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The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance

AUTHOR: Peter S. Pande
ISBN: 0972488952

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The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance
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by Peter S. Pande

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Six Sigma is a data-driven management system with near-perfect-performance objectives that has been employed to acclaim at leading corporations like General Electric. Its name is derived from the eye-catching statistical target of operating with no more than 3.4 defects per one million chances, but Peter Pande, Robert Neuman, and Roland Cavanagh--associates in a firm providing Six Sigma implementation, training, and management services--contend its principles can be applied in businesses of all types to routinely reduce costs, improve productivity, increase market share, and achieve other positive results. The Six Sigma Way is their comprehensive self-help guide to adapting and using the system under various conditions. Its first two parts cover fundamentals and provide specific suggestions for aligning the process with individual needs and goals. (These include sections on balancing potential costs and benefits, clarifying objectives, and defining time frames.) The final part, which accounts for more than half the book, focuses on implementation through a detailed yet flexible five-step "road map" tied to a company's core processes, key customers, current performance, "high-potential improvement opportunities," and future practices. While the procedure is quite complex, diligent managers should be able to bring at least basic components to their organization with the tools and techniques provided. --Howard Rothman

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This is the first book to provide basic, non-technical information on understanding and implementing Six Sigma.

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Six Sigma -- the organizational quality system made famous by GE's legendary Jack Welch -- has set new standards for process improvement. The Six Sigma Way is the first book to provide basic, non-technical information on understanding and implementing Six Sigma. Eye-opening success stories show how companies including GE, Motorola, Allied Signal, and others have used Six Sigma to produce millions in cost-savings and quality improvements. Written to give managers a basic overview of what Six Sigma is and how to implement it, The Six Sigma Way covers the application of Six Sigma across all industries.

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Provides a comprehensive guide to the real-world application of Six Sigma across all industries. Provides a comprehensive briefing on Six Sigma, showing what's behind the movement, how it's paying off, and most important, how to implement the system tailored to the individual circumstance.


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The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance
- Book Reviews,
by Peter S. Pande

The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance

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Peter S. Pande's highly successful Six Sigma guide provides you with checklists, templates, and expert advice that will help make the implementation process more effective and rewarding.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Six Sigma-the organizational quality system made famous by GE's legendary Jack Welch-has set new standards for process improvement. The Six Sigma Way is the first book to provide basic, non-technical information on understanding and implementing Six Sigma. Eye-opening success stories show how companies including GE, Motorola, Allied Signal, and others have used Six Sigma to produce millions in cost-savings and quality improvements.

Written to give managers a basic overview of what Six Sigma is and how to implement it, The Six Sigma Way covers the application of Six Sigma across all industries.

SYNOPSIS

Six Sigma was originally developed at Motorola in the 1980's and has become one of the most widely discussed and reported trends in business over the past two years, thanks largely to the phenomenal successes of the Six Sigma program at one of the world's most successful companies, GE.

AUTHOR DESCRIPTION

Peter S. Pande is Founder and President of Pivotal Resources, an international consulting firm providing Six Sigma implementation, training, and management development services in industries from financial services to high technology.

Robert P Neuman, Ph.D., is a senior consultant with Pivotal Resources. He is a noted speaker in business improvement methods and Six Sigma.

Roland R. Cavanagh, P.E., is a professional engineer and consultant with Pivotal Resources. His areas of expertise include process measurement and applied statistics, business reorganization, and Six Sigma methods.


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