Location: United Kingdom
Member Since:
Feb. 25, 2013
Giles Johnston
Biography
Giles Johnston is a business improvement consultant who specialises in helping businesses improve their on time delivery performance. Giles is a Chartered Engineer and uses the same principles and problem solving ideas from his manufacturing background to help businesses in all sectors.
Many of the tools and methods Giles uses to help his clients improve their performance have now made their way into written format and have now been published as ebooks. Giles is thankful to his clients who have pushed him to write down his views and ideas, making these books possible.
Giles lives in the North East of England with his family.
Many of the tools and methods Giles uses to help his clients improve their performance have now made their way into written format and have now been published as ebooks. Giles is thankful to his clients who have pushed him to write down his views and ideas, making these books possible.
Giles lives in the North East of England with his family.
Where to find Giles Johnston online
Website: http://www.smartspeed.co.uk
Twitter: @betterfasternow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilesjohnston/
Blog: http://www.smartspeed.co.uk/business-improvement-articles/
Twitter: @betterfasternow
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilesjohnston/
Blog: http://www.smartspeed.co.uk/business-improvement-articles/
Books
Effective Root Cause Analysis
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 18,590.
Language:
English.
Published: April 8, 2020
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management, Nonfiction » Career Guides » Business Management
Do you want to solve problems in your business once and for all?
What Does Good Look Like? (Defining the Vision and Standards that Drive Better Habits and Results)
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 26,010.
Language:
English.
Published: January 6, 2019
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Strategic planning
Many businesses have a gap between what they want their business to look like and how it actually works.
Are you looking for a way to improve your business operations, but in a really practical step-by-step way that quickly targets your current issues?
‘What Does Good Look Like?’ offers a simple and pragmatic approach to both of these issues and offers even more in the process.
Losing the Cape
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 42,140.
Language:
English.
Published: February 4, 2018
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management
Are you ready to lose the cape?
Many businesses operate in a state of chaos – people running around, working hard, just to achieve a mediocre level of performance. When crisis situations arise we are often lucky enough to have a ‘super hero’ work for us that can help us to get out of our impending disaster.
What if there is a different way? This book shows you how.
Designing KPIs to Drive Process Improvement
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,480.
Language:
British English.
Published: November 14, 2014
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Categories:
Essay » Business, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industries / manufacturing
Do Your KPIs Drive the Performance of Your Business?
Process improvement is all about making things work better, whether this is because a process is broken or because we know it could be better. When you use your business’ information to create Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that help you to drive the right kinds of improvement then the rate of change can be so much faster.
Sunrise Meetings: Create Effective Routines To Make Your Business Run Like Clockwork
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 13,710.
Language:
English.
Published: March 9, 2014
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Time management, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management
'Sunrise Meetings' is a practical how to guide to help your business develop effective routines in order to become more productive and run like clockwork.
Making MRP Work
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 32,300.
Language:
English.
Published: October 31, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Production & operations management, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industrial management
‘Making MRP work’ is a practical guide aimed at Operations Managers and business directors who need some support with their MRP / ERP system. If you are operating an existing MRP system but feel that it could be doing more for you then this book can help you to identify the changes you need to make.
Office Productivity
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 16,180.
Language:
English.
Published: October 17, 2013
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Business administration, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Small business & entrepreneurship
Office Productivity is a short guide written by an experienced business consultant to help you improve the productivity and effectiveness of your office.
Effective SOPs
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 8,570.
Language:
English.
Published: October 17, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industrial management
Do your SOPs work for your business?
Standard Operating Procedures, or SOPs, are an essential part of any business to ensure that quality and consistency occur like clockwork amidst the busy-ness of day to day working.
Effective Continuous Improvement
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 12,680.
Language:
English.
Published: September 17, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industries / manufacturing, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Production & operations management
A simple system to help your team generate improvement ideas for your business that can take you from being 'OK' to 'excellent'.
Business Process Re-engineering: A Simple Process Improvement Approach to Improve Business Performance
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$4.49 USD.
Words: 23,220.
Language:
English.
Published: June 18, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industries / manufacturing, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management
Do You Need To ‘Upgrade’ The Way Your Business Works?
'Business Process Re-engineering’ is a practical how to guide based on the author's experience of helping businesses to improve their business performance. It is aimed at the person whose job it is to make operational and on time delivery improvements happen.
On Time Delivery: A Real Lean Manufacturing Story
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 13,790.
Language:
English.
Published: April 2, 2013
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Categories:
Essay » Business, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industrial management
'On Time Delivery' is a real life story about a Production Manager's highs and lows of implementing Lean Manufacturing to reduce product lead times and improve on time delivery performance.
Optimised Future State: Making the Most of Process Mapping
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 11,260.
Language:
English.
Published: April 1, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industrial management, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industries / manufacturing
If your process improvement work finishes with an argument over the best future state options then this book is for you.
'Optimised Future State' shares a simple yet powerful approach to take when trying to decide on what optimal future state your business should follow.
Kamishibai Boards: A Visual Management Tool to Improve 5S and Create Effective Habits
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 4,480.
Language:
English.
Published: March 26, 2013
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Management, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Business administration
If you need to increase your effectiveness in the workplace and need a visual management tool to help with day to day task management then this short guide is for you.
This step by step guide will show you how to design and use a Kamishibai board effectively for your business.
Takt Time: Using Demand Planning to Help Shape Your Lean Improvement Projects
by Giles Johnston
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 8,780.
Language:
English.
Published: February 26, 2013
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industries / manufacturing, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Small business & entrepreneurship
Do your changing workloads make you wonder if your business processes are still ‘fit for purpose’?
Sometimes it can feel that your business improvement projects aren’t making enough of a change. There is a simple approach that can take the guesswork out of changing a process; it is called ‘Takt Time’.
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