Book description
praise for The Lean Six Sigma guide to Doing More with Less
"At Frito Lay, we have applied many of the concepts and tools in this book, and we are realizing a five to seven times return on our annual Lean Six Sigma investment."
—Tony Mattei, Lean Six Sigma Director, Frito Lay
"Ecolab has experienced a sustainable, competitive advantage through Lean Six Sigma. The principles in this book are helping us drive greater value for our share-holders, better service for our customers, and talent development opportunities for our associates."
—Jeffrey E. Burt, Vice President and Global Deployment Leader, Lean Six Sigma, Ecolab
"This book gives excellent insights into Lean Six Sigma and its strong impact within different industries. We used Lean Six Sigma in numerous process improvement projects, which, in turn, helped to create momentum and set up a process improvement culture. Amid a challenging economic environment, we are accelerating this initiative globally."
—Satheesh Mahadevan, Directeur des Processus, Société Générale
"Our Lean Six Sigma deployment of the concepts and tools described in this book is transforming our business—with tangible benefits for our employees, customers, suppliers, and shareholders."
—Jeffrey Herzfeld, Sr. Vice President and General Manager, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
"We have deployed the holistic Lean Six Sigma strategy described by Mark George across our enterprise. It is providing remarkable returns for Unum."
—Bob Best, Chief Operating Officer, Unum
"The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More with Less presents a comprehensive view of operations transformation, the approaches required for success, leadership's role, and the competitive advantage that results. Transformational changes are enabling us to do more with less, by investing and working smarter."
—Ted Doheny, President and COO, Joy Mining Machinery
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Why Use Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Cost?
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Spotlight #1: How to Use This Book
- Overview of Part I : Process Cost Reduction—a Focus on the Tools of Waste Elimination
- Overview of Part II : Enterprise Cost Reduction—a Focus on Value, Speed, Agility, and Competitive Advantage
- Overview of Part III : Accelerating Deployment Returns—Getting More, Faster, from a Lean Six Sigma Deployment
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I. Process Cost Reduction: A Focus on Waste Elimination
- 2. Find Cost Reduction Opportunities in Waste
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Spotlight #2: Special Tips for Nonmanufacturing Processes
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Key Success Factors in Reducing Costs in Services and Retail
- Involve the People Who Do the Work
- Focus on Identifying and Eliminating Non-Value-Add Work People Do
- Look for and Formalize Best Practices and Turn Them into Repeatable Processes
- Look for Opportunities for Cost Reduction in the Infrastructure
- Recognize Interfaces with Technology
- Tips for Using Lean Six Sigma in Services
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Key Success Factors in Reducing Costs in Services and Retail
- Spotlight #3: Design a Successful Lean Six Sigma Project or Pilot
- 3. Use the Voice of the Customer to Identify Cost-Cutting Opportunities
- 4. Make Processes Transparent to Expose Waste
- 5. Measure Process Efficiency
- 6. Improve Your Analysis Skills
- 7. Make Rapid Improvements through Kaizens
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II. Raising the Stakes: Reducing Costs at an Enterprise Level
- 8. Think Transformation, Not Just Improvement
- Spotlight #4: Transformation at Owens-Illinois
- 9. Unlock the Secrets to Speed and Flexibility
- 10. Reduce the Cost of Complexity
- 11. Look Outside Your Four Walls to Lower Costs Inside
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III. Speeding Up Deployment Returns: Strategies for Getting More, Faster, from a Lean Six Sigma Deployment
- 12. Create a Pipeline of Cost Improvement Projects
- Spotlight #5: Link Projects to Value Drivers
- 13. Smooth the Path through Change
- 14. Establishing a Center of Excellence
- 15. Gaining New Perspectives on Deployment Cost and Speed Opportunities
- 16. Reenergizing a Legacy Program
Product information
- Title: The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More With Less: Cut Costs, Reduce Waste, and Lower Your Overhead
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2010
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470539576
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