The green six sigma handbook: a complete guide for lean six sigma practitioners and managers
- New York Routledge 2023
- xxvii, 663 p.
Table of Contents Part 1: Foundations of Six Sigma and Lean
Chapter 1: Quality and Operations Excellence
Chapter 2: Evolution of Six Sigma, Lean Sigma and Green Six Sigma
Chapter 3: More of Green Six Sigma
Chapter 4: Green Six Sigma Projects Management using DMAICS
Chapter 5: The Scope of Green Six Sigma Tools and Techniques
Chapter 6: Green Six Sigma and Digital Revolution
Chapter 7: Green Six Sigma in Manufacturing, Services and Projects
Part 2: Tools for Green Six Sigma
Chapter 8: Tools for Definition
Chapter 9: Tools for Measurement
Chapter 10: Tools for Analysis
Chapter 11: Tools for Improvement
Chapter 12: Tools for Control
Chapter 13: Tools for Sustain
Part 3: Techniques for Green Six Sigma
Chapter 14: Quantitative Techniques
Chapter 15: Qualitative Techniques
Part 4: Green Six Sigma and Climate Change Chapter 16: Climate Change Challenges
Chapter 17: International and National Climate Change Initiatives Chapter 18: Green Six Sigma and Clean Energy Chapter 19: Green Six Sigma and Green Supply Chain
Chapter 20: Green Six Sigma and Green Transport Chapter 21: Green Six Sigma and Retrofitting Buildings Chapter 22: Green Six Sigma and Climate Adaptation
Part 5: Implementation of Green Six Sigma
Chapter 23: Case Studies Chapter 24: Making It Happen
Chapter 25: Afterword
This book is a hands-on single-source reference of tools, techniques, and processes integrating both Lean and Six Sigma. This comprehensive handbook provides up-to-date guidance on how to use these tools and processes in different settings, such as start-up companies and stalled projects, as well as establish enterprises where the ongoing drive is to improve processes, profitability, and long-term growth. It contains the "hard" Six Sigma approach as well as the flexible approach of FIT SIGMA, which is adaptable to manufacturing and service industries and also public sector organisations. You will also discover how climate change initiatives can be accelerated to sustainable outcomes by the holistic approach of Green Six Sigma.
The book is about what we can do now with leadership, training, and teamwork in every sphere of our businesses. Lean, originally developed by Toyota, is a set of processes and tools aimed at minimising wastes. Six Sigma provides a set of data-driven techniques to minimise defects and improve processes. Integrating these two approaches provides a comprehensive and proven approach that can transform an organisation. To make change happen, we need both digital tools and analog approaches. We know that there has been a continuous push to generate newer approaches to operational excellence, such as Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and FIT SIGMA.
It is vital that we harness all our tools and resources to regenerate the economy after the Covid-19 pandemic and make climate change initiatives successful for the survival of our planet. Six Sigma and its hybrids (e.g., Lean Six Sigma) should also play a significant part. Over the last three decades, operational performance levels of both public sector and private sector organisations improved significantly and Lean Six Sigma has also acted as a powerful change agent. We urgently need an updated version of these tools and approaches.
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