The Six Sigma Project Planner : A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading a Six Sigma Project Through DMAIC
Project management strategies for meeting Six Sigma project goals--on time and on budget. 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.
The world’s largest and most profitable companies – including the likes of GE, Bank of America, Honeywell, DuPont, Samsung, Starwood Hotels, Bechtel, and Motorola – have used Six Sigma to achieve breathtaking improvements in business performance, in everything from products to processes to complex systems and even in work environments. Over the past decade, over $100 billion in bottom-line performance has been achieved through corporate Six Sigma programs. Yet, despite its astounding effectiveness, few outside of the community of Six Sigma practitioners know what Six Sigma is all about.
With this book, Six Sigma is revealed to everyone. You might be in a company that’s already implemented Six Sigma, or your organization may be considering it. You may be a student who wants to learn how it works, or you might be a seasoned business professional who needs to get up to speed. In any case, Six Sigma For Dummies is the most straightforward, non-intimidating guide on the market. This simple, friendly book makes Six Sigma make sense.
Six Sigma Project Management: A Pocket Guide provides a step-by-step approach to implementing a Six Sigma project, that can be easily applied within any type of organization. Author Jeffrey Lowenthal has written this easy to use, pocket-sized guidebook, based upon almost two years of research examining what works best within the Six-Sigma environment. Based on the author's own experiences as a Master Blackbelt, research and case studies, Six Sigma Project Management: A Pocket Guide has taken the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve & Control) approach and outlined it within a Six-Step Methodology. This methodology serves as a roadmap for change, a sequential model that can be followed when deploying a sigma initiative within any company. This short and concise guide is straightforward and contains many graphics and flowcharts, which makes the information easy to follow and the book simple to use.
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance
McGraw-Hill | 2000 | ISBN: 0071358064 | English | 448 pages | PDF | 90 pages | 1.36 MB
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance
Six Sigma is a system for improving the quality of organizational processes. It was originally developed at Motorola in the 1980's and has become one of the most widely discussed and reported trends in business over the past two years, thanks largely to the phenomenal successes of the Six Sigma program at one of the world's most successful companies, GE. GE CEO Jack Welch, has been preaching about and implementing the Six Sigma philosophy throughout GE, and credits the program with millions of dollars in annual cost savings and product quality improvements.
