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Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days

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Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days

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Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days
Oct, 2014 | 142 pages
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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days
Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
Preface
Preface
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1
What is Lean Six Sigma?
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Six Sigma
Lean
The concept of Lean Six Sigma
Case study
Summary
2
Planning the Implementation
Planning the Implementation
Life cycle of Lean Six Sigma
Initiate (days 1-2)
Enable (days 3-8)
Implementing your projects (day 9 onwards)
Replicate (ongoing)
Sustain (ongoing)
Summary
3
Define (Days 9-11)
Define (Days 9-11)
Project charter (day 9)
Voice of customer (day 10)
High-level process map (day 11)
Form team (day 11)
Checklist
Case study – the Define stage
Summary
4
Measure (Day 12-17)
Measure (Day 12-17)
Key deliverables
Identifying key measures (day 12)
Data collection plan (day 12-14)
Measurement system analysis (day 15)
Gage R&R
Data representation (day 15)
A detailed process map (day 15-16)
Baseline performance measurement (day 16-17)
Case study – Measure
Summary
5
Analyze (Day 14-19)
Analyze (Day 14-19)
Key deliverables
Identification and prioritization of root causes (day 14-17)
Cause-and-effect diagram (day 14)
Data analysis (day 14-15)
Process analysis (day 16-17)
Hypothesis testing (day 18-19)
Case study – analyze
Summary
6
Improve (Days 20-25)
Improve (Days 20-25)
Key deliverables
Some Lean manufacturing tools
Case study – improve
Summary
7
Control (Days 26-30)
Control (Days 26-30)
Key Deliverables
Case Study – Control
Summary
8
Best Practices and Pitfalls
Best Practices and Pitfalls
Best practices
Pitfalls
Summary

Checklist

The following checklist lists the deliverables and documents that need to be in place at the end of the Define stage:

Deliverable

Status

Project charter

Yes

No

Voice of customer and CTQ

Yes

No

SIPOC

Yes

No

Team formation

Yes

No

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