Bibliography

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Classic text for complete summary of statistical testin 12512f53m g techniques.

Breyfogle, Forrest W. Implementing Six Sigma. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Complete reference for advanced Six Sigma statistical tools. Uses Minitab for examples.

Brown, Mark Graham. Keeping Score. New York: Quality Resources, 1996.

Concise reference for designing a balanced scorecard metric system.

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1995.

Comprehensive picture of how research papers are created.

Goldratt, Eliyahu M. The Goal. Great Barrington: North River Press, 1992.

Clear explanation of concepts of Theory of Constraints in a novel reading format.

Grant, Eugene L.and Richard S. Leavenworth. Statistical Quality Control. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.

Classic text for Control Charting techniques.

Hicks, Charles R. Fundamental Concepts in the Design of Experiments. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Classic book on Design of Experiments for the advanced practitioner.

Huff, Darrell. How to Lie with Statistics. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1954.

Good reference for graphical bias and data misrepresentation. Dated examples but points are still valid.

Juran, J.M. and Frank M. Gryna. Quality Planning and Analysis. New York. McGraw-Hill, 1993.

Excellent concise summary of statistical tools for analyzing data.

Juran's Quality Control Handbook. Ed. J. M. Juran. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.

Comprehensive reference in all aspects of Quality Tools.

Harry, Mikel J. The Vision of Six Sigma. Phoenix: Sigma Publishing Company, 1994.

Presentation slides used for training by Mikel Harry.

Kiemele, Mark J. Basic Statistics. Colorado Springs: Air Academy Press, 1993.

Excellent general statistics text with a large number of case studies.

Kume, Hitoshi. Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement. Tokyo: The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, 1985.

Excellent concise summary of basic statistical tools and techniques.

Launsby, Robert G. Straight Talk on Designing Experiments. Colorado Springs: Launsby Consulting, 1995.

Covers design of experiments techniques including Taguchi. Uses proprietary software.

Luftig, Jeffrey and Victoria S. Jordan. Design of Experiments in Quality Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.

Design of Experiments

Maguire, Miles. "Cowboy Quality." Quality Progress October 1999: 27-34.

Interview with Mikel Harry on Six Sigma

Monden, Yashuhiro. Toyota Production System. Atlanta: Industrial Engineering and Management Press, 1983.

Basic concepts in Lean Manufacturing techniques developed at Toyota.

Neave, Henry R. The Deming Dimension. Knoxville: SPC Press, 1990.

Clear summary of the teachings of W. Edwards Deming including detail on red bead and funnel experiments.

Ryan, Thomas P. Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.

Basic concepts in Statistics & Probability, Hypothesis Testing, Control Charting and Design of Experiments.

Schmidt, Stephen R. Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments. Colorado Springs: Air Academy Press, 1998.

Design of Experiments and a large number of case studies

Swartz, James B. The Hunters and the Hunted. Portland: Productivity Press, 1994.

Teaches a number of Lean Enterprise concepts in an easy reading story format.

The Memory Jogger. Methuen: Goal/QPC, 1988.

Pocket guide to basic 7 tools.

Wheeler, Donald J. and David S. Chambers. Understanding Statistical Process Control. Knoxville: SPC Press, 1992.

Good basic text for Control Charting.

Wheeler, Donald J. Understanding Variation. Knoxville: SPC Press, 1992.

Lays excellent groundwork for Control Chart fundamentals.

Womack, James P. and Daniel T. Jones. Lean Thinking. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996

Case studies for lean principles and techniques

Womack, James P. The Machine that Changed the World. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991.

Story of the rise of Lean Production techniques in the automotive industry.