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From the Introduction
All great managers know that “continuous improvement” is essential to long-term success. But how should it be done? Should a management team seek to improve everything? All at once? And continuously? The trouble is "improving everything" is not the same as "everything improving." So many companies and other organizations have made major investments in Lean and Six Sigma and other improvement concepts, as well as in plant and equipment technology, but the yield on these investments is not providing the expected return. What is the answer? What should be done?
This is why we wrote Velocity, with bestselling creative writer Jeff Cox, co-author of the classic business novel The Goal. These vital issues that challenge managers and executives in all types of companies and organizations throughout the world – like yours - challenge interim company president Amy Cieolara and her managers in the novel. The book is concerned with how to combine the three major continuous improvement disciplines – Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints – so that the organization does achieve systemic gains that yield improved bottom-line performance. We have confidence that, properly applied, you and your company or organization can achieve major benefits using this approach.
“AGI's VELOCITY Approach enabled us to get control over the uncertainties of our repair and remanufacturing business leading to significant improvements in our overall performance. The changes we made to the way we manage our business positioned us to not only survive but to thrive in what could be called the worst recession since the great depression.”
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Carl Coslow, President, Republic Industries International
"As we transformed the entire Naval Aviation logistics system, our leadership team decided that ‘AIRSpeed’, our continuous process improvement program, would combine best business practices – Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints. This strategy not only enabled Naval Aviation to reduce turn-around times 40 % and work in process nearly 50 % in areas applied, but enhanced the quality of life of our Sailors and Marines.”
- VADM Walter B. Massenburg, USN (Ret), Former Commander, Naval Air Systems Command; Architect and Chief Operating Officer of Naval Aviation Enterprise
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