Six Sigma for Financial Services: How Leading Companies Are Driving Results Using Lean, Six Sigma, and Process Management - Hardcover

Hayler, Rowland; Nichols, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071470379 ISBN 13: 9780071470377

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2006

Synopsis

THREE WORLD-CLASS MANAGEMENT METHODS.

ONE COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE.

Finally, top executives across the global financial services industry are catching on-and catching up-to what the world's most successful corporations have known for more than a decade: The performance improvement principles of Six Sigma, Lean, and Process Management can be applied to all aspects of any company's operations-with remarkable results.

If you want to take advantage of these proven, performance-enhancing methods, tools, and techniques, this reference helps you to use Six Sigma and other tools in a wide range of financial service applications: commercial or savings banks, diversified financials, securities, insurance firms, and more. Six Sigma for Financial Services delivers a complete and groundbreaking model specifically for financial services created by two experts of Six Sigma deployment and Process Management.

Clear, concise, and comprehensive, this hands-on guide features actual experiences from frontline managers and executives in financial services firms all around the world. You'll see, up close and personal, how they used Six Sigma to illustrate key points and achieve optimal performance in their companies. You'll learn firsthand why business process excellence is crucial for success in an increasingly competitive, mission-critical industry. Using Lean, Six Sigma, and other process tools, you'll be able to run leaner and more efficiently, and provide improved service with the best possible returns.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

What do the leaders in financial services know that you don't? Plenty.

This accessible, comprehensive guide from two top business improvement experts shows how financial giants such as American Express, Bank of America, and Wachovia have applied Six Sigma, Lean, and Process Management to their service-based operations. Hayler & Nichols provide specific, real-world examples and offer step-by-step solutions to help you improve your company's processes.

“An excellent book for anyone involved in a business process excellence journey!” -Paul Baker, Managing Director, Group Operations, Lloyds TSB

“Customer service, top-line growth, compliance, and regulatory oversight have all become crucial for financial institutions....The authors masterfully illustrate how Six Sigma and Lean, under a process management umbrella, support these relevant business objectives.”-Juan Carlos Paez, Chief Operating Officer, BAC Credomatic Network

“A great reference for those of us who want to 'fast-forward' our process innovation initiatives to achieve outstanding results.”-Teng Soon Lang, Executive Vice President and Head, Group Quality & Process Innovation, Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation

“The approaches that Hayler & Nichols describe are not just for the Operations function-they apply equally to Marketing and Sales...business process excellence is critical for maximizing the return on marketing investments and an organization's value creation.”-Arjen Kruger, former Chief Marketing Officer, MasterCard Europe

About the Author:

Rowland Hayler is the Vice President of International Operations for Pivotal Resources, a global business improvement consulting firm. Prior to joining Pivotal, he served in a variety of business improvement leadership roles over 15 years at American Express. He has consulted with many leading financial organizations, including Halifax Bank of Scotland, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Marks & Spencer Money, Swisscard, and UBS.

Michael D. Nichols is Principal Consultant/Senior Master Black Belt for Nichols Quality Associates, a consortium of Lean Six Sigma professionals. He was previously the Director-Six Sigma Design/Senior Master Black Belt at American Express, where he codeveloped the Six Sigma Design and Six Sigma Process Management programs. Nichols will also be president of the American Society for Quality in the 2007-2008 year.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071470379
• ISBN 13: 9780071470377
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280