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Factory Physics for Managers: How Leaders Improve Performance in a Post-Lean Six Sigma World
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Factory Physics for Managers: How Leaders Improve Performance in a Post-Lean Six Sigma World

by Edward S. Pound, Jeffrey H. Bell, Mark L. Spearman
April 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
10h 1m
English
McGraw-Hill
Content preview from Factory Physics for Managers: How Leaders Improve Performance in a Post-Lean Six Sigma World

CHAPTER 3

Practical Science for Leaders

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it and then it becomes trivial.

—Ernest Rutherford

When building an operations plan, the focus is usually on such things as profitability, cash flow, revenue growth, and customer service. We see many executives proceeding down the operations plan path by setting ambitious goals, such as “Double inventory turns” or “Cut cycle time 50 percent.”

It’s important to both the company’s performance and a manager’s personal performance to know if such goals can be achieved profitably before a manager commits to them. As discussed previously, managers naturally encounter conflicts and tradeoffs in leading organizations. This ...

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ISBN: 9780071822503