Lean Six Sigma That Works: A Powerful Action Plan for Dramatically Improving Quality, Increasing Speed, and Reducing Waste

by Bill Carreira, Bill Trudell

If lean manufacturing moves your products through processes faster, and Six Sigma improves their quality, just imagine what combining these two powerful disciplines will do for you! Lean Six Sigma That Works provides the key to transforming your results in any manufacturing environment, giving you detailed, practical processes that let you leave the conference room, and get right to work. A strong and sensible combination of the "why" and the "how," this book gives you a step-by-step improvement plan, plus a thorough understanding of: * cost, cash flow, materials velocity, lead time, balance, waste, and non-value-added processes * value stream mapping and the DMAIC process for solving problems and improving quality profitability * how every form of waste impacts customer satisfaction and the bottom line * and much more Whether you're a seasoned professional, or implementing your first lean sigma project, this invaluable guide offers you a clear path to higher quality, customer loyalty, and increased efficiency.

Genres: Business

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many business books focus on theories and abstractions that real world businesses cannot implement. Bill Carreira and Bill Trudell provide a practical, action-oriented approach to eliminating waste and boosting quality. They use real-world examples from their consulting experience to show you how to create, measure and manage value. While some of their information may seem a bit technical, the authors present their method as clearly and as practically as they can. Lean Six Sigma can help you make dramatic improvements. getAbstract suggests this useful manual to engineers, and to manufacturing and operations managers.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy reading, and has a lot of practical ideas to put lean concepts into practice. Great overview of the techniques. But if you are looking for an in depth lesson on Lean Six sigma techniques that can be used as a reference/text for your office, look elsewhere. This stays to the basics.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent book with some interesting examples to apply the tools an principles. Are they true to life? Tough to say, and I would have appreciated more development on the resolution of the example companies' problems.