The Six Sigma Design for Reliability: Volume 1 - Selecting Project Objectives (Leadership for Asset Management Excellence)

The Six Sigma Design for Reliability, like many Six Sigma continuous improvement methodologies, begins with a clear definition of the problem needing to be solved. In terms of Asset Management and the business of reliability or maintenance, improvement begins by selecting the business objectives. As part of the Leadership for Asset Management Excellence series, this volume will help you understand both the current and future business landscape, focusing your discussions broadly to include asset-centric and process-centric strategic objectives over the immediate and long-term lifecycle of your asset population. You will learn how to evaluate the desired operational specification and quantify the improvement business case in terms of Return On Assets, starting with a firm knowledge of how improvements in reliability might financially impact revenue, maintenance cost, and capital budgets.

Darrin J. Wikoff specializes in Organizational Change Management, Lean Manufacturing, Business Process Re-Engineering and Reliability Engineering. Since 2001, Darrin has continued to train, coach and mentor industrial leaders through the rigorous process of implementing and managing improvement initiatives in support of Lean Manufacturing. His ability to translate Lean and reliability engineering principles into real-world application has enabled more than 60 organizations to improve safety and environmental performance, increase production capacity and reduce operating costs. Darrin has also authored "Centered On Excellence" published by MRO-Zone in 2012 and the 7th edition of the "Maintenance Engineering Handbook" published by McGraw-Hill in 2008.