Operationally Svelte

Manage Costs to Increase Profit and Enhance Performance

By: Duane Deason

Narrated by: Calvin Sweers

Operationally Svelte Unleashes Growth, Innovation, and Profit.

An "operationally svelte" organization means it is lean, flexible, and efficient.

Organizational bloat creeps into companies as they grow. It dulls cutting-edge innovation, slows responses to changing economic conditions, whittles down profitability, and hinders growth. You will not curtail it by doing what you have always done. Companies need a new strategy.

In Operationally Svelte, author Duane Deason presents a refreshing approach to making an organization lean and unleashing its potential: create a Cost Management Center. Think of it this way—while your Sales team focuses on revenue, your Cost Management Center team focuses on managing and controlling costs throughout the organization.

Get step-by-step guidance to establish a Cost Management Center and eliminate the common culprits of waste and inefficiency. Then dive into strategies to maximize its effectiveness and transform your company for optimal performance, enhanced growth, superior innovation, and increased profit.

©2025 Duane Deason (P)2025 Duane Deason

Short Book but Excellent Content

I am currently getting an MBA and this book is better than most of the materials required by my professors. If you want advice or a process for getting better prices in your business or even in certain aspects of your personal life, I would highly recommend this book. The information is not overly complicated, and the book is very conducive to people who only read a few pages at a time.