Six Sigma The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World's Top Corporations

Name: Six Sigma The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World's Top Corporations
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ISBN: 9780385494373

ISBN-10: 0385494378

ISBN-13: 9780385494373

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Mikel J. Harry, Richard Schroeder

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The extraordinary breakthrough management program--heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal--that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results. Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any size. The darling of Wall Street, it has become the mantra of Fortune 500 boardrooms around the world because it works. What is Six Sigma? It is first and foremost a business process that enables companies to increase profits dramatically by streamlining operations, improving quality, and…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/28/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.188



Preface: The Six Sigma Phenomenon


Why Six Sigma?


The Yellow Brick Road


Being Better Is Cheaper


One Company's Experience: General Electric 2000


Benchmarking: Discovering Who Is Really Best


Changing What Companies Measure: A Six Sigma Credo


Unmasking the Hidden Factory


One Company's Experience: Polaroid Flashes Back


The Breakthrough Strategy


Measuring Performance on the Sigma Scale


One Company's Experience: How General Electric Used Six Sigma to Design a Multimillion-Dollar Product


Implementation and Deployment


The Six Sigma Players: Champions, Master Black Belts, Black Belts, and Green Belts


Six Sigma Black Belts


One Company's Experience: AlliedSignal's Journey to Six Sigma


Six Sigma and the Service Industry


Project Selection Guidelines


The Psychology of Six Sigma


Preparing an Organization for Six Sigma


Index