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Additional Resources
Web Sites
www.iSixSigma.com provides articles on a wealth of Six Sigma subjects as well as a virtual discussion area devoted to Six Sigma topics.
American Society for Quality - ASQ offers a wide range of resources, including information on certification and standards: www.asq.org/
SixSigmaIQ Lean Six Sigma portal (commentary, articles, Webcasts): www.sixsigmaiq.com
Industry Week benchmarking database: www.industryweek.com/research/default.asp
National Institute of Standards and Technology: www.nist.gov/
The American Production and Inventory Control Society offers information on supply chain management, including an on-line magazine: www.apics.org/
The National Association of Purchasing Managers offers information on supply chain management - www.NAPM.ORG
Skymark provides short tutorials on several process improvement tools at www.skymark.com/resources/tools/management_tools.asp
Simulations of the Central Limit Theorem can be found at the following:
     www.rand.org/methodology/stat/applets/clt.html and
     www.ruf.rice.edu/%7Elane/stat_sim/sampling_dist/index.html
www.LEAN.ORG is a site operated by noted "Lean Thinking" author James Womack, and offers downloads of Lean presentations.

Lean Six Sigma Event Providers
Six Sigma and Process Excellence (a division of IQPC) offers international Lean Six Sigma events throughout the year, including a large annual event in January: www.sixsigmaiq.com/events.cfm
WCBF, a smaller event provider, specializes in US Lean Six Sigma events: www.wcbf.com/quality/
The American Society for Quality (ASQ) offers a full roster of local , regional, and national events for quality and Six Sigma. They traditionally hold a large Six Sigma Summit in the first quarter of the year. Their event calendar is updated on a regular basis: www.asq.org/networking-and-events.html
marcusevans offers a full calendar of global business and industry events, only a few of which are Lean Six Sigma: www.marcusevans.com
Online Statistics Handbooks
An excellent statistics handbook is available free online from a partnership of SEMATECH and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology - U.S. Commerce Department) at: www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/index.htm
Statistics case studies, tutorials, and simulations are available online from Rice University at: www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html
Statsoft, the marketer of Statistica®, offers an excellent online statistics handbook at www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
For a discussion of Cpk and Ppk, see this white paper from PQ Systems at www.pqsystems.com/cpk-ppk.htm
Lean and Six Sigma Textbooks
Process Improvement and Six Sigma
Rath & Strong, Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Leadership Handbook (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003)
ISBN: 0471251240
Rath & Strong, Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Pocket Guide (Rath & Strong 2000)
ISBN: 0970507909
Rath & Strong, Rath & Strong's Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide (McGraw-Hill Trade 2003)
ISBN: 0071417567
Donald J. Wheeler and David S. Chambers, Understanding Statistical Process Control (Statistical Process Controls, Inc. 1986)
ISBN: 0945320132
W. Edwards Deming Out of the Crisis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Advanced Engineering Study 1982, 1986)
ISBN: 0262541157
Peter S. Pande, Robert P. Neuman, Roland R. Cavanagh, The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance (McGraw-Hill 2000)
ISBN: 0-07-135806-4
Joseph M. Juran and A. Blanton Godfrey, Juran's Quality Handbook McGraw-Hill, 1999)
ISBN: 007034003X
Donald J. Wheeler and David S. Chambers, Understanding Statistical Process Control (Statistical Process Controls, Inc. 1986)
ISBN: 0945320132
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd / Factory Magazine, Poka-Yoke: Improving Product Quality by Preventing Defects (Productivity Press, 1988)
ISBN: 0-915299-31-3
Statistics / Design of Experiments
George E. P. Box, William G. Hunter and J. Stuart Hunter, Statistics for Experimenters: An Introduction to Design, Data Analysis, and Model Building (John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1978).
ISBN: 0-471-09315-7
Mark J. Anderson and Patrick J. Whitcomb, DOE Simplified: Practical Tools for Effective Experimentation (Quality Management) (Productivity, Inc. 2000).
ISBN: 1-56327-225-3
Douglas C. Montgomery, Design and Analysis of Experiments (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1984)
ISBN: 0-471-86812-4.
Genichi Taguchi, Introduction to Quality Engineering: Designing Quality into Products and Processes (Asian Productivity Organization, 1986).
ISBN: 92-833-1084-5
An excellent guide to Measurement System Analysis (MSA) is available from Automotive Industry Action Group at http://www.aiag.org/publications/quality/dcxfordgm.html/ under the publications/quality section of their Web site, or by calling (248) 358-3570. The AIAG also offers publications on other topics:
QS-9000
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Organizational Development
Peter M. Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization (Currency Doubleday, 1990)
ISBN: 0-385-26095-4
Senge, Ross, Smith, Roberts, Kleiner, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (Currency Doubleday, 1994)
ISBN: 0-385-47256-0
Lean Manufacturing
James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, Lean Thinking - Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (Simon & Schuster, 1996)
ISBN: 0-684-81035-2
Taiichi Ohno, Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation (Productivity Press 1988)
ISBN: 0-915299-14-3
Shigeo Shingo, The Sayings of Shigeo Shingo: Key Strategies for Plant Improvement (Japanese Management) (Productivity Press, 1987)
ISBN: 0-915299-15-1
Shigeo Shingo, Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement (Most Detailed Examination of the Fundamentals of Jit) (Productivity Press, 1988)
ISBN: 0-915299-30-5
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