Essentials of Lean Six Sigma

[ELSEVIER Butterworth Heinemann LOGO] Technology: Engineering. General Essentials of Lean Six Sigma Salman Taghizadegan Chemical Engineer & Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified Hunter Industries, Inc. San Marcos, CA KEY FEATURES Reviews the essential statistical tools upon which Six Sigma rests, including normal distribution and mean deviation and the derivation of one sigma through six sigma Explains essential lean tools like Value-Stream Mapping and quality improvement tools like Kaizen techniques within the context of Lean Six Sigma practice Extended case study to clearly demonstrate how Six Sigma and Lean principles have been actually implemented, reducing production times and costs and ultimately creating improved product quality Lean Six Sigma will show how the established analytical tools of Six Sigma quality control can be successfully brought into the widely used models for lean manufacturing, bringing efficient, stream-lined production and high quality product readily together. This book offers a thorough, yet concise introduction to the essential mathematics of Six Sigma, with solid case examples from a variety of industrial settings, culminating in an extended case study. Various professionals will find this book immensely useful, whether they are industrial engineers, industrial managers, or anyone associated with engineering in a technical or managing role. It will bring about a clear understanding of not only how to implement Six Sigma statistical tools, but also how to do so within the bounds of a Lean manufacturing scheme. It will show how Lean Six Sigma can help reinforce the notion of less is more, while at the same time preserving minimal error rates in final manufactured products. Contents: Statistical Theory and Concepts; Introduction to Essentials of Lean Six Sigma (6 ) Strategies; Statistical Theory of Lean Six Sigma (6 ) Strategies; Mathematical; Concepts of Lean Six Sigma Engineering Strategies; Six Sigma Engineering and Implementation; The Roles and Responsibilities to Six Sigma Philosophy and Strategy; Case Studies Related titles: Basu: Quality Beyond Six Sigma (ISBN: 0750655615) Wilson: Six Sigma and the Product Development Cycle (ISBN: 0750662182) Smith & Hawkins: Lean Maintenance (ISBN: 0750677791)Taghizadegan, Salman is the author of 'Essentials of Lean Six Sigma', published 2006 under ISBN 9780123705020 and ISBN 0123705029.