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

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  • 120pp
  • Sales Rank: 158,543

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  • ISBN-13: 9780071414326
  • Edition Description: New Edition
  • Edition Number: 1
  • Pub. Date: March 2003
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The

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  • Pub. Date: March 2003
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Format: Textbook Paperback, 120pp
  • Sales Rank: 158,543

Synopsis

Warning: Reading this tale could result in effective change occurring in your organization!

This is the book you will want everyone in your company to read before you start your Lean Six Sigma deployment. Written by professionals who have successfully rolled out Lean Six Sigma in numerous organizations, Leaning Into Six Sigma uses a fast-paced business novel format to explain how to combine today's two leading improvement methodologies—Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma—for dramatically improved quality and cycle times.

The book tells the of a company in crisis that had to improve to stay in business—and how management and employees came to understand and implement a Lean Six Sigma initiative, facing challenges along the way. The story is designed to introduce everyone in an organization to problem-solving strategies that get rid of excess inventory, speed up processes, and improve quality at all levels. Using simple language, the authors help you grasp the basic quality concepts of Lean Six Sigma, including

  • The 5 S's—Sifting, Sorting, Sweeping and Washing, Spic and Span, and Self-Discipline
  • MAIC (Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)
  • DOE (Design of Experiments)
  • ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)

Help your organization understand the need for change and begin to implement it by Leaning Into Six Sigma.

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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.

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April 09, 2008: 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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April 29, 2004: 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 all the wrong choices in setting up his manufacturing operation. Sam uses Six Sigma to help Sid out of his quagmire. The volume goes into greater, more useful detail about identifying and eliminating areas of waste than many other Six Sigma books. The text links the Five S?s of Lean Enterprise with the systems problem-solving methodology MAIC (measure, analyze, improve and control). In all, here are the basics of Six Sigma and Lean Enterprise in an easy-to-use volume you can read on a commuter flight. We strongly recommend this book to those who want to begin to improve their firms? efficiency and productivity.