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Summary: superb reference
Review: I use this book quite a bit - infact I bought it for all my greenbelts as well. This is a very concise reference for most concepts a newbie to 6 Sigma will learn.
I wonder if they will ever come out with a downloadable version for my Palm:)
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Summary: Not bad if you are an expert at Six Sigma
Review: Just went through the book. It looks like it would be a good reference guide to have but it didn't help me understand six sigma. Just a little too technical for me. I don't want to be an expert, and don't have time to try to become one, I just wanted to understand what people were talking about when they said six sigma. Once our company has done six sigma for a few years and everyone knows what it is, it may be helpful.
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Summary: Puh-lease
Review: Ok, there is no sense in buying this book, when there are plenty of others to buy instead. Although it is an easy read, it is not a good book for anyone looking to implement the Six Sigma methodology.
Instead, I recommend the new Six Sigma Business Scorecard. It is insightful, and incredibly creative in its new approach.
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Summary: Easy to Use
Review: Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Pocket Guide is an easy to use, handy reference book for anyone starting out with Six Sigma. It is extremely well organized with an overview chapter and seperate chapters for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. It is packed with useful forms, charts, and examples that help the new Six Sigma Practitioner quickly recall information from his or her training. Each chapter ends with a very handy "Completion Checklist" that helps the reader understand what should be completed at the end of each phase of a Six Sigma Project. I plan on making this book a standard handout in my Green Belt training classes.
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Summary: Easy to Use
Review: Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Pocket Guide is an easy to use, handy reference book for anyone starting out with Six Sigma. It is extremely well organized with an overview chapter and seperate chapters for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. It is packed with useful forms, charts, and examples that help the new Six Sigma Practitioner quickly recall information from his or her training. Each chapter ends with a very handy "Completion Checklist" that helps the reader understand what should be completed at the end of each phase of a Six Sigma Project. I plan on making this book a standard handout in my Green Belt training classes.
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Summary: For Most Executives, an Essential Primer
Review: Six Sigma Pocket Guide (12/15/03) Although Rath and Strong do indeed provide a wealth of information about Six Sigma, their "pocket guide" can be of substantial value to all organizations (regardless of size or nature) which need to simplify, thereby improve the process by which they produce whatever they offer for sale. Products, of course, but also professional services (e.g. legal, accounting, management consulting), memberships (e.g. healthcare providers as well as trade and professional associations such as chambers of commerce), and charitable support (e.g. non profit, tax exempt 501 (c) 3 organizations such as college and universities). Chapter One introduces the book's core concept, DMAIC, an acronym for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. A chapter is then devoted to each of the five separate but related process components. Rath and Strong explain how this process will guide and inform efforts to increase the ROI of resources to achieve whatever the desired objectives may be. One of this guide's greatest benefits is its ease of use: It can easily be carried within an attaché case, coat pocket, or purse, always available for direct and immediate access whenever needed. Now more than ever before, decision-makers are under great pressure to produce more and better results in less time, and with fewer resources. Hence the importance of improving first pass yield and cycle time, for example. Hence the importance, also, of enabling everyone within a given organization to understand how and why her or his efforts can -- and should -- contribute to the organization's operational excellence. For most executives, Rath and Strong offer a concise, easy-to-access, and well-written source of guidance to effectively defining, measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling various stages of production of ideas as well as products and services.
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Summary: Great Stocking Stuffer
Review: The Six Sigma Pocket Guide was a great stocking stuffer for all of our team members!
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Summary: Not bad, but there are better
Review: This book is everything it promises to be. It is not for people untrained in 6 sigma, but is a perfect reference for those that are. One note: it really is a pocket guide (it is pocket size). That surprised me at first-- it's a tiny little book.
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Summary: Concise little guide
Review: This book is everything it promises to be. It is not for people untrained in 6 sigma, but is a perfect reference for those that are. One note: it really is a pocket guide (it is pocket size). That surprised me at first-- it's a tiny little book.
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Summary: The Best Six Sigma Pocket Guide
Review: This book should be part of every Blackbelt's uniform of the day. Its concise, resourceful, and well organized. I refer to it many times during the week. If you're having difficulty trying to convey the meaning of a particular topic or tool to a novice, this book is a godsend.
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