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March 2009

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Communication: The Key to Effective Leadership
by Judith Ann Pauley and Joseph F. Pauley

You are a leader. Your board of directors expects you to lead the company or organization to increased performance and profitability. You have a vision of where you want to go and how you want to get there. The task now is to get your employees to see…
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Lean Six Sigma for the Healthcare Practice: A Pocket Guide
by Roderick A. Munro

This book is for those in healthcare practices whose customers/payers may be encouraging or requiring them to use Lean Six Sigma in the workplace, or to simply improve…
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Root Cause Analysis: The Core of Problem Solving and Corrective Action
by Duke Okes

We live in a complex world. People and organizations often don’t believe they have the time to perform the in-depth analyses required to solve problems. Instead, they take remedial actions to make the problem less visible and implement a…
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ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2008: Quality management systems - Requirements (pocket version)
This standard specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization:

  • needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and
  • aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for…
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Six Sigma for the New Millennium: A CSSBB Guidebook, Second Edition
by Kim H. Pries

This book is designed to walk the reader through the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Body of Knowledge (BoK) at a medium level of detail. It follows the nine sections of the BoK exactly, from enterprise-wide deployment, organizational process management and measures, and team management, to…
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Lean-Six Sigma for Healthcare, Second Edition: A Senior Leader Guide to Improving Cost and Throughput
by Greg Butler, Chip Caldwell, and Nancy Poston

This book’s unique focus on the role of healthcare leaders and the lessons learned were uncovered during the authors’ research of over 200 U.S. hospitals’ performance. It was written specifically for CEOs, the “C-Suite,” and senior leaders who desire to harness the power of Lean-Six Sigma as their major strategic weapon for…
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SAE T9100 Revision C: AS9100C Quality Management Systems

This International Standard specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and b) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for…
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Driving Higher Workplace Performance: Using Analytics, Dashboard Metrics, and Soft Skills to Improve Results (PDF, 211 KB)

When assigned the task of improving warehouse performance for a Western Canadian industrial distribution center, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt discovered the differences between “human” and “automated” business processes…
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