The New Six Sigma: A Leader's Guide to Achieving Rapid Business Improvement and Sustainable Results (Paperback)

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As the original inventor of Six Sigma, Motorola has more experience with it than any other company. Recently, Motorola has considerably improved traditional Six Sigma techniques, and successfully applied them around the world, in many different types of organizations. This book is the first publication outlining Motorola's new innovations and improvements to Six Sigma, written by Motorola's Six Sigma directors. The book will be organized around a time principle - the past, present and future of Six Sigma. First, the authors briefly outline the origins of Six Sigma, highlighting the lessons Motorola has learned by experience. This background will set the stage for the core of the book - introducing the new Six Sigma. The new Six Sigma is a leadership governance process that produces improved business results in all parts of an organization. It has been reinvented to be more focused on strategy execution and value creation rather than on defects. In sidebars, the authors highlight global examples where Motorola's improved Six Sigma has had important results across cultures and markets. Lastly, the book points out the where Six Sigma is headed - toward the management of sustainable business results through sophisticated human capital asset management and software-based simulations.

From the Back Cover

Six Sigma transformed—Motorola's breakthrough approach to maximizing business value.

• The definitive guide to the New Six Sigma -by its inventors at Motorola
• Beyond defect reduction-discover how to optimize your entire business!
• Learn from state-of-the-science techniques and detailed global case studies
• An essential resource for every leader, quality expert, and Six Sigma Black Belt

Six Sigma has come a long way since Motorola invented it as a breakthrough approach to reducing product defects. Now Motorola has thoroughly revamped Six Sigma to reflect today's core business challenges: the challenge to execute and the challenge to maximize value. In this book, leaders of Motorola Six Sigma offer the first comprehensive guide to the New Six Sigma—and show how to use it for sustainable competitive advantage.

• Six Sigma and shareholder value: key lessons from first-generation Six Sigma
• The four elements of the New Six Sigma: Align, Mobilize, Accelerate, and Govern
• A step-by-step approach to New Six Sigma implementation and management
• Understanding the leadership governance enhancements that are key to success
• Refocusing Six Sigma tools on innovation and strategic business improvement
• Global case studies demonstrate the effectiveness of the New Six Sigma
• Tomorrow's Six Sigma: new innovations in financial accounting, customer needs assessment, and asset management
• The future of the Six Sigma Black Belt

The original Six Sigma transformed the business world. The New Six Sigma will have an even more powerful impact. Discover these techniques today—and start reaping the results tomorrow.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (December 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131013998
• ISBN-13: 978-0131013995
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #480,715 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Quick Read, March 25, 2003

By	Brittain C. Ladd "Business Book Junkie" (Irving, Texas United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a very informative book that can be read in a about one to two hours. It isn't as in-depth as I thought it would be but it certainly provides some updated and interesting information on Six Sigma. My advice for people who may buy this book is to purchase this book along with 'Leading Six Sigma', 'Lean Six Sigma', and if you are new to Six Sigma, 'Sailing Through Six Sigma with CD' for an overall appreciation of Six Sigma. This is not a book that discusses the DMAIC model or the actual statisitics involved in Six Sigma in any great length so if that is what you're looking for you need to look elsewhere. However, if you're looking for some of the most up to date information on Six Sigma this book is well worth the price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, May 1, 2004

By	Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Motorola invented Six Sigma. This concise handbook promises to introduce readers to the history of Six Sigma, to explain Six Sigma's leadership requirements and to point the way for Six Sigma practitioners to go forward. It delivers admirably on these promises. Many Six Sigma books offer dense diagrams and mind-numbing descriptions of all of the minutiae that goes into the process improvement program. This book provides a broader perspective. It necessarily sacrifices much of the operational detail in order to present a good general introduction to the subject. This is not the book for managers who need a field-guide or an instruction manual to forge ahead with implementing a Six Sigma program. But for those who have heard of Six Sigma, wonder what it is about and want a good, basic, elementary explanation, we believe this book will serve nicely.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Balance of Business Case and Detail, April 24, 2003

By	T. Barr (Mt. Prospect, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I really enjoyed this book. I thought McCarty did an outstanding job of presenting a business case for six sigma with a clear, straightforward discussion of how and why businesses should implement it. Barney's detailed explanation of the statistical nitty-gritty of six sigma provided an excellent follow-up to McCarty's piece. Barney's level of detail was just right for the book - enough to show the reader the "meat" of six sigma statistical foundations without the weighty specifics.