Handbooks by Stephen C Armstrong

Our Handbooks: Driving Business Transformation and Efficiency

Our collection of seven handbooks is designed to provide comprehensive guidance for organizations seeking to enhance their processes, improve performance, and drive innovation. Each handbook offers practical, step-by-step methodologies tailored to address specific business challenges.

This handbook provides a detailed framework for managing cross-functional product development, ensuring that engineering, manufacturing, and business teams work seamlessly together.

Value to Organizations:

  • Streamlines product development processes.
  • Reduces time-to-market for new products.
  • Fosters collaboration across departments for better innovation outcomes.

A step-by-step guide for organizations undergoing significant transformations. This handbook focuses on aligning processes, technology, and culture to achieve sustainable growth.

Value to Organizations:

  • Helps implement structured, efficient business changes.
  • Aligns operations with strategic business goals.
  • Drives continuous improvement through a well-defined process

This guide outlines methods for managing and improving business processes with a focus on customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Value to Organizations:

  • Identifies inefficiencies and improves process workflows.
  • Enhances customer-centric operations.
  • Supports continuous process improvement and adaptability.

Designed to assist senior leaders in conducting strategic planning workshops. This handbook provides a structured approach to define objectives, set goals, and align teams.

Value to Organizations:

  • Facilitates alignment of leadership teams with long-term goals.
  • Helps in setting actionable objectives that drive growth.
  • Ensures effective execution of strategic plans across departments.

This multi-volume guide covers the planning, organizing, and implementing of ERP systems in manufacturing environments, ensuring successful integration of operations and technology.

Value to Organizations:

  • Streamlines ERP implementation and reduces risk.
  • Enhances resource planning, inventory control, and production efficiency.
  • Provides comprehensive guidelines for ERP project management and execution.

A comprehensive framework for auditing operational processes across various business functions. This guide helps organizations assess performance and identify areas for improvement.

Value to Organizations:

  • Helps diagnose operational inefficiencies and bottlenecks.
  • Provides actionable insights to improve productivity.
  • Supports the continuous optimization of business operations.

A practical guide to help organizations understand and implement ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems. It covers the structure, registration process, and integration of ISO standards.

Value to Organizations:

  • Ensures compliance with ISO 9000 standards.
  • Improves quality management and customer satisfaction.
  • Facilitates the certification process for quality assurance.