The Six Sigma Memory Jogger II: A Desktop Guide of Tools for Six Sigma Improvement Teams

by Michael Brassard, Finn, Ginn

This valuable pocket guide opens your team members' minds to the power of Six Sigma to close the value gap between you and your competitors... Increase your company's profitability...strengthen your market position...and make your company a happier, more successful place to work!

Beginning with an overview and introduction to Six Sigma concepts, primary terminology, and the basics of the DMAIC method, this valuable pocket guide presents forty-one Six Sigma tools including the CTQ (Critical To Quality) Tree, FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), Kano Model, MSA (Measurement Systems Analysis), process sigma, regression, SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers), Six Sigma Storyboard, VOC Data-Collection System, and y= f (x) formula.

Easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach makes the Six Sigma process transparent to users. Speed bumps are identified and explained to aid immediate understanding. Text is enriched with diagrams, charts, and tables.

Genres: Management

266 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2002

Reviews

[SheriC · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an update to an already excellent reference guide, adding Six Sigma tools and concepts in a way that is easy to grasp and use. As always, it's well organized and breaks down each tool with a brief explainer and step by step use guide. I'm not sure how useful it would be as a standalone to someone new to quality improvement concepts, but it's very helpful for a quality professional who may need a quick refresher or to a learner who has a more comprehensive reference to fall back on.

Spiral bound paperback, almost pocket-sized.

[Ayat Saleh · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is really one of the few that doesn't need a recommendation. Just buy it, read it once and leave it on your desk. Definitely, you will get back to it every once in a while. A good summary of the main tools and concepts in the Six Sigma in specific and the problem-solving discipline in general.
Personally, I used the book during my preparation for my Six Sigma Green Belt and Six Sigma Black Belt certificates.

[Mohammed Barakat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a handy pocket reference of tools and techniques for those starting Six Sigma initiatives in their companies. I used this pocket guide during my preparation to sit for the ASQ CSSGB exam. It was helpful and concise.

[Jeanette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference guide