Lean Six Sigma Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide (Paperback)

by Jay Arthur (Author)
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Product Description

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.

Product Details

• 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

By	E. Drue - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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

By	David J. Vize "Beany" (Townsville, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction, January 6, 2008

By	C. Emary "kungfu_fightin" (CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.