Leaning into Six Sigma: A Parable of the Journey to Six Sigma and a Lean Enterprise

Barbara Wheat, Chuck Mills, Mike Carnell9780071414326, 0071414320

Leaning Into Six Sigma shows managers how to combine today’s two most popular continuous improvement methodologies – Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma – for dramatically improved quality and cycle time.This concise and fast-paced “business novel” tells the story of how one skeptical company gradually came to understand and implement a Lean Six Sigma initiative – improving quality at all levels of the organization. This engaging story will help employees and managers understand basic quality concepts from Design of Experiments (DOE) to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), while learning how to: * Implement work cells and preventive maintenance * Get rid of excess inventory * Speed up processes”

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Table of contents :
Leaning into
Six Sigma……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Contents……Page 7
Foreword……Page 9
Introduction……Page 11
1. SG, Inc…….Page 15
2. First Impressions of the Plant……Page 18
3. Workplace Organization and the Five S’s……Page 27
4. The Results of Five S Implementation……Page 35
5. Six Sigma Strategy for Sid……Page 38
6. Defining Six Sigma……Page 44
7. Implementing Six Sigma……Page 47
8. The Crow’s Nest……Page 51
9. A New Commitment……Page 60
10. Lean: Listening to the Process……Page 64
11. Full Circle: Lean to Six Sigma to Lean to Six Sigma……Page 72
12. Getting Organized to Get Me Out……Page 88
Index……Page 95