Goose Chase: Capturing the Energy of Change in Logistics

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Tompkins Press

If You Know Your Party's Extension: Customer Focus in the Age of Technology

Brenda Jernigan

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10 Team-Based Principles for Coping in an Ever-Changing World

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Objects in the Mirror May Be Closer Than They Appear: Don't Let Change Run You Over

Quantities May Be Limited: Strategies for Balancing Work and Family

Brulport, Elizabeth

Everyone suffers from extreme overload today. The world has morphed into a global village where immediacy rules. Things must be done right away without sacrificing excellence. If we were honest every time someone asked, How are you? the reply would be, Way too busy to even think about it. Our hectic business and personal lives leave us feeling as if we are constantly trying to fit 15 pounds of apples into a 5-pound bag. The more apples we try to stuff into the bag, the more difficult the task becomes and the more frustrated we grow. But here is good news! There is a remedy, and it is called Bold Leadership. In this insightful book, organizational change and leadership expert Jim Tompkins shows you how to become the leader that you have always wanted to be. More importantly, you will understand how to encourage others to lead so that you can concentrate on the big picture. Get your life out of overload mode, professionally and personally. Author Jim Tompkins outlines his case for inspirational leadership, advises how to define the core competencies of your organization, and gives you the tools to respond to the boundless changes that seem the norm in our lives. He also provides illuminating self-appraisals and current case studies about organizations like Google, Wal-Mart and IBM. Also included is a valuable and thorough assessment tool Jim gives to his own clients. Use it to take critical actions in all parts of your organization that will make or keep your business resilient.

Bold Leadership for Organizational Acceleration

Jim Tompkins

Edited by James A. Tompkins, Ph.D. and Dale Harmelink, The Supply Chain Handbook brings together a team of 23 experts from management, engineering, technology, consulting, and academic backgrounds. These experts share proven operations methodologies, evaluate technologies and offer practical how-to instruction on topics impacting today’s supply chains. Each topic is explored in depth to provide readers with greater understanding and the ability to put the ideas presented into action. Innovative concepts and state-of-the-art technologies such as leaning the supply chain, logistics outsourcing, RFID, and supply chain execution software are explored in-depth helping you evaluate these solutions for your supply chain. The Supply Chain Handbook also covers fundamental topics such as warehousing operations, space layout and planning, distribution network planning and design, transportation, manufacturing strategies, material handling systems and integration, inventory management and more. The Supply Chain Handbook brings together practical information and proven strategies for supply chain success.

The Supply Chain Handbook

This is unlike any outsourcing book you have seen because it is specifically designed for logistics and manufacturing executives. To successfully outsource today, you need to gain a core competency in outsourcing, avoid setbacks, and understand how to keep the outsourcing relationship robust. Most organizations do not have outsourcing as a core competency, and this is why so many outsourcing relationships fail. Altogether, the four authors of this book have nearly 100 years of solid experience in logistics and manufacturing outsourcing. They have seen outsourcing from all angles—either as providers, consultants, clients, attorneys or expert witnesses—and it is not always a pretty picture. This expertise makes the authors uniquely qualified to teach companies how to harness the real power behind outsourcing. You will find several features of the book to be particularly useful: ·Real-life case studies of successful and “not so successful” outsourcing; ·An “Elevator Speech” summary of the entire book in the appendix. This is the perfect remedy for the “I’ve got a captive audience and need to state my case in five minutes” panic; and ·A list of key risks associated with outsourcing and how to avoid them.

Logistics and Manufacturing Outsourcing: Harness Your Core Competencies

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Steven W. Simonson

Bruce W. Tompkins

Brian E. Upchurch

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