{"product_id":"2940013409491","title":"Double Your Profits: Plug the Leaks in Your Cash Flow","description":"Could your business be more profitable? If you experience any firefighting, crisis management or heroic efforts to find and fix errors, you could be a lot more profitable. How much more? Most businesses throw away $20-$40 out of every $100 they spend because the cost of delays and defects are more, much more than most people think. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine instead a world where there is no delay and there are no mistakes: you always get what you order immediately and the product or service always works right the first time and never needs to be returned or fixed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the last 20 years, Jay Arthur has been working with companies large and small to improve profits. He has found that every company suffers from three profit-eating maladies: lazy, crappy and wacky product syndrome.\u003cbr\u003eJay started with Total Quality Management (TQM) in the 1980s which became known as Lean Six Sigma in the late 1990s. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile there are tons of methods and tools available in Lean Six Sigma, Jay found that only a handful are required to create breakthrough improvements in speed, quality and profitability. And more than just methods and tools, you need a new and improved mindset to see the possibilities in your business. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJay has found that if you only focus on increasing sales, you'll never maximize your profit. That there are power laws of speed and quality that when applied to your business allow you to increase profits exponentially.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Demons of Lost Profit \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLazy Product Syndrome - unnecessary delays between processing steps. \u003cbr\u003eCrappy Product Syndrome - defects, mistakes, errors, etc. \u003cbr\u003eWacky Product Syndrome - deviation from the customer's target. \u003cbr\u003eThe Power Laws of Speed \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 3-57 Rule - Products or services are only being worked on for 3 minutes out of every 60. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dark Side of the 3-57 Rule: Trying to make your people faster is a waste of time because they only account for 3 minutes out of every 60. You have to make your product faster by eliminating the delay between processing steps. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Power Laws of Quality \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 4-50 Rule - Pareto's 80\/20 rule is a power law that just doesn't go far enough. 4% of any business is creating over half of the defects, deviation, rework and lost profit. So you don't have to fix everything, just a few key things to make dramatic improvements. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dark Side of the 4-50 Rule - 50% of an unfocused, widespread improvement effort will only yield 4% of the improvement.","brand":"LifeStar Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178891362544,"sku":"2940013409491","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013409491_p0.jpg?v=1763592072","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013409491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}