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Business process improvement : the breakthrough strategy for total quality, productivity, and competitiveness

H. James Harrington

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Why Focus on Business Processes? Setting the Stage for Business Process Improvement.Organizing for Process Improvement.Flowcharting: Drawing a Process Picture.Understanding the Process Characteristics.Streamlining the Process.Measurements, Feedback, and Action (Load, Aim, and Fire).Process Qualification.Benchmarking Process.The Beginning.Appendix: Interview Guidelines.

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Why Focus on Business Processes? Setting the Stage for Business Process Improvement.Organizing for Process Improvement.Flowcharting: Drawing a Process Picture.Understanding the Process Characteristics.Streamlining the Process.Measurements, Feedback, and Action (Load, Aim, and Fire).Process Qualification.Benchmarking Process.The Beginning.Appendix: Interview Guidelines.

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Why Focus on Business Processes? Setting the Stage for Business Process Improvement.Organizing for Process Improvement.Flowcharting: Drawing a Process Picture.Understanding the Process Characteristics.Streamlining the Process.Measurements, Feedback, and Action (Load, Aim, and Fire).Process Qualification.Benchmarking Process.The Beginning.Appendix: Interview Guidelines.

Key concepts: Benchmarking, Process management, Process (computing), Business process, Productivity, Quality (philosophy), Business, Total quality management

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