Improvement Project Execution: A Management and Black Belt Guide for Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard

This 1100+ page Lean Six Sigma Handbook provides the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) process improvement project template in a lean Six Sigma step-by-step guide format. This textbook is a follow-up to the author ASQ Crosby medal winning book Implementing Six Sigma.

 

This lean Six Sigma handbook structural integrates lean and Six Sigma Black Belt methodology so that the most appropriate tool is utilized at the right time to improve an output response from a process. Individuals, instructors, and organizations gain much when utilizing this book as a lean Six Sigma Black Belt training manual. 

 

Individuals gain much by frequently referencing this text for determining when and how to use the correct tool for the execution of DMAIC improvement projects. A Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt can benefit immensely from the utilization of the Lean Six Sigma book detailed step-by-step roadmap, where Lean and Six Sigma tools are truly integrated for effective problem solving and process performance measurement improvements. To facilitate the learning process of tools and techniques, a solutions manual for the end-of-chapter book exercises is also available, with data sets.

 

Instructors (University, in-house trainers, and consultants) gain much when they include this Lean Six Sigma Study Guide in their training.  Over 100 examples and 250 exercises are included in the Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Handbook.  Students can reference this book long after their training; i.e., they get much more than a deck-of-slides from Lean Six Sigma training. Instructors can use this publication to actively coach students on the whats and how-tos of improvement project execution. A complimentary instructor guide for training from this book is available from the author. Videos, homework exercises, etc. are included in this trainer-guide offering. A solutions manual for end-of-chapter book exercises is also available, with data sets. Can be also used as an industrial engineering statistics book.

 

Organizations gain much when a consistent DMAIC methodology is used for the timely execution of process improvement efforts that benefit the business as a whole. This Lean Six Sigma Body of Knowledge book describes how to select improvement projects that will provide a demonstrated enhancement to important business key performance indicators (KPIs) responses.

 

Provided is a Lean Six Sigma statistics tools usage book that teaches lean six sigma black belt core concepts and shows how to create a long-lasting positive organizational culture for undertaking process improvement.

 

The book DMAIC roadmap truly integrates both statistical and non-statistical tools, going beyond a traditional lean Six Sigma methodology. Provided also in the book is an enhanced 30,000-foot-level predictive performance measurement tracking approach that can be used for the base-lining of improvement project efforts and quantification of improvement enhancements after they occur – in one chart! 

 

Lean Six Sigma organizational process deployments often are not long-lasting. The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) was created to address this problem. IEE Volume I provides a description of the benefits of the IEE system in a golfing story format. IEE Volume II describes the 9-step IEE business management system with details for determining where lean Six Sigma quality improvement projects should focus so the business as a whole benefits. 

Forrest W. Breyfogle III is the founder and CEO of Smarter Solutions Inc. In 2004, Mr. Breyfogle received the American Society for Quality Crosby Medal for his book, Implementing Six Sigma, 2nd edition. Mr. Breyfogle was named Quality Professional of the Year for 2011 by Quality Magazine. He is an ASQ Fellow and a past member of the board of advisors for the University of Texas Center for Performing Excellence.