TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schonberger,Richard
TI  - Best practices in lean six sigma process improvement: a deeper look 
SN  - 9781119196761
AV  - HD62.15 .S365 2008eb
U1  - 658.4/013 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Six sigma (Quality control standard)
KW  - Total quality management
KW  - Production management
KW  - Six Sigma
KW  - Qualit�e totale
KW  - Production
KW  - Gestion
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Quality Control
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Total Quality Management
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Magnitude advances in competitive standards and technologies -- Global leanness : an unstable phenomenon -- Big question : does lean beget financial success? -- Ultimate trend : improving the rate of improvement -- Waste elimination, kaizen, and continuous improvement : misdefined, misunderstood -- The metrics trap -- The case against (much of) management goal setting -- Fortress by culture -- Vengeful numbers -- Process improvement : stretching company capabilities -- Unique business models (big ideas) --Does rapid growth put the brakes on lean? -- Losing their way--or not -- Global lean champions : passing the torch -- How overweight companies get lean -- Flow-through facilities -- External linkages -- Leanness rankings for thirty-three industrial sectors -- Electronics : a metamorphosis -- Motor-vehicle industry : earliest but lagging -- Aerospace-defense : OEMs are soaring; suppliers are not -- Other industries
N2  - "Why are some companies highly successful with their lean Six Sigma performance management initiatives, while most are not? This title shows readers how to get process improvement going, and keep it going for many years. It provides readers with benchmarks and best practice models."--Ebook Library
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119196761
ER  -