Profitability with no boundaries : optimizing toc and lean-six sigma / Reza M. Pirasteh.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Productivity, growth, and prosperity -- Productivity improvement : checkered history -- What is an improvement? -- Current CPI favorites -- The TLS model -- Results : has a more global focus worked? -- Management issues -- Productivity growth and prosperity -- The productivity improvement dilemma -- CPI favorites : TOC, Lean, Six Sigma -- What is an improvement? -- The iTLS model and how it works -- ITLS study and results summary -- River system optimization with TOS -- "Most" TLS project management -- Real-world application of itls approach.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.