TY - BOOK AU - Crandall,Richard E. AU - Crandall,William TI - New methods of competing in the global marketplace: critical success factors from service and manufacturing SN - 9781420051261 (alk. paper) PY - 2008/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Management KW - Manufacturing industries KW - Service industries N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The vanishing manufacturing/service boundary -- Critical success factors and strategic planning -- The ITO model -- The role of management programs in continuous improvement -- How manufacturing techniques are being adapted to service operations -- How service techniques are being extended to manufacturing -- The role of technology in continuous improvement -- The role of infrastructure in continuous improvement -- Understanding organizational culture - the elusive key to change -- Integrated supply chains from dream to reality -- The role of services to complement the supply chain -- The future of improvement programs ER -