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What is Lean Six Sigma
Michael L. George, David Rowlands, Bill Kastle
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
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A quick introduction on how to use Lean Six Sigma to improve your
workplace, meet your goals, and better serve your customers.
Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important improvement trends of
our time: making work better (using Six Sigma) and making work
faster (using Lean principles).
In this plain-English guide,
you’ll discover how this remarkable quality improvement method can
give you the tools to identify and eliminate waste and quality problems in
your own work area. Packed with diagrams, cartoons, and real-life
examples, What is Lean Six Sigma? reveals the “four
keys” of Lean Six Sigma and how they apply to your own job:
- Delight your customers with speed and quality
- Improve your
processes
- Work together for maximum gain
- Base decisions on data
and facts
You’ll see the big picture of what your company
hopes to gain with Lean Six Sigma, how it may affect your work area, and
what it can mean to you personally.
About the AuthorMichael L. George is the founder and CEO of George Group, the
largest Lean Six Sigma consulting practice in the United States.
He is the
author of Lean Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma for Service.
David Rowlands is Vice President of Lean Six Sigma at Xerox
Corporation.
He's been using Lean and Six Sigma since 1988, and has
practical experience working with teams to solve improvement challenges in
sales, service, and manufacturing. Bill Kastle is a Vice
President at George Group and has helped guide Lean Six Sigma initiatives
at major corporations.
For 15 years, he has helped teams at all levels
apply these tools to improve performance and respond to customer
needs.
Editorials
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What is Lean Six Sigma
Michael L. George, David Rowlands, Bill Kastle
![]() | | | Book Description | | A quick introduction on how to use Lean Six Sigma to improve your
workplace, meet your goals, and better serve your customers.
Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important improvement trends of
our time: making work... read full editorial |
![]() | | | Book Info | | Text combines two important improvement trends of our time: Six Sigma, and
using Lean principles. Shows how this quality improvement method can
provide tools to identify and eliminate waste and quality problems in the
workplace. Softcover. |
![]() | | | From the Back Cover | | A basic primer for all employees on using Lean Six
Sigma to meet your company's goals and your customers' needs
Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important and
popular quality trends of our time: Six Sigma and Lean... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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What is Lean Six Sigma
Michael L. George, David Rowlands, Bill Kastle
![]() | | | Packed with Knowledge ! | | (Luzern Switzerland) March 18, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | Six Sigma books often couch their wisdom in acronyms or jargon, or they
offer vague, unfulfilling anecdotal narratives. This book is different. As
trim, focused and efficient as if a Six Sigma team had designed it,... read full review |
![]() | | | A Good Introduction | | (Maine) January 31, 2005 - 5.0/5 stars | | According to the back cover, this book is "a quick introduction to using
Lean Six Sigma." Since you are looking at an introductory book, you are
probably not familiar with Lean Six Sigma. The back cover again states,
"Lean... read full review |
![]() | | | Six Sigma does not exist | | (somewhere USA) December 30, 2004 - 2.0/5 stars | | For a completely theoretical concept of magical "Six Sigma", that makes
companies to avoid risk there's just too many pages. There's a simple
one-sentence proof against "six-sigma" concept: if an organization reaches
such... read full review |
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