Conquering Complexity in Your Business: How Wal-Mart, Toyota, and Other Top Companies Are Breaking Through the Ceiling on Profits and Growth

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Conquering Complexity in Your Business: How Wal-Mart, Toyota, and Other Top Companies Are Breaking Through the Ceiling on Profits and Growth
by Michael L. George, Stephen A. Wilson
from McGraw-Hill

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• It's an interesting approach for identifying opportunities
  As the Six Sigma and Lean practice areas mature, the challenge is to discover new ways to apply these methods. Michael George proposes that an analysis that looks at complexity of a business is a way to identify areas of opportunity for improvement. The method is based on some patented equations that attempt to put numerical values on a company's complexity. When the complexity is calculated, and is found to be out of balance with the company's strategic direction, then action can be taken using Lean Six... more info

• When Less Is More
  This is an amazingly revealing book about the dangers of complexity that is not consciously managed. And just what does managing comlexity entail? I the authors' words, it means
  - Eliminating complexity that customers will not pay for
  - Exploiting the complexity customers will pay for, and
  - Minimizing the cost of the complexity you offer
  In part 1 the case is made for conquering complexity in your business' portfolio (number of offerings) and processes (number of ways of doing the... more info

• Insightful Business Analysis
  This book, like the others in the series by Mike George (Fast Innovation, Lean Six Sigma) is right on target. The examples clearly show how complexity clutters business operations, products and decision making, thus reducing economic performance and shareholder value. The rigor (and mathematics)used to support and analyze the assertions is insightful and reinforces what is intuitively obvious when you understand their thesis. This is an important book for executives that would proabably be much more widely... more info

• Compelling Business Case for Conquering Complexity
  I found Conquering Complexity provides an excellent framework and lays out a compelling business case for why and how you should focus on complexity.
  This is the best guide out there in terms of a comprehensive approach to identify, quantify and attack complexity. The book is a very practical and pragmatic read with a wealth of real world examples and illustrations that reinforce concepts layed out in a logical sequence.
  In researching a number of books though there are many that contain bits... more info

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