Quality Control in Industries & Professions & Business & Finance Audiobooks

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Total Quality Management

The New Management Model

by Stephen George ...

Narrated by Lloyd Bochner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 25 min

The quality movement prompted many companies to question their entire way of operating. To understand and profit from the concept of Total Quality Management, companies must pay particular attention to the first word in the phrase: total. The spectacular rewards enjoyed by top companies like 3M, FedEx, and Ben & Jerry's were earned through a total commitment to achieving superior quality and ... Read more

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The quality movement prompted many companies to question their entire way of operating. To understand and profit from the concept of Total Quality Management, companies must pay particular attention to the first word in the phrase: total. The spectacular rewards enjoyed by top companies like 3M, FedEx, and Ben & Jerry's were earned through a total commitment to achieving superior quality and
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Six Sigma: Simplifying Your Path to Certification and Boost Quality and Consistency in Your Business (Understanding and Practicing Lean Six Sigma for Achieving Breakthrough Performance)

by Ruben Craven ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 15 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Six Sigma is an insightful and comprehensive guide that meticulously weaves together the principles and practices of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Tailored for both newcomers and seasoned professionals, this book serves as an essential roadmap in the pursuit of operational excellence and process optimization.What you’ll Gain:Comprehensive Question ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Six Sigma is an insightful and comprehensive guide that meticulously weaves together the principles and practices of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Tailored for both newcomers and seasoned professionals, this book serves as an essential roadmap in the pursuit of operational excellence and process optimization.What you’ll Gain:Comprehensive Question
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Audiobook

ISO 9001:2015

A Pocket Guide

by Steve Watkins, Steve Watkins, Nick Orchiston, Nick Orchiston ...

Narrated by Andy Cresswell ...

Unabridged

1 hour 11 min

With a quality management system (QMS) based on ISO 9001 – the world's most established quality framework – you can ensure the quality of the products and services your company provides, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing profitability. ISO 9001:2015 – A Pocket Guide provides a useful introduction to ISO 9001 and the principles of quality management. ... Read more

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With a quality management system (QMS) based on ISO 9001 – the world's most established quality framework – you can ensure the quality of the products and services your company provides, thereby enhancing customer satisfaction and increasing profitability. ISO 9001:2015 – A Pocket Guide provides a useful introduction to ISO 9001 and the principles of quality management.
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Audiobook

The Art of Excellent Products

Enchanting Customers with Premium Brand Experiences

by Riccardo Illy ...

Narrated by Sam Rushton ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

Italian brands are known to create some of the most premium, sought-after products in the world. Learn to compete in the modern marketplace using the proven business principles that Italian brands have been employing for generations.While it is no secret that Italians create superior products that both withstand the threat of ongoing competition and stand the test of time, the specific business ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Italian brands are known to create some of the most premium, sought-after products in the world. Learn to compete in the modern marketplace using the proven business principles that Italian brands have been employing for generations.While it is no secret that Italians create superior products that both withstand the threat of ongoing competition and stand the test of time, the specific business
... Read more
Audiobook

Gemba Walks the Toyota Way

The Place to Teach and Learn

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Narrated by Beatrice Hart ...

Unabridged

1 hour 15 min

Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value-creating work happens. Many leaders use gemba only for solving problems, visiting only when there is an issue. Others practice gemba walks on a daily basis to follow up and monitor the situation. However, Toyota believes that leaders truly develop through daily experiences at the gemba. In reality, gemba is a principle for managing, ... Read more

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Gemba is a Japanese word meaning the actual place where value-creating work happens. Many leaders use gemba only for solving problems, visiting only when there is an issue. Others practice gemba walks on a daily basis to follow up and monitor the situation. However, Toyota believes that leaders truly develop through daily experiences at the gemba. In reality, gemba is a principle for managing,
... Read more
Audiobook

Fatal Solution

How a Healthcare System Used Tragedy to Transform Itself and Redefine Just Culture

by Jan M. Davies, Carmella Steinke, W. Ward Flemons ...

Narrated by Kim Niemi ...

Unabridged

12 hours 5 min

One box of chemicals mistaken for another. Ingredients intended to be life-sustaining are instead life-taking. Families in shock, healthcare providers reeling, and fingers starting to point. A large healthcare system's reputation hangs in the balance while decisions need to be made, quickly. More questions than answers. People have to be held accountable—does this mean they get fired? Should the ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

One box of chemicals mistaken for another. Ingredients intended to be life-sustaining are instead life-taking. Families in shock, healthcare providers reeling, and fingers starting to point. A large healthcare system's reputation hangs in the balance while decisions need to be made, quickly. More questions than answers. People have to be held accountable—does this mean they get fired? Should the
... Read more
Audiobook

Toyota Production System Concepts

What Andon Truly is in Lean Manufacturing?

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

9 min

Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in order to make the process more efficient and prevent issues. In manufacturing, an andon is a system that tells managers, maintenance workers, and other employees about a problem with quality or the manufacturing process. But is this all that Andon being?Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in ... Read more

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Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in order to make the process more efficient and prevent issues. In manufacturing, an andon is a system that tells managers, maintenance workers, and other employees about a problem with quality or the manufacturing process. But is this all that Andon being?Andon is a system that alerts people to problems before they happen, in
... Read more
Audiobook

Toyota Production System Concepts

Poka Yoka - Design for Great Quality

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Narrated by David Z ...

Series Audiobook 9 - Toyota Production System Concepts
Unabridged

15 min

Poka-yoke, a Japanese term meaning "error-proofing", is a simple yet powerful technique used in lean manufacturing and quality management to prevent mistakes before they happen. These mistake-proofing devices help workers avoid errors such as using the wrong parts, forgetting steps, or assembling components incorrectly. In Japanese, "poka" means accidental mistake, and "yoke"</stro... ... Read more

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Poka-yoke, a Japanese term meaning "error-proofing", is a simple yet powerful technique used in lean manufacturing and quality management to prevent mistakes before they happen. These mistake-proofing devices help workers avoid errors such as using the wrong parts, forgetting steps, or assembling components incorrectly. In Japanese, "poka" means accidental mistake, and "yoke"</stro...
... Read more
Audiobook

7 Lean Myths That Waste Your Time – And Why Six Sigma Is Not Enough

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

32 min

7 Lean Myths That Waste Your Time – And Why Six Sigma Is Not EnoughBy Dr. Mohammed Hamed Ahmed SolimanThink Lean is all about speed? Or that Six Sigma guarantees excellence? Think again.In this bold and eye-opening guide, Dr. Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman cuts through the noise of corporate buzzwords and improvement hype to reveal what really works — and what wastes your time.You'll uncover:7 ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

7 Lean Myths That Waste Your Time – And Why Six Sigma Is Not EnoughBy Dr. Mohammed Hamed Ahmed SolimanThink Lean is all about speed? Or that Six Sigma guarantees excellence? Think again.In this bold and eye-opening guide, Dr. Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman cuts through the noise of corporate buzzwords and improvement hype to reveal what really works — and what wastes your time.You'll uncover:7
... Read more
Audiobook

Lean Six Sigma For Dummies, 4th Edition

by Martin Brenig-Jones, Jo Dowdall ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you'll have your projects, team, and maybe even your ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you'll have your projects, team, and maybe even your
... Read more
Audiobook

Six Sigma Business Scorecard

by Praveen Gupta ...

Narrated by Matthew Boston ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Without a strong grasp of performance metrics, a company can have no clear, quantitative indication of its performance improvement. Six Sigma Business Scorecard offers a unique approach to measuring performance. Readers will learn how to track their improvements in operations and financials—and make critical adjustments if such improvements are not up to expectations—using Six Sigma. Written by an ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Without a strong grasp of performance metrics, a company can have no clear, quantitative indication of its performance improvement. Six Sigma Business Scorecard offers a unique approach to measuring performance. Readers will learn how to track their improvements in operations and financials—and make critical adjustments if such improvements are not up to expectations—using Six Sigma. Written by an
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Audiobook

Six Sigma For Dummies

by Bruce Williams, Neil DeCarlo ...

Narrated by Brett Barry ...

Abridged

3 hours 48 min

The only user-friendly beginner’s guide to Six SigmaSix Sigma is the most common—and perhaps least understood—methodology for streamlining processes in manufacturing, service delivery, management, and almost any other business activity. For business leaders seeking increased efficiency and customer service, Six Sigma is the key.Written specifically for Six Sigma beginners—whether they’re small ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The only user-friendly beginner’s guide to Six SigmaSix Sigma is the most common—and perhaps least understood—methodology for streamlining processes in manufacturing, service delivery, management, and almost any other business activity. For business leaders seeking increased efficiency and customer service, Six Sigma is the key.Written specifically for Six Sigma beginners—whether they’re small
... Read more
Audiobook

LEAN

7 Books - Lean Startup, Lean Analytics, Lean Enterprise, Six Sigma, Kanban, Scrum, Agile Project Management

by Harry Altman ...

Narrated by Bridger Conklin ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

LEAN: THE BIBLE: 7 Books - Lean Startup, Lean Analytics, Lean Enterprise, Lean Six Sigma, Kanban, Scrum, Agile Project ManagementLean StartupLean Startup provides a scientific approach to creating and managing startups and gets the desired product to customers' hands faster. The Lean Startup method teaches you how to drive a startup - how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere - and grow a ... Read more

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LEAN: THE BIBLE: 7 Books - Lean Startup, Lean Analytics, Lean Enterprise, Lean Six Sigma, Kanban, Scrum, Agile Project ManagementLean StartupLean Startup provides a scientific approach to creating and managing startups and gets the desired product to customers' hands faster. The Lean Startup method teaches you how to drive a startup - how to steer, when to turn, and when to persevere - and grow a
... Read more
Audiobook

Lean Sigma Mastery Collection: 7 Books in 1: Lean Six Sigma, Lean Analytics, Lean Enterprise, Agile Project Management, KAIZEN, KAHBAN, SCRUM

by Bill Galvin ...

Narrated by Sam Slydell, Ted Ryan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 1 min

Every business wishes to provide an exceptional product to their customers. They want to be able to do this and meet their customers' needs, while also reducing costs to ensure profits stay as high as possible. But in many companies, there is a level of waste and inefficiency that shouldn’t be there. The result is a product that is of lower quality than the customer wants, more costs, and just ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Every business wishes to provide an exceptional product to their customers. They want to be able to do this and meet their customers' needs, while also reducing costs to ensure profits stay as high as possible. But in many companies, there is a level of waste and inefficiency that shouldn’t be there. The result is a product that is of lower quality than the customer wants, more costs, and just
... Read more
Audiobook

The Unstoppable Sales Machine

How to Connect, Convert, and Close New Customers

by Shawn Casemore ...

Narrated by Lyle Blaker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Selling in today's economy has changed. So it's time to rethink how we generate sales to create a sustainable model that produces consistent results.This book addresses the shifts sales professionals and their organizations need to make in introducing modern sales strategies. It provides insights and proven strategies for business owners, sales executives, leaders, and professionals.In a review of ... Read more

$18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Selling in today's economy has changed. So it's time to rethink how we generate sales to create a sustainable model that produces consistent results.This book addresses the shifts sales professionals and their organizations need to make in introducing modern sales strategies. It provides insights and proven strategies for business owners, sales executives, leaders, and professionals.In a review of
... Read more
Audiobook

Six Sigma

Quick Step-By-Step Guide To Improve Quality And Eliminate Defects In Any Process

by Harry Altman ...

Narrated by Bridger Conklin ...

Unabridged

1 hour 28 min

Six Sigma: Quick Step-By-Step Guide To Improve Quality And Eliminate Defects In Any Process (six sigma belts, six sigma handbook)Six Sіgmа іѕ a mеthоd thаt provides оrgаnіzаtіоnѕ tооlѕ tо improve the сараbіlіtу of their buѕіnеѕѕ рrосеѕѕеѕ. This іnсrеаѕе in performance and decrease іn рrосеѕѕ vаrіаtіоn lеаd to dеfесt rеduсtіоn аnd іmрrоvеmеnt іn рrоfіtѕ, еmрlоуее mоrаlе, аnd quality оf рrоduсtѕ or ... Read more

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Six Sigma: Quick Step-By-Step Guide To Improve Quality And Eliminate Defects In Any Process (six sigma belts, six sigma handbook)Six Sіgmа іѕ a mеthоd thаt provides оrgаnіzаtіоnѕ tооlѕ tо improve the сараbіlіtу of their buѕіnеѕѕ рrосеѕѕеѕ. This іnсrеаѕе in performance and decrease іn рrосеѕѕ vаrіаtіоn lеаd to dеfесt rеduсtіоn аnd іmрrоvеmеnt іn рrоfіtѕ, еmрlоуее mоrаlе, аnd quality оf рrоduсtѕ or
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Audiobook

LEAN

4 Books - Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Analytics & Lean Enterprise

by Harry Altman ...

Narrated by Bridger Conklin ...

Unabridged

5 hours 23 min

LEAN: 4 Books - Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Analytics & Lean EnterpriseSIX SIGMASix Sigma is a method that provides organizations tools to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale, and quality of products or services.LEAN STARTUPLean Startup provides a ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

LEAN: 4 Books - Six Sigma, Lean Startup, Lean Analytics & Lean EnterpriseSIX SIGMASix Sigma is a method that provides organizations tools to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale, and quality of products or services.LEAN STARTUPLean Startup provides a
... Read more
Audiobook

Root Cause Analysis: A Leaders Guide

by Al Grainger ...

Narrated by ElevenLabs ...

Unabridged

4 hours 19 min

Most organizations don't have a problem-solving problem. They have a problem-identification problem. In Root Cause Analysis: A Leader's Guide, veteran Lean leader and operational excellence expert Al Grainger provides a practical, step-by-step framework for identifying and eliminating the true causes of recurring business problems. Drawing on decades of experience leading continuous improvement ... Read more

$12.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Most organizations don't have a problem-solving problem. They have a problem-identification problem. In Root Cause Analysis: A Leader's Guide, veteran Lean leader and operational excellence expert Al Grainger provides a practical, step-by-step framework for identifying and eliminating the true causes of recurring business problems. Drawing on decades of experience leading continuous improvement
... Read more
Audiobook

Aligned

Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders

by Bruce McCarthy, Melissa Appel ...

Narrated by April Doty ...

Unabridged

10 hours 36 min

Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company?By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company?By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that
... Read more
Audiobook

Mary Regina's Nursing Home

by William J. Beerman, Sr ...

Narrated by Rich Germaine ...

Unabridged

10 hours

Mary Regina’s nursing home is a substantive 10-hour journalistic novel hybrid with content assembled over 5 years of research by a retired former journalist and certified internal auditor, William J. Beerman, Sr. The factual information assembled during the research is wrapped in a human interest story about William's Catholic German-American family during the post-WW II years in Pittsburgh, PA ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mary Regina’s nursing home is a substantive 10-hour journalistic novel hybrid with content assembled over 5 years of research by a retired former journalist and certified internal auditor, William J. Beerman, Sr. The factual information assembled during the research is wrapped in a human interest story about William's Catholic German-American family during the post-WW II years in Pittsburgh, PA
... Read more
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Implementing Six Sigma

Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods 2nd Edition

by Forrest W. Breyfogle III ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

32 hours 36 min

This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyond traditional Six Sigma methodologies,introducing an enhanced roadmap—S4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solution ssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects ... Read more

$39.99 USD

This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyond traditional Six Sigma methodologies,introducing an enhanced roadmap—S4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solution ssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects
... Read more
Audiobook

Toyota Standard Work

The Foundation of Kaizen

by Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman ...

Unabridged

1 hour 9 min

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no standard. In the classic old way of management, companies were and (many are still) following the Taylor’s ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Having no standardization work process means no quality. Everyone will do this task differently. Tracking the source of errors is difficult without the work standard. When a leader perform gemba walk on shop floor to observe the situation, there is no benefit from the walk when there is no standard. In the classic old way of management, companies were and (many are still) following the Taylor’s
... Read more
Audiobook

The Truth About the Drug Companies

How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It

by Marcia Angell ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

7 hours 15 min

During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless ... Read more

$14.99 USD

During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from their original mission of discovering and manufacturing useful drugs and instead become vast marketing machines with unprecedented control over their own fortunes. She saw them gain nearly limitless
... Read more
Audiobook

Six Sigma

Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)

by Jason Bennett, Jennifer Bowen ...

Narrated by Eric LaCord ...

Unabridged

1 hour 17 min

Six Sigma: Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)Do you want to improve your business processes and reduce wastage, cut costs, improve quality, and enhance service delivery?Do you want to use Six Sigma to increase productivity in your organization?Do you want to cut costs and boost your bottom line?Are you ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Six Sigma: Step-by-Step Guide to Six Sigma (Six Sigma Tools, DMAIC, Value Stream Mapping, Launching a Project and Implementing Six Sigma)Do you want to improve your business processes and reduce wastage, cut costs, improve quality, and enhance service delivery?Do you want to use Six Sigma to increase productivity in your organization?Do you want to cut costs and boost your bottom line?Are you
... Read more

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