Lean Six Sigma for service : how to use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to improve services and transactions / Mike L. George.

Author/creator George, Michael L.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Descriptionxiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Subjects

Contents Using Lean Six Sigma for strategic advantage in service. The ROI of Lean Six Sigma for services -- Getting faster to get better (why you need both Lean and Six Sigma) -- Success story #1 Lockheed Martin -- Seeing services through your customers' eyes -- Success story #2 Bank One -- Executing corporate strategy with Lean Six Sigma -- Success story #3 City of Fort Wayne, Indiana -- The value in conquering complexity -- Success story #4 Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Deploying Lean Six Sigma in service organizations. Phase 1: Readiness assessment -- Phase 2: Engagement (creating pull) -- Phase 3: Mobilization -- Phase 4: Performance & control. Improving services. Service process challenges -- Using DMAIC to improve service processes -- First wave service projects -- Raising the stakes in service process improvement -- Designing world-class services (design for Lean Six Sigma).
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2003273337
ISBN0071418210
ISBN9780071418218