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Operations Excellence

Smart Solutions for Business Success

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Roland Schwientek
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  2. Axel Schmidt
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Part of the book series: International Management Knowledge (IMK)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Roland Schwientek, Axel Schmidt
      Pages 1-3

  3. Research and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Introduction:What is successful product development?

      • Thomas Rinn, Kai Bethlehem
      Pages 6-8

    3. Changing business models and their impact on product development

      • Michael Zollenkop
      Pages 9-23

    4. Innovate to win: how clever cost approach design can outsmart competition

      • Ralf Augustin, Kai Bethlehem
      Pages 24-44

    5. Global development made successful: lessons learned by the automotive industry

      • Jochen Gleisberg, Kai Bethlehem
      Pages 45-60

    6. Success factors and levers for best practice in innovation management

      • Stefan Pötzl, Thomas Kohr, Michael Zollenkop
      Pages 61-78

    7. Smart engineering processes: ‘made in Japan’

      • Ken Mori, Satoshi Nagashima
      Pages 79-90

  5. Manufacturing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Introduction Manufacturing in a global context

      • Ralf Augustin
      Pages 144-146

    3. How companies can optimize their global manufacturing footprint

      • Marco Zurru
      Pages 147-161

    4. Leveraging manufacturing excellence in global production networks

      • Volker Heidtmann, Stephen Weisenstein
      Pages 162-173

    5. From maintenance to quality control: effective support functions leverage manufacturing performance

      • Thomas Kwasniok, Walter Pfeiffer
      Pages 174-196

  6. Supply Chain Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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About this book

Achieving operative excellence is an important endeavour for all companies – it is the golden path that leads to increased value over the long term. Through this book you too can achieve operations excellence within your own company.

About the authors

ROLAND SCHWIENTEK is a Partner in Roland Berger's Munich office. He studied business administration at the Gerhard-Mercator University of Duisburg, Germany. Schwientek joined Roland Berger in 1997 after working several years in various functions in the automotive and automotive supplier industry, lastly as a purchasing manager at Bosch automotive division. KPI, Procurement/purchasing, manufacturing footprint, supply chain management and working capital optimization are some of his focus issues. He leads projects across many different industries under the heading Best Practice Transfer: What can we learn from leaders and leading industries? Schwientek is author of a number of studies, including Purchasing Excellence and Working Capital Excellence.

AXEL SCHMIDT is a Partner at Roland Berger. He joined the strategy consultancy in 1991 and became Global Head of Operations Strategy in 1997. Previously he worked for Procter& Gamble in Paris and ACL Engine Parts in Australia. He gained his degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Schmidt has conducted projects in various industries ranging from consumer goods/retail and pharmaceuticals through to automotive, engineered products and financial and security services. He advises clients on the projects that include supply chain and asset optimization, global footprint optimization, distribution and logistics strategy, turnaround programs and global purchasing and developmentorganization redesign. 

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