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Author Ron Basu
Apply the tried-and-tested principles of Six Sigma to the fight against climate change In this much needed book, Dr Ron Basu delivers an insightful exploration as well as sage advice on how to apply the principles of Lean Six Sigma to today’s climate crisis. Green Six Sigma: A Le....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Lean Six Sigma For Dummies, 4th Edition
Author Martin Brenig-Jones , Jo Dowdall
Become a process improvement star with Lean Six Sigma! Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma For Dummies. A popular process improvement strategy u....
Release Date 2021/11 -
Leading Holistic Improvement with Lean Six Sigma 2.0, Second edition
Author Roger Hoerl , Ron D. Snee
We live in a very different world from 1987 when Six Sigma was first introduced by Motorola, and from the early 2000s when the first books on Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma deployment appeared. How should one think about continuous improvement in a modern world? Is L....
Release Date 2018/06 -
Author Mia L. Stephens , Marie A. Gaudard , Ian Cox
Streamline data analysis with an intuitive, visual Six Sigma strategyVisual Six Sigma provides the statistical techniques that help you get more information from your data. A unique emphasis on the visual allows you to take a more active role in data-driven decisio....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Lean Sigma: A Practitioner’s Guide, Second Edition
Author Ian Wedgwood Ph.D.
The Practical Guide to Lean Sigma Problem-Solving— Expanded & Updated!Lean Sigma delivers results—if you use the right tools and techniques. In this thoroughly updated edition, Ian Wedgwood details his proven best-practices from more than sixty successful Six S....
Release Date 2016/03 -
Author Joan Kiddon , Larry Light
Are you responsible for reinvigorating your brand to achieve enduring profitable growth in a volatile world? Or for keeping a still-strong brand from fading in relevance and value? The Six Rules of Brand Revitalization, Second Edition presents an intensely practica....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author Kimberly Watson-Hemphill
The New and Definitive User’s Guide to Lean Six SigmaIf you’re a business manager, you already know that Lean Six Sigma is one of the most popular and powerful business tools in the world today. You also probably know that implementing the process can be more than ....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author Martin Brenig-Jones , John Morgan
Maximise the quality and efficiency of your organisation with Lean Six SigmaAre you looking to make your organisation more effective and productive? If you answered "yes," you need to change the way it thinks. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma ....
Release Date 2015/12 -
Author Daniel Markovitz
Winner of The Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award! Everyone knows that in order to reach optimum levels of health, you have to exercise—and that you have to keep at it, day after day after day. No big secret here. It’s the same with process improvem....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Six Sigma for Managers, Second Edition (Briefcase Books Series), 2nd Edition
Author Greg Brue
Unlock new levels of quality, performance, customer service, and profits Written specifically for managers with little or no experience on the subject, Six Sigma for Managers, Second Edition, provides step-by-step guidance and examples for implementing a Six S....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author David M. Levine , Howard S. Gitlow , Richard Melnyck
Master modern Six Sigma implementation with the most complete, up-to-date guide for Green Belts, Black Belts, Champions and students! Now fully updated with the latest lean and process control applications, A Guide to Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement for Pract....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Lean Sigma: Rebuilding Capability in Healthcare
Author Ian D. Wedgwood Ph.D.
Drive Lean Sigma Performance Improvement into Any Hospital or Healthcare Environment“The Affordable Care Act (ACA) looks like it is around to stay. It will require hospitals and other healthcare organizations to become ruthlessly efficient to survive reimbursement r....
Release Date 2015/03 -
The Gen Z Effect: The Six Forces Shaping the Future of Business
Author Dan Keldsen , Tom Koulopoulos
One of the most profound changes in business and society is the emergence of the post-Millennial generation, Gen Z. While every new generation has faced its share of disruption in technology, economics, politics and society, no other generation in the history of man....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies
Author John Morgan , Vince Grant , Roger Burghall
Use Lean Six Sigma to transform your business.Lean Six Sigma is a powerful method for improving both the efficiency and quality of projects and operations. In this new book, the team that bought you Lean Six Sigma For Dummies shows you how to take Lean Six Sigma to ....
Release Date 2014/09 -
The Six Secrets of Raising Capital
Author Bill Fisher
Based on Bill Fisher’s three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without. As a banker in Silicon Valley in the ‘80s and a businessman who founded a nu....
Release Date 2014/09 -
Six Simple Rules: How to Manage Complexity without Getting Complicated
Author Peter Tollman , Yves Morieux
New tools for managing complexityDoes your organization manage complexity by making things more complicated? If so, you are not alone. According to The Boston Consulting Group’s fascinating Complexity Index, business complexity has increased sixfold during the past ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Factory Physics for Managers: How Leaders Improve Performance in a Post-Lean Six Sigma World
Author Mark L. Spearman , Jeffrey H. Bell , Edward S. Pound
From the award-winning developers of Factory Physics—a powerful leadership guide for breakthrough performanceA comprehensive guide that cuts through the hodgepodge of copycat initiatives, overblown buzzwords, confusing mathematics, and misguided software, Factory Ph....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Calhoun Wick , Roy V. H. Pollock , Andy Jefferson
Practical guidelines for implementing the six disciplines of breakthrough learningThe Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning has become a standard for companies serious about increasing the return on their investment in learning and development. Now the authors he....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Six Sigma Way: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Change and Improvement Efforts, 2nd Edition
Author Roland Cavanagh , Robert Neuman , Peter Pande
The Definitive Work on Six Sigma—Revised and Fully UpdatedUpon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma’s improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders an....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Author Matthew J. Drake
Using Lean Six Sigma techniques, this new case study challenges readers to analyze why a local pizza restaurant is experiencing a rapid increase in customer complaints, ranging from late delivery to poor crusts. Crystallizing realistic analytical challenges faced by....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Project Management, Second Edition (Briefcase Books Series), 2nd Edition
Author Gary Heerkens
ON TIME, ON BUDGET . . . MANAGE EVERY PROJECT LIKE A PROIn today's environment of tight turnarounds and even tighter budgets, the effective project manager is often considered the most valuable member of a workplace team.Project Management, Second Edition, provides....
Release Date 2013/11 -
The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook
Author H. James Harrington , Rich Charron , Chuck Mignosa , Frank Voehl
Although Lean and Six Sigma appear to be quite different, when used together they have shown to deliver unprecedented improvements to quality and profitability. The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook: Tools and Methods for Process Acceleration explains how to integr....
Release Date 2013/07 -
Impact of Healthcare Informatics on Quality of Patient Care and Health Services
Author Divya Srinivasan Sridhar
Recent healthcare reform and its provisions have pushed health information technology (HIT) into the forefront. Higher life expectancies, fewer medical errors, lower costs, and improved transparency are all possible through HIT.Taking an integrated approach, Impact ....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques
Author Jon M. Quigley , Kim H. Pries
A company with effective cost reduction activities in place will be better positioned to adapt to shifting economic conditions. In fact, it can make the difference between organizations that thrive and those that simply survive during times of economic uncertainty. ....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Lean Sigma Methods and Tools for Service Organizations
Author Jaideep Motwani
Every business aspires to be competitive and profitable in its market. To do this, an organization needs to offer customers value propositions, which may be manifest in the product it produces or the service it provides. This in turn will create customer loyalty and....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Six Sigma For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Bruce Williams , Craig Gygi
The fast and easy way to understand and implement Six SigmaThe 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 i....
Release Date 2012/09 -
STATISTICS FOR SIX SIGMA MADE EASY!, Second Edition
Author Warren Brussee
A PLAIN ENGLISH GUIDE TO SOLVING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS WITH SIX SIGMASix Sigma is one of the most effective strategies for improving processes, creating better products, and boosting customer satisfaction, but business leaders often balk at its reputation for being to....
Release Date 2012/08 -
Author Martin Brenig-Jones , John Morgan
Maximize the quality and efficiency of your organizationIf you want to make your organization or team more productive, you have to change the way it thinks. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma and Lean, this winning technique drives performance to....
Release Date 2012/05 -
The Mcgraw-Hill 36-Hour Course : Lean Six Sigma
Author Shahbaz Shahbazi , Sheila Shaffie
Use your next three-day weekend to develop valuable Lean Six Sigma skillsWith the integration of Lean and Six Sigma, businesses have a potent tool in the never-ending drive to deliver top-quality service and products. But you don’t need to be a Black Belt to build q....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Statistical and Managerial Techniques for Six Sigma Methodology: Theory and Application
Author Eva Lo Franco , Stefano Barone
Statistical and Managerial Techniques for Six Sigma Methodology examines the methodology through illustrating the most widespread tool and techniques involved in Six Sigma application. Both managerial and statistical aspects of Six Sigma will be analyzed, allowing t....
Release Date 2012/03