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- Book Title
- Competing Against Time : How Time-Based Competition Is Reshaping Global Markets
- Publication Name
- Competing Against Time
- Title
- Competing Against Time
- Subtitle
- How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0743253418
- EAN
- 9780743253413
- ISBN
- 9780743253413
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Genre
- Self-Help, Business & Economics
- Release Year
- 2003
- Release Date
- 27/02/2003
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Topic
- Total Quality Management, Industrial Management, Operations Research, Self-Management / Time Management
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Today, time is the cutting edge. In fact, as a strategic weapon, contend George Stalk, Jr., and Thomas M. Hout, time is the equivalent of money, productivity, quality, even innovation. In this path-breaking book based upon ten years of research, the authors argue that the ways leading companies manage time--in production, in new product development, and in sales and distribution--represent the most powerful new sources of competitive advantage.With many detailed examples from companies that have put time-based strategies in place, such as Federal Express, Ford, Milliken, Honda, Deere, Toyota, Sun Microsystems, Wal-Mart, Citicorp, Harley-Davidson, and Mitsubishi, the authors describe exactly how reducing elapsed time can make the critical difference between success and failure. Give customers what they want when they want it, or the competition will. Time-based companies are offering greater varieties of products and services, at lower costs, and with quicker delivery times than their more pedestrian competitors. Moreover, the authors show that by refocusing their organizations on responsiveness, companies are discovering that long-held assumptions about the behavior of costs and customers are not true: Costs do not increase when lead times are reduced; they decline. Costs do not increase with greater investment in quality; they decrease. Costs do not go up when product variety is increased and response time is decreased; they go down. And contrary to a commonly held belief that customer demand would be only marginally improved by expanded product choice and better responsiveness, the authors show that the actual results have been an explosion in the demand for the product or service of a time-sensitive competitor, in most cases catapulting it into the most profitable segments of its markets.With persuasive evidence, Stalk and Hout document that time consumption, like cost, is quantifiable and therefore manageable. Today's new-generation companies recognize time as the fourth dimension of competitiveness and, as a result, operate with flexible manufacturing and rapid-response systems, and place extraordinary emphasis on R&D and innovation. Factories are close to the customers they serve. Organizations are structured to produce fast responses rather than low costs and control. Companies concentrate on reducing if not eliminating delays and using their response advantage to attract the most profitable customers.Stalk and Hout conclude that virtually all businesses can use time as a competitive weapon. In industry after industry, they illustrate the processes involved in becoming a time-based competitor and the ways managers can open and sustain a significant advantage over the competition.
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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743253418
ISBN-13
9780743253413
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2470970
Product Key Features
Book Title
Competing Against Time : How Time-Based Competition Is Reshaping Global Markets
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Total Quality Management, Industrial Management, Operations Research, Self-Management / Time Management
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Self-Help, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ts157
Reviews
Frederick W Smith Chief Executive Officer, Federal Express Corporation There are few profound business books. Competing Against Time is one of them. Stalk and Flout demonstrate conclusively that organizations must adopt fast cycle methodologies or succumb to those that do., John Sculley Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Apple Computer, Inc. The best opportunities always come from changing the ground rules. Competing Against Time is a provocative and well-researched book with some insightful ideas for competing in the 1990s., Donald E. Petersen Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company In Competing Against Time George Stalk and Tom Hout make a compelling case, supported by extensive research, that a new, time-driven paradigm differentiates successful companies from the "also rans." Through the use of numerous examples, the authors demonstrate that customers seek "the most value for the least cost in the least elapsed time," and that customers are willing to pay a premium for less elapsed time. This book is essential reading for businessmen who want to set, rather than follow, the pace in their industries., Roger Milliken Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Milliken & Company Quick Response is clearly an innovation that will provide outstanding results for those companies that embrace its principles. Stalk and Flout give the rationale for change and a wonderful road map for implementation., Roger MillikenChairman and Chief Executive Officer, Milliken & CompanyQuick Response is clearly an innovation that will provide outstanding results for those companies that embrace its principles. Stalk and Flout give the rationale for change and a wonderful road map for implementation., R. Donald Fullerton Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Competing Against Time should be in every CEO's library, but I sincerely hope that very few of my competitors get their hands on this book at an early date., Robert A. Hanson Chairman, Deere & Company Today, timely response means competitive advantage; it can even mean survival. Stalk and Flout provide a clear view of present realities and offer sound counsel to business for acting upon the opportunities before us.
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
658.5/6
Dewey Edition
20
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