Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy

  Author:    Warren Brussee, Warren Brussee
  ISBN:    0071433856
  Sales Rank:    20598
  Published:    2004-05-01
  Publisher:    McGraw-Hill
  # Pages:    250
  Binding:    Paperback
  Avg. Rating:    5.0 based on 7 reviews
  Used Offers:    12 from $14.34
  Amazon Price:    $16.47
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A veteran GE manager explains the tools of Six Sigma--in plain English

This is the first simple, low-level guide to using the powerful statistical tools of Six Sigma to solve real-world problems. Warren Brussee, a Six Sigma manager who helped his teams generate millions of dollars in savings, shows how to plot, interpret, and validate data for a Six Sigma project. The basic statistical tools in the book can be applied to manufacturing, sales, marketing, process, equipment design, and more. Best of all, no background in statistics is required to start improving quality and initiating cost-saving improvements right away.

  • Features dozens of Six Sigma statistical problem-solving case studies
  • Presents a simplified form of the most common Six Sigma tools
  • Simplifies Greenbelt training with one concise reference
  • Explains how to use Excel to make Six Sigma problem-solving calculations
  • Includes all the basic Six Sigma formulas and tables
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04-21-08 5 (NA)
(Hide Review...)  This Book Is Worth The Money
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Warren Brusee gets right into the thick of Six Sigma from the very beginning. The author discusses shortcuts and simpler methods than traditional Six Sigma processes that are equally as effective.

Statistics and Quantitative Methods have never been particularly friends of mine. This book is approachable, reads well, has very clear examples, and sample problems.

If you are looking for a book to introduce you to Six Sigma, and teach some very useful tools, make this the first book on the subject you buy.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-27 03:43:51 EST)
09-17-07 5 3\4
(Hide Review...)  Facil de leer y de entender, un texto magnifico
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Es un libro de altisima calidad, escrito en un lenguaje simple y fácil de entender. Altamente recomendable para todo aquel que quiera introducirse en los conceptos de SixSigma
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-22 02:41:04 EST)
07-09-07 5 2\2
(Hide Review...)  Recommended for Managers of all levels
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I like the level of detalization in this book and simple language explaining the concept, application of statistics, and Sigma methods. The value of this book from my practical point of view is the Case Studies which help to better understand when and how statistics for Six Sigma can be used.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-12-14 03:27:20 EST)
03-21-07 1 2\2
(Hide Review...)  Warren Brussee is NOT the author of this book!
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I, Warren Brussee, the author of the real "Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy," had nothing to do with this book. Please do not buy this book thinking that you are getting anything like the actual "Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy."
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-11 03:57:37 EST)
03-21-07 1 2\2
(Hide Review...)  Warren Brussee is NOT the author of this book!
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I, Warren Brussee, the author of the real "Statistics for Six Sigma," had nothing to do with this book. Of the 54 pages in this book, only 10 pages have anything on them, and they are meaningless references to statistical terms.

I have complained to Amazon about this site, but so far they have taken no action. Please do not buy this book thinking that you are getting anything like the actual "Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy." This book is nothing but expensive note paper.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-04-01 03:53:10 EST)
08-07-06 5 10\10
(Hide Review...)  Highly recommended!!
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Brussee's Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy is a wonderful "how to" text for six sigma stat tools that is very readable, and usable, by anyone with at least a high school level background in mathematics. He has done a great job of simplifying much of what a Green Belt would use from the Six Sigma toolkit, and he presents the material in a format highly conducive to application. The result is a valuable statistics manual for the Six Sigma implementer.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-12-14 03:27:20 EST)
07-11-06 5 0\17
(Hide Review...)  Wow
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Nice customer seervice and quick shipping. This is Six Sigma style. AAAA+.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-12-14 03:27:20 EST)
02-27-06 5 40\40
(Hide Review...)  A Truly Unique and Friendly Six Sigma Book
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I am a Black Belt and program manager at a Fortune 100 company. I use and teach Six Sigma regularly, and I strongly believe in the power of this methodology. However, Six Sigma can be complex, bureaucratic, and confusing. This sometimes makes it difficult to get buy-in from others.

I constantly search for books that make Six Sigma easier to use and understand. I have used Brussee's Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy for over a year and have found no other book as successful in making Six Sigma truly useable for those who don't plan to make Six Sigma their life's major undertaking. Not everyone wants to be a Six Sigma Black Belt!

The author has simplified many of the Six Sigma tools, with no reduction in their usefulness. In fact, the simplification on the QFDs and the FMEAs make them MORE useful, because they aren't so tedious and boring. And the Simplified Gauge Verification, which incorporates aim into the formula, makes the output far more meaningful.

Testing for statistical significance, which in most Six Sigma books is either skipped completely or treated with the same complexity as in a high-level statistics book, is incorporated as a straight-forward test, with no unnecessary jargon. And all calculations can be done with Excel. Although I feel comfortable using Six Sigma specific software, I find that most people who are not doing Six Sigma calculations on a daily basis are much more comfortable using Excel.

The included Six Sigma case studies seem to indicate that the author has truly lived through Six Sigma projects, not just observed them as a consultant. As someone who has to live with the results of their work for many years, I appreciate this difference.

I think that Brussee's approach to Six Sigma will become the standard as this valuable methodology continues to be incorporated into more industrial and non-industrial processes. I highly recommend this book.

Dedicated Black Belt
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-12-14 03:27:20 EST)
02-26-06 5 11\11
(Hide Review...)  A Truly Unique and Friendly Six Sigma Book
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I am a Black Belt and program manager at a Fortune 100 company. I use and teach Six Sigma regularly, and I strongly believe in the power of this methodology. However, Six Sigma can be complex, bureaucratic, and confusing. This sometimes makes it difficult to get buy-in from others.

I constantly search for books that make Six Sigma easier to use and understand. I have used Brussee's Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy for over a year and have found no other book as successful in making Six Sigma truly useable for those who don't plan to make Six Sigma their life's major undertaking. Not everyone wants to be a Six Sigma Black Belt!

The author has simplified many of the Six Sigma tools, with no reduction in their usefulness. In fact, the simplification on the QFDs and the FMEAs make them MORE useful, because they aren't so tedious and boring. And the Simplified Gauge Verification, which incorporates aim into the formula, makes the output far more meaningful.

Testing for statistical significance, which in most Six Sigma books is either skipped completely or treated with the same complexity as in a high-level statistics book, is incorporated as a straight-forward test, with no unnecessary jargon. And all calculations can be done with Excel. Although I feel comfortable using Six Sigma specific software, I find that most people who are not doing Six Sigma calculations on a daily basis are much more comfortable using Excel.

The included Six Sigma case studies seem to indicate that the author has truly lived through Six Sigma projects, not just observed them as a consultant. As someone who has to live with the results of their work for many years, I appreciate this difference.

I think that Brussee's approach to Six Sigma will become the standard as this valuable methodology continues to be incorporated into more industrial and non-industrial processes. I highly recommend this book.

Dedicated Black Belt
(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-11 03:45:52 EST)
10-23-05 5 20\24
(Hide Review...)  Masterful
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This is a masterful and successful attempt to make the complicated statistics associated with six sigma and QC in general much easier to grasp and use. This book provides options.

You can, for example, spend days or weeks figuring out how to apply the house of quality to a problem using traditional methods, or you can strip the analysis down to the basics (as illustrated here) and end up in the same place in a few hours. Companies should buy this book by the boxload and pass it out with the paychecks. Payoff on the investment should only take a few days.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-12-14 03:27:20 EST)
  
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