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AON MANAGEMENT CONSULTING'S RATH & STRONG, founded in 1935, is the global leader in Six Sigma solutions, providing clients with an integrated portfolio of consulting services in operations, human resources, Six Sigma, change management, leadership, organizational consulting, and selection and assessment services.

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-Dave Cote, Chairman and CEO, Honeywell

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-Kenneth W. Freeman, Chairman and CEO
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-John C. Plant, President and CEO, TRW Automotive

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-Randy H. Zwirn, President and CEO
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation


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Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Leadership Handbook

ISix Sigma Leadership Handbook An essential tool for any organization that is considering implementing a quality or process improvement program utilizing the Six Sigma methodology!

The Six Sigma of today speaks the language of management: bottom-line results. It institutionalizes a rigorous, disciplined, fact-based way to deliver more money to the bottom line through process improvement and process design projects - selected by the top leadership and led by high potentials trained as Black Belts or Master Black Belts in Six Sigma - that aim to create near-perfect processes, products, and services all aligned to delivering with the customer wants. In successful implementations, the majority of Six Sigma projects are selected for measurable bottom-line or customer impact that is completed within two to six months. The projects deliver through the application of a well-defined set of statistical tools and process improvement techniques by well-trained people in an organization that has made it clear that Six Sigma is a career accelerator.

Format: Hardcover, 566 pages, 02/03
Item #: 0-471-25124-0
Price: $120.00 (US)

Table of Contents:
Forward.
Preface.
About the Company-Rath & Strong: A Distinguished History.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
What Is Six Sigma?
Why Six Sigma?
Six Sigma and Its Application in Different Industries and Functions.
Infrastructure and Roles.
The Non-Delegable Role of Executives.
Lean and Six Sigma.
Work-Out and Six Sigma.
Organization Culture and Six Sigma.
The Customer Connection.
Process Improvement: DMAIC.
Design for Six Sigma.
Process Management.
Managing with Dashboards.
Preparing for Six Sigma.
Launching Six Sigma.
Cross-Cultural Aspects of Deploying Six Sigma.
Stabilizing, Extending, and Integrating Six Sigma.
Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Six Sigma Deployment.
Change Management and Communication.
Black Belt Selection and Development.
Project Selection.
Project Reviews.
Replicating Results and Managing Knowledge.
Measuring and Auditing Results.
Developing Change Leadership Capacity.
Appendix A: Basic Six Sigma Concepts.
Appendix B: Case Study: Six Sigma in Small and Medium Enterprises.
Appendix C: DFSS Case Study.
Notes.
Index.