Design for Six Sigma
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ISBN: 0793152240 / Publisher: Kaplan Business, April 2002
The five-step process of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is explained here in accessible language for managers and practitioners across all functions. The book opens with an introduction on DFSS and a review of its predecessor, then explains roles employees fill in DFSS projects and how they're implemented, and describes each phase of the five-step process of the DFSS management strategy. Chowdhury has written two previous books on management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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If a company changes a design after a product launch-and not during the concept stage-implementing the changes will cost 1,000 times more. Six Sigma, the near-perfect rate of only 3.4 defects per million opportunities and the management strategy to which Jack Welch attributes GE’s phenomenal success-is on the list of all successful organizations. Even with excellent Six Sigma implementation, most companies are able to achieve only Five Sigma, which is not enough in today’s ultracompetitive marketplace. For the first time, leading quality expert and author Subir Chowdhury presents Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), a revolutionary five-step process that takes a company all the way to Six Sigma.
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