Six Sigma: The
First 90 Days
 This
book offers
leaders a proven turnkey approach to launching a Six Sigma initiative
in 90 days, and using it to transform your company within a year.
Writing for executives and future leaders of corporate Six Sigma
deployments, Stephen A. Zinkgraf presents a high-speed methodology for
linking Six Sigma to business strategy, executing a flawless launch,
aligning the entire enterprise behind performance improvement, and
achieving powerful short- and long-term results. Zinkgraf, who helped
run Larry Bossidy’s pioneering Six Sigma program at
AlliedSignal,
reveals best practices for leading the entire process. Discover how to
identify, prioritize, and charter breakthrough projects; choose the
right Six Sigma consulting group; define roles; build and train teams;
mitigate risks; implement metrics; and much more. Once you have
launched, you will learn how to improve your program and extend its
impact. This book’s techniques, roadmaps, and milestones
represent a complete framework for driving and managing change: the #1
core competency for 21st century executives.
Dr. Stephen
Zinkgraf, CEO, holds a Ph.D. in Educational
Psychology from Texas A&M University. After spending a number
of
years in academia, Steve joined Motorola in 1988 as a Statistical
Quality Engineering Group Leader leading a large electronics
plant’s SPC effort. Other positions held while at Motorola
included Engineering Group Leader, Production Manager and Plant Quality
Manager. He has also spent time at Compaq Computer Company as a staff
statistician and at ABB, leading an internal consulting group focused
on implementing Six Sigma in combination with Lean Manufacturing
systems. Steve spent three years at Allied Signal leading the
deployment of Operational Excellence (Six Sigma) in Allied’s
$4B
Engineered Materials Sector, yielding over $350M in pre-tax income in
three years. In May of 1997, Steve founded Sigma Breakthrough
Technologies, Inc. (SBTI) to drive Business Process Excellence around
the world.
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Six
Sigma: The First 90 Days
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Dr. Stephen
A. Zinkgraf, CEO
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Published by
Prentice Hall
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©2006,
Cloth, 320 pp
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ISBN:
0-13-168740-9, $32.95
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Available at
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