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by Jay Arthur (Author)
Key Phrases: service order errors, correct special causes, appraiser variation, Lean Six Sigma, Dirty Thirty, Cure Temp (more...)
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This self-teaching guide is the fast and easy way to learn Lean Six Sigma-the revolutionary process and quality improvement methodology. You'll learn to analyze projects quickly, identify and eliminate waste, cut costs and grow revenue, and increase quality and efficiency. A 180-day trial version of Lean Six Sigma QI Macros for Excel will be available for download from the author's website.



About the Author

Jay Arthur has worked as both a quality and process manager within a Fortune 50 company and on his own as a Lean Six Sigma resultant. He has written books on Six Sigma, Lean, and software engineering.


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  • Paperback: 252 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (December 21, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 007148650X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071486507
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,344 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and very helpful, February 19, 2007
Reading this book was like a breath of fresh air. It's very well-written, easy to read, and uses a down to earth style, with a lot of great humor sprinkled in. It is very different from most books on quality and process improvement I've read. It recommends a pragmatic approach to problem-solving that simplifies the principles from Lean and Six Sigma and uses just a few basic tools to focus on 90% of the process problems a business wrestles with. I found the streamlined process improvement approach which is outlined in the book to be very helpful.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars its NOT about lean, its about leaned six sigma., November 12, 2007
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I found this a great book on practical rapid and minimal tools for deployment of six sigma. Its great from that perspective and has many great tips including my favourites, the 70/70/70 and 4/50 rules of thumb.

Its NOT about using lean tools and methodologies supported by six sigma tools and methodologies, which is what I was expecting. Having said that, it was a great and easy read and has inspired me to push for more rapid (but effective) turnover of projects.

Given our target is 90 day turnover, I would like to see how I go with the leaned down six sigma process.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction, January 6, 2008
I recently started working for a company that uses the lean sigma way of doing business. It comes with all sorts of new acronyms. I needed a book that would provide good background info and a moderate amount of detail. I felt that this book was really good for this. I would highly recommend it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting readable and informative
Haven't finished reading the book yet, but so far I've found it to be concise, informative and realistically applicable.
Published 3 months ago by LAF

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first read on the subject
Jay Arthur does demystify the subject. For anyone just getting started in this area this book is a terrific introduction and sets the stage well for any further reading. Read more
Published 4 months ago by L. Janowicz

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Start point for Lean Six Sigma
Jay Arthur brings us an entertainment lecture with a great tool. This book give you a brief review of lean six sigma. But it is all you need to get going.
Published 6 months ago by Jose Betancur

4.0 out of 5 stars Good High-Level Overview of Lean Six Sigma
"Lean Six Sigma Demystified" offers a good high-level overview of the practice/method know as Lean Six Sigma. Read more
Published 7 months ago by K. Scott Proctor

5.0 out of 5 stars 4% of your business can produce 50% of the waste or delay or defects
1. What can be accomplished with lean Six Sigma? Double your speed without working harder, double your quality, and cut costs and boost profits.

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Published 7 months ago by Golden Lion

2.0 out of 5 stars A middling introduction to the topic
While this book does introduce the curious to the topic, its main agenda seems to be promoting the author and his personal take on LSS. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jesse Morehouse

3.0 out of 5 stars should be in the six sigma collection
The book contains many useful practical technical steps for six sigma implementation. That being said, it did ignore a bit the managerial side of six sigma. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Maurice Karam

3.0 out of 5 stars Book has mistakes...
I'm only a couple of chapters in the book, and so far it's a pretty good read. What's distracting, though, are a couple of printing errors I have found. Read more
Published 16 months ago by K. Musgrove

5.0 out of 5 stars As usual, Arthur makes the overly complex simple ...
A teacher once said that a sign of brilliance is the ability to make the overly complex simple. Jay is one of those people who can take advanced statistical techniques and boil... Read more
Published 24 months ago by A. S. Joyce

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps it simple
This is a very well written book that explains the lean six sigma concepts in a way that is easy to understand. Read more
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