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BY: ISHA CHAMAN(15) ISHA BANDRAL(16)

SUBIR

CHOWDHURY

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THE POWER OF SIX SIGMA S SISSS

AN INSPIRING TALE OF HOW PEOPLE POWER AND PROCESS POWER CAN TRANSFORM THE WAY WE WORK

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Subir

Chowdhury is executive vice president at the American Supplier Institute, an international consulting and training firm for six sigma and quality.
Prior

to ASI, he served as a quality management consultant at General Motors Corporation.

He

has received numerous awards for his leadership in quality management and major contributions to the automotive industry Automotive hall of fame, and the society of automotive engineers awarded him its most prestigious recognition, the Henry Ford 2 distinguished award for excellence in automotive engineering.
He

also received the honourable US Congressional Recognition.

REVIEW
Six

Sigma is one of the management philosophies, for minimizing the errors in the products/services.
This

is at the core of improved productivity.

book has following Chapters.

This

Moving day Lunch is served Swallowing six sigma The crucial differences People power: who does what Putting people power into practice

Process power:the five steps of six sigma

Putting process power into practice

It

is a fictionalized inspiring tale, narrated through dialogue between two friends.

CHAPTER1: MOVING DAY

Joe

Meter, Manager American Burger given lay off his buddy Larry Hogan of American Pizza

Meeting

CHAPTER 2: LUNCH IS SERVED

Getting employees started on the program of Six Sigma.

CHAPTER 3: SWALLOWING SIX SIGMA

Focuses on:

eliminating errors , mistakes , waste & rework increasing customer satisfaction,

maximizing return on investment,

making decisions based on simple statistics. reducing advertising expenses.

CHAPTER4: THE CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES

Customers help required taking one problem at a time as a project identifying the reasons for bad results. problem selected should give the maximum savings

CHAPTER5: PEOPLE POWER: WHO DOES WHAT

clearly defined specific roles driving force

the

Master
Black

Black Belts

Belts- key to the whole project

Four core places of training:

Measuring Analyzing Improving Controlling

CHAPTER 6 : PUTTING PEOPLE POWER INTO PRACTICE

Two Aspects important to the CEO

CHAPTER7 : PROCESS POWER: THE FIVE STEPS OF SIX SIGMA

making a layout of the process identifying the problem defining the problem

measuring the capability of a process

analyzing of the correct data

CHAPTER 8: PUTTING PROCESS POWER INTO

PRACTICE
reduction

of losses,

increase

in customer satisfaction
profits

achieving

Dealing

with the problem of non delivery of services in time

CONCLUSION
The

power of six sigma is a fictionalized tale simplifying a complicated topic

an introduction to the management strategy that is transforming the corporate landscape

explains how six sigma works in a non-threatening, easy to understand way.

most engaging, accessible and useful guide to one of the biggest management philosophies of the decade.

useful for managers , executives , academicians , quality specialists in any company , corporation or organisation and of course for the students

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