Strategic Six Sigma: Best Practices from the Executive Suite - Rilegato

Smith, Dick; Blakeslee, Jerry; Koonce, Richard

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0471232947 ISBN 13: 9780471232940

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002

Riassunto

Real executives talk about how Six Sigma changed their organizations for the better
Backed by the real-world experience of executives who successfully implemented Six Sigma, this book shows how this powerful, data-driven quality improvement methodology can improve the learning cycle and financial and corporate reporting, as well as strategic planning, customer demand issues, and more. Case studies and interviews provide real-life best practices that make the implementation process that much easier for managers. The authors are Six Sigma experts affiliated with PricewaterhouseCoopers and here present an innovative examination of this powerful and popular methodology.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

DICK SMITH is the Partner-in-Charge of the Center of Excellence for Six Sigma Services at PwC Consulting. He is a well-known speaker on the topics of business strategy, organizational change, and Six Sigma deployment.

JERRY BLAKESLEE is a Global Partner at the Center of Excellence for Six Sigma Services and a primary architect of PwC Consulting's global Strategic Six Sigma approach.

RICHARD KOONCE is a writer, interviewer, business consultant, and a well-known expert on job and workplace trends.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Six Sigma is more popular than ever as an operational quality improvement technique for cutting costs, improving processes, and reducing business cycle times. But Six Sigma can also be employed as a powerful leadership philosophy and methodology. Today, more and more companies are realizing the full potential of Six Sigma as a strategic tool for developing and accelerating corporate strategy and for spurring organizational change.

Strategic Six Sigma: Best Practices from the Executive Suite outlines the key elements of Strategic Six Sigma leadership in successful companies and provides readers with the guidance necessary to apply these same practices and approaches in their own companies. Expert advice from Six Sigma specialists at PwC Consulting, interviews with leading CEOs, and case studies offer readers the chance to see Strategic Six Sigma in action and study the proven benefits of successful implementation.

This book clearly demonstrates how the principles and approaches of Six Sigma-when applied systematically and strategically-can have a tremendous impact both on a company's bottom-line business performance and on its potential for continued growth. Six Sigma principles provide companies with a common vehicle and language with which to frame business goals, align people and processes, focus organizational energy, and drive results. Because the methodology relies on factual data and real-world feedback to drive decision-making, it's able to unify top leadership teams under a common banner and make strategic planning and execution more efficient and successful. Strategic Six Sigma highlights these benefits and guides leaders in making this proven methodology the starting point for company-wide strategy.

Three distinct sections offer business leaders everything they need to understand and implement Strategic Six Sigma in their organizations. Part One focuses on how implementing the methodology helps companies survive in the marketplace, build customer loyalty, and provide high-quality products and services. Part Two guides leaders in implementation and profiles companies that have achieved stunning success with Strategic Six Sigma-GE, Dow Chemical, Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and many more. Part Three examines the future of the methodology and provides best practices for developing leaders with strong Strategic Six Sigma expertise, as well as needed technical skills, people skills, and change management skills.

Strategic Six Sigma isn't just about improving business process performance-it's about fundamentally transforming the relationships companies maintain with their employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, analysts, and even competitors. It lets you view your business from your customer's perspective so you can exceed customer expectations and marketplace requirements. More than just a technique for streamlining your operations, Strategic Six Sigma is the glue that holds your organization together and aligns everyone behind your mission.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0471232947
• ISBN 13: 9780471232940
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 310