Operational Profitability: Systematic Approaches for Continuous Improvement

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Add value to services and increase revenue while giving your clients more of what they need

Operational Profitability, Second Edition explains in complete detail how to conduct a management audit that will give clients the essential information they need in today's fiercely competitive marketplace. At the same time, it enables CPA firms and CEOs to expand their range of services, strengthen business relationships, and increase profits. This newly updated and revised Second Edition walks you through all the steps of a management audit and explains:

The basic techniques of the management audit, what it involves, how to set it up, and how to establish a clear set of organizational goals
How to rethink and rebuild an organization from the bottom up
How to use a full range of analytical tools for identifying problem areas throughout the company
How to assess the way a firm manages inventory, purchasing, production planning, and operations
How to evaluate and reduce operating costs

Praise for the First Edition of Operational Profitability...

"A great operating manual for general managers and vice presidents . . . A complete how-to program."
—William Hoban, CEO, Green Bay Drop Forge, Green Bay, Wisconsin

"The most complete profitability program I've seen. The examples and checklists are excellent. It has saved my clients millions."
—Chuck Wadowski, CEO, TMQ Consultants, Detroit, Michigan

"[An] outstanding reference source for the modern manager; very impressive."
—Arnold Bradburd, CEO, Interstate Steel Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"[Operational Profitability] provides valuable data on operational efficiency and additional service opportunity beyond the usual audit . . . [It] provides the basis of helpful recommendations [and] provides much useful reading guidance for the performance of a management audit."
—Alexander A. H. Bohtling, CPA, CPA Journal

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It doesn't get much better than this !!!.......2002-06-04

The best "how to" book on profitability....forget the other guys and hire these guys!!!
I was sincerely impressed with their ability to integrate business systems......and it's so easy to read!

Excellent Job--Better than the first edition !!.......2002-06-04

Excellent Job--Better than the first edition !!...
Excellent Second Edition Profitability Manual !!...BR>The best program on "how to" improve your company operations and profitability. Patrick Cordon & Robert Torok did a fine job of conveying the information in a user friendly way. The 'profit'maps go into much more detail this time around. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to really strengthen their business..or their client's business!

Outstanding Manual for Managers........2002-03-23

This book is a complete reference on how to conduct a management audit. It has been an instrumental tool to me and my clients, helping them to substantially reduce their operating costs. I find the explanations to be complete, the step-by-step guidance unparalled, and the checklists particularly helpful to my clients. A valuable book that every CEO and general manager should have.

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Not rocket science.

Excellent Resource

A must read for any supervisor or mid level manager

Supervision Today!, 5/e & Self-Assessment Library v.3.0 Package (5th Edition)
Steve Robbins , and David A. DeCenzo
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Bass & Stogdill's Handbook of Leadership

ASIN: 0131958283

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One of the most effective books in supervision. This new edition continues its rich tradition by offering a three-tier learning system that focuses on building readers’ knowledge, improving their comprehension and applying concepts directly to skill development. Using a lively tone and four-color design, it captures traditional and contemporary supervisory issues, the latest in supervision literature, and new cases to invigorate any lecture. A revised self-assessment CD-ROM, new comprehension checks, and key concept crossword puzzles keep readers more motivated and engaged. Addresses current issues facing supervisors such as workforce diversity, technology, globalization, ethics, and communications. Offers a strong foundation in basic supervisory practices such as goal-setting, delegating, budgeting, interviewing, negotiating, and coaching. Perfect for managers and supervisors.

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Sweet Deal.......2007-02-23

i only waited two and a half days, brand new book, great buy, great price!

Not rocket science........2007-01-03

This book should be called Common Sense for dummies. Anyone who has ever had a job should already know everything in this book. It is super easy to understand. Lets just say I read about one third of it and still got an A in this class.

Excellent Resource.......2006-09-25

This book was enjoyable to read, surprisingly enough, for a text book. I have referred back to this text book on numerous occasions. The text is timely and relevant,

A must read for any supervisor or mid level manager.......2001-02-20

This is by far and away the best book on supervision that I have ever read. I have used this book extensively to train first line supervisors and mid level managers in Eastern Europe to develop their management skills. The book effectively condenses the management courses I took during a 2 year MBA program into a well-organized manual. The book is easy to read, to the point, and replete with examples. It captures the essential concepts on the margins of each page and provides a review at the end of the chapter. Moreover, it offers case studies and self-assessment tests to reinforce concepts.

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This highly readable and understandable book covers the basics of organizational behavior. The reader is challenged to discover their own unique behavior, their preferred behavior in groups and their behavioral preference for certain organizational structures. This is accomplished by using a variety of methods including current theory, practical applications, self-assessment exercises, and case studies. For human resource specialists, mid-level managers and any leader or member of a group organization.

Self-Assessment Library (Access Code) v. 3.0 (11th Edition)

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Self-Assessment Library (Access Code) v. 3.0 (11th Edition)
Stephen P Robbins
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Technically challenged.......2006-05-08

I am truly baffled by my course's requirement for this self-assessment. It will not print correctly - it prints scores that aren't mine. The assessments are general statements, not specifics based on my inputs. The 'save' is non-existent. Furthermore, the evaluations are convoluted and do not offer insights based on the actual inputs. If you are into self-analysis, I suggest spending the same amount of time this software requires in the woods, with a notebook - seriously. I'm upset that I was forced to waste my money on this technically flawed and ambiguous product.

Technically challenged.......2006-05-08

Print out did not work - it reported scores that weren't mine. No save option. No detailed assessments - relied on averages and general statements, but never did indicate anything like "You may be like...", etc. I am truly baffled by my course's requirement for this evaluation. If you are on a quest for self discovery, take the hours that are needed for this and find a nice place in the woods with a notebook - seriously. I've never been this dissapointed in a self-analysis.

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Self-Assessment Library (Print) v. 3.0
Stephen P Robbins
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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This digital document is an article from Black Enterprise, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3178 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Building a better future: expert advice helped our 2004 financial fitness contest winners create the right foundation to reach their goals.(Black Wealth Initiative)
Author: Sheryl Nance-Nash
Publication: Black Enterprise (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
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Volume: 36 Issue: 5 Page: 76(5)

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Rights and Their Foundations (Philosophy of Law, Vol 2)

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Jules Coleman
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Older adults and their families: Values & processes that guide critical health care decisions (AARP Andrus Foundation final report)

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Older adults and their families: Values & processes that guide critical health care decisions (AARP Andrus Foundation final report)
Karen A Roberto
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Rights and duties--their foundation
John A Driscoll
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Water rights and their transfer in the Western United States: A report to the Conservation Foundation

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Water rights and their transfer in the Western United States: A report to the Conservation Foundation
R. Keith Higginson
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ASIN: B0006YNEAI

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The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) was the first mission to orbit and eventually land on an asteroid. A phenomenal success, the mission returned with hundreds of thousands of images, spectra, and other measurements about the large near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros. Some of the scientists and engineers who made NEAR such a success describe the mission here in their own words, from the initial concept studies, through the development phase, launch, cruise operations, the flyby of asteroid Mathilde, the near-catastrophic main engine failure in 1998, the heroic rescue and recovery of the spacecraft, the amazing year-long up-close look at one of Earth's most primitive celestial neighbors, and, finally, the daring attempt to land the spacecraft on Eros at the end of the mission. The book is illustrated throughout with images from the mission and explanatory diagrams. Jim Bell is an Assistant Professor in the Cornell University Astronomy Department whose research focuses on the geology, chemistry, and mineralogy of planets, asteroids, and comets using data obtained from telescopes and spacecraft missions. He is a member of a number of space science teams, including the NASA Mars Pathfinder and NEAR. Author of some 70 first and co-authored journal publications, he is a frequent contributor to popular astronomy magazines and radio shows. The International Astronomical Union recently awarded him the honor of having asteroid 8146 Jimbell named after him. Jacqueline Mitton is the Press Officer and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a member of the International Astronomical Union, and a Member of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. She is the author or co-author of 16 astronomy books; her most recent being The Cambridge Dictionary of Astronomy (2001).

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An Excellent Account of a Unique Space Science Mission.......2003-09-23

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission completed in 2001 was the first to orbit and eventually land on an asteroid. That fact makes it significant. The fact that the mission was an unqualified success-when a success for NASA was truly critical in the aftermath of two successive failures with Mars probes in 1999-makes it rare. The fact that it was conducted by the Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory over the protests of the mighty Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's traditional solar system exploration center, makes it politically sensitive. The fact that the NEAR team performed the mission on the cheap, spending less than $150 million, makes it unprecedented for deep space probes. The fact that it returned thousands of images, spectra, and other measurements about the large near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros makes it scientifically relevant.

After a long gestation period, NEAR began its voyage to Eros on 17 February 1996, the first mission flown under NASA's new Discovery program, a series of low-cost planetary science projects. NEAR finally moved into orbit around Eros on 14 February 2000, roughly a year later than intended.

Throughout 2000, NEAR explored Eros offering spectacular pictures and a rich harvest of spectroscopy data. At the conclusion of the mission, on 12 February 2001, the mission team landed it on the surface of Eros. Although the NEAR spacecraft was not designed to survive landing, its instruments remained operational until 1 March 2001.

In "Asteroid Rendezvous" several of the scientists and engineers who conducted the NEAR mission describe it in their own words from initial concept studies through development, launch, and cruise operations. The book is liberally illustrated throughout with both stunning images from the mission and explanatory diagrams.

"Asteroid Rendezvous" is long on description and celebration and short on analysis and critical examination. Even so, it is a very interesting book, and a fine start in documenting the history of this important mission. It will be of interest to amateur astronomers and general readers who want to know about the American space program. It will serve as grist for future serious historical studies of planetary exploration.

Very Good Book About A Great Space Mission.......2003-02-19

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission was the first of NASA's "Faster, Better Cheaper" spacecraft. Its primary mission was to orbit the asteroid 433 Eros, thereby becoming the first robotic explorer to orbit and eventually land on an asteroid. On the journey to Eros, NEAR flew by the main-belt asteroid Mathilde as well as our home planet, the Earth and returned dozens of pictures; however, the journey to Eros was almost lost when a software error caused the main engine to shut down prematurely. Due to the efforts the engineers and scientists supporting this project, the space probe was saved and the NEAR mission became one of the most successful NASA missions. In the end, the mission returned with hundreds of thousands of images, spectra, and other measurements about the large near-Earth asteroid Eros.

In this book, the author, Jim Bell, a planetary scientist and professor at Cornell, has assembled nine different articles about various aspects of this mission into one concise book about all aspects of this specular mission. The book opens with a chapter providing an overview of Eros and then moves into two chapters dedicated to the spacecraft and its mission, and its trip to Eros, from launch to rendezvous. The remaining chapters cover the different discovers made by the NEAR spacecraft, such as its overall landscape, its history, and several on its geology. There is also one chapter, which explains the photography planning, and eventual execution of this plan.

In general, I did not find the book to be very technical and there is a glossary of terms to help the layman as well as numerous photographs, figures and graphs are found throughout the book to further explain a given topic.

If you are interested in planetary exploration or the space program in general, this book would an excellent addition to your library.

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Showcasing vital engineering applications to transient and dynamic pertubations of macromolecular materials, structural recovery's role in mechanical responses in the glassy state, and viscoelastic parameters that condition the non-Newtonian behaviour of polymers, this work presents a systematic account of the responses of macromolecular materials to mechanical force fields. It focuses on the most important features of the linear stress-strain relationships for ideal solids and liquids.

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Life scientists are increasingly drawn to the study of comparative evolutionary biology. Insect Development and Evolution is the first synthesis of knowledge of insect development within an evolutionary framework and the first to survey the genetic, molecular, and whole organism literature. Bruce S. Heming provides a detailed introduction to the embryonic and postembryonic development of insects. Topics include:

- reproductive systems, - male and female gametogenesis, - sperm transfer and use, - fertilization, - sex determination, - parthenogenesis, - embryogenesis, - postembryogenesis, - hormones, - and the role of ontogeny in insect evolution.

Summaries for each of these topics cover structural events; comparative aspects (inserted on a phylogeny of the insect orders); and hormonal, genetic, and molecular causal analyses.

Insect Development and Evolution treats examples throughout the hexapods with frequent reference to the evolution and development of other invertebrates. It also compares insects to vertebrates and places insect development into context with fossil evidence and earth history. Heming's book will become an essential tool for students and teachers of entomology. It will also interest insect systematists and paleontologists, insect behavioral ecologists, insect pathologists, applied entomologists, developmental and invertebrate biologists, and all scientists who use Drosophila as a model organism.

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Mechanisms of eye development and evolution of the arthropod visual system: The lateral eyes of myriapoda are not modified insect ommatidia [An article from: Organisms Diversity & Evolution]
S. Harzsch , R.R. Melzer , and C.H.G. Muller
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This digital document is a journal article from Organisms Diversity & Evolution, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The lateral eyes of Crustacea and Insecta consist of many single optical units, the ommatidia, that are composed of a small, strictly determined and evolutionarily conserved set of cells. In contrast, the eyes of Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes) are fields of optical units, the lateral ocelli, each of which is composed of up to several hundreds of cells. For many years these striking differences between the lateral eyes of Crustacea/Insecta versus Myriapoda have puzzled evolutionary biologists, as the Myriapoda are traditionally considered to be closely related to the Insecta. The prevailing hypothesis to explain this paradox has been that the myriapod fields of lateral ocelli derive from insect compound eyes by disintegration of the latter into single ommatidia and subsequent fusion of several ommatidia to form multicellular ocelli. To provide a fresh view on this problem, we counted and mapped the arrangement of ocelli during postembryonic development of a diplopod. Furthermore, the arrangement of proliferating cells in the eyes of another diplopod and two chilopods was monitored by labelling with the mitosis marker bromodeoxyuridine. Our results confirm that during eye growth in Myriapoda new elements are added to the side of the eye field, which extend the rows of earlier-generated optical units. This pattern closely resembles that in horseshoe crabs (Chelicerata) and Trilobita. We conclude that the trilobite, xiphosuran, diplopod and chilopod mechanism of eye growth represents the ancestral euarthropod mode of visual-system formation, which raises the possibility that the eyes of Diplopoda and Chilopoda may not be secondarily reconstructed insect eyes.

Evolution of the thoracic musculature in insects (The University of Kansas science bulletin)

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Evolution of the thoracic musculature in insects (The University of Kansas science bulletin)
Ryuichi Matsuda
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Graphite Fibers and Filaments (Springer Series in Materials Science, Vol 5)
M. S. Dresselhaus
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Graphite Fibers and Filaments

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Hot filament technique for measuring the thermal conductivity of molten lithium fluoride (SuDoc NAS 1.15:102506)
Donald A. Jaworske
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Identification and management of filament-wound case stiffness parameters (NASA technical paper)
V Verderaime
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Look Ma!, No Hands! Captain Allan Piper
Lily Worrall
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The story of Canada's first double-hand amputee of World War II.

Look Ma-- no hands: An affectionate look at our wonderful Tories

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Look Ma-- no hands: An affectionate look at our wonderful Tories
Allan Fotheringham
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Look Ma...No Hands : An Affectionate Look at Our Wonderful Tories

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Look No Hands
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Look no hands!
Marilyn Gillies Carr
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Look No Hands! (Hodder Christian Books)
Brian Gaulter , and Helena Rogers
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Brian Gault is one of the 480 survivors of "miracle-drug" Thalidomide's exposure to the British market in the mid-20th century. To the shock of his parents, he was born with no arms. His story is lively and funny, where his faith has given him the inner strength to persevere.

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Great..................................2002-05-19

I went to school with Brian and I find this a gripping disclosure of his life. Like Brian, I am a Thalidomide and find his potral of life as very true. Great book by good friend of mine!!

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Look, No Hands!
Clair Killen
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Look, No Hands! (Acting Edition)
Lesley Storm
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Wulffmorgenthaler - Look, No Hands!
Mikael Wulff; Anders Morgenthaler
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Release Date: 2003-10-10

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Wulffmorgenthaler no. 1 The Exclusive Collection of 02/03. This book is a collection of some of the most impeccable, disgusting, fabulous, mindbogglingly useless, and funny strips. Let this book be your guiding light. It contains so many answers. Stop listening to anything your friends have to say. They´re only out to hurt you and make you part of a cult. They´re planning to kidnap your kidney. Wulffmorgenthaler are the only ones you can trust. We are your new best friends...

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