2006
Reliability and Six Sigma Authors:

• U Dinesh Kumar,
• John Crocker,
• T Chitra,
• Haritha Saranga
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ISBN: 978-0-387-30255-3 (Print) 978-0-387-30256-0  (Online)

About this book
Six Sigma is a strategic methodology employed by many companies to reduce costs and improve productivity. Blue chip companies such as General Electric, Motorola, and 3M implement thousands of Six Sigma projects every year. This is probably the only concept which has attracted the attention of almost all companies across the world irrespective of their business mission.
The strength of Six Sigma is the way in which it structures the problem and the solution methodology to solve the problem. Its rigour and structured methodology are the main differentiators between Six Sigma and other process improvement techniques.
This publication is a carefully developed integration of mathematical models that relate Six Sigma and reliability measures. Case studies further integrate the material throughout the book to illustrate the application of the models. In addition the book introduces and discusses many aspects of reliability and Six Sigma, and illustrates the main difference between other quality initiatives and Six Sigma.

Table of contents / Sample pages Dedication.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Reliability and Six Sigma/Introduction.- Reliability and Six Sigma: probabilistic models.- Reliability and Six Sigma measure.- System reliability.- Design for reliability and Six Sigma.- In-service reliability.- Reliability and Six Sigma estimation.- Software reliability.- Availability and Six Sigma.- Reliability and Six Sigma management.- Appendix.- References.- Index.

From the reviews:
"Six Sigma is essentially a method of assessing and improving quality … . This text basically describes a large number of reliability measures, and shows how they can be translated into Six Sigma measures. … the book does a fine job of introducing reliability engineers or reliability theorists into the basics of the Six Sigma methodology." (Moshe Shaked, Zentrablatt MATH, Vol. 1096 (22), 2006)
"Six Sigma is essentially a measure of process capability and allows less than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. … The book is interspersed with several useful case studies from live examples, which make a good reading for a beginner in the subject. The book is recommended to all those who would like to see symbiosis between improved reliability design of a product and Six Sigma strategy for performance improvement." (Krishna B. Misra, International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 4 (3), 2008)