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Greeks arrived in America with the expectation that freedom would
permit their families to thrive and be successful. With hard work,
belief in the Orthodox faith, and commitment to education, Greeks
ascended in Chicago, and America, to positions of responsibility
and success. Today Greek Americans are among the wealthiest and
most successful of immigrant groups. Greeks recognized a historical
imperative that they meet the challenges and aspirations of a
classical Hellenic heritage. Greeks in Chicago celebrates the rich
history of the Greek community through copious pictorial
documentation.
Vital tools for implementing Lean Six Sigma--what they are, how they work, and which to use--The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook is today's most complete and results-based reference to the tools and concepts needed to understand, implement, and leverage Lean Six Sigma.
The only guide that groups tools by purpose and use, this hands-on reference provides:
- Analyses of nearly 100 tools and methodologies--from DMAIC and Pull Systems to Control Charts and Pareto Charts
- Detailed explanations of each tool to help you know how, when, and why to use it for maximum efficacy
- Sections for each tool explaining how to create it, how to interpret what you find, and expert tips
- Lean Six Sigma is today's leading technique to maximize production efficiency and maintain control over each step in the managerial process
With The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook, you'll discover how to propel your organization to new levels of competitive success--one tool at a time.
A bestselling Six Sigma author tells employees everything they need to know about the Lean Six Sigma strategy Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important and popular quality trends of our time: Six Sigma and Lean Production. What Is Lean Six Sigma? is a simple primer on Lean Six Sigma, written for employees and designed to be bought in large quantities by organizations rolling out Lean Six Sigma initiatives. The book explains why companies are implementing Lean Six Sigma, why employees should care, and how they can help make it a success in their organization, with tips on how to:
- Battle the evil of variation in a business process and eliminate waste
- Speed up the product development cycle
- Reduce costs dramatically in one year
"For The Loyal", is the matching songbook of the third of the 3-CD
set from George Michael's album 'Twenty-Five', the latest
collection of hits. All the songs are arranged for piano, voice and
guitar with pages of colour photographs. Also available is a
beautifully produced three-songbook presentation set, Twenty-Five
(0-571-52879-1), chronicling his colourful twenty-five years and
includes all the songs from each of the three albums arranged for
piano, voice and guitar with pages of colour photographs. The other
songbooks are also available separately. For Living
(0-571-52994-1), For Loving (0-571-52995-X) and For The Loyal
(0-571-52996-8).
Reviews the history of Earth's observation of the red planet since ancient times, and looks at the results of modern scientific studies carried out by telescope, satellite, and landing probe.
The Breakthrough Program for Increasing Quality, Shortening Cycle Times, and Creating Shareholder Value In Every Area of Your Organization Time and quality are the two most important metrics in improving any companys production and profit performance. Lean Six Sigma explains how to impact your companys performance in each, by combining the strength of todays two most important initiativesLean Production and Six Sigmainto one integrated program. The first book to provide a step-by-step roadmap for profiting from the best elements of Lean and Six Sigma, this breakthrough volume will show you how to:
- Achieve major cost and lead time reductions this year
- Compress order-to-delivery cycle times
- Battle process variation and waste throughout your organization
Separately, Lean Production and Six Sigma have changed the face of the manufacturing business. Together, they become an unprecedented tool for improving product and process quality, production efficiency, and across-the-board profitability. Lean Six Sigma introduces you to todays most dynamic program for streamlining the performance of both your production department and your back office, and providing you with the cost reduction and quality improvements you need to stay one step ahead of your competitors. Lean Six Sigma shows how Lean and Six Sigma methods complement and reinforce each other. If also provides a detailed roadmap of implementation so you can start seeing significant returns in less than a year.--From the Preface Businesses fundamentally exist to provide returns to their stakeholders. Lean Six Sigma outlines a program for combining the synergies of these two initiatives to provide your organization with greater speed, less process variation, and more bottom-line impact than ever before. A hands-on guidebook for integrating the production efficiencies of the Lean Enterprise with the cost and quality tools of Six Sigma, this breakthrough book features detailed insights on:
- The Lean Six Sigma Value PropositionHow combining Lean and Six Sigma provides unmatched potential for improving shareholder value
- The Lean Six Sigma Implementation ProcessHow to prepare your organization for a seamless incorporation of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques
- Leveraging Lean Six SigmaStrategies for extending Lean Six Sigmas reach within and beyond your corporate walls
Variation is evil.--Jack Welch Six Sigma was the zero-variation quality lynchpin around which Jack Welch transformed GE into one of the worlds most efficientand valuablecorporations. Lean Production helped Toyota cut waste, slash costs, and substantially improve resource utilization and cycle times. Yet, as both would admit, there was still room for improvement. Lean Six Sigma takes you to the next level of improvement, one that for the first time unites product and process excellence with the goal of enhancing shareholder value creation. Providing insights into the application of Lean Six Sigma to both the manufacturing processes and the less-data-rich service and transactional processes, it promises to revolutionize the performance efficiencies in virtually every area of your organizationas it positively and dramatically impacts your shareholder value.
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