| | |  | Six Sigma | Home » » » Design for Six Sigma (Briefcase Books Series) | | | | | | | Description: | | THE BRIEFCASE BOOKS SERIEs Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA Six Sigma has revolutionized the ways in which companies meet and beat today's stringent quality expectations. But achieving Six Sigma results first requires Six Sigma building blocks. Design for Six Sigma unveils a systematic methodology for enabling the design of products, services, and processes to meet Six Sigma quality levels. Designed to be easily read and implemented, this concise Briefcase Book shows managers at all levels how to include Six Sigma at the earliest stages of virtually any manufacturing process. Here are DFSS's techniques for: - Optimizing the design process to achieve Six Sigma performance
- Integrating Six Sigma from the outset of new product development
- Self-examinations, explanatory sidebars, and chapter-ending checklists
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Greg Brue | | Paperback:
| 180 pages | | Publisher:
| McGraw-Hill | | Publication Date:
| May 19, 2003 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0071413766 | | Product Length:
| 8.99 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.05 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.65 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.7 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.98 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.63 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.71 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Not a how-to bookDec 23, 2003
Broad overview, it mentions Six Sigma tools but does not give you details or good examples. Don't waste your money if you already know anything about Six Sigma.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Design for SuccessAug 22, 2003
Very readable and applicable to new product introduction success. I liked the use of sidebars and icons for definitions,tools, cautions, tricks of the trade, examples and smart managing tips. Management checklists at the end of each chapter were good for summarizing and action planning. Generous use of references for more detailed information on specific tools and methods allowed focus on main topic of DFSS methodology and organization/management issues of implementation. Left me with desire to get more involved with DFSS in new product development to improve a company's growth.
 Decent IntroductionAug 29, 2009
By Edward J. Barton
A nice introduction to DFSS principles. It will help if you have some background to Six Sigma before reading the book, but the book itself is easy to read, well laid out, and good for providing an overview of the DFSS principles, implementation, challenges, limitations, tools and approaches. The target for the book would be the executive or champion who needs to become more familiar with DFSS - as opposed to someone who already has a strong working knowledge of the approach.
You Get What You Paid ForJul 16, 2008
By R. Balisnomo
"design for six sigma practitioner/instructor"
For $10, what can you expect? The book is too high-level to be useful. It jumps around and talks about various tools and the philosophies behind DFSS. I was hoping I could give it to my students (I'm a DFSS instructor) as a reference book; but it did not give them the level of detailed they need to apply the tools I've taught them. If you're interested in learning the philosophy behind DFSS, Subir Chowdhury's book "Design For Six Sigma" is a much better read. I am someone who collects Six Sigma books; this was the only book I was happy to give away for free.
Good High-Level SummarySep 22, 2007
By J. Avellanet
"author of Get to Market Now!"
A tightly written, high-level summary of working with Six Sigma in the product development and commercialization area. The book is particularly relevant for consumer product businesses.
That said, if your firm deals with the FDA, there are a number of aspects in the book that correlate perfectly with the FDA's Quality by Design initiative to encourage pharmaceutical and medical device companies to build safety and efficacy into their products from Day One on the drawing table rather than toward the end in clinical trials. Specifically, you'll find the PIDOV (Plan, Identify, Design, Optimize, Validate) methodology helpful, as well as the CtQ (Critical to Quality) concept.
If your firm already uses Six Sigma in manufacturing and operations, this book will give you enough information to make the decision if you want to implement Six Sigma earlier in your product development cycle.
As an overview, this book is targeted at managers and senior executives, and should not be mistaken for a "how-to" manual.
J. Avellanet, Cerulean Associates LLC
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