|
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance (精装)
by Peter Pande, Robert Neuman, Roland Cavanagh
| Category:
Six Sigma, Process improvement, Productivity improvement |
| Market price: ¥ 368.00
MSL price:
¥ 338.00
[ Shop incentives ]
|
| Stock:
Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| MSL Pointer Review:
This excellent overview of Six Sigma provides a comprehensive guide to the real-world application of Six Sigma across all industries. |
| If you want us to help you with the right titles you're looking for, or to make reading recommendations based on your needs, please contact our consultants. |
|
| |
AllReviews |
1 Total 1 pages 8 items |
|
|
Toronto Globe & Mail (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
The Six Sigma Way is the second book this year looking at the hot new quality initiative. |
|
|
John Biedry (VP Quality & Compliance, Sears Home Services) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
The Six Sigma Way demystifies Six Sigma with a real-world "how-to" guide. A good investment for any business planning to launch Six Sigma. |
|
|
Rolf Dobelli (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
Continual improvement is the key to survival in today's business climate, and as companies like GE and Motorola have proven, Six Sigma is a useful tool for ingraining the quest for perfection in an organization. After reading The Six Sigma Way, you'll probably be ready to jump out of your chair and immediately follow in these companies' footsteps by launching a Six Sigma initiative of your own. The authors, three consultants who teach firms to implement Six Sigma efforts, convincingly extol the money-saving and efficiency-enhancing virtues of the holistic approach. This book offers a lot of jargon and complex concepts, but the material is presented in easily understood charts and lists, and there are plenty of concrete examples. We [...] recommend The Six Sigma Way to managers who have heard wondrous tales of Six Sigma, but would like a more down-to-earth explanation of how it can be used and the benefits it offers.
|
|
|
Robin Gates (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
I found the book to be clearly written and even fun in places. It provides a solid and practical overview of the principles of Six Sigma. It explains Six Sigma as a flexible system to help manage processes in companies. It addressed all the questions I had in trying to decide whether Six Sigma is appropriate for my company. It provides much practical and non-dogmatic advice about how to implement. I bought the book to prepare my self to fight against the six sigma way. After reading it, I am very enthusiatic and am planning to propose this approach for my company. I highly recommend the book for anyone needing an overview of the topic from a management perspective.
|
|
|
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
This is, without a doubt, the most useful book on gaining and sustaining organizational improvements that I have read in the last decade. It is straightforward in approach and drives toward application and implementation. It is the perfect blend of context, models, tools, & case studies and is a must-have for consultants, internal consultants, black belts, project leaders, and process managers. Not only is this book loaded with tools and techniques, it is remarkably readable. This is the one we've been waiting for.
|
|
|
Greg Gibbs (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
The Six Sigma Way is a must read for anyone who is looking for a good foundation for a six sigma program for their business. Why? Because it debunks the myth that effective improvement programs, for most of their projects, need to include lots of high-level statistics, but rather should involve tools that anyone in the organization can use. Further, The Six Sigma Way brings out in the open the need for and value in the non "cookie-cutter" approach to improvement--every company, every group within a company is different, and an effective approach for each is going to vary somewhat. Finally, it was just fun reading! Examples and case studies were effective in bringing home the concepts in an interesting way, and often humorous as well. Don't miss out on this jewel!
|
|
|
Mathew Rowe (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
I am a former GE Capital Black Belt and now Master Black Belt with experience at various companies in the process of implementing Six-Sigma Quality initiatives. I can tell you that I consider The Six Sigma Way by Pande et al as required reading for anyone who is even considering implementing or participating in a Quality program of this type. Whether you are an aspiring Black Belt or a seasoned member of the Senior Leadership Team, you'll find a lot of good ideas and advice on proactive Quality in this book.
The Six Sigma Way introduces these state-of-the-art tools and concepts in plain... and often entertaining... English (for the rest of us), as opposed to the other books I've read that are dry and full of high-level concepts and statistical formulas that are far too advanced for most initial Six Sigma efforts anyway. The book provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for setting the proper foundation of a Six Sigma program and for obtaining buy-in and support from co-workers and business leaders. You can pick and choose whichever higher-level tools and techniques your business needs once you have established this critical (and often neglected) foundation.
The book also promotes one of the more important aspects of the Six Sigma methodology that others seem to miss... that there is no single way of doing it! The authors recognize that every business environment is not the same, and that different aspects and techniques will appeal to different business cultures. One of this book's best features is that it very clearly spells out the principles involved with Six Sigma and then offers some practical ideas on how they can be successfully applied to a strategy for your specific business.
The authors also provide clear examples of what works and what doesn't. They include "case study" examples that are actually entertaining to read and that are likely to be encountered in today's business environment. At the same time, they have carefully contrasted the successes of Six Sigma to the TQM movement that preceded it. Instead of simply saying "TQM, bad... Six Sigma, good," as others have, the authors eloquently point out why certain aspects of TQM didn't work consistently. They go on to explain exactly what it is that Six Sigma does differently so that gains can be maintained for the long-term.
Finally, I have to mention something about how the book addresses the use of statistics in Six Sigma type initiatives. All too often, business managers operating in a high-paced environment hear the words "statistical process control" and they are immediately turned-off... believing that a statistical approach to business management is too time consuming, unresponsive, and probably beyond their math capabilities anyway. The Six Sigma Way helps lay this ambiguity and fear of statistics to rest by explaining the key concepts in ways that don't require a degree in math. They focus on the basic measurement and analysis techniques that can actually be used and understood by managers at all levels, and the authors communicate this in a way that can be followed by anyone who can balance a checkbook.
The Six Sigma Way is a wonderful guide to understanding proactive Quality programs; to designing and implementing a program for your specific business; and to maintaining that program over time. I am certain that you will find this book on every successful manager's reading list.
|
|
|
R. Berg (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-16 00:00>
For those who want a clear, concise (if not comprehensive) introduction to Six Sigma, this is the place to start. The authors offer an enticing glimpse into the real-world application of Six Sigma tools and techniques. While not to be considered the be-all, end-all (see authors like Breyfogle or Pyzdek for that), The Six Sigma Way is the book to read if you're contemplating a Six Sigma effort and need fundamental knowledge, a starting point for more thorough treatment of the subject (which can be daunting in its comprehensiveness). Highly recommended, especially with the companion guide. |
|
|
|
1 Total 1 pages 8 items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
