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Zusatztext "... it constitutes a valuable addition to the Lean Six Sigma literature that is often focused on the needs of large multinational corporations. ... Lean Six Sigma is not only for large corporations and this book proves it...an excellent reference text for running continuous improvements in small and medium organizations."-Alessandro Laureani! Master Black Belt! Google! Republic of Ireland"The book is intended for senior managers! middle managers and people on the shop floor who are preparing to become lean Six Sigma deployment champions! green belts and yellow belts. The authors provide a road map for small and medium-sized enterprises! detail metrics and the wide variety of available tools! take the reader through project selection and provide five case studies.The projects chosen are a small-scale foundry! an automobile supplier! die-casting process! a camshaft manufacturing organization in India and a lean Six Sigma application to road construction for wind turbine installation! also in India.So don't let your organization's small size deter you. Lean Six Sigma can reduce defect and rework in any enterprise."-ISE Magazine! Book of the Month! November 2016 Issue "This practical guide! keeping the required math and statistics to a minimum! covers the fundamental challenges and common pitfalls that can be avoided with the successful introduction and deployment of LSS in the context of SMEs.At the end of this book five different case studies are presented that clarify! with the use of real data! metrics! pictures and tables and diagrams! how LSS can really improve the business of SMEs achieving concrete positive results.All in all! this practical guide is suggested for industrial management students and company managers who need to improve their practical knowledge of Lean Six Sigma in SMEs. The language! the examples and the organization of this book help people who have only a general knowledge about Lean Six Sigma concept to go in depth in this practice."-Alessandro Perini! Production Planning & Control: The Management of Operations March 2017 Issue Informationen zum Autor Jiju Antony is recognized worldwide as a leader in Six Sigma methodology for achieving and sustaining process excellence. He founded the Centre for Research in Six Sigma and Process Excellence (CRISSPE) in 2004! establishing the first research centre in Europe in the field of Six Sigma. Professor Antony has successfully completed a BE in mechanical engineering from the University of Kerala (South India)! an MSc in industrial engineering from the National University of Ireland! Ireland! and a PhD in quality engineering from the University of Portsmouth! UK.S. Vinodh is an assistant professor in the Production Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technology! Tiruchirappalli. Dr. Vinodh completed his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Bharathiar University! Coimbatore! India; and master's degree in production engineering and PhD in mechanical engineering at Anna University! Chennai! India.E.V. Gijo has worked as a faculty member in the Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research Division of the Indian Statistical Institute! Bangalore! India for the last 17 years. Dr. Gijo has successfully completed an MSc in statistics at M.G. University (Kerala)! an M. Tech. in quality! reliability and operations research at the Indian Statistical Institute (Kolkata) and a PhD in statistics at M.G. University (Kerala). Klappentext Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is not as popular with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as it is with larger ones. However! many SMEs are suppliers to larger entities who are pushing for superior quality and world-class process efficiencies from suppliers. Because of this! the authors have come up with a practical and essential book for guiding SMEs in deploying LSS as their prime methodology for achieving and sustaining world-class efficiency and effectiv...
