The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams [Paperback]

Peter S. Pande (Author), Robert P. Neuman (Author), Roland R. Cavanagh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 14, 2001

This companion guide to the bestselling The Six Sigma Way focuses on the project improvement teams that do the real, in-the-trenches work of Six Sigma—measuring performance, improving quality and saving millions in the process.

The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook is a highly practical reference for team leaders and members, outlining both the methods that have made Six Sigma successful and the basic steps a team must follow in an improvement effort. Written by three veteran trainers of Six Sigma “Black Belts” and teams at GE, Sun Microsystems, and Sears, this hands-on guide helps teams obtain the skills they need to identify a product, service, or process that needs improvement or redesign; gather data on the process and the rate of defects; find ways to improve quality up to a Six Sigma level—just 3.4 defects per million; and much more.

* Includes dozens of data-gathering forms and Six Sigma tools and worksheets
* Describes key improvement methods in a concise “how-to” format with checklists and tips

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A Hands-On Implementation Guide to the Bestselling The Six Sigma Way

Six Sigma is today's most talked-about, and successful, business improvement initiative. The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook goes beyond theory to explain the tools and procedures a project leader or team needs to implement a Six Sigma improvement project. Designed as a step-by-step implementation manual, it explains how to use Six Sigma methods to identify products and processes that need improvement, then use a proactive approach to either improve or redesign them­­boosting performance, reducing costs, and/or increasing customer satisfaction.

Written by three veteran consultants and trainers to GE and other top corporate Six Sigma initiatives, The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook covers dozens of essential tools and basic statistical techniques needed to execute Six Sigma projects in any organizational environment. Written in a concise, how-to format, and with dozens of data-gathering forms, checklists, and worksheets, it provides Black Belts, Green Belts, and team members with the information they need, including:

• What a Six Sigma project team needs to know before it gets started
• A five-step guide to leading a Six Sigma team through DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)
• When and how to use thirty-five six sigma improvement tools and techniques

About the Author

Peter S. Pande, Robert S. Neuman, and Roland R. Cavanagh wrote the bestselling The Six Sigma Way. Pande is president of Pivotal Resources, Inc., a leading organizational improvement consulting and training firm. He is an experienced executive consultant and has helped guide Six Sigma initiatives at major corporations. Neuman is a consultant with Pivotal Resources, a sought-after speaker and a former professor at Amherst College and the State University of New York. Cavanagh, a professional engineer, is a consultant with Pivotal Resources, providing strategic consulting and improvement training and coaching to non-manufacturing as well as technical environments.

Product Details

• Paperback: 403 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071373144
• ISBN-13: 978-0071373142
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Quality Control
  • #87 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Production & Operations

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great source of information for the practictioner, April 25, 2003

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Scott Burns (Littleton, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams (Paperback)

This book is the one book for someone who is joining their first six sigma team. It will give you a feel for the tools and methodology that you will be exposed to and provides handy references of forms, metrics and best practices if you are requested to complete a task in a six sigma project. The material is very well organized and summarized for usage as an ongoing team resource.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy in conjunction with The Six Sigma Way!, August 5, 2002

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Rhiannon Bishop (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams (Paperback)

The Six Sigma Way Team Field Book is a must have for anyone that is seriously studying Six Sigma. It gives you practical solutions for every phase of Six Sigma. This book goes wonderfully with The Six Sigma Way.

If you work in a company that is implementing Six Sigma, or you're trying to advance your career to a Black Belt or Master Black Belt position - buy this book. Buy both books!

Outstanding tools, superb readability, a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just right for Green Belt training, December 26, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams (Paperback)

The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook is an excellent companion to the original Six Sigma Way. I'm using it as a primary textbook in the Green Belt course at the college where I teach. The Fieldbook does a good job of laying out the "nuts and bolts" process of attacking a problem and making improvements. The book is a little light in some of the more techinical areas, specifically in the Analysis Stage of the DMAIC model. That's where I come in as the course instuctor. I supplement the Fieldbook with the QCI CSSBB Primer and use MiniTab software for statistical analysis. It all blends together, and is held together, by the very well written descriptions of DMAIC methodologies in the Team Fieldbook. This book is exactly what it is intended to be -- A Team Fieldbook for Six Sigma practitioners. Used with the guidance from an experienced Six Sigma practitioner (Black Belt), it is an excellent tool for both training and basic reference.