The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition - Rilegato

Pyzdek, Thomas; Keller, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0071623388 ISBN 13: 9780071623384

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Riassunto

The authoritative classic--revised and updated for today's Six Sigma practitioners

Whether you want to further your Six Sigma training to achieve a Black or Green Belt or you are totally new to the quality-management strategy, you need reliable guidance. The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition shows you, step by step, how to integrate this profitable approach into your company's culture.

Co-written by an award-winning contributor to the practice of quality management and a successful Six Sigma trainer, this hands-on guide features:

• Cutting-edge, Lean Six Sigma concepts integrated throughout
• Completely revised material focused on project objectives
• Updated and expanded problem-solving examples using Excel and Minitab
• A streamlined format that puts proven practices at your fingertips

The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition is the only comprehensive reference you need to make Six Sigma work for your company. The book explains how to organize for Six Sigma, how to use customer requirements to drive strategy and operations, how to carry out successful project management, and more. Learn all the management responsibilities and actions necessary for a successful deployment, as well as how to:

• Dramatically improve products and processes using DMAIC and DMADV
• Use Design for Six Sigma to create innovative products and processes
• Incorporate lean, problem-solving, and statistical techniques within the Six Sigma methodology
• Avoid common pitfalls during implementation

Six Sigma has evolved with the changing global economy, and The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition is your key to ensuring that your company realizes significant gains in quality, productivity, and sales in today's business climate.

 

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Thomas Pyzdek is a quality consultant, entrepreneur, author, educator, software developer, and speaker. He writes a regular column for Quality Digest and is a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He conducts seminars on Six Sigma for the American Society for Quality, and has received that organizations "Edwards" award. His clients and employers cover a wide range of industries including Ford, GM, McDonald's, Avon, Hughes Aircraft Company Missile Systems Group, and the Tucson Medical Center.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Six Sigma has come a long way over the past two decades, both in its popularity and practice. Now, company leaders have a reliable guide to today's progressively stronger Six Sigma management strategies with The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition.

This up-to-date resource reveals how to effectively integrate Six Sigma into the fabric of any company in order to improve the quality of processes and products, increase customer satisfaction, and save money. This new edition illuminates the latest advances in Six Sigma, such as how the strategy has:

• Evolved--especially when it's used to operationalize an organization's strategy
• Expanded--from merely improving existing processes to designing new products and processes at quality and performance levels near or above Six Sigma
• Incorporated Lean Manufacturing--Lean Six Sigma is the most prevalent trend in Six Sigma in recent years

What sets this definitive work apart is its focus on real-world applications of covered material. By featuring screenshots of Minitab and Excel, the most widely used software programs for doing statistics with Six Sigma, this instructive book demonstrates how problem-solving and statistical techniques play out in on-the-job situations.

The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition also provides valuable, time-saving guidance for:

• Achieving a critical level of technical proficiency
• Selecting the right personnel to train
• Developing effective leadership
• Building the best teams

If you're ready to transform your company into a more efficient, higher-valued enterprise, you need The Six Sigma Handbook, Third Edition.

 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0071623388
• ISBN 13: 9780071623384
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 548