Master modern Six Sigma implementation with the most complete,
up-to-date guide for Green Belts, Black Belts, Champions and students!
Now fully updated with the latest lean and process control applications,
A Guide to Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement for Practitioners
and Students, Second Edition gives you a complete executive framework
for understanding quality and implementing Lean Six Sigma. Whether
you're a green belt, black belt, champion, or student, Howard Gitlow and
Richard Melnyck cover all you need to know. Step by step, they
systematically walk you through the five-step DMAIC implementation
process, with detailed examples and many real-world case studies. You'll
find practical coverage of Six Sigma statistics and management
techniques, from dashboards and control charts to hypothesis testing and
experiment design. Drawing on their extensive experience consulting on
Six Sigma and leading major Lean and quality initiatives, Gitlow and
Melnyck offer up-to-date coverage of:
- What Six Sigma can do, and how to manage it effectively
- Six Sigma roles, responsibilities, and terminology
- Running Six Sigma programs with Dashboards and Control Charts
- Mastering each DMAIC phase: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
- Understanding foundational Six Sigma statistics: probability,
probability distributions, sampling distributions, and interval
estimation
- Pursuing Six Sigma Champion or Green Belt Certification, and more
This guide will be an invaluable resource for everyone who is currently
involved in Six Sigma implementation, or plans to be. It's ideal for
students in quality programs; "Green Belts" who project manage Six Sigma
implementations, "Black Belts" who lead Six Sigma teams; "Champions" who
promote and coordinate Six Sigma at the executive level; and anyone
seeking Six Sigma certification.
