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  title info:
    title: The Six Sigma way
    sub title: how to maximize the impact of your change and improvement efforts
  title info:
    title: The Six Sigma way, how to maximize the impact of your change and improvement efforts, Second edition
  name:
    name part: Pande, Peter S.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Neuman, Robert P.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Cavanagh, Roland R.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: McGraw-Hill Companies
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2014
    edition: 2nd editon.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xix, 426 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables; 24 cm.
  abstract: Explains the impressive benefits of Six Sigma's improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. This book reveals how GE, Motorola, and other companies used Six Sigma to fine-tune products and processes, improve performance, reduce costs, build customer loyalty, and increase profits.
  table of contents: A. DEDICATION -- B. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION -- Six Sigma's Hidden Truths, Lessons Learned, and Potential Payoffs -- Key Features of The Six Sigma Way -- A Final Philosophical Word -- C. A GUIDE TO THE SIX SIGMA WAY -- The Major Sections -- The Chapters -- D. ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- Peter S. Pande -- Robert P. Neuman, Ph.D. -- Roland R. Cavanagh, P.E. -- A. PART ONE: AN EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW OF SIX SIGMA -- 1. A Powerful Strategy for Sustained Success -- Some Six Sigma Success Stories -- The Benefits of Six Sigma -- The Tools and Themes of Six Sigma -- Six Themes of Six Sigma -- Conclusion: Where You Stand -- 2. Key Concepts of the Six Sigma System -- A Six Sigma Vision of Business Leadership -- An Introduction to Sigma Measurement (aka "the Big Y") -- Customers, Defects, and Sigma Levels -- Six Sigma Improvement and Management Strategies -- Conclusion: Defining the "Six Sigma Organization" -- 3. Applying Six Sigma to Service and Manufacturing -- The Changing Role of Manufacturing -- Service Process Opportunities?and Realities -- Manufacturing Challenges -- Conclusion: Making Six Sigma Work Best for You -- 4. The Six Sigma Roadmap -- Advantages of the Six Sigma Roadmap -- Step 1: Identify Core Processes and Key Customers -- Step 2: Define Customer Requirements -- Step 3: Measure Current Performance -- Step 4: Prioritize, Analyze, and Implement Improvements -- Step 5: Expand and Integrate the Six Sigma System -- Recapping the Executive Summary -- B. PART TWO: GEARING UP AND ADAPTING SIX SIGMA TO YOUR ORGANIZATION -- 5. Is Six Sigma Right for Us Now? -- Six Sigma Readiness -- When Six Sigma Is Not Right for an Organization -- Summarizing the Assessment: Three Key Questions -- Six Sigma from a Cost/Benefit Perspective -- 6. How and Where Should We Start Our Efforts? -- Where to Start: Objective, Scope, and Time Frame -- On-Ramps to the Six Sigma Roadmap -- The Roadmap and Your Strengths and Weaknesses -- Piloting Your Six Sigma Effort (aka "Start Smaller and Grow")…
  note: Peter S. Pande, Robert P. Neuman, Roland R. Cavanagh.
  note: Also issued in print and PDF version.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
  subject:
    topic: Six sigma (Quality control standard)
  subject:
    topic: Quality control
    topic: Statistical methods
  subject:
    topic: Continuous improvement process
  subject:
    topic: Production management
  classification: TS156.17.S59 P36 2014
  classification: 658.5
  related item:
    title info:
      title: The Six Sigma way, how to maximize the impact of your change and improvement efforts, Second edition
    origin info:
      publisher: New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill,
  identifier: 9780071497329 (print ISBN)
  identifier: 0071497323 (print ISBN)
  identifier: 9780071823012 (eISBN)
  identifier: 0071823018 (eISBN)
  identifier: 2013037217
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: IN-ChSCO
    record creation date: 151023
    record change date: 20241008175924.1
    record identifier: in00005504468
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng