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| List of Tables |
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| Prologue |
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| Preface |
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| About the Author |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Section I Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Productivity Business Model for a Real Competitiveness |
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1.1 Profitability and Productivity by Consistent Manufacturing Cost Improvement |
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1.2 Productivity Business Model Development |
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1.2.1 Productivity Vision and Profit Growth Opportunities |
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1.2.2 Productivity Mission in Terms of Manufacturing Capacity and Cost Improvement |
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1.2.3 Productivity Core Business Goals |
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1.2.4 The Long-Term Productivity Strategies |
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1.2.4.1 Level 1: The Basic Productivity Strategies |
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1.2.4.2 Level 2: The Interdepartmental Productivity Strategies |
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43 | (4) |
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1.2.4.3 Level 3: The Product Family Productivity Strategy |
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1.3 The Productivity Policy Deployment and the Master Plan to Fulfill the Vision |
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51 | (9) |
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1.4 From Profitability Plan to Action through Manufacturing Cost Improvement |
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60 | (7) |
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Chapter 2 MCPD as the Company's Internal Business |
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67 | (22) |
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2.1 From Productivity Strategies to Cost Reduction Strategies |
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67 | (12) |
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79 | (3) |
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2.3 MCPD: Principles and Features |
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2.3.1 Principle No. 1: Target Profit from MCI Does Not Change |
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2.3.2 Principle No. 2: MCI Targets for Each Product Family Cost |
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2.3.3 Principle No. 3: The Continuous Quantifying of Losses and Waste in Costs for Each Product Family Cost |
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2.3.4 Principle No. 4: The Continuous Reconciliation of Annual MCI Targets for Each Product Family Cost |
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2.3.5 Principle No. 5: Improvement Budgets for Each Product Family Cost |
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2.3.6 Principle No. 6: Coordination Improvements through MCI Targets for Each Product Family Cost |
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2.3.7 Principle No. 7: Waste (Stocks) Elasticity on Losses |
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85 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Manufacturing Cost Policy Analysis |
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3.1 Step 1: Context and Purpose of MCI |
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3.1.1 Factory Vision, Mission, Core Business Goals, and Cost Approach |
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3.1.2 Long-Term Business Strategy and Long-Term Cost Strategy |
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91 | (4) |
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3.1.3 From Market and Internal Context to Pressure on the Cost of the Product Family |
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95 | (3) |
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3.1.4 Basic Business Policy and Basic Cost Policy |
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98 | (2) |
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3.1.5 Mid-Term Business Strategy and Mid-Term Cost Improvement Strategy |
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3.1.6 Actual Manufacturing and Costs Records for Each Product Family |
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3.1.7 Manufacturing and Cost Key Points for Each Product Family |
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105 | (2) |
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3.2 Step 2: Cost Strategy into Action: Annual Targets and Means for MCI |
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3.2.1 Top-Down Approach: Annual MCI Targets for Each Product Family Cost |
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3.2.1.1 Product-Past Targets Analysis |
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3.2.1.2 Product-Market Analysis |
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3.2.1.3 Product-Processes Analysis |
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3.2.2 Bottom-Up Approach: Losses and Waste for Each Product Family Cost |
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3.2.2.1 Losses and Waste for Each Process: Means for MCI |
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3.2.2.2 Actual Losses and Waste for Each Process |
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127 | (5) |
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3.2.2.3 Actual Cost of Losses and Waste for Each Process |
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3.2.3 Annual MCI Targets Reconciliation and Setting Targets for Each Process |
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3.2.3.1 MCI Targets Reconciliation by Cost Policy Deployment Setting |
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3.2.3.2 MCI Targets Reconciliation for Each Product Cost Family |
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3.2.4 Align the Organization through Catchball: New Prices for Sales and Product Profitability |
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Chapter 4 Manufacturing Cost Policy Development |
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4.1 Step 3: Improvement Budgets: Improvement Budgets and Cash Improvement Budget |
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4.1.1 Annual Target Profit: Target Profit from MCI and Sales Target Profit |
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4.1.2 Improvement Budgets for Each Product Family Cost |
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4.1.2.1 Annual Manufacturing Improvement Budget for Existing Products |
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4.1.2.2 Multiannual Manufacturing Improvement Budget for New Products |
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4.1.2.3 Annual Manufacturing Cash Improvement Budget for Each Product Family Cost |
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4.1.3 Setting of Means for MCI Targets for Each Product Family Cost |
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4.2 Step 4: Annual Action Plan for MCI for Each Product Family Cost |
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4.2.1 Align the Organization through Catchball: Means for MCI Targets |
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4.2.3 Definition and Preparation of Individual Plans for Systematic and Systemic Improvement |
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4.2.4 Action Plans to Achieve the Transition from Systematic Improvement to Systemic Improvement |
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Chapter 5 Manufacturing Cost Policy Management |
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5.1 Step 5: Engage the Workforce to Execute the MCI Targets |
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5.1.1 Departmental Organization for Achieving MCI Targets |
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5.1.2 Systematic and Systemic Projects for MCI Targets: Solutions, Resource, and Benefits |
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5.2 Step 6: Cost Improvement Performance Management |
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5.2.1 Evaluation of the Systematic and Systemic Improvement Projects for MCI Targets |
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5.2.2 Equipment Systematic Cost Improvement Performance Management |
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5.2.3 Systemic Cost Improvement Performance Management |
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5.3 Step 7: Daily MCI Management |
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5.3.1 The Basic Principles and Responsibilities for Daily MCI Management |
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5.3.2 Management Branding for MCI |
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5.3.3 Daily MCI Management Process |
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| Section II Opener |
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Chapter 6 MDC Contribution to Productivity and Profitability |
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6.1 Importance of Measuring Effectiveness |
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6.2 A Funny Story of Non-Real Gain at Board Meeting |
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6.3 Improvement Cases and Methodology |
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6.3.1 A Case of the Company NRM |
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6.3.2 A Case of the Company OCP |
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6.3.3 Saving Capital Investments |
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6.3.3.1 From Necessity Oriented to Feasibility Oriented |
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6.3.3.2 Make a Point of Effectiveness and Efficiency |
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6.3.3.3 Objective Ways of Calculation for Required Investment Estimation |
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6.3.3.5 Compressing Required Cost, Expenses, and Investment |
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Chapter 7 IE Contribution for Productivity |
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7.1 IE as Engineering for Productivity and Profitability |
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7.1.1 Integrated System of People, Materials, Information, Equipment, and Energy |
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7.1.2 Design with the Principles and Methods of Engineering Analysis |
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7.1.3 To Specify, Predict, and Evaluate the Results to Be Obtained from Such Systems |
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7.2 Two Approaches to Method Change |
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7.3 Recent Modern Ways of Manufacturing |
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7.3.1 Work Simplification |
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Chapter 8 Theoretical Guide for Productivity and Profitability |
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8.1 Why Do We Need Increasing Productivity? |
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8.1.1 Improving Living Standard |
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8.1.2 Satisfaction to Work/More and Better Jobs |
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8.1.3 Lower Consumer Prices |
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8.1.4 Effectiveness of Capital Investment Management |
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8.2 Three Effective Activities for Productivity |
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8.2.1 Category A Activity |
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8.2.2 Category B Activity |
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8.2.3 Category C Activity |
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8.3 Analytical Contents of Productivity |
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8.3.1 M Factor of Productivity |
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8.3.1.1 Hardware and Software |
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8.3.1.2 Advanced Consideration to Line Balancing |
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8.3.1.3 Software Doesn't Open to the Outside |
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8.3.2 P, Performance Factor |
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8.3.2.1 To Do Right Follow to ST Is Performance |
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8.3.2.2 Measuring with ST |
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8.3.2.3 Skill and Effort Are Performance Contents |
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8.2.3.4 From Present to Standard New Method |
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8.2.3.5 Measuring Logic for M and P Improvement Effect |
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8.2.3.6 What Is 100% Performance? |
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8.3.3 U, Utilization Factor |
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8.4 Synergism Effect of M, P, and U for Productivity |
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Chapter 9 Jumping Up Productivity and Profitability |
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9.1 What Is Profitability Improvement? |
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9.2 Profitability Management |
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9.3 Productivity Contribution to Profitability |
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9.4 Productivity Leads Unit Labor Cost Reduction |
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Chapter 10 Methods Design Concept Methodology |
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10.1 Forming Methods Design Concept |
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10.1.1 First Process: Setting a Model of Working Methods? |
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10.1.2 Second Process: Defining Functions of All Work Contents |
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10.1.3 Third Process: Setting Design Target as Improvement Value |
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10.1.4 Fourth Process: Searching/Creating Improving Ideas |
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10.1.5 Fifth Process: Modifying and Summarizing Ideas as a Concrete New Method |
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10.1.6 Sixth Process: Implementing New Methods as a New Model |
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10.2 Key to Success Points of MDC through Practices |
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10.2.1 Point 1. Effect of Synergism of M, P, and U |
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10.2.2 Point 2. Setting Theoretical Higher Improvement Target: KAIZENSHIRO |
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10.2.3 Point 3. Active Organization with Full Time Project Team |
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10.2.4 Point 4. Utilizing Professional Consultant Ability |
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10.3 Produce-Ability Design Matter |
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10.4 Improvement Results of MDC Activities |
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10.4.1 Background in a Car Manufacture for Implementing MDC |
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Chapter 11 Productivity and Profitability Strategy |
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11.1.1 How Much Productivity Improvement Can There Be? |
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11.1.2 Contribution to BEP Improvement with Productivity |
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11.1.3 Sensitivity Analysis |
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11.2.1 Stage I: Take Evasive Actions to the Present Poor Productivity Level |
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11.2.2 Stage II: Challenge to Level of Equal to Normal Others? |
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11.2.3 Stage III: Challenge and Discover World Class Productivity Level |
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11.3 Necessity to Develop MPS |
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11.3.1 "You Can't Manage Productivity, If You Can't Measure Productivity" |
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11.3.2 Theoretical Measures Based on ST |
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11.3.3 Necessity of Auditing ST |
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11.3.4 Productivity Measurement of Indirect/White Collar Areas/Office Work |
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| Epilogue |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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