Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods, Second Edition

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Includes new and expanded coverage of Six Sigma infrastructure building and benchmarking.
Provides plans, checklists, metrics, and pitfalls.

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This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyond traditional Six Sigma methodologies, introducing an enhanced roadmap- S4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solutionssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects must have a defined defect. A variety of plans, checklists, metrics, and warnings of potential pitfalls provide thorough preparation for anyone implementing Six Sigma strategies. With new coverage of Six Sigma infrastructure building, benchmarking, and real-world" lessons learned, " this Second Edition is the best available tool for implementing these powerful, profit-building strategies.

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Very useful book - faulty cover!.......2007-09-01

The book is a comprehensive review of 6Sigma tools and 6Sigma Project management life cycle. Hard reading. Recommended if there is no fault with the book! This suppose to be a new book from amazon.com I can not send it back as this is very heavy and I need it!!

Book " Implementing 6 sigma: Smarter solutions using statistical methods".......2007-05-26

Excellent condition of the book, as they mentioned, it arrived on time according to what the deal was, this is an excellent vendor

The must-have on every six sigma shelf.......2006-11-12

I have been using this book for the past few years and it continues to be the most valuable Six Sigma resource on my bookshelf. It is the most complete and practical Six Sigma book you will find, and worth every dollar. Every six sigma black belt I have worked with owns a copy of this book

This book is absolutely packed with useful examples - providing you with both the formulas to solve the Six Sigma tests, and also the solutions.

This is a manufacturing-centric six sigma book. If you are dedicated to service application of six sigma, I would recommend reading "Six Sigma for Transactions and Service."

If you are interested in learning about six sigma, or are a green-belt or a process improvement or enterprise modeler, this probably isn't the book for you. However if you are a black belt and apply six sigma methods on a consistent basis, this is a must-read ...

Implementing Six Sigma Review.......2006-02-28

I have read multiple books on Six Sigma, but "Implementing Six Sigma", is by far the most practical with a perfect balance of statistical concepts and everyday examples. Finally, there is a book that can show Executives, there is a better way, a true management system that links strategic objectives to bottom-line results. This book is a must for all Six Sigma practioners.

This is the only Six Sigma book you will need.......2006-02-26

This is the only Six Sigma book that covers all aspects of the methodology. You will not find another book that analyses every aspect of Six Sigma so deeply and yet, in a way that makes it so easy to understand.
As a professional of Six Sigma, I have been through every book about the subject that deserves attention but none of them comes anywhere close to Breygogle's "Implementing Six Sigma". Not only does the second edition cover the Lean methodology, but it also delves into the Theory OF Constraints and very clearly shows how it can be used for Six Sigma project selections.
No wonder why this book is the only one recommended by ASQ for their Six Sigma Black Belt preperation and no wonder why Breyfogle won the Crosby Medal.
Great book! I give it a 5 plus.
Issa Bass

Key Performance Indicators: Developing, Implementing,and Using Winning KPIs

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Prepare to be converted
Everything it promised to be
KPI Usability Review
A rational methodology to implement KPIs
Great Framework for Developing and Implementing KPI's

Key Performance Indicators: Developing, Implementing,and Using Winning KPIs
David Parmenter
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ASIN: 0470095881

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Breathtaking in its simplicity and profound in its impact, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) distills the balanced scorecard process into twelve logical steps, equipping users with an implementation resource kit that includes questionnaires, worksheets, workshop outlines, and a list of over 500 performance measures. Author David Parmenter provides you with everything you need to master and implement a KPI-driven strategy.

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Prepare to be converted.......2007-08-14

This is a must for every accounts dept. It gives you a fresh and concise look at developing your accounts dept and company as a whole.
Lots of ideas to think about, easy to read and understand. Even step by step lists that you can follow.
I would recommend this book to anyone from a trainee accoutant to FCO's it throws out the old way of looking at things and brings in a new and exciting way of thinking about the bigger picture.
As accountants we are very happy to plod along with our wonderful spreadsheets, this helps you look at better ways of working.

Everything it promised to be.......2007-07-24

It promised key performance indicators and it actually provided them. Easy to read, good format.

KPI Usability Review.......2007-07-05

I found this book to be reasonably helpful. There are lists and lists of key performance indicators in the back of the book. There was one story in particular (won't give it away for all of you who want the book) that was particularly good and I have started sharing that example in my work (Six Sigma). All in all, I think I am looking for more of the "how to do it," which I found this book to be a little light on. . . . . .

A rational methodology to implement KPIs.......2007-07-03

The main purpose of this book is to be a practical methodology to implement KPIs, and it does this reasonably well.

I would say that many recommendations throughout the book will be of good use, although there are several concepts that are applicable in a cultural environment that is more common to multinational companies or very large local companies.

The best chapter of this book is the first, where David Parmenter discusses the concept of a KPI, from a practical point of view. He divides indicators in three basic types, that makes sense and help understand them :
. KRI - Key Results Indicator
. PI - Performance Indicator
. KPI - Key Performance Indicator

In this chapter, he emphasizes the fact that KPIs are just the few main indicators that management of a business must identify, so that they focus on the right things... Something to remember all the time when you are implementing BSCs, Dashboards and the like.

The proposed approach behind this methodology is a practical one. It is for those that want faster results. The final phrase of the book could be: "roll up your sleeves and put KPIs to work as fast as you can".

Great Framework for Developing and Implementing KPI's.......2007-04-10

This was a very easy concise yet comprehensive framework and structure for developing and implementing KPI's. It distinguishes true KPI's from performance indicators or results indicators which people gravitate to as they think they are KPI's. This laid out a logical framework to follow. It is an easy read and provides many checklists as well as sample KPI's.

Autonomous Maintenance in Seven Steps: Implementing Tpm on the Shop Floor (Tpm)

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Autonomous Maintenance concepts - step by step

Autonomous Maintenance in Seven Steps: Implementing Tpm on the Shop Floor (Tpm)
Masaji Tajiri , and Fumio Gotoh
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Autonomous Maintenance concepts - step by step.......2007-06-27

This book presents Autonomous Maintenance activities & focus of each implementing phase. It also lists tools used in each phase. However, it does not explore the tools in details (QX matrix for example). It also does not explore to much integration among the other TPM pillars with Autonomous Maintenance pillar during implementation phases. It gives good, simple and effective visual control examples.

Implementing a Mixed Model Kanban System: The Lean Replenishment Technique for Pull Production

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Better Kanban References Available
A methodology for insuring maximum quality at minimal cost

Implementing a Mixed Model Kanban System: The Lean Replenishment Technique for Pull Production
James C. Vatalaro , and Robert E. Taylor
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ASIN: 1563272865

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When describing kanban implementation most information resources merely reference it without explaining it in technical terms or providing implementation details. Authors James Vatalaro and Robert Taylor address the need for kanban implementation guidance in Implementing a Mixed Model Kanban System: The Lean Replenishment Technique for Pull Production.

Implementing a Mixed Model Kanban System is a comprehensive and in-depth guide to implementing a kanban within the value stream. Its plain-language approach provides step-by-step coverage and guidance of the implementation, metrics, and dynamics of an effective kanban system based on proven reliable methods honed through years of implementation experience within manufacturing and non-manufacturing environments. By focusing on a case study of a manufacturing company trying to create and maintain continuous flow in their value stream. Vatalaro and Taylor show the reader how to construct their own kanban process, from beginning to end.

This book carefully identifies and explains each of the components of a kanban system within the context of pull production. The authors' common sense approach makes this book an excellent "on the floor" resource for all levels of "lean learners."

In addition, a CD-ROM is included, containing the spreadsheets and forms discussed in the text.

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Better Kanban References Available.......2007-03-17

If you are new to Kanban, this book is not for you. It only gives a small description on how to run a kanban system.

A methodology for insuring maximum quality at minimal cost.......2005-08-07

The collaborative work of Toyota Production System veterans and experts James C. Vatalaro and Robert E. Taylor, Implementing A Mixed Model Kanban System: The Lean Replenishment Technique For Pull Production spells out the technical details and requirements of implementing a kanban system, a methodology for insuring maximum quality at minimal cost particularly in product manufacturing, within the context of pull production. Chapters explain the principles of kanban in plain terms, tools for applying and managing the system, and frequently asked questions. Simple diagrams, sample charts, and plain language clearly outline the basics in this valuable resource for any business manager or production overseer looking to take advantage of the structure and principles of kanban.

The Executive Guide to Implementing Quality Systems

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The Executive Guide to Implementing Quality Systems
Peter Mears , and Frank Voehl
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ASIN: 1884015530

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Presenting an unusual and unique system for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), this new book is geared for executives who want or need to support quality improvement in their organizations. It is the contributions made by CEO's and upper management that moves the quality process forward, and because of this structure, The Executive Guide to Implementing Quality focuses on the concepts, thinking, and systems necessary for management to operationalize the CQI philosophy.Because quality is not a management problem but rather a problem that involves and requires all people working together at all levels to participate and cooperate, management must engage the organization in the processes that will improve the quality of their goods or services. It is, however, management's job to lead, organize, structure, motivate, and involve the organization in those strategies and systems that will ensure quality improvement. This book explains how to do that.Readers are given a series of exercises and explanations that will help them master the skills and understanding required to identify the management systems they need to support their quality improvement. After reading about a concept, they are asked to contribute to exercises designed to inspire creative and innovative thinking and the exploration of multi-functional options. And because it is the job of management to initiate the quality movement, this book shows how to change defensive thoughts like "that won't work for me" into "what is there that will work here." In addition to showing management how to take the lead in installing CQI in their organization, it also shows how to install the concepts through leadership teams, how to bring out the best in people, how to get top performance from employees and become a world-class organization, and how to reinforce the behaviors necessary to achieve the visions and goals of the organization. This workbook is an easy-and-quick-to-use guide that shows how to identify the support systems that generate desirable outcomes and reinforces them through positive actions.

Tpm Development Program: Implementing Total Productive Maintenance (Preventative Maintenance Series)

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Tpm Development Program: Implementing Total Productive Maintenance (Preventative Maintenance Series)
Seiichi Nakajima
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The Six Sigma Basic Training Kit: Implementing Juran's 6-Step Quality Improvement Process And Six Sigma Tools

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expensive & dissapointing
Perfect for training non-technical students
Should be called "Six Sigma for Dummies (sans cartoons)"
A positive review with some constructive comments

The Six Sigma Basic Training Kit: Implementing Juran's 6-Step Quality Improvement Process And Six Sigma Tools
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The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook: A Quick Reference Guide to 100 Tools for Improving Quality and Speed
Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide

ASIN: 0070653437

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Includes everything a Six Sigma facilitator needs to lead Six Sigma training

The Six Sigma Basic Training Kit, complete with facilitator notes, learning exercises, case studies, and more, is a series of training modules for any company that is implementing Six Sigma. It provides everything a trainer needs to take a quality improvement team through the Six Sigma process step by step, from appreciating quality to creating and executing a quality-improvement plan.

Classic, simple processes developed by the world-famous Juran Institute have been turned into easy training modules on how to:

Identify business processes needing improvement
Work as a team on the solution
Track time and cost savings that result from the new process, and more

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expensive & dissapointing.......2003-03-03

I am an ASQ certified Black Belt and a Six Sigma Trainer in Germany. I expected a good help for instruction but I was extremely dissapointed. This Kit contains no cd or disc with powerpoint slides. The contents are very primitive and not very helpful in training any students with a little experience in quality management. The name Six Sigma Training Kit is in my eyes wrong because it contains nearly only basic quality tools found in better publications. This time the name "Juran" doesn't guarantee quality. For 10% of the price buy better Rath&Strong's Pocket Guide!

Perfect for training non-technical students.......2002-08-06

Although the tools are not what one would consider core 6-Sigma tools (i.e., no control charts), this book is still a worthwhile training kit. Its main value is to provide a firm grounding in the basics for non-technical members of an organization that is implementing 6-Sigma. When used for that purpose the book gives the trainer or facilitator a clearly laid out syllabus for teaching what 6-Sigma means and why it's important to organizations from quality and competitive advantage perspectives.

In addition to providing a roadmap for teaching the what's and why's, the syllabus also covers a number of concepts and tools that will prove useful to anyone from admin assistant to line manager, including a good understanding of quality, cause analysis, powerful, but simple, tools (cause and effect, flow and Pareto diagrams and charts).

For the professional trainer or facilitator the book epitomizes what excellent training documentation should look like. The layout makes good use of white space, the writing is clear, and the use of tables and graphics enhance learning.

If you are a trainer or facilitator this book will dramatically shorten course design and provide you with solid training materials. It is not suited for advanced training in 6-Sigma techniques, however, but for the target audience I cited above it's perfect.

Should be called "Six Sigma for Dummies (sans cartoons)".......2002-08-03

Overall, the quality of this book is adequate, provided you aren't expecting a thorough treatment. That, in itself, would've rated it three stars if there wasn't one mitigating factor - in reading this book, one could (easily) assume the Juran Group (or Juran himself) invented Six Sigma, and nothing could be further from the truth. (As best as I know, it was Bob Gavin, in 1988.)

Egoism drops the rating to two stars.

This book is a good basic overview - nothing more. Save yourself the grief (and money!) and buy the Pyzdek book instead.

A positive review with some constructive comments.......2002-03-12

The book is a very good tool to use to teach the basics of Six Sigma. The training guide is exact, clear, and concise as is the participant guide.
It is a BASIC course and as such, it contains no statistical tools.
Now for the bad.
The paper of the manual is very flimsy and apt to tear.
The participant guide section starts with page number 201. I thought perhaps it should start with page 1.
On some of the Participant pages, at the bottom it gives a web address to go to if you would like to download an electronic (MS Word) customizable document. I went there, and could not figure out how to do so.

I think the book is an excellent basic training kit, as advertised, but handle the manual gingerly, the pages more than likely to tear.

Implementing Design for Six Sigma: A Leaders Guide
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Implementing Design for Six Sigma: A Leaders Guide
Georgette Belair , and John O'Neill
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ASIN: 0873896955

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Have your companys products achieved what you hoped for rapid customer uptake, high sales volume and revenue/profit? Can you produce them at high Sigma-levels for Critical to Quality requirements, resulting in high customer satisfaction and low return/warranty costs? Authors Belair and ONeill will help you understand how your current new-product development process is performing by diagnosing its strengths and weaknesses, and then planning and implementing changes to improve your organizations ability to deliver Six Sigma designs! The main goal of Implementing Design for Six Sigma is to provide you a game plan to help you move the ball down the field from your current product development world to one where DFSS has been embraced as a working part of your processes and culture. Whether the products you develop are made of metal and plastic, or money and mutual funds, this book will help you improve your development process so that you may deliver better products and services that your customers will want and want to pay for. From tangible products like cars and cough syrup to service products like mortgages and retirement plans, if you dig deeply into your new-product development process and follow the guidelines in this book, you can and will implement major improvements. Contents: Preface Chapter 1 Driving Six Sigma Designs Introduction Chapter 2 What is Design for Six Sigma? Chapter 3 What DFSS Can Do For You and Your Company Chapter 4 DFSS The Method & Roadmap Chapter 5 Gap Analysis and Readiness for the DFSS Journey Chapter 6 Planning, Leading and Implementing DFSS Chapter 7 Measuring Success Chapter 8 How to Know When the Organization Has It Chapter 9 Keeping Up the DFSS Drive Chapter 10 Where Do You Go From Here? Chapter 11 DFSS Case Study Glossary References Index

Breaking the Cost Barrier: A Proven Approach to Managing and Implementing Lean Manufacturing

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The Key to Sustained Lean

Breaking the Cost Barrier: A Proven Approach to Managing and Implementing Lean Manufacturing
Stephen A. Ruffa , and Michael J. Perozziello
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"Success is often the culmination of a series of lesser known accomplishments." -Stephen A. Ruffa and Michael J. Perozziello

In the Muroc, California desert over fifty years ago, a team of contractors and government engineers along with a daring young test pilot named Chuck Yeager achieved the seemingly impossible and broke the sound barrier. It was a brilliant, selfless team effort; one that opened the doors for limitless advances in aviation.

Yet, once again, this industry is faced with an apparently insurmountable barrier; not one of performance, but of cost. To break this barrier, a team of manufacturing professionals led by the Department of Defense's Stephen Ruffa-was given unprecedented access by the giants of military and commercial aircraft engines and avionics production. Their mission? Go beyond the age old focus on flying farther, faster, and higher to discover how to effectively and permanently slash the cost of producing aircraft to allow this industry to continue its rapid pace of advancement.

The results of their study set the stage for a new approach that will again change the face of this industry. These findings lauded by leaders across the industry and comprehensively explored in Breaking the Cost Barrier prove that production variation, as opposed to more common targets like labor utilization and inventory levels, is the chief cause of escalating production costs.

More importantly, they reveal how companies can control spiraling production costs by first controlling the variability that has for too long been considered a necessary evil in manufacturing circles.

While much has been written about what "lean production" techniques are, Breaking the Cost Barrier is the first book to explain how to effectively put lean techniques into place. It presents the big picture on how you can understand and adopt the industry proven techniques used in the lean production environment and coordinate the best into one powerhouse variation management program. Case studies and examples showcase how these techniques can be applied to control production variability across industries and requirements.

Breaking the Cost Barrier provides far more than just another plug-and-play technique for increasing efficiency. Instead, it tells the step-by-step story of how one team of professionals, guided by the belief that an answer was closer than anyone realized, broke the code on production variability problems and introduced exciting, profitable, and easily adaptable variation management methods to one of the world's most important and noteworthy industries.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS is the nation's largest broad-based industrial trade association. The NAM is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has regional offices across the country. For more information on the NAM, call David W. Walker, Vice President, Marketing and Member Services, at (202) 637-3186.

The dramatic account of how a team of aerospace professionals attacked production variation to slash costs by 25%

Variation Management the identification and control of variation in production processes-is critical to today's cost-conscious aerospace industry. Now, the story of how its underlying framework was discovered by a team of professionals in a cooperative effort with a range of organizations, from McDonnell Douglas and Pratt & Whitney to Westinghouse and even the U.S. government, is chronicled in the innovative and technique-packed Breaking the Cost Barrier.

This fast-paced, highly entertaining book gives you a behind-the-scenes look at how you can design and implement a system to successfully control production variability and leverage the power of that system for your own organization. It describes what many of the components of a variability control system are and what goals they should achieve, then demonstrates from the inside out why each comprises an important part in the puzzle.

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The Key to Sustained Lean.......2002-01-03

The authors have clearly explained the key to successful, sustainable, implementation of Lean via their research and analysis. Even though the focus of the study is the aircraft industry, their Variation Management emphasis and methods are relevant to all industries and companies of all sizes. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants their organization to excel in today's highly competitive marketplace. The past 2 decades have been filled with too many Lean implementations that have not resulted in significant, long term results; I believe, this book clearly shows why this has often happened, and conclusions are supported by the authors' detailed, rigorous, analysis approach. Therefore, you will begin to understand the difference between the "pseudo"-lean companies and the real-lean, successful companies.

Implementing Tpm: The North American Experience (Step-By-Step Approach to TPM Implementation) (Step-By-Step Approach to TPM Implementation)

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Good book for management who want to implement TPM
TMP

Implementing Tpm: The North American Experience (Step-By-Step Approach to TPM Implementation) (Step-By-Step Approach to TPM Implementation)
Charles J. Robinson , and Andrew P. Ginder
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ASIN: 1563270870

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The authors document an approach to TPM planning and deployment that modifies the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance 12-step process to accommodate the experiences of North American plants. They include details and advice on specific deployment steps, OEE calculation methodology, and autonomous maintenance deployment. This book shows how to make TPM work in unionized plants and how to position TPM to support and complement other strategic manufacturing improvement initiatives. More than just an implementation guide, it's actually a testimonial of proven TPM success in North American companies through the adoption of "best in class" manufacturing practices.

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Good book for management who want to implement TPM.......2005-10-22

Good book if you're interested in (implementing) TPM. The book is very easy to read and does not keep repeating itself. Basically TPM is a(n) (big) extension on Keizen Teian and it might be useful to read a book on that subject as well, but is not necessary to understand the book. The book reviews all the steps how to come to a TPM system, especially the part on the preconditions is interesting, because based on my own experience this help your organization already a lot. The appendix contains a master plan for implementing TPM. In my opinion it is a good start but a more detailed checklist would have been better, but you can't have it all.

TMP.......1999-03-24

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