Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods
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Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods
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This book has 42 pages about Six Sigma and 640 pages about statistical process control. As such it is a good SPC reference, but thin on Six Sigma and devoid of implementation strategy. As the author of the QI Macros SPC Software for Excel, I periodically find it useful as an SPC reference. For up-to-date insights on how to implement Six Sigma even if you’re a small business with big business headaches, consider my book The Small Business Guerrilla Guide to Six Sigma.
Rating: 3 / 5
I thought the book was written on the PHD level. Most of your business leaders are not PHD’s, but rather hold BS or MBAs & don’t have time for all the statistical mumbo-jumbo!Remember the KISS principle: Keep It Simple Stupid!
Rating: 3 / 5
Found this text to be too high level and not enough implementable strategies. Not a text I find myself referring to with any regularity.
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought this book directly from the author out of the trunk of his car, so I can tell you that you definitely get a better price from amazon. com. Anyway, this is without a doubt, the most comprehensive book on the subject. Breyfogle has gone to a lot of trouble to make sure that he has covered all aspects of Six Sigma in sufficient detail that the reader will be able to apply these methodologies successfully from the start. One of the key ingredients he spends a lot of time on is the idea of focusing and aligning efforts with corporate or organizational goals and metrics. These he refers to as the “satellite level”*. There are lower operational levels (30,000 foot and below) that need to be aligned with the satellite level in order that six sigma projects are driven for most effectiveness to the organization. Forrest Breyfogle has been a quality leader in our community (Austin, Texas) for a number of years. I knew him since his days at IBM in the early `90s. That doesn’t mean that I can’t give an unbiased view of this book, however. Note I’m not giving it 5 stars as some have done. I am trying to give it a fair assessment, however. I’ve seen many technical books of this nature written in a more conversational way that are a little easier to read with better vocabulary, grammar, and organization. But if you want a book that covers it all, there is nothing out there I know of that can beat this one. This book claims to focus on both product and service quality. However, as with many books that claim to cover the service sector, it is a little weak in that area. There are some books that cover services better than this one, I think, and so if that is your specialty, you may want to use one of those books to supplement the treatment of six sigma in this book. I like “Ultimate Six Sigma” by Keki Bhote. That book uses the concept of NOAC (Next Operation As Customer) to drive interdepartmental process improvement. Bhote is a big fan of Dorian Shainin, the consummate engineer of quality tools, and he is now arrogantly calling some of the Shainin tools “Shainin/Bhote” tools. But I’ve seen a lot of books that look like advertising brochures for consultants. His and Breyfogle’s book both have that fault. But I have to like them simply because they are comprehensive, authoritative, and useful. I think the advertising brochure syndrome is really the fault of publishers that let authors get away with it. I would think a respected technical publisher like Wiley would not accept that kind of tone in any of its books. But like “Coke C2″ and low carb bread, we are swamped with advertising from every direction and it only gets worse. Another good book you might want to consider is “Lean Six Sigma for Service” by Michael L. George. This book specializes in only the service sector and is therefore, a very good book for that kind of work with some excellent case studies. *Service Mark of Smarter Solutions
Rating: 4 / 5
This book must be highly recommended to everyone who wants to implement the Six Sigma Strategy. It is also very useful for every Six Sigma Expert. Gerhard Lichtenecker Six Sigma Master VA TECH ELIN
Rating: 5 / 5