Cutting Costs Creatively: A Self-Guided Continuous Improvement Team Program presents managers, supervisors, work teams and other employees with the essential information they need to set up and manage an in-house continuous cost, quality and productivity improvement program. The book focuses on ten key skill areas that any Continuous Improvement Team (CIT) needs in order to identify, prioritize and solve problems that can negatively impact organizational performance and profitability. The book covers both technical and non-technical team skills like Decision Making and Problem Solving, Data Collection, Cause-Effect Analysis, Value Analysis, The Creative Process and Creative Problem Solving. Also included is a detailed outline for setting up an in-house CIT program together with a Model CIT Master Plan. Easy-to-read and understand, Cutting Costs Creatively is a "must read" for members of any organization that is committed to strengthen their business or operation to successfully compete in today's highly competitive and challenging global economic environment.