Book description
Six Sigma for Business Excellence: Approach, Tools, and Applications, based on the author's first-hand experience in quality engineering, provides a comprehensive coverage of the Six Sigma methodology. This book provides the complete study material for students taking the certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt examinations conducted internationally by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). At the same time, it adequately fills the need of management professionals with numerous application examples and case studies providing an insight into the practical aspect of implementing Six Sigma tools.
The book begins with providing an overview of the evolution of Six Sigma, explains the basic concepts and then takes the readers step by step through the process. The focus is more on enabling the implementation of the Six Sigma tools by providing illustrations, tables, application examples, and templates as well as Minitab and Excel data files for project work and exercises in the soft form on a CD accompanying the book. The templates carried in the book include the Sigma calculator, Six Sigma project review checklist, process mapping, confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, project charter, and measurement systems analysis (Gauge R&R Study). The CD also contains a 30-day trial version of the Minitab and SigmaXL software programs.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- List of Symbols
- List of Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Building the Foundation for Six Sigma
- 2. Setting Priorities for Six Sigma: The Define Phase
- 3. The Power of Graphics: Eat the Low-Hanging Fruit
- 4. Basic Statistical Concepts
- 5. Mapping the Current Process
- 6. Validating the Measurement System
- 7. Process Capability and Sigma Level
- 8. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
- 9. Inferential Statistics Part 1: Hypothesis Testing
- 10. Inferential Statistics Part 2: Confidence Intervals, Power, Sample Size and Goodness of Fit
- 11. Comparing Multiple Means: Analysis of Variance
- 12. Modeling the Relationship: Correlation and Regression
- 13. Nonparametric Tests
- 14. Design of Experiments Part 1: Full Factorial Experiments
- 15. Design of Experiments Part 2 : Test Less, Learn More—Fractional Factorial Designs
- 16. Optimizing the Process: Response Surface Designs
- 17. Sustaining Gains: Statistical Process Control
- 18. Sustaining Gains: Other Control Techniques
- 19. Combining the Power of Lean and Six Sigma
- 20. Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
- 21. Managing Change: Leadership and Teams
- 22. Six Sigma Case Studies and Applications
- 23. Concluding Remarks and the Future of Six Sigma
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Six Sigma for Business Excellence: Approach, Tools and Applications
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2011
- Publisher(s): Pearson Education India
- ISBN: None
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