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Just in Time Second Edition David Hutchins $49.95/£25.00 Building on the strengths of the first edition, this book was written with a desire to bring the realization of the potential benefits of JIT to a wider audience. It has been influenced by the growing use of the European Excellence Model as a reference for self-evaluation of business performance and consequently includes a new chapter devoted to this area. A further development has been the growing awareness of the value of Lean Manufacture and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and its relevance to JIT. Again, additional material is now included to reflect this change. JIT is not just stock control or quality circles - to succeed it requires the commitment and enthusiasm of all employees, which in turn depends on visible and vigorous support from top management. The principles underlying this concept have not changed but the field has matured and developed - this second edition of Just in Time takes this into account. In summary the message is this: look after the process and the product will look after itself. Click here to review contents and sample text _JITSample

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Achieve Total Quality
David Hutchins

Total Quality is the hot topic in management philosophy. It offers all organizations the opportunity to reduce costs and improve productivity, sales and profitability. Using a simple, straightforward style, Achieve Total Quality defines Total Quality and shows how its huge potential for reducing costs can be applied in any company or organization.

The book features:

• Total Quality as a strategy for business development, not simply for improving products

• Extensive case studies taken from both Japan and the West

• Examples of service and white-goods as well as manufacturing companies

• A review of Total Quality internationally

• Hutchins unique self-assessment Total Quality health check

By putting into practice the advice and guidance contained in Achieve Total Quality both private and public company directors and senior managers will have an ideal basis for bringing their organizations to state-of-the-art performance

David Hutchins, an International Management Consultancy has worked in the field of quality-related sciences since the mid-1960s, lectured on Total Quality since the 1970s and has written much that has pre-empted subsequent developments.

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In Pursuit of Quality

offers a proven strategy which will harness the resources and commitment of all an organisa­tion's people to ensure success. This book:

• Explains the concept of Total Quality.
• Shows how the quality approach is relevant throughout an organisation from corporate objectives to individual development plans.
• Analyses the participative techniques used to reach Total Quality.
• Uses case studies to show that Total Quality leads to enhanced productivity, raised profitability, and greater motivation for all an organisation's people.

David Hutchins has established an international reputation for the introduction of participative systems of management across a wide range of industries in Europe, from Wedgwood to Ciba-Geigy. He is acknowledged to be responsible for bringing the concept of Quality Circles to Europe and is ranked amongst the world leaders in its implementation.

He has his own specialist training company, David Hutchins Associates, and has personally implemented QCs in over 100 different companies. He has lectured in Europe and Japan and is the author of numerous articles and papers on the subject.

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Quality Circles Handbook

David Hutchins

In Japan and America Quality Circles are already fully established. Throughout Europe, including the UK, the need for them is growing rapidly and many leading companies now recognise their value. By encouraging the workforce at all levels to contribute their unique knowledge and skill in relation to a particular problem greater productivity and profitability are achieved, along with more job satisfaction.

This Handbook is a practical, realistic guide to QCs. It explains how to start a Quality Circle and why; and how to run it, what the pitfalls are and what positive results may be expected.

David Hutchins is a leading authority on QCs, having introduced them to many large companies, including Wedgwood, Honeywell, Ciba-Geigy, Rowntree Mackintosh and Corning Medical whose case studies (among others) are reproduced in the book. Such has been the response to his seminars and presentations that the author has also included, in a final section, no fewer than 152 questions he has most often been asked about Quality Circles.

This is a book for those in senior and middle management who really do want to improve their Company's performance. Increasingly QCs are being featured on short management and other executive and student courses. Hutchins' dynamic approach to QCs provides an excellent blend of experience and advice for alI concerned.

David Hutchins has established an international reputation for the introduction of participative systems of management across a wide range of industries in several European countries including France, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. He is acknowledged to be responsible for bringing the exciting new concept of Quality Circles to Europe and is ranked amongst the world leaders in its implementation.

David Hutchins has his own specialist training company-David Hutchins Associates-and has personally implemented QCs in over 100 different companies throughout Europe. He has lectured in Europe and Japan and is the author of numerous articles and papers on the subject.
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The Japanese Approach to Product Quality
Its Applicability to the West

Edited by NAOTO SASAKI

Professor of Economics and Industrial Administration, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

DAVID HUTCHINS

David Hutchins Associates, Ascot, UK

A pioneering survey of the impact of Quality Control Circles as developed in Japan on Western business and industry. The papers are written by Japanese and Western businessmen and describe QC application in major concerns including Rolls-Royce, Toyota, Hughes Aircraft and Wedgwood Pottery. The book includes an up-to-date bibliography on Quality Circles.
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