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  • EDITION:
    1st Edition
  • ISBN:
    0071414320
  • ISBN-13:
    9780071414326
  • PUB. DATE:
    March 2003
  • PUBLISHER:
    McGraw-Hill Companies, The

Leaning Into Six Sigma: A Parable of the Journey to Six Sigma and a Lean Enterprise / Edition 1 by Barbara Wheat, Chuck Mills, Mike Carnell, Chuck Mills, Mike Carnell

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best ever in my viewby Anonymous

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she has put everything needed in a way that not only you can understand the journey of six sigma and lean enterprise but also it makes you feel great and also it motivates you to go through it more n more.generally i can say it was the best i have ever read.easy n funny.it gives what you need to continue your journey.

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Authors Barbara Wheat, Chuck Mills and Mike Carnell use the format of a novel to explain two major quality control mechanisms: Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma, the efficiency approach that has had a broad impact on corporate America. In a sort of parable that shows both of these processes in action, they tell the story of a consultant named Samantha. She helps a business owner named Sid who has made...

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Leaning Into Six Sigma

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  • Pub. Date: March 2003
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Sales Rank: 659,286

Synopsis

A brief business novel about combining today's two most powerful quality initiatives

Leaning Into Six Sigma shows 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

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.