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News Release from: American Technical Publishers | Subject: Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement Tools
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 March 2003
Six Sigma tools and applying them to
small shops
A new book explores Six Sigma tools and how they can be applied to the small shop environment and realize incredible performance improvements.
A new book, Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement Tools for the Small Shop, explores Six Sigma tools and how they can be applied to the small shop environment Small manufacturers often have a major advantage over their larger competitors because they have less "red tape" to cut and therefore are able to achieve quicker, more efficient Six Sigma transformations
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 15 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition, the author, Gary Conner, uses common everyday examples to further explain the tools.
Conner focuses on key aspects of each tool without getting bogged down in detail.
He also provides in each chapter specific examples of how smaller shops can manage a Six Sigma transformation.
The book comes with a special hands-on CD that can help make the DMAIC process easier for obtaining Six Sigma quality.
Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement Tools for the Small Shop demonstrates how the tools of Six Sigma are not in conflict with other world class manufacturing tools, nor are they limited to large firms.
The book is targeted at small manufacturers, but can help any organization of any size.
It focuses on implementation for operators and team leaders, as well as managers and job shop owners.
The book is designed to help them sort out the many different approaches, understand them better, and identify the differences, commonality, and synergy these tools can provide for a company.
This book is based on the author's experience in applying these tools in over fifty companies.
Gary Conner is also the author of Lean Manufacturing for the Small Shop, which won the 2002 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing.
His hope is that the reader will see Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement Tools for the Small Shop "not only as a tool for strategic planning, but also as a troubleshooting guide and reference for making everyday adjustments and course corrections." Six Sigma and other Continuous Improvement Tools for the Small Shop is available through American Technical Publishers at GBP 64.00.
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