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There is no magic in the simple strategies and approaches that hi-paid Management, Leadership and Systems consultants use to improve business performance. They simply have something that you don't - an Operational Management Strategy! This book will teach you the "secrets" to creating positive change in your organization.

This simple guide is loaded with examples, templates, and "real world" applications that will teach you:

- The keys to reducing operating costs and increasing profit margins - even in a bad economy.
- How to avoid consultants who will raid your budget and leave your business in chaos.
- The TRUTH behind Six Sigma consultants and their methodology.
- How to ensure that the money you spend on your Business Enterprise REALLY pays off.
- How to overcome operational obstacles in your business that prevent growth and opportunity.
- How to increase your customer satisfaction.
- How to develop and combine: People, Processes, Systems, Data, Infrastructure Measurements and Knowledge Management to produce a Quality-Based organization moving full-throttle towards reaching its goals!

Robert has worked for some of the largest consulting firms in the country and has combined their strategies, methodologies, templates and management models into a simple, easy to understand guide to improving your business.

These are not concepts that only apply to large businesses. They apply equally as well to companies from 5 to 50,000 employees.

If you are looking for templates and examples of how to "analyze GAPS", develop Operational Processes and Systems Requirements, Measure Performance & Quality, or institute a Knowledge Management plan within your corporation, you will find it all here.

The "New Jersey Devil Consultant" is something you'll want to avoid. They will raid your budget and leave your business no better off than you were before you hired them. Find out how to spot, and avoid them. These include "Six Sigma" consultants, those that use the "80/20" rule, and a myriad of others.

You may even find out that you don't need a consultant and can do the work yourself.

What are you waiting for?

Customer Reviews:

Thorough, honest, and well executed..........2003-09-08

If you are at the top and are having troubles, this book is for you. If you are on your way to the top, keep this by your bedside. Or, if you find yourself one of the lost... avoid the New Jersey Devil Consultant and purchase a copy for each of your staff.

Bob has a great talent for simplifying the complex, a hard-to-find talent amongst consultants. His proven record and examples are a rare find among business books. Take a look around the business topics here on Amazon.com and you'll find many books written by leaders who eventually stomped their companies and/or their employees into the ground. OR - you'll find books written in theory, but never delivered on in an actual business.

Bob's refreshing book shows his experience, knowledge of the complex balance of employee leadership, intellectual talent, knowledge management, systems, and process management. Being good at any ONE thing may get you to the top... but you need to know how to balance all to keep there. Bob understands this.

This book will save you time and expense. For once, a book with a Return on Investment!

Must Read for Anyone in Business.......2003-08-26

This book is a must read for anyone in business. Flores' approach to management and writing is straightforward and succinct. His explanations and examples are engaging and applicable across organizational departments. He is arming people with the knowledge they need to `see through' so much of the unnecessary politics and inefficiencies in corporations. He accomplishes this through his story-telling as well as giving the reader tools to use to achieve efficiency and sanity.

Made MY Customer's happy!.......2003-07-29

I was looking for a book that would help me to serve my customers better in addition to saving money in my business.

This book is it!

This book should be called "How to please your customer and save money while doing it."

After reading the first three chapters, I decided to put the material to the test and begin some of the work suggested in the book. The results were nothing short of amazing. Using the pre-made templates, and what I learned on building an effective organization, I was quickly able to make small changes within my organization that had HUGE impacts.

Our customer satisfaction ratings went up by over 25% in a MONTH, and we've saved enough money to hire new people. Not bad for an economy that is suffering so badly, I'd say.

I also like Robert's writing style. It's easy to read, and it is assuring to know that there is a "real person" behind this work, whose faced similar business problems and found a way to overcome them.

I'll also mention that we considering hiring a Six Sigma consultant and narrowly averted the disaster that surely would have followed. Six Sigma sounds like a good way for improving a business UNTIL you read this book. Now that I understand what Six Sigma REALLY is, I won't even consider them in the future or other consultants that can't explain to me what it is that they are going to deliver for my business.

This is my kind of book. Easy to understand, practical to use, and results right away. I highly recommend it.

A GREAT Reference For Everyone in Business.......2003-07-19

With the large number of layoffs in corporations and government agencies in the past couple of years and the economic slow down, people have to work more efficiently, and effectively to maximize the resources that they still have. To use a tired and well-worn expression " to work smarter".

This book teaches you just how to do that. It showed me how to make the most of the assets within my company that I would never have even thought of, or even considered an "asset" per se, to help my work group to make up for the people that we've lost due to layoffs and "rightsizing."

I would never have guessed that some of these simple suggestions and techniques would have such a large impact on my business.

I also really enjoyed Robert's writing style . It's an easy read, and not like other similar books I've read that seem more like a Ph.D. thesis. His book is direct, to the point and I really like that examples and templates are included for all of the work.

This is "not your father's managment book". There are no punches pulled, and I LOVE the stories that he uses to explain his point (the story of Margaret and Mary alone, is worth the price of the book) FUNNY! I can't believe that this actually happened!!

One other thing that really drew me to the book was the part about the New Jersey Devil Consultant. My company has had many consultants in and out of here for over two years, and they never seem to do any good. Now I know why. I'll never look at another "six sigma" consultant or any other, the same way again. I now know how to spot a good consultant who will actually do some good, versus one that is only going to rip us off and will be sure to quiz them on HOW they do their work, not just how much they are going to cost us.

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Do you remember the first time you drove a car? To prepare for this you probably read the drivers manual, watched movies, practiced in your driveway, and endlessly discussed the impending event with your friends. The result - you knew a lot about the theory of driving, you just didn't know how to translate that theory into practice. Quality Management poses a similar problem to many organizations. The time has come to put Quality Management theory to use. Since the early 1980s, you may have read books and journals, attended seminars and training sessions, or watched films and videos about Quality Management. Once again you must make the jump from theory to application. Quality Management Systems: A Practical Guide for Improvement makes it possible. This book presents a model of Quality Management that combines the theoretical base of Dr. W. Edwards Deming and the practical techniques of the Japanese into a useful application. The fork shaped model includes: oThe Handle - Management's Commitment to Transformation oThe Neck - Management's Education oProng One - Daily Management oProng Two - Cross-Functional Management oProng Three - Policy Management Quality Management Systems: A Practical Guide for Improvement supplies an integrated approach that explains the theory and how to put it into practice using a step-by-step method.

Quality Systems and GMP Regulations for Device Manufacturers: A Practical Guide to US, European, and ISO Requirements

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Excellent book for those needing to meet GMP requirements.

Quality Systems and GMP Regulations for Device Manufacturers: A Practical Guide to US, European, and ISO Requirements
Steven S. Kuwahara
Manufacturer: CRC Press
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This book provides a single roadmap for compliance with the US QSR, the European Medical Device Directives, and ISO Standards for device and diagnostic products. Written in case-study format, it begins with information on how to establish a QSR documentation system. Dr. Kuwahara explains implementation methods for each section of the QSRs (21 CFR 820). Documentation requirements and guidelines for what documentation you need for your quality system, why you need it, and how to prepare it are detailed, as well as practical information on efficiently and effectively organizing your records, procedures, work instructions, and Quality Manual. The book shows you how to evaluate your existing documentation's fit with the worldwide quality systems and the GMPs/QSRs. A grid comparing ISO 9001 and US 21 CFR 820 requirements is included.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent book for those needing to meet GMP requirements........1998-11-06

This book provides extensive information for specialists in companies that have to comply with FDA regulations. It also has some good information on auditing that will be useful to quality engineers and auditors with limited experience in International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements. CFR standards are tough. Compliance with them, following the lead of this book, should help a company comply with the ISO standards. Companies that comply with the ISO standards, however, might not comply with the CFR requirements This book leads the reader through a series of steps that will help the company meet CFR requirements. It goes into extensive detail identifying and interpreting the various CFRs so that the readers will not take them too lightly. Some CFRs are much too vague and can lull newcomers to the field into thinking that they are in compliance when they are not. I would have rated this book as a 5 except that only a limited number of quality practitioners have a need for this material on GMP compliance. Hank Lefevre, CQE & PE

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Excellent Book

The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-on Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden

Good, but not great

Berry Growing Basics for Beginners

I liked it

The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-On Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden
Stella Otto
Manufacturer: Ottographics
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Binding: Paperback

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Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden

ASIN: 0963452061

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In the late 20th century, unfortunately, berries are seen primarily in the supermarket at certain times of year, and while this is welcome, it used to be that everyone had a few berry bushes in the backyard: some currants, some gooseberries and a few rhubarb plants. Stella Otto explains how to bring this tradition back and raise lush crops of berries and fruit with pointers on soil nutrition, plant nutrients and mulching that will make your home-grown berries the envy of folks who only see them in the supermarket. This mouth-watering book will get you going.

Book Description

Here's hands-on advice from a professional horticulturist and experienced fruit grower to help gardeners create an edible landscape. The Backyard Berry Book provided all the information that backyard gardeners need to grow strawberries, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, lingonberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, and kiwi fruit. Includes details on soil nutrition and testing; disease, pest, weed, and bird control; and trellis design. A trouble-shooting section and Seasonal Activity Calendar will help ensure success.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Book.......2007-05-14

I recommend it to anyone interested in growing fruit at home. The information about the different varieties of each type of fruit was very useful.

The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-on Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden.......2006-08-21

Very helpful. We have learned new techniques to try for our berry growing next season. Good source for information for the beginner and not so new gardener both.

Good, but not great.......2006-06-15

This book offers rather generic information on growing a variety of fruits, most of which will be old lore to experienced gardeners. While it would be difficult to be comprehensive with regard to varieties of given fruits, more attention could have been given to them. Also, more specific information on individual fruits and varieties would have been welcome, particularly with regard to site preparation and pruning. The illustrations are poorly drawn and thus not particularly useful.

Berry Growing Basics for Beginners.......2006-01-22

Stella Otto uses plain language and ample illustrations to cover the basics of growing small fruit. Her book contains separate chapters for strawberries, blueberries, brambles, grapes, kiwis, gooseberries, currants, lingonberries and even rhubarb in the backyard garden. The coverage of varieties of each fruit and varietal differences is good, which is why each fruit requires a chapter.

First the fundamentals of growing small fruit are surveyed, including site selection, stock selection, methods of propagation, berry botany, soil nutrition, pH, irrigation, and other cultural practices. Then pest control is discussed including organic versus non-organic controls and Integrated Pest Management techniques that reduce the need for chemical controls. Lastly there are charts, resource lists, and trouble-shooting guides provided in the reference section of this book.

Well worth consulting before planning your berry patch!

I liked it.......2005-08-03

OK, I gave it a 4, cause I'm not done with it yet, and I'm just not too sure. I do like the information, just more of some that I don't need, and would like even more of some I do need, but it seems like a good place to start. A good companion book for her to write would be what to do with all the berries, maybe some recipes, or preserving tips.

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Great book
Fruits and Berries
Useful Book
Rewiew of an amazing book.

Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden
Lewis Hill
Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Great book.......2007-07-18

I bought a few books on this subject when starting my little orchard. So far, this one is the best. The author explains things well, and covers a lot of territory. I'm sure I'll keep this book as a reference source.

Fruits and Berries.......2006-06-26

I am very happy with this book. It you are looking for information about any berry or fruit you will find it in this book. If there is something special you are looking for, it will have it. So far anything I have wanted to know I have been able to find it in this book. It will tell you anything about blueberries from planting to prunning. As far as fruit trees I have found all the info I want on apples, peaches, plums, grapes and much more. I would recamend this book to any one who is just beginning to plant berries and fruit to one who already has been doing it for a while.
Any one who buys this book will not be disapointed.

Useful Book.......2003-11-22

This is one of the better "backyard" books on fruit. I recommend it.

Rewiew of an amazing book........2001-05-01

In this book you'll find all you need to know to start your own fruit garden. Hill explains evrything in an easy to read, smooth flowing format. You'l love it.

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Small Fruits in the Home Garden

Manufacturer: Haworth Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Movable Harvests: Fruits, Vegetables, Berries : The Simplicity & Bounty of Container Gardens

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Excellent for the beginning urban gardener.
Marvelous volume and full of good information.
Think farming on a smaller scale...
Wonderful starting book!
Finally a book about growing fruits/vegetables in containers

Movable Harvests: Fruits, Vegetables, Berries : The Simplicity & Bounty of Container Gardens
Chuck Crandall , and Barbara Crandall
Manufacturer: Chapters Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1881527697

Customer Reviews:

Excellent for the beginning urban gardener........2007-06-06

This book is short, but it packs quite a punch. It contains many photos which are useful in diagnosing diseases, etc. This is a great starting point for the beginning urban gardener (like me) who is attempting to make the most of limited space. The authors keep keep things short, sweet, and to the point. If you're wondering what sorts of containers to use, how deep you should plant various seeds, what varieties thrive best in containers, etc., this is a great place to start. At the very least, it's a nice reference book to have on hand for for the urban gardener.

Marvelous volume and full of good information........2007-03-08

I am a Gardening Idiot. I like growing things, but I have no idea why some of my plants thrive and some of them drop dead. I decided it would be easier to isolate some of the variables (I play a scientician during the work week) if I grew more things in containers, particularly since I am now getting into more exotic fruits and berries that actually cost real money. The trouble, of course, is that there is a bewildering array of containers and conditions for people like me to choose from.

This book was recommended by someone on the Internet as a great source of information on soil, placement, containers, and cultivars (varieties of a given plant -- don't laugh, I didn't know what it meant) that are best suited for container gardens. For example -- dwarf fig trees are fiction. You can, however, restrain a fig tree's growth. You just don't feed and water it as much, and you put it in a big pot. (Eventually I suspect that you will have to either kill it or move it outside, but I'm not there yet)

My biggest relief is that the book showed me how to meet the somewhat stringent preferences of the Mara des Bois strawberries that I'm growing this season. I didn't realize that strawberry planters are shaped the way they are so that the plants can share the soil (which you feed from the top with organic matter, i.e. compost). The net benefit (which I assume people have known for decades) is that you can manage the soil for a dozen or so plants at once, since their roots are close together and the pH/moisture is pretty much the same for all of them. There are more complicated ways to achieve this (eg. the Earthbox design), but they don't seem to work any better for what I am doing. So the book saved me some needless spend, too.

I paid $3 for this book. If I got as much value out of every $3 I spent, I would be an incredibly happy guy. Even after perusing all the books at the local library (and the Los Angeles Public Library is *immense*), I still think this book delivered for me. I would have paid 5 times as much if I'd seen it in a bookstore, and I would not have regretted it for a second.

Great information and extremely clear guidance for a very reasonable price.

Think farming on a smaller scale..........2002-10-19

Want to grow fruit trees but don't think you have the space? Like to try new vegetable varieties but never remember where you planted them? Kids want to start a garden of their own but you don't want to give up the space? Movable Harvests has your answers to all these dilemmas. There are tips on creating the perfect potting mix and picking the right container as well as basic crop growing instructions. Pest control is addressed on a by-vegetable basis and is split between cultural and chemical controls. Movable Harvests has good ideas for all sorts of crops from fruits and berries to salad greens and root vegetables. You can grow ANYTHING in a container. A final, although short, chapter provides instructions on indoor farming including how to grow your own dwarf banana tree.

Wonderful starting book!.......2001-03-07

I have found this book a wonderful starting point for vegetable gardening in containers. It has chapters on proper containers, soil mixes, all natural ways to deal with pests, fertilizing options, and many helpful suggestions, even has a section for growing indoors. I originally checked it out at the library, and have found it so helpful that I am ordering my own copy!

Finally a book about growing fruits/vegetables in containers.......1998-02-07

This is the only book I have found that covers growing vegetables in containers. It is a good start. It provides just enough information about the all important-soil recipes, companion plants, container sizes & types, watering, pests, fertilizers and suitable crops. It's not a big book, which is why I can't give it my highest rating. I am still looking for something more in depth and with more personal experiences, ergo the reason for my web site LinLu's Container Gardening -

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Fruits & Berries for the Home Garden

Manufacturer: Garden Way Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HVYOOA

Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden - What Varieties to Grow, How to Buy or Propagate, Plant, Care for, and Harvest Them

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Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden - What Varieties to Grow, How to Buy or Propagate, Plant, Care for, and Harvest Them
Lewis Hill
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OR31ZA

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Fruits and Berries Fot the Home Garden

Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GOX5MU

Growing small fruits for the home garden (EB)

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Growing small fruits for the home garden (EB)
Charles A Brun
Manufacturer: Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture & Home Economics, Washington State University
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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Growing small fruits in the home garden (Circular)

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Growing small fruits in the home garden (Circular)
J. W Courter
Manufacturer: University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service
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Handbook on Fruit Trees and Shrubs (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record: Plants & Gardens, Vol. 27, No. 3)

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Handbook on Fruit Trees and Shrubs (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record: Plants & Gardens, Vol. 27, No. 3)

Manufacturer: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Includes articles on dwarf fruit trees, strawberries, fruits for various climates, blueberries, nut trees, disease and pest control, weed killers, and much more; illustrated with photographs and drawings.

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Analyzes the nation's aeronautic testing needs and the effectiveness of and management issues for, NASA's major wind tunnel and test propulsion facilities in serving those needs.

Wind Tunnel and Propulsion Test Facilities: Supporting Analyses to an Assessment of NASA's Capabilities to Serve National Needs

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Wind Tunnel and Propulsion Test Facilities: Supporting Analyses to an Assessment of NASA's Capabilities to Serve National Needs
Philip S. Anton
Manufacturer: RAND Corporation
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Provides detailed analyses of the nation's aeronautic testing needs and the effectiveness of and management issues for, NASA's major wind tunnel and test propulsion facilities in serving those needs.

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