For three years I was a Development Editor and Project Manager for Productivity Press (Productivity Inc.) and was involved in nearly every phase of transforming a manuscript to bound book. I worked with experienced authors, academic
authors, and first-time authors (e.g., consultants, and executives). From methods on lean thinking and manufacturing to tools for cross-functional teams or a quality model to heal the environment, I've edited many
types of subjects. I also edited manuscripts translated from Japanese. Present project(s)--2003-4.
Seeing The Enterprise: Value Stream Mapping and Lean Thinking for Office, Beau Keyte and Drew Locher to be released in mid 2004. Recent projects
include The Toyota Way, by Jeffrey Liker, a Japanese Translation of Equalized & Synchronized Production:The High-Mix Manuacturing system tha Moves Beyond JIT, by Toshiki Naruse, Reorganizing the Factory: Competing Through Cellular Manufacturing, by Nancy Hyer and Urban Wemmerlöv, and a Japanese translation of
Cost Half: The Method for Radical Cost Reduction, by Toshio Suzues.
Member of the Willamette Writers Association
Member of National Writers Union
For detailed information click on the book cover below to go read about the book at Productivity Press' online catalog . Or Check it out at Amazon.com.
 Becoming Lean: Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers
Edited by Jeffrey K. Liker (
homepage) (Optiprise Inc., Dr. Liker's Company)
(Japan Technology Management Program) Award: Won the Shingo Prize
for Excellence in Manufacturing "Fortunately, Becoming Lean fills an urgent need by describing in great detail the intial
steps taken by a number of pioneering American firms in a range of industries to introduce lean thinking . . . None of these stories will make the lean leap seem easy; indeed, this is why the are so
believable!" James P. Womack. Praise at Amazon.com 
Quick Response Manufacturing: A Companywide Approach to Reducing Lead Times
Rajan Suri (has QRM web site) Featured in the September 12, 1998 Industry Week article reviewing new manufacturing
methodologies. Check it out at Amazon.com
"The best part of QRM is that it's a simple concept that applies to every single aspect of your business—a
concept we are using to take Trek to the next level. I'm sure that after reading Rajan's book he'll convince you, as he did me, that QRM is the way to go." John Burke, President, Trek Bicycle 
Fast Track to Waste-Free Manufacturing: Straight Talk from a Plant Manager
John W. Davis (e-mail Mr. Davis)
Praise at Amazon.com
The
Dolphins Are Back: A Successful Quality Model for Healing the Environment
Philip M. Scanlan( e-mail Mr. Scanlan) or go to AT&T Quality home page Praise at Amazon.com Award
: The Renewable Natural Resource Foundation (RNRF) awarded the
Outstanding Achievement Award to Quality New Jersey and the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection for their New Jersey Shore cleanup effort and publication of the book The Dolphins Are Back. The book documents this environmental success story. In the
words of the editoral board,"The board believes that the model, decribed in this initiative and based on the book, The Dolphins Are Back
, is of the highest priority and should be shared with people in decision making and academic positions." 
Integrating Kanban with MRPII: Automating a Pull System for Enhanced JIT
Inventory Management
Raymond S. Louis (e-mail Mr. Louis) productivitylouis
Check it out at
Amazon.com And the software: KanFlow
(the Performance Support Software Manual)
Interfacing with Your MRPII Data to Calculate Kanban Lot sizes and Flexible Work Cell Staffing LevelsCheck it out at
Amazon.com
I worked with the designer on the manual. 
Beyond Corporate Transformation: A Whole Systems Approach to Creating and
Sustaining High Performance
Christopher W. Head Check it out at Amazon.com
Praise: Stephen R. Covey says, "Head teaches, with compelling reasoning and examples, not only the importance of aligning structures, systems, and culture with strageic intent, but how it's done.
This exciting book truly goes "beyond" the other literature on corporate transformation.  Thoughtware: Change the Thinking and the Organization Will Change Itself
J. Philip Kirby and David Hughes
Interview with author David Hughes at Amazon.com
 Target Costing and Value Engineering
Robin Cooper and Regine Slagmulder
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Tool Navigator: The Master Guide for Team
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40 Top Tools for Manufacturers: A Guide for Implementing Powerful Improvement Activities
Praise at Amazon.com
Tools for Cross-Functional Teams: Building Synergy for Breakthrough Creativity
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Walter J. Michalski (for the 3 books above) ( e-mail Mr. Michalski )
 Stepping Up To ISO 1400: Integrating Environmental Quality with ISO 9000 and TQM
Subhash C. Puri (
e-mail Mr. Puri
)
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The Right Fit: The Power of Ergonomics as a Competitive Strategy
Clifford M. Gross
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 Go-Go Tools: Five Essential Activities for Leading Small Groups
Shigehiro Nakamura and Hideyuki Takahashi Check it out at Amazon.com
 Software Excellence:
A Total Quality Management Guide
Shigeiti Moriguti
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Amazon.com
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