Sustainable excellence and continuous improvement approaches in SMEs -- Sustainable excellence and continuous improvement approaches in SMEs -- Achieving environmental excellence through Lean and green in SMEs -- Lean six sigma and sustainability: from total quality to total sustainability --...

This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI) techniques for manufacturing performance improvement. It focuses primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to meet the global challenges and competition. The book...

Markus Hammer investigates a time-based and analytics-supported operations management approach. He explores five perspectives: 1) the needs of industry, in particular manufacturing in process industries, 2) the impact of digitization, with focus on Big Data and analytics, 3) the management of...

Introduction to Business Excellence -- Organizations Achieve Excellence Through Quality Awards -- Legacy of Excellence: The Case of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- Excellence in Action -- Understanding Sustainable Organizational Results -- Self-assessments: Conducting an Excellence Maturity...

Part I: The Performative -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On Performativity -- Part II: The Enterprise -- 3. On Supply Ontology -- 4. On Quality Ontology -- Part III: The Performative Enterprise -- 5. The form of the Enterprise -- 6. The Post-Industrial Turn. .

Industrialisierung und De-Industrialisierung? -- TEIL I: Erklärung der Industriellen Entwicklung -- TEIL II: Wertschöpfungsketten und Digitalisierung -- TEIL III: Implikationen für Unternehmen und Staat -- Unternehmensstrategische Herausforderungen. - Wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Philosophical questions and aspects pertaining to businesses relationships -- Chapter 3. Business relationships between Businesses and Businesses and Customer -- Chapter 4. Business relationships between Government (through their intervention) and Businesses...