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Abramovitch, I. 1994. Beyond kaizen. Success (January/February): 85-88.
Agrawal, S. P., Z. Rezaee and H. S. Pak. 2006. Continuous improvement: An activity-based model. Management Accounting Quarterly (Spring): 14-22.
Bledsoe, N. L. and R. W. Ingram. 1997. Customer satisfaction through performance evaluation. Journal of Cost Management (Winter): 43-50. (Summary).
Borthick, A. F. and H. P. Roth. 1993. EDI for reengineering business processes. Management Accounting (October): 32-37.
Brewer, P. C. and J. E. Eighme. 2005. Using six sigma to improve the finance function. Strategic Finance (May): 27-33.
Brimson, J. A. 1988. Improvement and Elimination of non-value-added costs. Journal of Cost Management (Summer): 62-65.
Burrows, H. F. 1953. Work simplification cuts plant and office costs. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (May): 1151-1157.
Bustard, D. (ed). 2000. Systems Modeling for Business Process Improvement
Compton, T. R. 2002. Minimize waste with RAD. Strategic Finance (June): 50-53. (Rapid application development).
Cooper, D. and S. Essex. 1977. Accounting information and employee decision making. Accounting, Organizations and Society 2(3): 201-217.
Cveykus, R. and E. Carter. 2006. Fix the process, not the people. Strategic Finance (July): 26-33. (Applying the "lean sigma" formula and kaizen to accounts payable).
Deal, P. M. 1953. Continuous cost reduction. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (November): 338-343.
Dickson, B. H. 1963. Bettering the emotional climate of management improvement programs. N.A.A. Bulletin (January): 13-20.
Downing, B. D. and A. Spanyi. 2007. Toward compliant performance. Strategic Finance (December): 26-32. (Five steps to business process management for compliance: Modeling current processes, analyzing process improvement opportunities, designing improved processes and controls, developing process priorities, and implementing the improved process).
Edwards, G. E. 1964. Our profit improvement methods. N.A.A. Bulletin (November): 20-26.
Fish, E. R. Jr. 1959. "Do-it-yourself" work simplification will get it done. N.A.A. Bulletin (October): 53-61. (Continuous improvement).
Foy, T. D. 1947. Cost reduction. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (May 1): 1065-1075.
Garbinski, F. 2006. When SOX meets lean. Strategic Finance (December): 26-33.
Gleason, C. H. 1950. An organized profit improvement program. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (October): 123-131.
Goldratt, E. M. and J. Cox. 1986. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. New York: North River Press.
Greenwood, T. G. and J. M. Reeve. 1992. Activity-based cost management for continuous improvement: A process design framework. Journal of Cost Management (Winter): 22-40. (Summary).
Hammer, M. and J. Champy. 1993. Reengineering the Corporation. Harper Business.
Harby, J. D. 1957. An experience in profit improvement by defect prevention. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (February): 757-762.
Harrington, H. J. 1997. The new model for improvement - Total improvement management. Journal of Cost Management (January/February): 32-39.
Hayes, R. H., and S.C. Wheelwright. 1984. Restoring Our Competitive Edge: Competing Through Manufacturing. John Wiley.
Hayes, R. H., S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark. 1988. Dynamic Manufacturing: Creating the Learning Organization. New York: The Free Press.
Hill, O. B. 1959. What a "value analysis" group can do to achieve cost reduction. N.A.A. Bulletin (January): 69-76.
Holland, C. W. 2005. Breakthrough Business Results With MVT: A Fast, Cost-Free, "Secret Weapon" for Boosting Sales, Cutting Expenses, and Improving Any Business Process. John Wiley & Sons.
Hudson, C. L. and M. J. Curran. 1993. Finding $100 bills on the factory floor. Management Accounting (July): 58-61.
Imai, M. 1986. Kaizen: The Key To Japan's Competitive Success. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.
Imai, M. 1997. Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management. McGraw Hill Professional Publishing.
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). 1993. IMA continuous improvement center. IMA FOCUS (July): 1, 7.
Lankford, P. and C. Cook. 1986. The 'vital few' saves costs. Management Accounting (August): 54-55, 62. (A dental manufacturer uses a technique referred to as 80/20 managing, reporting, and production control).
Lee, J. Y. and Y. Moden. 1996. Kaizen costing: Its structure and cost management functions. Advances in Management Accounting (5): 27-40.
Lee, J. Y., R. Jacob and M. Ulinski. 1994. Activity-based costing and Japanese cost management techniques: A comparison. Advances In Management Accounting (3): 179-196. (Summary).
Lenhardt, J. 2005. Getting the most from your company's existing operations. Cost Management (January/February): 24-27.
Lenhardt, P. M. 2004. Uncover hidden profit potential: Develop activity and profit profiles, Part 1. Cost Management (November/December): 40-46.
Lenhardt, P. M. 2005. Uncover hidden profit potential: Develop activity and profit profiles, Part 2. Cost Management (January/February): 38-47.
Lenhardt, P. M. and S. D. Colton. 2003. The two faces of process improvement. Journal of Cost Management (May/June): 46-48.
Lindahl, F. W. and R. Fanelli. 2002. Applying continuous improvement to teaching in another culture. Journal of Accounting Education 20(4): 285-295.
Luehlfing, M. S. 1993. Driving out inefficiency. Management Accounting (March): 33-36. (Related to parking lot management).
Lukka, K. 1998. Total accounting in action: Reflections on Sten Jonsson's accounting for improvement. Accounting, Organizations and Society 23(3): 333-342.
Lyons, B. and R. Hardy. 2007. From workout to winning. Strategic Finance (November): 18-23. (A nonprofit university implements G.E.'s workout program).
Mackey, J. T. and H. D. Pforsich. 2006. Beating the budget. Strategic Finance (September): 47-50. (Focus on continuous improvement).
Madison, D. 2005. Process Mapping, Process Improvement and Process Management
Maira, A. 1993. Rebuilding U.S. manufacturing industries for sustainable performance acceleration. Journal of Cost Management (Spring): 68-72.
Martin, J. R., W. K. Schelb, R. C. Snyder, and J. C. Sparling. 1992. Comparing the practices of U.S. and Japanese companies: The implications for management accounting. Journal of Cost Management (Spring): 6-14. (Summary).
McNair, C. J. and K. Leibfried. 1992. Benchmarking: A Tool for Continuous Improvement. Essex Junction, Texas: Omneo.
Monden, Y. 1992. Cost Management in the New Manufacturing Age: Innovations in the Japanese Automotive Industry. Cambridge, MA: Productivity Press.
Moden, Y. 1995. Cost Reduction Systems: Target Costing and Kaizen Costing. Productivity Press.
Moden, Y. and J. Lee. 1993. How a Japanese auto maker reduces costs. Management Accounting (August): 22-26.
Morse, E. H. Jr. 1961. The joint financial management improvement program in the federal government. The Accounting Review (July): 362-373. (JSTOR link).
Nicklis, J. O. 1956. The story of our profit improvement program. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (May): 1059-1067.
Pattison, D. D., J. Caltrider and R. Lutze. 1993. Continuous process improvement at Brooktree. Management Accounting (February): 49-52.
Powell, C. W. 1950. Product design: Where cost reduction begins. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (July): 1358-1360.
Rasmussen, N. H., C. J. Eichorn, C. S. Barak and T. Prince. 2003. Process Improvement for Effective Budgeting and Financial Reporting. John Wiley & Sons.
Reid, L. 1992. Continuous improvement through process development. Management Accounting (September): 37-44.
Reider, R. 2002. Operational Review: Maximum Results at Efficient Costs. John Wiley & Sons.
Roehm, H. A., D. Klein and J. F. Castellano. 1995. Blending quality theories for continuous improvement. Management Accounting (February): 26-32. (Summary).
Roy, R. K. 2000. Design of Experiments Using the Taguchi Approach: 16 Steps to Product and Process Improvement. Wiley-Interscience.
Salaman, G. and D. Asch. 2003. Strategy and Capability: Sustaining Organizational Change (Management, Organizations, and Business Series). Blackwell Publishing.
Scherkenbach, W. W. 1991. Deming's Road To Continual Improvement. Knoxville, Tennessee: SPC Press, Inc.
Senge, P. M., A. Kleiner, C. Roberts, G. Roth, R. Ross and B. Smith. 1999. The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations. Doubleday.
Shani, A. B. and P. Docherty. 2003. Learning by Design: Building Sustainable Organizations (Management, Organizations, and Business Series). Blackwell Publishing.
Sharp, A. and P. McDermott. 2001. Workflow
Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Application Development
Sheridan, J. H. 1998. Lockheed Martin Corporation. Industry Week (October 19): 54-56. (This article describes improvements made in the production of the F-16 Fighting Falcon using lean enterprise techniques. The company refers to these initiatives as advanced affordability, supply chain management and workforce vitality. Manufacturing costs decreased 38%, inventory levels decreased 50%, the cycle time to produce a jet decreased by over 50%, labor costs decreased by 69.7%, the defect rate decreased to 3.4 parts per jet (A F-16 includes 80,000 parts), and on time delivery is 100%).
Smith, M. A. 1947. Organization for cost reduction. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (July 15): 1391-1395.
Sprinkle, G. B. and M. G. Williamson. 2004. The evolution from Taylorism to employee gain sharing: A case study examining John Deere's continuous improvement pay plan. Issues In Accounting Education (November): 487-503.
Staw, B. M. and R. D. Boettger. 1990. Task revision: A neglected form of work performance. The Academy of Management Journal 33(3): 534-559. (JSTOR link).
Sullivan, A. A. 1949. Cost reduction through a controlled employee suggestion plan. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (March 1): 791-796.
Suzaki, K. 1987. The New Manufacturing Challenge: Techniques for Continuous Improvement. New York: The Free Press.
Suzaki, K. 1993. The New Shop Floor Management. New York: The Free Press.
Swank, C. K. 2003. The lean service machine. Harvard Business Review (October): 123-129. (Summary).
Tatikonda, L. U., D. O'Brien and R. J. Tatikonda. 1999. Succeeding with 80/20 rule. Management Accounting (February): 40-44. (Discussion of a company that tried ABC and dropped it for the Pareto 80/20 rule and JIT).
Torok, R. M. and P. J. Cordon. 2002. Operational Profitability : Systematic Approaches for Continuous Improvement. John Wiley & Sons.
Turney, Peter B. B., and B. Anderson. 1989. Accounting for continuous improvement. Sloan Management Review (Winter).
Turney, P. B. B., and J. M. Reeve. 1990. The Impact of continuous improvement on the design of activity-based cost systems. Journal of Cost Management (Summer): 43-50.
Turney, P. B. B. and A. J. Stratton. 1992. Using ABC to support continuous improvement. Management Accounting ( September): 46-50.
Tyler, C. 2007. Business Genetics: Understanding 21st Century Corporations Using xBML. Wiley.
Tyler, C. 2008. What's going on in my organization? xBML can help you find out. Strategic Finance (March): 48-54. (xBML™ refers to eXtended Business Modeling Language. According to Tyler, xBML™ is a new approach to understanding and improving complex business operations. It includes a software tool and a set of rules which allow the user to graphically model the business's operations to show who is doing what, with which information, where, and when).
Van der Merwe, A. and J. Thomson. 2007. The lowdown on lean accounting. Strategic Finance (February): 26-33.
Williams, O. M. 1960. Eliminating waste in everyone's job. N.A.A. Bulletin (May): 88-89.
Womack, J. P., D. T. Jones and D. Roos. 1991. The Machine that Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production. New York: Harper Perennial.
Womack, J. P. and D. T. Jones. 1996. Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation. New York: Simon & Schuster.
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