Six Sigma for powerful improvement : a green belt DMAIC training system with software tools and a 25-lesson course / Charles T. Carroll.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carroll, Charles T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Six sigma (Quality control standard)--Textbooks.

Six sigma (Quality control standard).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (515 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Florida ; London, [England] ; New York : CRC Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the Six Sigma Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology is a widely accepted tool for achieving efficient management of all aspects of operations, there are still many unwarranted concerns about its perceived complexity and implementation costs. Dispelling these myths, Six Sigma for Powerful Improvement: A Green Belt DMAIC Training System with Software Tools and a 25-Lesson Course clarifies the long-accepted statistical and logical processes of Six Sigma and provides you with tools you can use again and again in your own "real world" projects—removing any doubts regarding their simplicity and "doability.".Not only does the book provide you with reasons for using the tools, it reveals the underlying doctrines, formulas, and steps required. Although the tools and techniques presented are specifically associated with the DMAIC philosophy, they are applicable across a wide range of management and improvement scenarios. Explaining Six Sigma processes in language that's easy to understand, the book starts with an overview, followed by specific techniques and procedures. It presents detailed, illustrated lesson segments that include an agenda, roadmap, objectives, and a list of takeaway concepts. It also:

Contents:

part Section I - Define Phase

chapter 1 Dene Phase Overview

chapter 2 - Identify Preliminary Requirements: Step 1

chapter 3 - Tool Training: Voice of the Customer

chapter 4 - Develop Team Charter: Step 2

chapter 5 Dene a High-Level Process Map: Step 3

part Section II - Measure Phase

chapter 6 - Measure Phase Overview

chapter 7 - Select Critical-to-Quality Characteristics: Step 4

chapter 8 - Tool Training: Excel Quality Function Deployment Workbook

chapter 9 Dene Performance Standards: Step 5

chapter 10 - Tool Training: 7 Process Improvement Tools

chapter 11 - Establish Data Collection Plan and Measurement System Analysis: Step 6

part Section III - Analyze Phase

chapter 12 - Analyze Phase Overview

chapter 13 - Establish Process Capability: Step 7

chapter 14 Dene Performance Objectives: Step 8

chapter 15 - Identify Sources of Variation and Waste (Problems): Step 9

chapter 16 - Tool Training: Change Acceptance Management

chapter 17 - Tool Training: Project Solution Recommendation Package Tool

part Section IV - Improve Phase

chapter 18 - Improve Phase Overview

chapter 19 - Experimenting and Piloting: Step 10 (Screen Potential Causes) and Step 11 (Discover Variable Relationships)

chapter 20 Conrming Solutions, Setting Tolerances, and Documenting: Step 12

part Section V - Control Phase

chapter 21 - Control Phase Overview

chapter 22 Validate Measurement System and Conrm Solution to Management: Step 13

chapter 23 - Build Process Control Plan: Step 14

chapter 24 - Transfer Solution to Process Owner and Close Project: Step 15.

Notes:

"A Productivity Press Book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780429254147

0429254148

9781466564701

1466564709

9781322631042

1322631042

OCLC:

859524145