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Lean Six Sigma Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide

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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.

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.

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.

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. Somewhat informative but Id recommend looking elsewhere for an objective book on the topic if you only want to buy one book.

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 them down until he has theory and techniques usable by the common man. If you're not designing and manufacturing missiles, jet engines, artificial hearts or CAT scans, you probably will never have an opportunity or need to employ the most advanced tools of Six Sigma. Nevertheless, you shouldn't miss out on the competitive advanatage and the other benefits Lean Six Sigma can bring to your business; this book allows you the opportunity to blend the best of Lean Manuafacturing and Six Sigma together, so you can compete "better, faster, and cheaper."

Most practitioners will tell you that we use the same few tools over and over again and make tremendous impact on the businesses of our clients. I especially like the software (QI Macros) that he mentions in his book. For years, we've been struggling with engineering-based software that is complicated enough that I have to pull out my manual every time I want to use it---and, then, my clients can't read the data as they don't have that expensive package. The QI Macros run on Excel, so just about everyone in an office setting has access to the the data, which makes it so much easier and user-friendly.

I've been using Jay's products for about 8 years now, and immediately ordered this book as soon as he sent me an email saying that it was going to be released. His book and other learning materials hold a prominent space in my Quality improvement library.

This is a very well written book that explains the lean six sigma concepts in a way that is easy to understand. Would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to improve their processes, eliminate waste and improve lead times.

"Lean Six Sigma Demystified" offers a good high-level overview of the practice/method know as Lean Six Sigma. Jay Arthur does a good job balancing theory and practice in this book, but I found his focus on his own software solution a bit distracting.

Given the breadth of the topic of Lean Six Sigma, Arthur makes good use of the +/- 300 pages in this book. For those interested in learning enough about Lean Six Sigma to understand the method and to determine if they want to focus more effort on the method, this is a useful book.

Haven't finished reading the book yet, but so far I've found it to be concise, informative and realistically applicable.

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.
The author's style is clear, concise, and engaging. It's very clear he's "been there, done that" and he offers a good amount of practical advice based on his experiences.
The book is a bit light on management aspects of the process but there are other good books that go into that arena.
This was one of easiest reading business texts I've laid hands on.

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.