Zero Time: Providing Instant
Customer ValueEvery Time, All the Time
Raymond Yeh
Keri Pearlson
George Kozmetsky
ISBN: 0-471-38245-0
Hardcover Pages: 288 Copyright: 2000
Praise for Zero Time
"Zero Time provides
valuable insight into the critical success factors of the digital age: total customer
experience, velocity, and operational efficiency-all components of Dell's direct
model." -Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Computer Corporation "Zero
Time will become a secular
'bible' for the twenty-first century-speed in 'closing the gaps' is essential,
not only for success but for survival."-Herbert D. Kelleher, Chairman, President,
and CEO, Southwest Airlines Co.
"With this publication,
the authors continue to make significant contributions to the world of business, and we
are deeply grateful for their remarkable insight and vision."-William H.
Cunningham, Chancellor, The University of Texas System
"Zero Time contains some
of the most powerful and creative ways of thinking about learning systems, customer focus
and delight, trusting corporate cultures, and organizational agility that I have ever
seen."-David M. Darst, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
"Zero Time boldly
identifies the point at which the much-noticed innovations of companies as different as
FedEx, Dell Computer, General Electric, and Cisco will converge as a dramatic new model
for American business . . . From the pile of new volumes on corporate change, this is the
one to select for your strongest essential insight."
-Barry Munitz, President
and CEO
The J. Paul Getty Trust
"The business issues
associated in moving at Internet speed to serve a customer base that desires instant
gratification are clearly stated [in Zero Time] . . . The corporations that put these
recommendations in place will be the winners in the electronic business age."-Ralph
J. Szygenda, Group Vice President and CIO, General Motors Corporation
"Zero Time is the
executive's guide to the new millennium! Yeh, Pearlson, and Kozmetsky have distilled the
essence of the chaotic dynamics of today's paradigm-busting business world into a
coherent set of principles and guidelines for success."-Alan B. Salisbury, PhD,
Past President
Learning Tree International