Leaning Into Six Sigma : A Parable of the Journey to Six Sigma and a Lean Enterprise

Title: Leaning Into Six Sigma : A Parable of the Journey to Six Sigma and a Lean Enterprise
Author: Barbara Wheat, Chuck Mills, Mike Carnell
ISBN: 0070534616 / 9780070534612
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 96
Publisher: TMH
Year: 2008
Availability: In Stock

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A brief business novel about combining today's two most powerful quality initiatives Leaning Into Six Sigma shows managers how to combine today's two most popular continuous improvement methodologies-- Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma--for dramatically improved quality and cycle time.

This concise and fast-paced "business novel" tells the story of how one skeptical company gradually came to understand and implement a Lean Six Sigma initiative--improving quality at all levels of the organization. This engaging story will help employees and managers understand basic quality concepts from Design of Experiments (DOE) to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), while learning how to:

  • Implement work cells and preventive maintenance
  • Get rid of excess inventory
  • Speed up processes

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Foreword
Introduction

Chapter 1 : SG, Inc.
Chapter 2 : First Impressions of the Plant
Chapter 3 : Workplace Organization and the Five S's
Chapter 4 : The Results of Five S Implementation
Chapter 5 : Six Sigma Strategy for Sid
Chapter 6 : Defining Six Sigma
Chapter 7 : Implementing Six Sigma
Chapter 8 : The Crow's Nest
Chapter 9 : A New Commitment
Chapter 10 : Lean : Listening to the Process
Chapter 11 : Full Circle : Lean to Six Sigma to Lean to Six Sigma
Chapter 12 : Getting Organized to Get Me Out

Index