Top 10 Books about Six Sigma:

	What Is Six Sigma? by Peter S. Pande, et al  Six Sigma is today's most talked-about system for improving the quality of organizational processes. Written by bestselling author Peter Pande, What Is Six Sigma? is a concise summary of the core themes and processes of Six Sigma. Unlike almost all other books on Six Sigma, it is written for the employees of organizations rolling out Six Sigma - not just managers. This helpful overview describes what Six Sigma is, why companies are implementing it, and how employees can make it a success in their own organizations. Based on the bestselling The Six Sigma Way, this accessible introduction to Six Sigma answers typical employee questions, concerns, and even skepticism about this revolutionary program. Includes: The six themes of Six Sigma, A five-step roadmap to Six Sigma implementation, The 10 basic tools of Six Sigma, with an entire page devoted to each.
	Six Sigma for Everyone by George Eckes From noted Six Sigma consultant and author George Eckes comes Six Sigma for Everyone, a practical guide that explains the underpinnings of the revolutionary quality assurance methodology. If you need to understand the basics, then this is the book for you. Topics include: The origins and history of Six Sigma Business Process Management: Six Sigma as management philosophy, Individual and team tactics, The ten basic tools each team member needs to succeed, How you and your organization must change to make Six Sigma work.
	Lean Six Sigma : Combining Six Sigma Quality with Lean Production Speed by Michael L. George Time and quality are the two most important metrics in improving any company's production and profit performance. Lean Six Sigma explains how to impact your company's performance in each, by combining the strength of today's two most important initiatives - Lean Production and Six Sigma - into one integrated program.
	Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions by Michael L. George Lean Six Sigma for Services fills the need for a service-based approach, explaining how companies of all types can cost-effectively translate manufacturing-oriented Lean Six Sigma tools into the service delivery process. Filled with case studies detailing dramatic service improvements in organizations from Lockheed Martin to Stanford University Hospital, this bottom-line book provides executives and managers with the knowledge they need to: Reduce service costs by 30 to 60 percent, Improve service delivery time by 50 percent, Expand capacity by 20 percent without adding staff.
	Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Pocket Guide by Rath & Strong A handy reference guide for Six Sigma which describes the DMAIC tools and how they can be applied. Perfect for those learning Six Sigma, or those who have already be trained and want a handy reference!
	What is Lean Six Sigma? by Michael L. George et al. 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.
	Leaning Into Six Sigma : A Parable of the Journey to Six Sigma and a Lean Enterprise by Barbara Wheat, Chuck Mills, Mike Carnell This concise and fast-paced "business novel" tells the story of how one skeptical company gradually came to understand and implement a Lean Six Sigma initiative--improving quality at all levels of the organization. This engaging story will help employees and managers understand basic quality concepts from Design of Experiments (DOE) to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), while learning how to: Implement work cells and preventive maintenance, Get rid of excess inventory, Speed up processes...
	The Kaizen Blitz: Accelerating Breakthroughs in Productivity and Performance by Anthony C. Laraia When was the last time your company improved productivity from 20 percent to 60 percent—in only four days? Or cut inventory by 50 percent in the same amount of time? Remarkable results like these were delivered by teams of employees and those who participated in the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Kaizen Blitz® events. Using the Kaizen Blitz, employees learned how to work as a team to tackle problems from the shop floor and, most importantly, how to solve them quickly. That's what The Kaizen Blitz can teach you. Simply translated as "continuous improvement," kaizen is a highly focused process aimed at producing incremental performance improvements in narrowly targeted areas. The Kaizen Blitz is a powerful technique that delivers breakthrough improvements throughout an organization—fast. This book will show you how the Kaizen Blitz works and how to bring the extraordinary benefits of this approach to your company.
	Value Stream Management for the Lean Office by Don Tapping, Tom Shuker Administrative functions represent up to 80 percent of the cost of doing business. Eliminating costly waste from administrative and office functions is a great way to increase your profit margin and a vital part of creating a total lean enterprise. Tapping and Shuker take their Value Stream Management Storyboard and apply its 8-step process in the context of case studies in order processing, customer service, and other administrative office applications of lean. This text will provide you with a complete system for lean implementation in the office.
	Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods, Second Edition by Forrest W. Breyfogle III "This book is my favorite Six Sigma reference and it should have a wide based appeal. Six Sigma novices who are looking for information on where to begin will appreciate the clear and precise information on what Six Sigma is and how it will help their organization. BB's and MBB's will appreciate it as a well organized, well written reference guide with a terrific road map for project management and program implementation. I have a huge collection of Six Sigma books; but once I got a copy of this book I stopped recommending any others to people who ask me... this is the only book I tell them to go buy. It's the only book I have that covers ALL aspects of becoming Six Sigma. A lot of books are happy to explain what the concept is or what the results of Six Sigma have generated for companies but this is the only one that gives you what you need to begin your own program. What I REALLY like is that it does not limit itself to strictly manufacturing environments. It has a really good treatment of service environments and other places where it might seem difficult to apply Six Sigma principles. If you only buy one book about Six Sigma you'd be crazy not to make this one your choice."

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