Lean Six Sigma
Subtitle: combining Six Sigma quality with lean speed
By: Michael L. George.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Production management -- Quality control.; Production management -- Quality control.; Process control.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Part One. The Lean Six Sigma Value Proposition; title: 1. Lean Six Sigma: Creating Breakthrough; title: Profit Performance; title: The Roadmap to Higher Shareholder Value; title: The Lean Six Sigma Secret; title: The Lean Six Sigma Value Proposition; title: Lean Six Sigma and MRP; title: The Power Is in the Total Process; title: To Learn More; title: 2. Six Sigma: The Power of Culture; title: Critical Success Factors for Six Sigma; title: Predicting Team Success, Preventing Team Failure; title: The Six Sigma Process and Improvement Tools; title: The Role of Six Sigma as a Metric; title: The Key Is in the Culture; title: Key Messages of Six Sigma; title: To Learn More; title: 3. Lean Means Speed; title: Is This Lean?; title: The Essentials of Lean; title: The Lean Metric: Cycle Efficiency; title: Velocity of Any Process; title: Knowing Where to Focus: The 80/20 Rule; title: Using a Value Stream Map to Find the 20% Waste; title: The Major Lean Improvement Tools; title: The Lean Enterprise; title: Epilogue on Ford; title: The Laws of Lean Six Sigma; title: To Learn More; title: 4. Creating Competitive Advantage with; title: Lean Six Sigma; title: The Need for Executive Engagement; title: Value Stream Selection a la Warren Buffett; title: Competing with Lean Six Sigma; title: Part Two. The Lean Six Sigma Implementation; title: Process; title: 5. Initiation: Getting Commitment from Top; title: Management; title: Laying the Groundwork; title: Leadership Engagement; title: The Next Moves; title: 6. Infrastructure and Deployment Planning; title: Plan Components and Typical Timelines; title: The Detailed Deployment Plan; title: A. Process Focus; title: B. Organizational Structures; title: C. Measures; title: D. Rewards and Recognition; title: E. Infrastructure Tools; title: Completing the Deployment Plan; title: 7. Kickoff: Establishing the Vision Company-Wide; title: Structure of the Transforming Event; title: A. CEO Presentation; title: B. Design Team Presentation; title: C. "Testimonials" from Experienced Companies; title: D. Simulation; title: E. Launch Preparations; title: The Cascade of Transforming Events; title: Achieving a Company-Wide Vision; title: Only the Beginning; title: 8. Selecting the Right People-and the; title: Right Projects; title: Selecting Black Belt Resources; title: Selecting Projects; title: The Language of Project Selection; title: Who Does What; title: Diagnostic Processes for Project Identification; title: Top-Down Project Identification; title: Bottom-Up Project Identification; title: Grouping and Screening Ideas; title: Project Definition and Scoping; title: Final Project Selections; title: Projects Suitable for Lean Six Sigma; title: Selecting the Right Resources and Projects; title: 9. Predicting and Improving Team Performance; title: Understanding Individual Performance; title: Preferred Team Roles as Predictors of Team; title: Success or Failure; title: Applying Belbin's Research; title: The Importance of Team Leadership; title: Implications for Black Belt Training; title: 10. Implementation: The DMAIC; title: Improvement Process; title: The Context of Improvement; title: The DMAIC Process and Its Tools; title: A Walk Through DMAIC; title: Developing Focus: The DMAIC Filter; title: Big Gains with Simple Tools: Two Examples; title: Implications for Black Belt Training; title: 11. Implementation: The DMAIC Tools; title: Define Tools; title: Measure Tools; title: Analyze Tools; title: Improve Tools; title: Control Tools; title: Using the Lean Six Sigma Tools; title: 12. Institutionalizing Lean Six Sigma; title: Institutionalization; title: Planning for Each Business Unit Launch; title: The Executive's Role; title: Emphasizing the Ultimate Goals; title: Part Three. Leveraging Lean Six Sigma; title: 13. Total Supply Chain Acceleration; title: Part A: Accelerating Your Internal Supply Chain; title: Part B: Extending the Enterprise to Suppliers; title: Part C: The Downstream Pull System; title: 14. Lean Six Sigma Logistics; title: Inventory and Strategic Goals; title: Inventory and The Cost of Production; title: Fundamental Logistics Cost Drivers; title: Lean Manufacturing, Raw Materials, and; title: Inventory Management; title: Implementing Lean Logistics; title: Challenges of Lean Logistics; title: 15. Design for Lean Six Sigma; title: The Case for Applying Lean Six Sigma; title: to the Design Process; title: Improving Design Velocity; title: Design for Lean Six Sigma; title: Final Thoughts on Lean Six Sigma and; title: Product Development.