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A Guide to Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement for Practitioners and Students gives you a complete executive framework for understanding quality and implementing Lean Six Sigma.

Whether you're a green belt, black belt, champion, or student, Howard Gitlow and Richard Melnyck cover all you need to know. Step by step, they systematically walk you through the five-step DMAIC implementation process, with detailed examples and many real-world case studies. You'll find practical coverage of Six Sigma statistics and management techniques, from dashboards and control charts to hypothesis testing and experiment design. Drawing on their extensive experience consulting on Six Sigma and leading major Lean and quality initiatives, Gitlow and Melnyck offer up-to-date coverage of:

• What Six Sigma can do, and how to manage it effectively
• Six Sigma roles, responsibilities, and terminology
• Running Six Sigma programs with Dashboards and Control Charts
• Mastering each DMAIC phase: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control
• Understanding foundational Six Sigma statistics: probability, probability distributions, sampling distributions, and interval estimation
• Pursuing Six Sigma Champion or Green Belt Certification

This guide will be an invaluable resource for everyone who is currently involved in Six Sigma implementation, or plans to be. It's ideal for students in quality programs; "Green Belts" who project manage Six Sigma implementations, "Black Belts" who lead Six Sigma teams; "Champions" who promote and coordinate Six Sigma at the executive level; and anyone seeking Six Sigma certification.