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“All of the global business units within the Harman Professional Division are living successes that continue to evolve from Scalable Lean Six SigmaTM, the 10 Accelerators, the formal business infrastructure, and the deployment best practices presented in this book.”—Blake W. Augsburger, Executive Vice President, Harman Professional Division, North America Country Manager “Improvement ExcellenceTM, the 10 Accelerators, Scalable Lean Six SigmaTM, and many other topics presented in this book are not limited just to Lean Six Sigma success, but to the success of any large-scale strategic improvement initiative including technology planning and implementation.” —Robert Enslin, President, SAP North America |
About the Item
In the new economy, the mandates for improvement initiatives are rapid deployment and sustainable results. Accelerating Lean Six Sigma Results provides real-world direction for this new improvement agenda with targeted rapid deployment and the Scalable Lean Six Sigma TM approach for quickly achieving high impact results, return on investment, and growth in global market share. |
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About the Author(s)
Terence T. Burton is President of The Center for Excellence in Operations, Inc. (CEO), a management consulting firm headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire with offices in Munich, Germany. Terry has over 35 years of experience in operations, quality, engineering, supply chain management, distribution and logistics, maintenance and repair, customer service, finance, and sales/marketing. Terry is best known for his "hands-on" approach to consulting and his executive leadership in transforming organizations.Prior to his consulting career, Terry held several senior executive and line management positions at Wang Labs, Polaroid, and Atlantic Richfield, and practice leadership positions with two international consulting firms: KPMG Peat Marwick and Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd, & McGrath (PRTM). Terry has extensive and diversified business improvement experience with over 300 clients in North America and Europe ranging from large diversified international Fortune 500 corporations to small and mid-sized companies. Terry holds a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of New Haven, and an MBA from Boston University. Terry is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and has held national positions with APICS, AME, ASQ, and PDMA. Terry is a frequent speaker and webinar presenter at many industry and professional associations and has written hundreds of articles on business process improvement for various trade publications. He is co-author of five other books, including The Lean Extended Enterprise: Moving Beyond the Four Walls to Value Stream Excellence and Six Sigma for Small and Mid-Sized Organizations: Success Through Scalable Deployment. |
Table of Contents
PART I: Accelerating Lean Six Sigma Results—The C-Level View |