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9780071414326

Leaning Into Six Sigma A Parable of the Journey to Six Sigma and a Lean Enterprise

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    9780071414326

  • ISBN10:

    0071414320

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-04-01
  • Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

A brief business novel about combining today's two most powerful quality initiatives Leaning Into Six Sigmashows managers how to combine today's two most popular continuous improvement methodologies-- Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma--for dramatically improved quality and cycle time. This concise and fast-paced "business novel" tells the story of how one skeptical company gradually came to understand and implement a Lean Six Sigma initiative--improving quality at all levels of the organization. This engaging story will help employees and managers understand basic quality concepts from Design of Experiments (DOE) to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), while learning how to: Implement work cells and preventive maintenance Get rid of excess inventory Speed up processes

Author Biography

Barbara Wheat is the Director of Six Sigma for Ingersoll-Rand Tool and Hoist Division, where she brings the tools and techniques of both Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma together to institutionalize a world-class system of continuous improvement.

Chuck Mills has taught and implemented Lean Enterprise tools and techniques to forward-thinking organizations both in the United States and Europe.

Mike Carnell is President of Six Sigma Applications, one of the oldest and most experienced Six Sigma providers.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Introductionp. ix
SG, Inc.p. 1
First Impressions of the Plantp. 4
Workplace Organization and the Five S'sp. 13
The Results of Five S Implementationp. 21
Six Sigma Strategy for Sidp. 24
Defining Six Sigmap. 30
Implementing Six Sigmap. 33
The Crow's Nestp. 37
A New Commitmentp. 46
Lean: Listening to the Processp. 50
Full Circle: Lean to Six Sigma to Lean to Six Sigmap. 58
Getting Organized to Get Me Outp. 74
Indexp. 81
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