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The Six Sigma Handbook, Second Edition Author: Thomas Pyzdek  ISBN: 0071410155 DOI: 10.1036/0071410155 Format: Hardcover, 100+ illus, 848 pages. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2003 List Price: $89.95 US each Our Price: $59.95. You save $30.00! View larger image The Six Sigma Handbook

The most comprehensive Six Sigma reference available, now revised and expanded

Completely revised, rewritten and reorganized, this second edition of the extremely popular Six Sigma Handbook covers all the basic statistics and quality improvement tools of the Six Sigma management system. This new edition reflects recent developments in Six Sigma in recent years and will help maintain the book's position as the leading comprehensive guide to Six Sigma.

Key changes to this edition include:

• Numerous step-by-step Minitab examples, the most popular statistical software for Six Sigma
• Most used statistical functions illustrated by Excel examples
  
• Leadership guidance on Six Sigma philosophy and values
  
• Extensive new material on deployment methodology.
  
• New chapter on linking project selection to customer demands and leadership strategy
  
• Completely integrates materials using the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) problem-solving technique
  
• Expanded new materials on important advanced Six Sigma tools such as FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis), DOE, and simulation.
  
• New chapters on DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) and Lean.
  
• And much more!

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The Six Sigma Trainer is a revolutionary product designed to allow self paced study in the area of Six Sigma and statistical problem solving.  Learning takes place by solving problems.  Detailed theory is provided for each problem along with step-by-step solutions to example problems.  Many problems even include a template for Microsoft Excel.

The Six Sigma Trainer contains a Fundamentals section designed to teach basic statistical methods and mechanics, and an Applications section to teach complete solutions to complex problems.  The fundamentals section contains simple problems that can be solved in less than 10 minutes after the user has learned the material.  The Applications section contains computer simulations that require a series of problem solving steps to be completed.  These problems may take over 1 hour to complete.

Fundamentals

• Discrete Distributions
• Continuous Distributions
• Statistical Inference
• Measurement Assurance
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Process Capability
• Regression
• Analysis of Variance

Applications

• Basic Experimental Design Problems
• Process Target Optimization Problems
• Process Variance Optimization
• Project Value
• Project Management

Compatibility

This software is designed for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.

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The Six Sigma Project Planner Author: Thomas Pyzdek  ISBN: 0071411836 DOI: 10.1036/0071411836 Format: Softcover, 50 figures, 24 tables, 72 customizable, downloadable worksheets, 304 pages. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Copyright © 2003. List Price: $49.95 US Our Price: $44.95. You save $5.00!

Project management workbook for meeting Six Sigma project goals--on time and on budget

The Planner provides dozens of reproducible project management tools for following the proven Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve- Control (DMAIC) process improvement format. Readers who follow its guidelines will be able to quickly and effectively:

• Identify promising Six Sigma projects
  
• Determine a Six Sigma project's feasibility and ROI
  
• Correct problems with current processes
  
• Develop and implement entirely new processes

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Welcome to the Next Generation of Statistical Software

MINITAB Statistical Software is the ideal package for Six Sigma and other quality improvement projects. From Statistical Process Control to Design of Experiments, it offers you the methods you need to implement every phase of your quality project, along with features like StatGuide and ReportPad that help you understand and communicate your results. No package is more accurate, reliable, or easy to use.

In addition to more statistical power than our previous release, MINITAB 14 offers many exciting new features such as:

• A powerful new graphics engine that delivers engaging results that offer tremendous insight into your data
• An effortless method to create, edit, and update graphs
• The ability to customize your menus and toolbars so you can conveniently access the methods you use most