Editorial Review:
A user-friendly guide to the basics of Six Sigma From noted Six Sigma consultant and author George Eckes comes Six Sigma for Everyone, a practical guide that explains the underpinnings of the revolutionary quality assurance methodology. Appropriate for employees and top management alike, this book is the only one you need if your company is currently implementing or contemplating Six Sigma. It tells you what Six Sigma is and is not, what it does and how it does it, and what your role likely will be in the implementation process. Eckes uses straightforward definitions and in-depth examples to outline the processes, impact, and desired end result of implementation–eliminating the confusion and fear many feel when first introduced to Six Sigma. If you need to understand the basics, then this is the book for you. Topics include: - The origins and history of Six Sigma
- Business Process Management: Six Sigma as management philosophy
- Individual and team tactics
- The ten basic tools each team member needs to succeed
- How you and your organization must change to make Six Sigma work
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Customer Reviews
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Great Six Sigma Book  2007-05-30
This Is a good book for anyone wanting to understand Six Sigma a little better. I had a basic overview of the Six Sigma concept but this book helped explain it in much more detail. I would recommend this to anyone looking to learn more about Six SIgma.
A good introduction, but an introduction only  2006-11-06
For anyone who even doesnt know what Six Sigma stands for (say, 3.4 unhappy customer experiences per million opportunities), this is a good book for him/her, especially if his/her company is not yet a practitioner of Six Sigma and he/she just doesnt want to appear ignorant in front of other business executives. It's short, but has covered, though briefly, the key tactics and tools. The "key learnings" section in the end of each chapter and Chapter Six "The 10 common questions about Six Sigma" very much are definitely pluses. However, if one really has to work it out, I am afraid this would not be the optimal choice.
p.s. I am obliged to deagree with the author, a Six Sigma Consultant's descripton of Six Sigma as the "Most popular management philosophy in history" and a surefire weapon for business warfare.
Six Sigma for Everyone  2006-03-17
This is an essintial book for those leading the initiative in lean. Recommended for all quality and managerial personel
Excellent descriptive of Six Sigma 2004-08-05
This is a good book for the person that may be involved in Six Sigma. It instructs you about how the process works and what is required of you. A book that I highly recommend.
Highly Recommended! 2004-06-09
George Eckes has written a concise, thorough introduction to the theory and practice of Six Sigma, the management philosophy that Jack Welch called the most important initiative of his entire career at General Electric. The book provides a look at every aspect of Six Sigma. In some places, it seems a bit too detailed for so short a book - particularly when the author introduces the variety of statistical charts, graphs and tables used in the analysis phase of Six Sigma. But that is a quibble. Eckes also gets a bit self-serving when, in the question and answer chapter, he takes a swipe at consultants who agree to work on a contingency basis, for a percentage of the savings a client achieves, instead of for a fee. In fact, we, where we are always glad to avoid a squabble, note that managers who use this book may achieve some level of business improvement without hiring any consultants at all.
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