of success.This
book is about how to think differently about quality and by doing
so increase the creativity, innovation, and agility of an
organization and its employees as well as the awareness of new
developments in the marketplace and their possible impact on the
organization and its markets. Quality must be addressed in
strategic as well as operational terms in order for organizations
to compete effectively over the long term. Strategic quality
management requires insightful leadership.Each chapter contains
short case illustrations about real organizations that illustrate
the main points of that chapter. It challenges leaders and managers
to adopt a new way of thinking and presents thought-provoking ideas
about how organizations can begin the process of charting their own
paths to insight - and lasting success.
The quality and effectiveness of decisions made within an
organization and its supply chain depend upon the accuracy and
timeliness of the information upon which they are based. Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that can provide
more accurate information in near real time and thus increase the
quality and timeliness of decisions based on that information. RFID
systems are currently in use in areas such as inventory management,
process control, asset tracking and monitoring, and retail point of
sale. Organizations which appropriately incorporate RFID into their
operations and information management systems have increased their
agility, effectiveness, and efficiency resulting in organizational
growth and increased profitability. The appropriate utilization of
RFID allows organizations to become more agile resulting in their
ability to respond to customers more efficiently and effectively.
Technology by itself does not result in improvements and RFID is no
exception. RFID is not a solution for every problem. However, when
coupled with other appropriate technologies to address an
appropriate objective, RFID can offer a variety of benefits to
businesses. The proper integration into the firm's competitive
plans and processes, and the ability to leverage those technologies
for competitive advantage results in increased performance for
organizations. The intent of this book is to provide a sufficient
discussion of RFID to enable readers with no prior knowledge to
develop a basic understanding of the technology. The book discusses
current applications and specific examples of RFID usage taken from
a variety of industries. The appropriate coupling of RFID with
other technologies such as GPS, ERP, and robotics is discussed as
well as an overview of the RFID implementation process. This book
will help readers develop an understanding of the capability of the
technology to increase an organization's customer responsiveness.
Information is power in supply chain operations, negotiations,
continuous improvement programs, and process improvement, and
indeed in all aspects of managing an operation. Accurate and timely
information can result in better decisions that translate into
improvement of bottom line results. The development and effective
use of cost modeling as a method to understand the cost of
products, services, and processes can help drive improvements in
the quality and timeliness of decision making. In the supply chain
community an understanding of the actual cost structures of
products and services, whether with new or non-partner suppliers,
can facilitate fact-based discussions which are more likely to
result in agreements that are competitively priced and with fair
margins. Further, accurate cost models which are cooperatively
developed between supply chain partners can form the basis for
joint efforts to reduce non-value-added costs and provide
additional focus towards operational improvement.While many
organizations feel confident they have an understanding of the cost
structure for products and services produced internally, cost
modeling often uncovers areas where significant cost improvement
can be obtained. Cost of quality is a particular type of internal
cost model that analyzes the true costs associated with the
production of less than perfect products and services. The
development of a cost of quality model can provide insight into how
products or services of higher quality can be produced at lower
cost.This book provides the business student or professional a
concise guide to the creation and effective use of both internal
and external cost models. Development of internal cost models is
discussed with illustrations showing how they can be deployed to
assist in new product development, pricing decisions, make-or-buy
decisions and the identification of opportunities for internal
process improvement projects. The creation and use of external cost
models are discussed providing insight into how their use can drive
collaborative improvement efforts among supply chain partners,
better prepare for price negotiations, and keep negotiations
focused on facts rather than emotions - all while allowing for
future discussions with preferred suppliers to focus on more
strategic and operational improvement initiatives, and less on
pricing. A number of detailed cost model examples are provided to
educate on both how cost models are constructed, and to demonstrate
how they have been effectively deployed.
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