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Authors: James T. Schutta
ISBN-13: 9780873896580, ISBN-10: 0873896580
Format: Paperback
Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: James T. Schutta

Book Synopsis

Lean Six Sigma is helping to vitalize many small and large organizations by paying attention to the customer's needs and providing processes with smaller amounts of variation to consistently meet and even exceed those needs. This task is completed when the organization understands its processes better and controls those inputs and the process variations that will affect the customer's needs the most.

The intent of this book is to develop the concepts of the Twelve Pillars, which support the Six Sigma improvement process, tie this to both the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and lean, and then to cover the areas that should be considered during the implementation of the Six Sigma process. The executive management of every organization must read this book to establish the foundation for the Lean Six Sigma concepts to hold and become part of the operating style of the corporation. The tools discussed in this book are just as applicable to making management decisions based on data as they are for the Black Belts and Knowledge Workers of the process.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1Introduction1
Ch. 2Basic concepts required for the Lean Six Sigma implementation process9
Ch. 3Pillar one : market and customer knowledge19
Ch. 4Pillar two : leadership commitment and business needs31
Ch. 5Pillar three : the strategic planning process and project alignment43
Ch. 6Pillar four : the training and consulting requirements63
Ch. 7Pillar five : the DMAIC, DMADVIC, and Lean processes71
Ch. 8Pillar six : voice of the customer89
Ch. 9Pillar seven : quality function deployment101
Ch. 10Pillar eight : process mapping and customer and process measures123
Ch. 11Pillar nine : process capability and analysis137
Ch. 12Pillar ten : process solutions and improvements149
Ch. 13Pillar eleven : maintaining the improvement161
Ch. 14Pillar twelve : planning for financial returns, recognition, and rewards171
Ch. 15The new paradigm of Six Sigma183
Ch. 16The knowledge worker and Six Sigma191
Ch. 17The tool sets used for diverse industries199
Ch. 18The pitfalls of implementation203
Ch. 19The successes that can be achieved with Lean Six Sigma and the knowledge worker209
Ch. 20Evaluating the Six Sigma process215
Ch. 21The Lean involvement with Six Sigma227
Ch. 22Integration of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, Lean, and Six Sigma243
Ch. 23Conclusions249

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