Six Sigma for Organizational Excellence ― A Statistical Approach

The book discusses the integrated concepts of quality engineering and management tools of statistics. The book helps in understanding and applying the concepts of quality through project management and technical analysis by using statistical methods. Prepared in a ready-to-use form, the text will help the practitioners to implement the Six Sigma principles in projects without any hurdles. Necessary tables, graphs, descriptions and checklists are provided to ease the referencing of tools and techniques. The concepts discussed in the book are all critically assessed and explained to enable their use for managerial decision making. The objectives of each chapter and its continuity with subsequent chapters are clearly established for smooth reading. Charts and plots, a number of worked-out examples and exercises are provided for better understanding of the theory. The science of Six Sigma project management, integrated through engineering concepts, is explained through statistical tools, which is the unique features of the book. Undergraduate, postgraduate and research students can make the optimum use of the integrated concepts of quality engineering and management tools of statistics. The book would also serve as a concise book for Six Sigma professionals, Green Belt, Black Belt and Master Black Belt trainers.

K. Muralidharan is professor and head of the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Maharajah Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. In addition to being the director of the Population Research Centre of this university, Professor Muralidharan is also an adjunct faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India. He did post-doctoral fellowship from the Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He is an internationally certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt from Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.