Articles & Whitepapers
The Skinny on Lean Management
Richard Schonberger, Ph.D. writes that Lean Management doesn't resonate in marketing and sales. Nor does it among boards, senior executives and investors. Obscured are its much greater potential in the distribution pipelines and its strong customer focus...
Managing Value Stream Performance
This paper discusses the transformation from Standard Costing to Lean Accounting, to enable change in the Lean Enterprise. The differences, impact, challenges and benefits.
Newsletters
Doug Hicks Executive Letters
PCS Consulting Alliance partner Doug Hicks authors a quarterly executive newsletter. His provocative and down to earth style is informative, thought provoking and entertaining.
Business Perfomance Management (BPM) Newsletter
BPM enables a business to define, measure and manage its performance against strategic goals. The core financial and operational processes of BPM include planning, consolidation and reporting, analysis and the deployment of linked key performance indicators (KPI's) throughout an organization.
Books
I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It: How Accounting Information Undermines Profitability
It may be effective in reporting historical results to outsiders, but relying on the information generated by a GAAP-based accounting system when making management decisions can seriously undermine a company’s ability to grow into a profitable future. Doug Hicks, PCS Consulting Alliance Partner, makes the case to support this statement in his new book.
Practical Lean Accounting
Practical Lean Accounting. A Proven System for Measuring and Managing the Lean Enterprise, authors Brian Maskell and Bruce Baggaley present a the Lean Accounting methodology to support Lean Manufacturing.
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