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Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
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. Classic text for complete summary of
Stuart Hunter. Statistics for Experimenters. New statistical testing techniques.
York: John Wiley & Sons, 1978.
Breyfogle, Forrest W. Implementing Six Sigma. Complete reference for advanced Six
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999 Sigma statistical tools. Uses Minitab
for examples.
Brown, Mark Graham. Keeping Score. New York: Concise reference for designing a
Quality Resources, 1996. balanced scorecard metric system.
Grant, Eugene L.and Richard S. Leavenworth. Classic text for Control Charting
Statistical Quality Control. New York: McGraw- techniques.
Hill, 1988.
Huff, Darrell. How to Lie with Statistics. New Good reference for graphical bias
York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1954. and data misrepresentation. Dated
examples but points are still valid.
Harry, Mikel J. The Vision of Six Sigma. Phoenix: Presentation slides used for training
Sigma Publishing Company, 1994. by Mikel Harry.
Kiemele, Mark J. Basic Statistics. Colorado Excellent general statistics text with
Springs: Air Academy Press, 1993. a large number of case studies.
Kume, Hitoshi. Statistical Methods for Quality Excellent concise summary of basic
Improvement. Tokyo: The Association for statistical tools and techniques.
Overseas Technical Scholarship, 1985.
Maguire, Miles. "Cowboy Quality." Quality Interview with Mikel Harry on Six
Progress October 1999: 27-34. Sigma
Ryan, Thomas P. Statistical Methods for Quality Basic concepts in Statistics &
Improvement. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Probability, Hypothesis Testing,
Inc., 2000. Control Charting and Design of
Experiments.
Swartz, James B. The Hunters and the Hunted. Teaches a number of Lean
Portland: Productivity Press, 1994. 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. Good basic text for Control Charting.
Understanding Statistical Process Control.
Knoxville: SPC Press, 1992.
Womack, James P. and Daniel T. Jones. Lean Case studies for lean principles and
Thinking. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996 techniques
Womack, James P. The Machine that Changed Story of the rise of Lean Production
the World. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, techniques in the automotive
1991. industry.