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The story of what one daring entrepreneur with dreams and determination can achieve.

Frank Hasenfratz grew up in Hungary learning to dodge bullets and avoid land mines during the Second World War. When the 1956 revolution erupted, he and his army unit joined the insurgents. After the revolution was crushed, he fled to Guelph, Ontario, where he gambled everything on a one-man operation making oil pumps for Ford. The company he founded, Linamar, today has 15,000 employees in eight countries and is the second-largest maker of auto parts in Canada. To create this global empire,...

The inside story of the epic turnaround of Ford Motor Company under the leadership of CEO Alan Mulally.

At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself.

Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, Ford had already put together a bold plan to unify its divided global operations, transform its lackluster product lineup, and overcome a...

Selling today can be brutal. You need to rev it up if you want to close more deals. Accelerate the Sale shows how to:

• Qualify Buyers Using Just Two Well-Selected Words
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Whether you sell B2B or B2C, use Accelerate the Sale to power your sales success from 0 to 60 in no time flat.

Praise for Accelerate the Sale

"I drive exotic cars, and it's an interesting...

The Missing Link to Toyota-Style Success--LEAN LEADERSHIP

Winner of the 2012 Shingo Research and Professional Publications Award

"This great book reveals the secret ingredient to lean success: lean leadership. Not only is it a pleasure to read, but it is also deep and enlightening. This book is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in lean: it's both an eye opener and a game changer."
--Michael Balle, Ph.D., coauthor of The Gold Mine and The Lean Manager

"This will immediately be recognized as the most important book ever published to...

In the 1980s, German brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz dominated the luxury car market and had little reason to fear competition from Japan. But in 1989, Toyota entered the market with the Lexus LS 400, a car that could compete with the Germans in every category but price--it was US$30,000 cheaper. Within two years, Lexus had overtaken Mercedes-Benz in the United States and made a stunning success of Toyota's brave foray into the global luxury market.

Lexus: The Relentless...

At the Berlin Auto Show in 1938, Adolf Hitler presented the prototype for a small, oddly shaped, inexpensive family car that all good Aryans could enjoy. Decades later, that automobile-the Volkswagen Beetle-was one of the most beloved in the world. Bernhard Rieger examines culture and technology, politics and economics, and industrial design and advertising genius to reveal how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became an exceptional global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola.

Beyond its quality and low cost, the Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability...

A bestseller for almost three decades, Toyota Production System: An Integrated Approach to Just-In-Time supplies in-depth coverage of Toyota's production practices, including theoretical underpinnings and methods for implementation. Exploring the latest developments in the Toyota Production System (TPS) framework at Toyota, this new edition updates the classic with new material on e-kanban, mini-profit centers, computer-based information systems, and innovative solutions to common obstacles in TPS implementation.

Yasuhiro Monden, instrumental in introducing the JIT...

China stellt fur das Lieferantenmanagement von morgen einen nicht zu ignorierenden Beschaffungsmarkt dar. Das Buch ist im Kontext des Leitbildwandels verfasst worden, wonach das Lieferantenmanagement der Zukunft praventiv, partnerschaftlich, integrativ, innovativ, digitalisiert und vernetzt sein muss.

Die Verknupfung von theoretischen und praktischen Ausfuhrungen des Lieferantenmanagements durch die Fachexperten Dr. Marc Helmold und Dr. Brian Terry ist in dieser Form auf dem deustchsprachigen Markt einmalig. Neben Best Practices unterschiedlicher Sektoren entlang der sieben...