How to Save Your Company Big $$in Small Ways: True Stories of Real Companies

Book Description

What was the suggestion of two couriers at FedEx that saved the company $32,000?

How did a site visit at 2:00 am help a New England sports complex cut its utility costs from $45,000 to $20,000? And where did a computer-savvy summer intern find $60,000 in savings for a New York brokerage firm?

How to Save Your Company Big $$$ in Small Ways examines the little things companies can do to reduce waste, increase efficiency, and achieve greater profit. One of the greatest little sources of savings is an effective employee suggestion program. When two couriers at FedEx were encouraged to speak up, their suggestion on improving sorting saved the company $32,000. And when a New Jersey utility company implemented the suggestions of two of its employees and began using inexpensive decals instead of paint for the logo on their trucks, they saved $300,000 in materials and labor. Other companies are doing small things to generate huge savings in technology, waste reduction, advertising, insurance, energy costs, and more. Simple tips like shredding waste paper to use as packaging material save material and labor. Employing fundamental electronic technology saved Hewlett-Packard $300,000 in mailing costs when the company put its annual report online. Throughout this book, you'll find the author's own "suggestion boxes" filled with resources, contacts, and the many ways real companies are saving real money.

Customer Reviews:

Fascinating cornucopia of ideas--even for non-business owner.......1999-07-13

This is an entertaining and fascinating cornucopia of ingenious ideas. Gets one thinking in new directions--even if you aren't running a company.

Average customer rating:

Very helpful

Should Be Required Reading

Purchase Order Management Best Practices: Process, Technology, and Change Management
Ehap H. Sabri , Arun Gupta , and Michael Beitler
Manufacturer: J. Ross Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Management | Accounting | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Purchasing & Buying | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Production & Operations | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Production, Operation & Management | Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems | Engineering | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Straight to the Bottom Line: An Executive's Roadmap to World Class Supply Management

Supply Chain Redesign: Transforming Supply Chains into Integrated Value Systems

On-demand Supply Management: World-class Strategies, Practices and Technology

Sales & Operations Planning - Best Practices: Lessons Learned

Common Sense Purchasing: Hard Knock Lessons Learned From a Purchasing Pro

ASIN: 1932159630

Book Description

In today's competitive business climate, companies with effective procurement strategies are beginning to separate themselves from the competition. Successful purchase order management (POM) is now a critical core competency and organizations in all industries have started investigating tools and techniques to help them succeed.

Purchase Order Management Best Practices brings together the field's latest advances and gives business professionals a comprehensive framework for lowering costs, improving efficiency, eliminating non-value added activities, and optimizing the transformation program for the POM process. It offers practical, proven tactics and detailed guidance into every aspect of POM process redesign: mapping the existing process, intelligently leveraging new technologies, building a strategy for strengthening the relationship with suppliers, identifying comprehensive related metrics, and industry success stories and lessons learned.

Although POM process transformation is a hot topic, there is not a single book that focuses on the recipe of success for a POM transformation program. This text fills the gap by providing a breakthrough start-to-finish roadmap for organizations to implement the POM transformation program successfully.

Customer Reviews:

Very helpful.......2007-07-03

I recently worked with a client who had purchase order management problems. Implementation of the new purchase order management procedures were extremely difficult. The third part of the book on Change Management (written by Beitler, the change management expert) was very helpful.

I like how these three experts, Sabri (process), Gupta (technology) , and Beitler (change management), collaborated to produce such a valuable reference guide for purchase order management. They talk about state-of-the-art techniques, being used at real-world companies, in an easy-to-read style.

Should Be Required Reading.......2006-12-27

This book should be required reading for anybody interested in supply chain management. An organization's purchase order managemnent system must reflect serious consideration of the "process, technology, and change mangement" issues that are discussed by Sabri, Gupta, and Beitler.

"POM Best Practices" offers advice that new and seasoned purchase order managements can apply immediately. I wish this type of book had been available 20 years ago when I got started.

Linkage, Inc.'s Best Practices in Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning Handbook

Average customer rating:

Linkage, Inc.'s Best Practices in Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning Handbook

Manufacturer: Linkage Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Training | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Mail Order | Small Business & Entrepreneurship | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Organizational Learning | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0967796512

Book Description

Through in-depth "how-to" case studies, over 100 "take-away" exhibits, and research from the world's foremost organizations, this best practice handbook provides practical, easy-to-apply training, models, tools, research and other essential elements for designing, delivering, evaluating and learning successful KM/OL programs. Included in the handbook are: Microsoft, AT&T, Hewlett Packard, Shell Oil Company, Ernst & Young, the World Bank, Buckman Labs, Norske Skog Flooring and more! The "how-to" case studies define KM/OL lexicon, evaluate return on investment, explain how to create a business case for KM/OL, and detail all stages of the KM/OL process.

What You'll Find Inside:

"How-to" Case Studies: Learn how world-class organizations made effective use of knowledge and reinforced learning to create a lasting change in corporate culture and organizational performance including Buckman Labs' 20-year KM/OL program, Microsoft's taxonomy management system, and Hewlett Packard's integrated KM/OL system.

Models: Benchmark against specific KM/OL models, including: Microsoft's Knowledge Management Architecture; AT&T's Information Knowledge Enterprise; Hewlett Packard's learning community; and the World Bank's Pillars of Knowledge Sharing.

Tools: Learn how to implement cutting-edge KM/OL tools, including: Massachusetts General Hospital's causal-loop diagrams; Microsoft's stakeholder survey; Ernst & Young's balanced scorecard for performance evaluation; and the World Bank's thematic self-assessment and KM action tool.

Training: Choose among best practice training interventions, including Norske Skog Flooring's experiential learning; InFocus' Fusion Workshops; Ernst & Young's Center for Business Knowledge; Shell Oil's communities of practice.

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 577 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.

Citation Details
Title: The best oral argument I (n)ever made.
Author: Judith S. Kaye
Publication: Journal of Appellate Practice and Process (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Page: 191(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Best practice for the individual client.(Best Practices): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance

Average customer rating:

Best practice for the individual client.(Best Practices): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance
Bernard E. Beidel , and Kristine N. Brennan
Manufacturer: Employee Assistance Professionals
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from The Journal of Employee Assistance, published by Employee Assistance Professionals on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1030 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.

Citation Details
Title: Best practice for the individual client.(Best Practices)
Author: Bernard E. Beidel
Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Employee Assistance Professionals
Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Page: 33(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

A best practice perspective on managing poor performers.(Best Practices)(Core Technology): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance

Average customer rating:

A best practice perspective on managing poor performers.(Best Practices)(Core Technology): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance
Bernard E. Beidel , and Kristine N. Brennan
Manufacturer: Employee Assistance Professionals
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from The Journal of Employee Assistance, published by Employee Assistance Professionals on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1010 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.

Citation Details
Title: A best practice perspective on managing poor performers.(Best Practices)(Core Technology)
Author: Bernard E. Beidel
Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: Employee Assistance Professionals
Volume: 34 Issue: 3 Page: 37(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Disaster preparedness: a multifaceted EAP approach.(Best Practices)(Employee Assistance Program): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance

Average customer rating:

Disaster preparedness: a multifaceted EAP approach.(Best Practices)(Employee Assistance Program): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance
Bernard E. Beidel , and Kristine N. Brennan
Manufacturer: Employee Assistance Professionals
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from The Journal of Employee Assistance, published by Employee Assistance Professionals on May 1, 2005. The length of the article is 802 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.

Citation Details
Title: Disaster preparedness: a multifaceted EAP approach.(Best Practices)(Employee Assistance Program)
Author: Bernard E. Beidel
Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: Employee Assistance Professionals
Volume: 35 Issue: 2 Page: 37(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Health, wellness, and productivity: best practice requires EAP involvement.(Best Practices) : An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance

Average customer rating:

Health, wellness, and productivity: best practice requires EAP involvement.(Best Practices) : An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance
Bernard E. Beidel , and Kristine N. Brennan
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from The Journal of Employee Assistance, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2005. The length of the article is 810 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.

Citation Details
Title: Health, wellness, and productivity: best practice requires EAP involvement.(Best Practices)
Author: Bernard E. Beidel
Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Page: 36(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Insurers seek handle on catastrophe exposure: with best practices, modeling can help carriers cope with disaster management.: An article from: National ... & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management

Average customer rating:

Insurers seek handle on catastrophe exposure: with best practices, modeling can help carriers cope with disaster management.: An article from: National ... & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
Uday Virkud
Manufacturer: The National Underwriter Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on January 3, 2005. The length of the article is 1110 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.

Citation Details
Title: Insurers seek handle on catastrophe exposure: with best practices, modeling can help carriers cope with disaster management.
Author: Uday Virkud
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 3, 2005
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: 109 Issue: 1 Page: 24(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

The journey to strengthen our profession.(Best Practices): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance

Average customer rating:

The journey to strengthen our profession.(Best Practices): An article from: The Journal of Employee Assistance
Bernard E. Beidel
Manufacturer: Employee Assistance Professionals
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Management | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from The Journal of Employee Assistance, published by Employee Assistance Professionals on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1040 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.

Citation Details
Title: The journey to strengthen our profession.(Best Practices)
Author: Bernard E. Beidel
Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Employee Assistance Professionals
Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Page: 34(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Best Practices in Order Management (Report)

Average customer rating:

Best Practices in Order Management (Report)

Manufacturer: Best Practice Publications, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Purchasing & Buying | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1586790323

Amazon.com

Steve O'Meara has been called "the best visual planetary observer of modern times." The first to spot Comet Halley on its return in 1985, the first to determine the rotation period of Uranus, he now turns his amazing visual skills to the deep sky.

Charles Messier was one of the best comet hunters of the 1700s, with 12 comet discoveries to his credit. He was frustrated because he kept wasting time looking at fuzzy objects that turned out not to be comets. The list he kept and published of "things that aren't comets" turned out to be his ticket to immortality.

Amateur astronomers of all ages enjoy tackling the Messier catalogue members, because they represent a good sampling of what's "out there," and because finding them helps to hone observing skills. In a sense, the Messier objects are the testing grounds for budding skywatchers.

O'Meara's guide is unique in conveying his approach to observing: "It's an approach based on creative perception and on using the imagination to see patterns and shapes in the subjects seen through the eyepiece. It involves using not just your eye but also your mind's eye to associate those patterns and shapes with things that are familiar with you, to create pictures and even stories." With O'Meara as your docent, you will truly appreciate the art of the universe. --Mary Ellen Curtin

Book Description

If there were a canon for viewing the night sky, Charles Messier would be its author. The galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae cataloged by the famous comet hunter in the late 1700s are still the most widely observed celestial wonders in the heavens. They are the favorite targets of amateur astronomers, with such rich variety and detail that they never cease to fascinate. This book provides new and experienced observers with a fresh perspective on the Messier objects. Stephen James O'Meara has prepared a visual feast for the observer. Using the finest optical telescopes available for amateur work, he describes and sketches the view from the telescope as never before. There are new drawings, improved finder charts, and new astronomical data on each object, including findings from the Hubble Space Telescope. Expand your universe and test your viewing acumen with this truly modern Messier Guide. It is a must for budding night watchers. Stephen James O'Meara is a contributing editor to Sky and Telescope.

Customer Reviews:

Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects.......2007-09-10

Add this reference book to your collection and be ready to observe. Along with this addition Deep-Sky Companions: The Caldwell Objects (Deep-Sky Companions) and you can't miss.

A Beautiful Guide to Observine.......2007-03-28

The Messier Objects are one of the foundations of amateur astronomy (along with the planets and comets). The name comes from Charles Messier who was a comet searcher. To avoid confusion he created a catalog of some fuzzy objects that might be confused by other comet hunters as being potential comets. He listed 110 objects for comet hunters to avoid. He had actually discovered 41 of them, the others had been discovered by others but were in the list to avoid.

Today's amateur has access to equiptment far in advance of Messier's and these non-comets are among the most frequented things being observed. That's because Messier's objects include star clusters, nebula, as Mr. O'Meara says, the finest showpieces in the heavens.

In this book Mr. O'Meara illustrates the 110 objects with drawings and or beautiful photographs. Here is the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31), 300,000,000 stars, the light from whom began its journey to us 2.3 million years ago. Then, of course, there's M77, 47 million light years away and more than a little bit strange.

After showing all the Messier objects, Mr. O'Meara discusses (but does not show photographs) of twenty spectacular non-Messier objects that he considers to be his personal favorites. This book would be a great present for almost any amateur astronomer.

What a disappointment!.......2007-02-24

O'Meara starts this book out with real promise. Widely acknowledged as an expert observer, his efforts to set out and observe the Messier objects in detail (minimum 3 hours each) and sketch his impressions from a great dark-sky site sound impressive and exciting. After all, who wouldn't want to put their eyes up against the best? Better yet, it's well-known that it is easier to see something if you know exactly where to look for it and what it will look like. And the introduction leaves you hungering to explore these targets rather than punch them off a list in a few seconds.

But then O'Meara ruins it. He puts his own personal "interpretations" on the sketches, drawing bat figures or snakes over the objects - things that are only there in his imagination. For an experienced observer, it may be easy to draw the line between what is fancy and what is reality, but for someone approaching these objects for the first time, the only result is confusion and dismay. Do I look for that wispy segment or not?

A second version of the sketches would have been called for - one without the "extras." Instead, we're left with a book that had a lot of promise, but fails to deliver the very thing we're in need of - great, accurate sketches of the Messier objects as they appear in the eyepiece.

Seeing Messier objects with new eyes.......2007-01-10

After having read a few other books on the Messier Objects, I can confidently say that this one is a winner! Descriptions are both very helpful in preparing you for what to expect, if you have never seen a particular object before, but also provide new insight to those that think they have seen it all. The author describes subtle details, and guides you to persist on watching, until you can really see all that there is to see. After reading the descriptions, you will feel an urge to go to the field and see what you have been missing all the time!
The book also has a lot of historic comments, about Messier himself and the observations he did while compiling his list, that are both fascinating and intriguing to read. As for the drawbacks, I only wish the finder charts were more detailed. You will probably need a more detailed star map to locate the less prominent and obscure of these fine objects.Overall, I would warmly suggest this book to both new and experienced observers.

Making small scopes look good :).......2005-01-31

First of all I have to say that O'Meara is a brilliant writer and a superb visual observer. He manages to capture the spirit of observing and you feel like he is right next to you at the eyepiece when you read the book. But the defining thing about this book is the superbly detailed eyepiece impressions. Indeed he sees more through the eyepiece of a 4" TeleVue Genesis than most people through much larger telescopes. Its all about training ones eyes to see detail. Most of us are mere "peekers", just taking quick glimpses of objects. O'Meara encourages and inspires us to push our vision to the limit, to drink in the faint details of a galaxy's spiral arms. I for one have been inspired. Very highly recommended for visual observers.

Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects

Average customer rating:

Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects
Stephen James O'Meara
Manufacturer: Cambridge University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K2A1C0

Average customer rating:

Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects
Stephen James O'Meara
Manufacturer: Cambridge University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K2AUGC

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books