Name: Lean Six Sigma Statistics: Calculating Process Efficiencies in Transactional Project
Author: Alastair Muir (Author)
ISBN: 9780071445856

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Lean Six Sigma Statistics: Calculating Process Efficiencies in Transactional Project

Author(s): Alastair Muir (Author)

Publisher: McGraw Hill
Publication Date: 16 Oct. 2005
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 333 pages
ISBN-10: 0071445854
ISBN-13: 9780071445856

Book Description

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Companies have combined Lean principles with six sigma statistical tools as a way to cut waste and improve operational efficiency. Lean Six Sigma Statistics will provide managers with a powerful tool box for even the most rigorous mathematical problems.

The marriage between Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma has proven to be a powerful tool for cutting waste and improving the organization’s operations. This third book in the Six Sigma Operations series picks up where other books on the subject leave off by providing the six sigma practioners with a statistical guide for solving problems they may encounter in implementing and managing a Lean Six Sigma programs. The book draws it examples from all sectors of business ranging from financial to manufacturing providing the reader with a wealth of case studies and as numerous worked out equations which are designed to facilitate the full potential of any Lean Six Sigma project.

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From the Publisher

Insight into the amount of delay time in your process
Realistic targets for execution time
Statistical verification of Vital Xs that are influencing your delay time
Project improvement focus areas to apply lean manufacturing techniques

From the Inside Flap

A hands-on guide to implementing your own Six Sigma business excellence
program

A question for middle managers: how can you better understand your
customers, slash costs, improve communication, achieve excellence across
your organization, and increase your own personal potential–all without
the support of upper management?

The answer is inside Six Sigma for Business Excellence. Based on the unique
Six Sigma process excellence program adopted by Johnson & Johnson–which
saved the company billions of dollars and vastly improved performance–this
valuable guide gives you the information and tools you need to recreate
their proven approach in your own departments and firms. Director of Global
Quality Management at Johnson & Johnson, Penelope Przekop, provides the
tools and tips you need to implement the concepts of Six Sigma and achieve
outstanding results without enlisting high-level support. Through
insightful case studies from Johnson & Johnson as well as other successful
Six Sigma companies, you’ll discover how to:

Become a Six Sigma champion without assistance from senior management or
Black Belts
Apply Six Sigma principles and methods to meet your specific business needs

Develop a personal management framework for long-term success
Better address the needs of your customers
Identify and understand the common goals of the functional manager and the
Six Sigma professional
Incorporate Six Sigma concepts more intrinsically into your departments,
improving quality and performance from the inside out rather than from the
top down

From the Back Cover

RIGORIOUS STATISTICAL TOOLS TO MAXIMIZE ANY LEAN SIX SIGMA PROJECT

This results-driven, meticulously written guide from top Six Sigma expert Alastair Muir provides direct access to powerful mathematical tools, real-life examples from a range of business sectors, and worked equations that will make any Lean Six Sigma project yield maximum benefits. Offering clear, logical, step-by-step guidance, Lean Six Sigma Statistics demonstrates how to tweak any Lean Six Sigma project so it works faster and more efficiently. The guide clarifies:

Identifying delay time in processes
Setting realistic execution times
Verifying the Vital Xs influencing delay time
Targeting process areas ripe for lean techniques
THE TOOLS AND INSIGHTS TO APPLY LEAN SIX SIGMA EVERYWHERE IT’S NEEDED
- Lean Manufacturing — Time is Money
- The Transactional Project Environment
- A Real Transactional Process
- Calculation of Lean Metrics
- Hazard Plots
  Lean Six Sigma Statistics gives quality professionals the mathematical tools, case studies, and worked equations they need to improve process performance throughout the workplace.
  
  Written by a veteran consultant who improved processes at GE Power Systems installations around the globe, this guide is a clear blueprint for identifying process delays, calculating potential capability, interpreting transactional data, and verifying the Vital Xs influencing delay time.
  
  Aimed at statistically sophisticated Six Sigma professionals, Lean Six Sigma Statistics delivers hard-core working tools, quantitative and intense, necessary for those determined to minimize corporate waste and maximize operational efficiency.
  
  Providing a wealth of tools and examples from manufacturing, transactional, and service sectors, this guide shows practitioners step-by-step solutions to common problems encountered in implementing and managing Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
  
  A powerful toolbox for overcoming even the most daunting mathematical problems and obstacles in Lean Six Sigma manufacturing, transactional, and service projects, Alastair Muir’s pointed examples, keen insights, and proven track record lead readers to solutions to real-world challenges.
  
  Inside are the mathematical methods that yield greater satisfaction for customers and suppliers alike — at lower costs to the target enterprise.
  
  This guide is an essential step towards realizing the full potential of Lean Six Sigma projects. Every necessary tool can be found inside.

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