Six Sigma For Dummies

The world's largest and most profitable companies -including the likes of GE, Bank of America, Honeywell, DuPont, Samsung, Starwood Hotels, Bechtel, and Motorola - have usedSix Sigma to achieve breathtaking improvements in businessperformance, in everything from products to processes to complexsystems and even in work environments. Over the past decade, over $100 billion in bottom-line performance has been achievedthrough corporate Six Sigma programs. Yet, despite itsastounding effectiveness, few outside of the community of Six Sigmapractitioners know what Six Sigma is all about.
With this book, Six Sigma is revealed to everyone. Youmight be in a company that's already implemented Six Sigma, or your organization may be considering it. You may be astudent who wants to learn how it works, or you might be a seasonedbusiness professional who needs to get up to speed. In any case, Six Sigma For Dummies is the most straightforward, non-intimidating guide on the market. This simple, friendlybook makes Six Sigma make sense.
With a compelling foreword by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, theinternationally recognized leadership authority and bestsellingauthor of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People andThe 8th Habit, and an afterword by RoxanneO'Brasky, President of the International Society of SixSigma, Six Sigma For Dummies is the most complete andobjective book in the market today.
Unlike most other works that are either graduate-levelstatistics treatises or thinly-veiled autobiographical successstories, Six Sigma For Dummies teaches the reader all thefoundation principles, methods, and tools of this magnificentproblem-solving system.
Intended to help readers understand Six Sigma and how they canuse it to improve their performance, this no-nonsense guideexplains:

* What Six Sigma is all about and how it works * The benefits of Six Sigma in organizations andbusinesses * The powerful „DMAIC“ problem-solvingroadmap * Yellow, Green and Black -- how the Six Sigma „belt“ systemworks * How to select and utilize the right tools and technologies * Speaking the language of Six Sigma * Knowing the roles and responsibilities * Mastering the statistics skills and analytical methods
Six Sigma For Dummies will become everyone's No. 1resource for discovering and mastering the world's mostfamous and powerful improvement tool. Stephen Covey isspot-on when he says, „Six Sigma For Dummies is a bookto be read by everyone“.