QSM 754: Six Sigma Applications

Bibliography

1. Bibliography

The following books and reference articles should provide the student with the opportunity to further explore the body of knowledge to a depth beyond that presented during the course.

Reference	Comments
Box, George E.P., William G. Hunter, and J. Stuart Hunter. Statistics for Experimenters. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978.	Classic text for complete summary of statistical testing 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.

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