My Publications - Eric Roth

The Backdrop

“Excellence becomes real only when it is applied. These publications turn principles into structures that endure.”
– Eric Roth

Business Excellence

Business Excellence

Business Excellence (BE) enables organizations to improve processes, optimize resources, and drive innovation. By fostering continuous improvement, strategic alignment, and operational discipline, businesses enhance efficiency, adaptability, and long-term competitiveness.

Operational Excellence (OPEX) as part of Business Excellence (BE) is a philosophy and practice focused on improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and adaptability of business processes. It aims to create value for customers and stakeholders by continuously enhancing operations to achieve superior results.

Lean Management

Lean Management maximizes customer value by eliminating waste and improving efficiency. Originating from the Toyota Production System (TPS), it focuses on removing non-value-adding activities such as overproduction, delays, defects, and excess inventory to strengthen overall performance.

Quality Management

Quality Management (QM) is a systematic approach to consistently meeting or exceeding customer expectations through practices and principles that ensure high standards in products and services.

Core Principles: Customer Focus • Continuous Improvement • Leadership and Engagement

ISO 9001

ISO, DIN, EN, EFQM

Quality Management

PDF Presentations

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Lean Management

KAIZEN Roadmap

KAIZEN Principles ➔ 5S & Waste • ASA – Activity Structure Analysis • GEMBA Walk & Talk • PM – Process Mapping • PSS – Problem Solution Story • SIPOC – Input-Output Check • Team Board & ICs

Quality Management

Quality Management

ISO QMS PDCA • ISO Self-Evaluations ➔ ISO 9001 • ISO 14001 • ISO 22000 (incl. HACCP) • ISO 45001

“Exzellenz wird erst dann Wirklichkeit, wenn sie angewendet wird. Diese Publikationen verwandeln Prinzipien in Strukturen, die Bestand haben.”
– Eric Roth

Mein Kompass

“Wenn es eine freie Marktwirtschaft gäbe, wäre das dann Wirtschafts-Anarchie?”
– Eric Roth

Berufswelt

“Fortschritt entsteht durch umgesetzte Entscheidungen, nicht durch diskutierte Ideen.”
– Eric Roth

Quality Management

“Quality isn’t a department. It’s the moment you stop tolerating excuses.”
– Eric Roth

Lean Management

“The moment a process needs defending, waste has already won.”
– Eric Roth

Lean + 6σ = Lean 6σ

“Lean changes how you work. Six Sigma changes what you accept. Together they change what’s possible.”
– Eric Roth

My Publications

“Excellence becomes real only when it is applied. These publications turn principles into structures that endure.”
– Eric Roth

Corporate Culture

“A strong corporate culture is most likely a hybrid model of adhocracy and market type. It fosters innovation, integrity and a sense of belonging turning a company into a community.”
– Eric Roth

ISO, DIN, EN, EFQM

“ISO standards are the silent guarantors of quality, safety, and efficiency in our global marketplace, setting the benchmark for what is trusted and reliable.”
– Eric Roth

Business Excellence

“Excellence isn’t earned once – it’s earned and proven daily with no retirement.“
– Eric Roth

Professional

“Progress is built on decisions that get implemented, not ideas that get discussed.”
– Eric Roth

My Compass

“If a free market economy existed, was that a business anarchy?”
– Eric Roth

Procurement

“Revenue is generated by sales but profit is made in procurement.”
“Purchase at a favourable price, but do not purchase at a cheap one – it will backfire.”
“Transform your procurement staff in your enterprise into entrepreneurs in your procurement team.”
– Eric Roth

SCM & Co.

“One might very well look into the possibility of creating ground for demand chain or even value chain responsibles for the sake of a healthy mix of competencies and responsibilities.”
– Eric Roth

KAIZEN

“Pull your finger out and leave your footprint.”
– Eric Roth

Ninja Services

Ninja Services delivers Business Excellence through decisive, execution‑driven engagement. The focus is on Lean Management (KAIZEN / Six Sigma), Global Procurement and Quality Management including the design of systems according to ISO Standards, governance frameworks and resilient supply‑chain and sourcing architectures.

Assignments span Greenfield builds, OEM / ODM setups, international contracting and the redesign of risk‑aligned organisational models. Complex environments are assessed fast, priorities are set without ceremony and implementation follows with operational authority, resulting in clear improvements in cost structures, transparency, service levels and organisational reliability.

Eric’s Compass → Integrity, Curiosity, Empathy, Pragmatism. No unnecessary movements. Only Value Creation.