Six Sigma Approach to Sustainability - Continual Improvement for Social Responsibility

The book explains and demonstrates the meaning of CISR® - continual improvement for social responsibility - and illustrates the rigorous six-step SOFAIR methodology with many examples. Based on decades of experience, the book explains how existing organizational continual improvement efforts can be adapted to also focus on sustainability.

List of contents

Continual Improvement for Social Responsibility. The Story of Continual Improvement. The SOFAIR Method. How SOFAIR Is Deployed in an Organization. Examples of SOFAIR in Action. Taking Action. Appendix A: Glossary. Appendix B: Additional References for CISR. Practitioners. Appendix C: References. Index.

About the author

Holly A. Duckworth is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 30 years of experience in manufacturing. Holly leads organizations on the pursuit for process improvement. She has over 2000 hours as a classroom instructor. She is a volunteer leader for the American Society for Quality and their Social Responsibility Organization. Holly has coauthored two other books: My Six Sigma Workbook (Paton Professional Publishing) and Social Responsibility: Failure Mode Effects and Analysis (CRC Press).
Andrea Hoffmeier is a Six Sigma Black Belt with over 25 years' experience in marketing, product development, quality management, and organizational excellence. She has worked with organizations including Bellevue University, Callaway Golf, Convergys, Disney, First Data, Home Depot, Nordstrom, PS Brands, Ralph Lauren, Sunbeam, SunTrust Bank, UMUC, US Treasury, Verizon, Walmart and Xerox. She has trained and presented extensively on the topic of Social Responsibility, including articles in the American Society for Quality magazine and Wiley Journal. Andrea is completing her Master's degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Harvard.

Summary

The book explains and demonstrates the meaning of CISR® - continual improvement for social responsibility - and illustrates the rigorous six-step SOFAIR methodology with many examples. Based on decades of experience, the book explains how existing organizational continual improvement efforts can be adapted to also focus on sustainability.

Product details

• Authors: Holly A. Duckworth, Holly A. (Kaiser Aluminum Duckworth, Holly A. Hoffmeier Duckworth, Andrea Hoffmeier, Hoffmeier Andrea
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367144111
• ISBN: 978-0-367-14411-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Systems Innovation Book Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Quality Control, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, Business ethics & social responsibility, Business ethics and social responsibility, Production engineering, Production & quality control management, Quality Assurance (QA) & Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Assurance (QA) and Total Quality Management (TQM), Production and quality control management, Production and industrial engineering