Synopses & Reviews
Business Management
"No other book coversat an adequate technical levelas many topics important toSix Sigma. An indispensable reference for the Six Sigma practitioner."
Ramon V. Leon
Associate Professor, Statistics Department of the University of Tennessee
Associate editor, Six Sigma Forum magazine
"Breyfogle's book should be valuable to every Six Sigma professional."
Bill Scherkenback
Director, Samsung Quality Team
"The seamless integration of statistical methodologies . . . helps organizations execute their strategic plans and track both short- and longer-term strategic progress within their various departments and overall organizations."
Donald C. Fisher, PhD
Executive Director, MSQPCThe Quality Center
"Implementing Six Sigma provides the most up-to-date material on the topic, complete with a project infrastructure roadmap and hundreds of real-life examples and exercises."
Frank Shines
Project Manager, Pilgrim Software
This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyondtraditional Six Sigma methodologies, introducing an enhanced roadmapS4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solutionssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects must have a defined defect. A variety of plans, checklists, metrics, and warnings of potential pitfalls provide thorough preparation for anyone implementing Six Sigma strategies.
With new coverage of Six Sigma infrastructure building, benchmarking, and real-world "lessons learned," this Second Edition is the best available tool for implementing thesepowerful, profit-building strategies.
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"An excellent reference book that should be on every individual involved in Six Sigma or even just quality assurance/quality improvement." (
TQM Magazine)
"...a useful guide for both academia and organizations...useful source of reference for researchers...an excellent reference book..." (The TQM Magazine, Vol 15(6) 2003)
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2004 Crosby Medal Winner
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"A must for any orangization interested in integrating the Six Sigma approach into their business strategy."
- Janice E. Shade
Kraft, NA
Synopsis
This book demystifies Six Sigma methods for today's users and offers invaluable guidance on how to choose and use Six Sigma tools effectively. The Six Sigma implementation road map the book describes integrates basic methods such as FMEA, QFD, process flow-charting, and continuous improvement tools with a full range of powerful statistical techniques and concepts -- crucial practical know-how for implementation practitioners and managers.
Synopsis
From the Foreword . . .
"I have seen many Six Sigma approaches, but Breyfogle's Implementing Six Sigma is the most comprehensive of them all."--Frank Shines, Principal, IBM Global Services, Measurement Methods Consulting.
"The key to business success is doing the right thing faster and better and more efficiently than your competition. The Six Sigma approach aims at achieving this and Forrest Breyfogle has written the most systematic and comprehensive manual available on the subject."--Paul Tobias, Manager, Statistical Methods Group, SEMATECH
"[This book] illustrates how most organizations can become more competitive, reduce defect levels, and improve cycle times. It consolidates not only the traditional Six Sigma process measurements and improvement tools, but also many other useful methodologies into one easy-to-understand text."--Bill Wiggenhorn, Senior Vice President of Motorola Training and Education; President, Motorola University.
Implementing Six Sigma demystifies Six Sigma methods for today's users and offers invaluable guidance on how to choose and use Six Sigma tools effectively. The Six Sigma implementation road map the book describes integrates basic methods such as FMEA, QFD, process flowcharting, and continuous improvement tools (e.g., Pareto chart and cause-and-effect diagram) with a full range of powerful statistical techniques and concepts--crucial practical know-how for implementation practitioners and managers.
Synopsis
Filled with excellent diagrams and examples, the book discusses the theories of Edward Deming and other quality gurus, as well as the history of the Six Sigma program. It helps you lay the foundation for a Six Sigma program and discusses how to get upper management involved in the process.
But the heart of the book is the statistical tools used in Six Sigma. From FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) to QFD (Quality Functional Deployment) and DOE (Design of Experiment), Implementing Six Sigma is your guide to understanding these powerful improvement techniques. Rather than just a brief overview, it breaks down each tool into a separate chapter and gives an in-depth analysis of each process. The chapters contain exercises that help you understand the tools and how to best utilize each one to achieve a minimum number of defects in the production process.
Written in an engaging style, this book is your guide to implementing a Six Sigma program. Contains appendices with numerous examples and copies of actual implementation guides used at Motorola.
Hardback / 1999 / 791 pages
Synopsis
- Includes new and expanded coverage of Six Sigma infrastructure building and benchmarking.
- Provides plans, checklists, metrics, and pitfalls.
About the Author
FORREST W. BREYFOGLE III is founder and President of Smarter Solutions, a company specializing in training and consulting in Six Sigma methodologies. He is the author of Statistical Methods for Testing, Development, and Manufacturing (Wiley) and his articles have been published in Quality Engineering, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, and other publications.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
S^4 DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY PHASE.
Six Sigma Overview and Implementation.
S^4 MEASUREMENT PHASE.
Basic Tools.
Probability.
Overview of Distributions and Statistical Processes.
Basic Control Charts
Process Capability and Process Performance
S^4 ANALYSIS PHASE.
Visualization of Data.
Comparison Tests: Continuous Response.
Bootstrapping.
Variance Components.
S^4 IMPROVEMENT PHASE.
Benefiting from Design of Experiments (DOE).
Variability Reduction Through DOE and Taguchi Considerations.
S^4 CONTROL PHASE.
Other Control Charting Alternatives.
Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) and Engineering Process Control (EPC).
Control Plan and Other Strategies.
Pass/Fail Functional Testing.
Appendices.
List of Symbols.
Glossary.
References.
Index.