Strategic MRO: A Roadmap for Transforming Assets into Competitive Advantage combines the concepts of enterprise asset management and the associated maintenance, repair, and operating/overhaul (MRO) materials supply chain. It introduces the breakthrough Demand Supply Compression (DSC) methodology, which guides an organization's thinking and doing as it seeks performance improvement. Like Lean, DSC provides a practical path forward by changing a mind frame and the way in which work is performed. Focused on achieving a future perfect and guided by meaningful principles, organizations will learn to apply compression strategies to drive out waste, time, and non-value adding activities from their strategic MRO practices. Strategic MRO utilizes case studies from a wide variety of businesses to demonstrate strategic MRO practices and implementation — It can be successfully applied to any business where maximizing return on assets is critical to success. This is much more than a maintenance management or supply chain book because it encompasses both asset management and supply chain practices — Strategic MRO will transform your assets into a strategic advantage.

Emphasising the essential techniques of business best practices, this title offers thorough analysis and discussions on concepts such as environmental analysis, strategy development and strategy implementation.

The aviation industry presents a unique conundrum with the complex relationship between government oversight and business management. While the aviation industry operates in a business-oriented manner, a considerable number of aviation companies and airports worldwide are still government-owned. The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the pivotal role of governments in the industry, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of this interaction, given the sector's massive economic influence and the extensive investment required. The need for an in-depth exploration of this liaison has never been more pressing. Strategic Management and Policy in the Global Aviation Industry offers an insightful and comprehensive solution to this enigmatic issue. This book delves into the dynamics of the aviation sector's reliance on government intervention and support, providing invaluable perspectives for academic scholars and industry enthusiasts. It explores the critical role governments play in the development and sustainability of aviation companies, especially in the wake of the pandemic, where governments worldwide stepped in to bolster their national aviation companies. Additionally, the book explores the industry's efforts to align with the United Nations' sustainability targets and the critical influence of government regulations in achieving these goals. It also dissects the digital transformation and the integration of innovative technologies in aviation, setting the stage for a more efficient and innovative industry. Furthermore, it unveils the burgeoning role of artificial intelligence in the quest for cost reduction and enhanced operational efficiency in the fiercely competitive aviation market.

The knowledge of business policy and techniques of strategic management is the need of the hour to prospective business managers. The present competitive environment has brought several drastic changes in policy making and strategic management. Hence, there is necessity of theoretical understanding about the business policy as well as strategic management. Most of the organizations have started adopting strategic management system. This book focuses on conceptual approach to the subject as well as some select case studies, which make a foundation to the knowledge of strategic management.

Strategic Management for Tourism, Hospitality and Events is the must-have text for students approaching this subject for the first time. It introduces students to fundamental strategic management principles in a Tourism, Hospitality and Events context and brings theory to life by integrating a host of industry-based case studies and examples throughout. Among the new features and topics included in this edition are: Extended coverage to Hospitality and Events to reflect the increasing need and importance of a combined sector approach to strategy New international Tourism, Hospitality and Events case studies from both SME’s and large-scale businesses are integrated throughout to show applications of strategic management theory, such as objectives, products and markets and strategic implementation. Longer combined sector case studies are also included at the end of the book for seminar work. New content on emerging strategic issues affecting the tourism ,hospitality and events industries, such as innovation, employment, culture and sustainability Web Support for tutors and students providing explanation and guidelines for instructors on how to use the textbook and case studies, additional exercises, case studies and video links for students. This book is written in an accessible and engaging style and structured logically with useful features throughout to aid students’ learning and understanding. This book is an essential resource to Tourism, Hospitality and Events students.

Management accounting that creates change resilience and enhances financial strength and profitability It has been one year and three months since WHO recognized the new coronavirus as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The infection of the new coronavirus has spread all over the world, and the social and economic conditions of the globalized world have been severely damaged, and its vulnerabilities have been highlighted. - Deterioration of break-even point due to decrease in sales - Expanding the gap between management and on-site awareness due to the impact of the COVID-19 - Increasing number of internal frauds, fraudulent accounting of overseas subsidiaries, and inadequate internal control - Roadmap, goal setting and concrete measures for the realization of a carbon-free society Under these circumstances, what is most needed is the ability to respond to change by making use of hypotheses and verifications, in addition to the wisdom accumulated in the past, such as failure experiences and success experiences. In order to build a corporate structure that responds to change, it is necessary to manage change points by narrowing the pitch rather than managing goals. To that end, it is urgent to align the common operation cycle weekly, chain conventional management indicators (financial indicators and non-financial indicators), and manage the cockpit with the idea of ​​the Balanced Scorecard. As an inventory-centric management consultant, I advocate management accounting that can be used as an immediate force by connecting the management team and the field. In particular, as an evangelist of CCC (cash conversion cycle) and IFC (inventory freshness management) based on the latest case studies of more than 100 Japanese, American and European companies, we explain to executives, business managers, practitioners and students in an easy-to-understand manner in this book. In addition to the decarbonized society, this book also mentions food issues, marine plastic issues, and clothing disposal issues as non-financial information. Table of contents Chapter 1 Management Accounting and Corporate value creation index (1) Management Accounting and Financial Accounting (2) Fixed costs, Variable costs and Break-even point management (3) Corporate value management indicators, especially ROE, ROIC and case studies Chapter 2 Working capital and Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) (1) Positioning of CCC (2) CCC comparison between Japan and U.S. and case studies (3) Inventory turnover days as key SCM management indicator (4) Change-responsive company under COVID-19 Chapter 3 The relation between Inventory and finance (1) What is inventory management? (2) Inventory from financial perspectives Profit and Loss statement and Inventory Balance sheet statement and Inventory Cash Flow statement and Inventory (3) Stock-out-rate, Appropriate inventory level and Inventory evaluation Chapter 4 Non-Financial Information (1) ESG and SDGs (2) Food problem, Ocean plastic problem (3) Paris Agreement (greenhouse gas emissions) (4) Decarbonized society: World trends and the position of the Japanese government (5) International organizations related to the environment (TCFD, SBT Initiative, RE100) Chapter 5 Reduction of accounting fraud risks (1) Increasing accounting fraud risks and countermeasures (2) Fraud triangle (opportunity, motivation, justification) (3) Kanebo's accounting fraud and Toshiba's accounting fraud (4) Accounting fraud of overseas subsidiaries (5) Prevention measures for accounting fraud Chapter 6 Effective Measures (1) PSI (production, sales and inventory) management (2) Freshness management of inventory and cash (inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable) (3) Inventory dollar control and Inventory unit control (4) Weekly operation cycle (5) Measures to improve CCC (6) Physical inventory event involving management staffs (7) Inventory diagnosis clinic (8) Chain of visualization of management and visualization of autonomy Chapter 7 Effective management methods (1) Kyocera's Amoeba Management (2) IDC (Inventory Driven Costs) and RONA(Return on net assets) management (3) Balanced scorecard (4) Six Sigma method (5) ABC analysis (activity-based costing) and ABM (activity-based cost management) (6) Effective IT solution and promotion system Chapter 8 Key issues in Japanese commercial practices and accounting system (1) Month-end closing and next month-end payment (2) Monthly accounting system

Roger Moser analyses the relationships between business priorities and PSM strategy and shows in detail how business strategies influence PSM. He develops a PSM strategy concept which enables supply managers to break down strategic priorities from a business strategy level to a PSM level and to define appropriate actions when dealing with suppliers, supply markets and internal customers.