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1. |  Six Sigma Business Scorecard: Creating a Comprehensive Corporate Performance measurement Sysytem By: Praveen Gupta Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 12-DEC-2006 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Six Sigma Business Scorecard: Creating a Comprehensive Corporate Performance measurement Sysytem
Praveen Gupta was at Motorola in 1987 when Bill Smith first proposed what has become Six Sigma, and has been working to improve processes ever since. Somewhere along the line Mr. Gupta became focused on the problems of relating corporate goals and profits to process changes. Mr. Gupta describes the history and practices of Six Sigma in a few succinct chapters. He goes on to compare and contrast Six Sigma measures with ISO 9000 measures and the measures used by the US's Baldrige award system. In the end he concludes that, while each contributes to improved processes, they do not tend to...
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2. |  The Six Sigma Project Planner: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading a Six Sigma Project Through DMAIC By: Thomas Pyzdek Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 21-MAR-2003 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Six Sigma Project Planner: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading a Six Sigma Project Through DMAIC
The Six Sigma Project Planner shows Six Sigma Black Belts and Green Belts how to use project management tools to complete Six Sigma improvements on time and on budget.
The Planner provides dozens of reproducible project management tools for following the proven Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve- Control (DMAIC) process improvement format.
Readers who follow its guidelines will be able to quickly and effectively:
Determine a Six Sigma project's ROI
Correct problems in current processes
Develop and implement entirely new processes
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Applying Design for Six Sigma to Software and Hardware Systems By: Eric Maass; Patricia D. McNair Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 19-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 20-MAY-2009 | Overview: Applying Design for Six Sigma to Software and Hardware Systems This book provides a clear roadmap and guidance for developing
products—not only simple products, but also high tech,
information age products and systems involving both software and
hardware development. The book provides real and realistic
examples, so that the reader will have exactly what he or she needs
to successfully apply DFSS to systems, software, and hardware
development projects. The scope encompasses the development project
from the development, justification, and prioritization of the
business case and the associated project schedule, through the
developing of customer-driven...
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4. |  Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement: A Deeper Look Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 04-DEC-2007 Insert Date: 17-MAY-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement: A Deeper Look
Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement reveals how to refocus lean/six sigma processes on what author Richard Schonberger—world-renowned process improvement pioneer—calls "the Golden Goals": better quality, quicker response, greater flexibility, and higher value. This manual shows you how it can be done, employing success stories of over 100 companies including Apple, Illinois Tool Works, Dell, Inc., and Wal-Mart, all of which have established themselves as the new, global "Kings of Lean," surpassing even Toyota in long-term improvement.
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5. |  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 24-JUN-2003 Insert Date: 11-MAY-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 |
Much of the U.S. economy is now based on services rather than manufacturing. Yet the majority of books on Six Sigma and Lean--today's major quality improvement initiatives--explain only how to implement these techniques in a manufacturing environment.
Lean Six Sigma for Services fills the need for a service-based approach, explaining how companies of all types can cost-effectively translate manufacturing-oriented Lean Six Sigma tools into the service delivery process.
Filled with case studies detailing dramatic service improvements in organizations from Lockheed Martin to Stanford...
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6. |  STATISTICS FOR SIX SIGMA MADE EASY! By: Warren Brussee Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 12-MAY-2004 Insert Date: 01-MAY-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: STATISTICS FOR SIX SIGMA MADE EASY!
This is the first simple, low-level guide to using the powerful statistical tools of Six Sigma to solve real-world problems. Warren Brussee, a Six Sigma manager who helped his teams generate millions of dollars in savings, shows how to plot, interpret, and validate data for a Six Sigma project. The basic statistical tools in the book can be applied to manufacturing, sales, marketing, process, equipment design, and more. Best of all, no background in statistics is required to start improving quality and initiating cost-saving improvements right away.
Features dozens of Six Sigma...
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7. |  Quality Function Deployment and Six Sigma: A QFD Handbook, Second Edition By: Joseph P. Ficalora; Louis Cohen Publisher: Prentice Hall Publication Date: 17-JUL-2009 Insert Date: 08-APR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Quality Function Deployment and Six Sigma: A QFD Handbook, Second Edition This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.Make the Most of QFD and the Voice of the Customer in Six
Sigma Environments
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) techniques have helped thousands
of organizations deliver higher-quality, more user-focused product
designs. Now, Lou Cohen’s classic guide to QFD has been
thoroughly updated to fully align QFD with Design for Six Sigma
(DFSS) and other state-of-the-art Six Sigma methodologies.
Revised by world-class Six Sigma expert Joe Ficalora and his team
at Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, this new edition’s
up-to-date perspective on QFD...
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8. |  The Six Sigma Handbook: Revised and Expanded By: Thomas Pyzdek Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 20-MAR-2003 Insert Date: 06-APR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Six Sigma Handbook: Revised and Expanded
The management information and statistical tools you need to successfully implement Six Sigma
Six Sigma has helped organizations of all types and sizes improve the quality of processes and products while simultaneously increasing customer satisfaction and saving billions of dollars. The Six Sigma Handbook covers the management systems and statistical tools that are the foundation for this revolutionary new approach to management.
Thomas Pyzdek offers expert, proven advice on using Six Sigma to retain customers and enhance bottom line performance while cutting costs dramatically. He...
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9. |  WHAT IS SIX SIGMA?: Pete Pande and Larry Holpp By: Peter S. Pande; Lawrence Holpp Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 26-OCT-2001 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: WHAT IS SIX SIGMA?: Pete Pande and Larry Holpp
A brief introduction to Six Sigma for employees
Six Sigma is today's most talked-about system for improving the quality of organizational processes. Written by bestselling author Peter Pande,What Is Six Sigma? is a concise summary of the core themes and processes of Six Sigma. Unlike almost all other books on Six Sigma, it is written for the employees of organizations rolling out Six Sigma not just managers. This helpful overview describes what Six Sigma is, why companies are implementing it, and how employees can make it a success in their own organizations.
Based on the bestselling...
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10. |  By: Michael L. George; David T. Rowlands; Bill Kastle Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Publication Date: 27-OCT-2003 Insert Date: 26-MAR-2009 Bookshelf Slots: 1.0 | Overview: What is Lean Six Sigma?
A bestselling Six Sigma author tells employees everything they need to know about the Lean Six Sigma strategy
Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important and popular quality trends of our time: Six Sigma and Lean Production. What Is Lean Six Sigma? is a simple primer on Lean Six Sigma, written for employees and designed to be bought in large quantities by organizations rolling out Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
The book explains why companies are implementing Lean Six Sigma, why employees should care, and how they can help make it a success in their organization, with tips on how...
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