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Summary: Well worth reading if you have no experience with Six Sigma
Review: when i heard my manfacturing plant was requiring me to learn six sigma i shook my head wondering, no, not another save it all seminar. After reading this book it left me feeling maybe this one will last and work for years to come.
It is nice reading, does not take long to read and the author tries to keep the message of six sigma down to earth and understandable for someone new to the business of statistician driven manufacturing sites.
If you have no experience with Six sigma, this is a "must" read to get you on the same track.
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Summary: The Best Book on Understanding Six Sigma by anyone
Review: Wow!!! Awesome Book !!!After reading this book, Chowdhury became my favorite author.Finally a book for anyone to understand Six Sigma. I read it, I understand what is the power of Six Sigma, why it is different than TQM or any other major initiatives. Now I am fully convinced that Six Sigma must be adopted by any organizations - large or small. Recently a lot of companies are adopting Six Sigma, but I really question "How Many truelly understand the People Power and Process Power part?" If these 2 major elements are not understood properly, Six Sigma will fail. Interestingly if anyone (a CEO, or a middle manager, or a worker, or a mail delivery person) wants to understand SIX SIGMA's these 2 major elements, please READ this book. I am 100% sure that you will be convinced. Organizations who are adopting Six Sigma, THIS BOOK WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP AS A GREAT MASS COMMUNICATION TOOL. Read it, enjoy it, distribute it. I highly recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand SIX SIGMA POWER.
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Summary: MASS ADOPTION OF THIS BOOK WILL HELP ORGANIZATIONS
Review: Wow!!! This book made my day. It took me only 2 hours to read on the flight. I was extremely fascinated. I am a "worker bee" as defined by the author. As the author wrote in the PREFACE, "Most of all, this book is for the REST OF US: the line workers, support staff, and others in nonmanagerial positions who fear yet another program coming down the pike and what it might mean to US and our jobs. This book will help us ALL." The author kept his PROMISE. My organization has adopted Six Sigma and currently conducting Black Belt, Green Belt Training etc., but it failed to effectively communicate the Six Sigma methodology to everyone of the organization. As soon as I see the subtitle: An INSPIRING TALE of how Six Sigma is tranforming the way we work; 2 words got my attention : INSPIRING TALE. I am totally honest that I can relate myself as the book's character : Joe. I wish I have a friend like book's another character (Larry) so that he can explain me the Complicated SUBJECT so plainfully. This book simplified everything. Author's analogy on Six Sigma is BRILLIANT. In summary, the author defined: The Power of Six Sigma = PEOPLE Power + PROCESS Power The author is absolutely correct. Most of the time, senior management forget about the PEOPLE POWER. Author wrote: "One of the most important elecments of Six Sigma is the role everyone plays," he said. "This is the People Power side of the equation. Any football coach will tell you the same thing: Every player must have specific role, clearly defined, with consequences for not coming through and rewards for doing their particular job well. And that goes for everyone, from the quarterback to the waterboy." Perhaps, the most powerful thing of the book is the simple real life examples author used to clarify the complex subject. Both characters Joe and Larry used a very lively conversational style sometimes I totally forgot I am reading a Business Book. Hope in the 21st century we have MORE this kind of books and authors. When the book is defining the Process Power, I loved the "DMAIC" process - it is convincing that this process works, it is not a program of the month. READ Page 93, and look at the PULL Quote and you will discover how enjoyable reading it is. In the end, as a reader I STONGLY RECOMMEND this book to everyone. After reading it myself I gave the book to my wife to read it as she works for a Jewellary shop. Even a Jewellary shop manager will have fun reading it and will wonder "Why her organization does not practice Six Sigma?" Top Management of any type of organizations (who are struggling to COMMUNICATE SIX SIGMA methodology effectively to every employee) MUST ADOPT THIS BOOK and distribute to the whole workforce.
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Summary: Who Moved My Sigma?
Review: Yes, this book discusses basic concepts of Six Sigma; it also presents Six Sigma in "conversational language"; and its a fun read. Chowdhury's work is probably most useful to those companies that have adopted a compensatory system that mimics the example in the book. Distributing this book to a mass audience at a company that does not provide the same reward structure will likely act as a negative to those who read it (or at least confuse them). If this book were to be re-written in response to this critisizm it would become the best-seller it wants to be. Wait for a re-write or a sequel.
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