Acknowledgments

Many people have helped this book become a reality. They contributed detailed case studies or reviewed the manuscript, making great personal sacrifices along the way. I greatly appreciate their help and their organizations' support. Special thanks go out to:

Lockheed Martin: Mike Joyce, Manny Zulueta, James Isaac, George Sanders, Kevin Fast, and a special thanks to Myles Burke, who made substantial contributions to the text

Bank One's National Enterprise Operations (NEO) group: Mike Fischbach, Darryl Greene, Jim Kaminski, Tim Williams

Stanford Hospital and Clinics: Karen Rago (now of UC–San Francisco), Nick Gaich

The City of Fort Wayne: Mayor Graham Richard, Roger Hirt, Michele Hill

Caterpillar, Inc: Rod Skewes

A special note ...

Get Lean Six Sigma for Service now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.