Lean Six Sigma for Dummies, 4th Edition

  • 11h 20m 48s
  • Jo Dowdall, Martin Brenig-Jones, Peter Lerman
  • Recorded Books, Inc.
  • 2021

Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you can get into the Lean mindset with Lean Six Sigma for Dummies.

A popular process improvement strategy used in many corporations, Lean Six Sigma exemplifies eliminating waste and optimizing flow at an operational level. With the strategies outlined in this book, you'll have your projects, team, and maybe even your organization running at peak efficiency.

Written by two experts that have been teaching Lean Six Sigma for over 20 years, Lean Six Sigma for Dummies explains the jargon surrounding this organizational practice, outlines the key principles of both Lean thinking and the Six Sigma process, and breaks it all down into easy-to-follow steps.

  • Use Lean Six Sigma to develop a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Complete repetitive tasks through robotic process automation.
  • Assess how well your company and employees adapt to Lean Six Sigma.
  • Discover tips on how to implement Lean Six Sigma every day.
  • Find best practices to sustain ongoing improvements.

In this Audiobook

  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Understanding Lean Six Sigma
  • Chapter 1 - Defining Lean Six Sigma
  • Chapter 2 - Understanding the principles of Lean Six Sigma
  • Part 2: Lean Six Sigma Foundations
  • Chapter 3 - Identifying Your Process Customers
  • Chapter 4 - Understanding Your Customers Needs
  • Chapter 5 - Understanding the Process
  • Chapter 6 - Managning People and Change
  • Part 3: Understanding Performance and Analyzing the Process
  • Chapter 7 - Gathering Data
  • Chapter 8 - Presesnting Your Data
  • Chapter 9 - Identifying Root Causes
  • Chapter 10 - Identifying Non-Value-Adding Steps and Waste
  • Chapter 11 - Getting the Process to Flow
  • Part 4: Improving and Innovating
  • Chapter 12 - Thinking Differently and Generating Solutions
  • Chapter 13 - Discovering the Opportunity for Prevention
  • Chapter 14 - Introducing Design for Six Sigma
  • Chapter 15 - Discovering Design Thinking
  • Chapter 16 - Applying Agile to Lean Six Sigma Projects
  • Part 5: Deploying Lean Six Sigma and Making Change Happen
  • Chapter 17 - Running Rapid Improvement Events and Solving Problems with DMAIC
  • Chapter 18 - Ensuring Everyday Operaitional Excellence
  • Chapter 19 - Leading the Deployment nad Selecting the Right Projects
  • Chapter 20 - Putting It All Together: Checklists to Support Your DMAIC Project
  • Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 21 - Ten Tips for Best-Practice Project Storyboards
  • Chapter 22 - Ten Pitfalls to Avoid
  • Chapter 23 - Ten (Plus One) Places to Go for Help
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