Lean Six Sigma QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide To Lean Six Sigma (QuickStart Guides™ - Business)
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Lean Six Sigma QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide To Lean Six Sigma (QuickStart Guides™ - Business)

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From the Inside Flap Each of the foundational concepts that make up Lean, Six Sigma, and the hybrid Lean Six Sigma are broken down into bite-sized chunks and supplemented with graphs, charts, and other visual tools to ensure the highest, fastest levels of comprehension and retention. Don't get left behind. Lean Six Sigma is being used in more industries than ever before, with amazing results. Benjamin Sweeney is the author of multiple successful business titles published by ClydeBank Media. After studying supply chain management at Schenectady Community College, Mr. Sweeney turned to the fields of research, business development, and strategy consulting. His first book, Lean: Quickstart Guide (ClydeBank Media) is a simplified approach to the rapidly changing and highly efficient Lean manufacturing system. Now in its second printing, Lean: Quickstart Guide is for beginners and experts alike. Mr. Sweeney's second business title Lean Six Sigma: Quickstart Guide (ClydeBank Media) addresses and examines the Lean Six Sigma method of increased efficiency and quality. Also in its second printing, Lean Six Sigma: Quickstart Guide relies on expert input and insight gleaned from real world experience. Active in the industry he explores, Mr. Sweeney is currently employed by a major national restaurant chain and oversees front-line warehousing operations. He is also an editor, blogger, and part-time small business strategy consultant. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

Features & Highlights

  • The Hybrid Process Improvement System, Lean Six Sigma, As Simple As It Gets
  • Are you struggling with quality and process optimization?
  • Lean Six Sigma takes the best of the Lean method for waste reduction and continuous improvement and pairs it with the statistical quality control methods of Six Sigma.
  • ENHANCED & EXPANDED SECOND EDITION
  • Now even easier and more helpful than before!
  • The Lean manufacturing method combines
  • aggressive waste reduction
  • with
  • continuous improvement
  • . Interpreted from the Toyota Production System, Lean manufacturing has been transforming the way countless organizations
  • cut costs
  • ,
  • improve responsiveness
  • , and
  • thrill their customers
  • .Six Sigma originated at Motorola and is a statistical quality control program responsible for
  • world-class quality
  • and
  • incredibly low process defect rates
  • . Lean Six Sigma is the modern hybrid system that combines the best aspects of both systems for a
  • transformational
  • business approach that brings the
  • voice of the customer
  • to the forefront.
  • The Lean Six Sigma method is modern, effective, and in demand.
  • The
  • Lean Six Sigma QuickStart Guide
  • is the perfect first step in your Lean Six Sigma journey. Written in plain language that leaves the jargon behind, this easy-to-use guide lends itself well to
  • successful self-paced learning
  • . Those new to the Lean Six Sigma program will appreciate the learning-first approach, and industry veterans will value this guide as an easy
  • reference resource
  • .Each of the foundational concepts that make up Lean, Six Sigma, and the hybrid Lean Six Sigma are broken down into
  • bite-sized chunks
  • and supplemented with graphs, charts, and other visual tools to ensure the highest, fastest levels of comprehension and retention.
  • Don't get left behind. Lean Six Sigma is being used in more industries than ever before, with amazing results.
  • More organizations are making the change to Lean Six Sigma's customer-centric waste reduction and quality improvement methods. Stay ahead of the trend and live on the
  • cutting edge
  • with the
  • Lean Six Sigma QuickStart Guide
  • .
  • **New**
  • Your purchase comes with
  • free lifetime access
  • to our collection of relevant digital assets. These guides, summaries, checklists, and cheat sheets enhance your learning journey and supplement this QuickStart Guide.
  • You’ll Learn...
  • How and why Lean Methodology merged with Six Sigma to create the Powerful Best-Practices Hybrid That Revolutionized Business Production
  • How and why Lean Methodology merged with Six Sigma to create the
  • Powerful Best-Practices Hybrid That Revolutionized Business Production
  • Lean Six Sigma Applied: How all the puzzle pieces fit together
  • Lean Six Sigma Applied
  • : How all the puzzle pieces fit together
  • The Lean Six Sigma Toolbox: DMAIC, DMADV and Other Tools and Methodologies that contribute to the Successful Implementation of Lean Six Sigma
  • The Lean Six Sigma Toolbox:
  • DMAIC
  • ,
  • DMADV
  • and Other Tools and Methodologies that contribute to the
  • Successful Implementation
  • of Lean Six Sigma
  • The nuts and bolts of Lean Six Sigma: How all the driving concepts Really Work
  • The nuts and bolts of Lean Six Sigma: How all the driving concepts
  • Really Work
  • The Most Common Mistakes made by Lean Six Sigma beginners
  • The
  • Most Common Mistakes
  • made by Lean Six Sigma beginners
  • What is a
  • QuickStart Guide
  • ?
  • A ClydeBank Media
  • QuickStart Guide
  • is a comprehensive learning companion tailored for the beginner experience. Written by handpicked subject matter experts, these simplified and highly actionable guides have helped over 350,000 readers worldwide and counting.
  • With hundreds of thousands of satisfied readers
  • , thousands of 4 & 5 star ratings, and the up-to-date accurate information you need to find success, our QuickStart Guides are the perfect book to help you take the next step - wherever your path takes you!ClydeBank Media LLC All Rights Reserved

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A critical error up front like this should be fixed to avoid confusion later on

Early critical error on page 15-16. Six sigma is +/-6 sigma from mean, with a range of 12 sigma. Not +/-3 sig from mean, range of 6 sig. A critical error up front like this should be fixed to avoid confusion later on. Still reading.
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A Great Guide

This is the ultimate book to learn lean six sigma if you are a beginner. This a combination of lean manufacturing and 6 sigma, put together to eliminate waste in many different ways.

I took an entire semester-long class on lean manufacturing in college and didn't understand some of the over-arching concepts as well as this book helped me understand them. This may have been since i now NEED to know it as opposed to then when i had to force myself to learn it.

If you are looking to learn more about lean six sigma, then look no further. This book is a great entry way into learning this business/manufacturing methodology.
17 people found this helpful
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Look elsewhere to understand lean

Sadly this is like many of the other "Lean Six Sigma" guides out there, suffering from an egregious lack of understanding of lean.

Pretty bad when a book gets it wrong right from the introduction when discussing the rise of the Japanese manufacturing industry…likening the rise to “locally invented management systems”.

Sorry, but lean is not solely Japanese, owing a huge part of its current make up to Henry Ford, W.E. Demming, Frank Gilbreth, The Training within Industry program from WWII, and many other non-Japanese folks.

It then goes on to say that Six Sigma is “relatively more international in origin” – a claim with no basis of truth whatsoever.

It used to be that these kinds of misconceptions were common because of lack of information, but these days it only takes a few minutes on google to realize that this book is full of inaccuracies.
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good introduction

Well written and not overly wordy introduction. But didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Would be ok for someone completely unaware of lean six sigma.
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Baseline Lean Six Sigma

This book is easy to read, and will quickly bring you up to a great starting point for learning LSS.
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ok but makes assumptions about abbreviations

Make assumptions about understanding of terms. If you don't know that "JIT" means just in time you might not see it as simplified.
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Good quick start

Not a bad read for an introductory book. Was good enough for me to read within 2 weeks . Plus I downloaded it when it was free. Thanks !
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Good Beginner's Guide

Lean Six Sigma QuickStart Guide is another good starter guide from ClydeBank Business. This provides excellent guidance for those aiming to manage an organization by providing an above-average business management model. The narration -- Lucy Vest --, as usual, was spot on and the references to the pdf files were always appreciated as they illuminated the content being listened to. Recommended!

*I received this audiobook in exchange for a fair review.*
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Five Stars

Positively changed mode
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Sf

Not detailed enough, lacks specifics. Good for basic understanding, but no case scenarios. I would have appreciated a scenario or two, needs exact calculations and forms.
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