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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
| Foreword | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| SG, Inc. | p. 1 |
| First Impressions of the Plant | p. 4 |
| Workplace Organization and the Five S's | p. 13 |
| The Results of Five S Implementation | p. 21 |
| Six Sigma Strategy for Sid | p. 24 |
| Defining Six Sigma | p. 30 |
| Implementing Six Sigma | p. 33 |
| The Crow's Nest | p. 37 |
| A New Commitment | p. 46 |
| Lean: Listening to the Process | p. 50 |
| Full Circle: Lean to Six Sigma to Lean to Six Sigma | p. 58 |
| Getting Organized to Get Me Out | p. 74 |
| Index | p. 81 |
| Table of Contents provided by Rittenhouse. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780071414326
ISBN-10: 0071414320
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 120
Published: 11th March 2003
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 22.1
x 0.76
Weight (kg): 0.168
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