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Lean/Six Sigma

  1. The Six Sigma Revolution: How General Electric and Others Turned Process Into Profits, George Eckes, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY. 10158-0012, 2000, pp274, $29.95
  2. Axiomatic Quality ; by Basem Said El-Haik;  John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 2005, ISBN: 047168273X, 285 pp. Listed: $89.95
  3. A Service Design for Six Sigma: A Roadmap for Excellence, Basem El-Haik and David M. Roy, John Wiley & Sons, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 2005, ISBN: 0471682918, 424 pp. Listed: $84.95
  4. Beyond Six Sigma: Profitable Growth through Customer Value Creation; Gary Plaster, Jerry Alderman; John Wiley & Sons, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 2006, ISBN: 0-7-471-68151-2, 303 pp. Listed: $84.95
  5. Improving The Extended Value Stream: Lean For The Entire Supply Chain; Darren Dolcemascolo; Productivity Press, 444 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, ISBN: 13: 978-1-56327-333-9, 209 pp. Listed: $xxxxx
  6. The Black Belt Memory Jogger II, GOAL/QPC, 2 Manor Parkway, Salem, NH 03079-2841,2002, 266 pp., $17.95
  7. Kanban Made Simple: Demystifying and Applying Toyota’s Legendary Manufacturing process (with CD), John M. Gross, Kenneth R. McInnis, AMACOM, 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. 2003. ISBN 0-8144-0763-3 ;259 pages; Listed $49.95.
  8. Simulation-Based Lean Six-Sigma and Design for Six-Sigma, Basem El-Haik, Raid Al-Aomar. Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley & Sons. Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030.  2006. ISBN-13: 978-0-471-69490-8;404 pages; Listed $99.95.
  9. Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma,Dr. Brett E. Trusko, Carolyn Pexton, Dr. H. James Harrington and Praveen Gupta, FT Press, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, 2007, ISBN 0-13-174171-3, 451pp., $59.99.
  10. Best Practices In Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement: A Deeper Look, Richard J. Schonberger, John Wiley & Sons INC, Somerset NJ 08875, 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-16886-8, 290pp., $45.00. 

Statistics

  1. Permutation Methods: A Distance Function Approach, by Paul W. Mielke, Jr, Kenneth J. Berry, New York: Springer 2001, ISBN 0-387-98882-3, xv+352pp, $74.95.
  2. Visualizing Statistical Model and Concepts, R.W. Farebrother, Marcel Dekker Inc., 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, 2002, 249 pp., $135 (book).
  3. SAS Survival Analysis Techniques for Medical Research, Second Edition, by Alan B. Cantor, Cary, NC , SAS Institute Inc. 2003,ISBN 1-59047-135-0, viii+ 230pp., $39.95
  4. Nonlinear Signal Processing: A Statistical Approach, by Gonzalo R. ARCE, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005, ISBN 0-471-67621-1, xx + 459 pp. + CD, $79.95.
  5. RSM Simplified: Optimizing Processes Using Response Surface Methods for Design of Experiments, Mark Anderson and Patrick Whitcomb, Productivity Press, 2005.
  6. Statistical Methods for Quality: With Applications to Engineering & Management : by Irwin Miller and Marylees Miller, Prentice Hall, 1995, pp368 ;$NA
  7. Statistical Methods For Industrial Process Control, David Drain, Chapman & Hall, 115 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003, 1997, 456 pp, $64.95
  8. Counting Processes and Survival Analysis, by Thomas R. Fleming and David P. Harrington, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. 2005,ISBN 13978-0-471-769880-0 429pp., $89.95
  9. Springer Handbook of Engineering Statistics,  Edited by  Hoang Pham. Springer-Verlag, London Limited. 2006, ISBN 13: 978-1-185233-806-0, 1120pp. with CD-ROM; $250.00
  10. The Weibull Analysis Handbook 2nd Edition with Software; By Bryan Dodson, Quality Press, 600 N Plankinton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203.  2006. ISBN 978-0-87389-667-2;167 pages;Listed $90.00, member $54.00.
  11. Decision-Making Under Uncertainty; An Applied Statistics Approach, by George K. Chacko, New York: Praeger, 1991, vxi+255pp., $47.95
  12. Making Hard Decisions, An Introduction to Decision Analysis; by Robert T. Clemen, Boston: PWS-Kent, 1991, xviii+557pp.
  13. Stochastic Orders, Moshe Shaked, J. George Shanthikumar, Springrer, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013,2007, ISBN 10: 0-387-32915-3, 473pp., $89.9
  14. A Statistical Approach to Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, by Robert A. Dunne. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007, ISBN 978-0-471-74108-4, 268 pp, $94.95.

 Quality/Reliability 

  1. Quality by Experimental Design, second edition, revised and expanded, by Thomas B. Barker published by Marcel Dekker Inc., July 1994, 473pp, $55.00
  2. Current Issues in Medical Device Quality Systems, David M. Links and Edward J. McDonnell, MPH editors, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrument, 3330 Washington Blvd., Suite 400, Arlington, VA 2220-4598, 1997,  257pp, $225.00.
  3. System Reliability Theory, 2nd ed. : Marvin Rausand, Arnljot Hoyland, Wiley Interscience, 111 River Street, 4th floor, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 2003. ISBN 047147133X. 636 pages; Listed $99.95.
  4. ISO 9000 for Software Developers; Revised Edition, Charles H. Schmauch, ASQC Quality Press, 611 E. Wisconsin Ave., P.O. Box 3005, Milwaukee, WI 53201-3005, July 1995, 167 pp. Available through ASQC’s Publications Catalog: member price $40.50, list price $45.
  5. QS-9000 Implementation and Registration, Gurmeet Naroola, marcel dekker inc., Cimarron Road, Monticello, NY 12701, 1997, 288pp., $49.75
  6. Data Quality for the Information Age, Thomas C. Redman, Artech House, Inc. 685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062, 1996, 303 pp, $69.
  7. Fundamentals of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Volume One, Two and Three, with Instructor’s Guide and Workbook; Alex Krulikowski; Effective Training, PO Box 756, Wayne, MI 48184, Total Time 14.03 hours; $2495
  8. The Supplier Management Handbook, Sixth Edition, James L. Bossert, Editor. American Society for Quality, Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203. 2004. ISBN 0-87389-629-7 ;296 pages; Listed $60.00.
  9. Fulfilling Customer needs :  A Practical Guide to Capacity Management, H. K. Jackson Jr. and N. L. Frigon, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10158, 1998, 225 pp., $64.95.
  10. Implementing ISO 9001:2000 : The Journey from Conformance to Performance, by Tom Taormina with Keith A. Brewer, Prentice Hall PTR, One lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458, 2002, 323pp., $55.00
  11. ISO 14001 Environmental Certification: Step by Step, A.J. Edwards, Butterworth-Heinemann, 255 Wildwood Ave., Woburn, MA 01801-2041, 2001, 242pp., $47.95 (book with CD-ROM).
  12. The Certified Quality Engineer Handbook 2nd edition, Roger W. Berger,Donald W. Benbow, Ahmad K. Elshennawy, H. Fred Walker, ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee,Madison,2007, ISBN 13:978-0-87389-700-6, 574pp, $59.99

Software

  1. Process Model, ProcessModel, 32 W. Center St. Suite 209, PO Box M, Provo, UT 84603, 1999, Standard Edition: $1,695 (single user); Professional Edition: $2,395 (single user).
  2. Design-Expert : Software for Design of Experiments Version 6.0.1,  Stat-Easy, Inc., Hennepin Square, Suite 191, 2021 E. Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55413-2723,2000, $995
  3. CASEwise Corporate Modeler 2000, CASEwise, 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02451, 2000, $3,500-$7,500. (Software).

 

Others

  1. Research on the management of Innovation: The Minnesota Studies, Edited by A.H. Van de Ven, H.L. Angle, M.S. Poole, Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4314, 2000, pp. 791, paperback $35.00.
  2. New Product Development: Strategies for Supplier Integration, Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield et al, ASQ Quality Press, 611 E. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202,-2000, 209 pp., $44 (member), $55 (list).
  3. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, Eighth Edition, Harold Kerzner, John Wiley and Sons, 111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030, 2003, 891 pp., $80.
  4. An Introduction to Radio Frequency Engineering, Christopher Coleman, Cambridge University Press, The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2004, pp310, $??
  5. The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits, Second Edition, Thomas H. Lee. Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211 USA.  2004. ISBN 0-521 83539 9 ;797 pages; Listed $75.00.
  6. Engineering Optimization : Theory and Practice , Third Edition ,  Singiresu S. Rao, Hohn and Wiley, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158, 1996 , 903 pp. $79.95
  7. Effective Project Management Through Applied Cost and Schedule Control : edited by James A. Bent & Kenneth K. Humphreys, marcel dekker, inc. , 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, 1996 , 464 pp. $95.00
  8. Manufacturing Process Design and Optimization , Robert F. Rhyder, marcel dekker, inc. Cimarron Road, Monticello, NY 12701, 1997, 368 pp, $125
  9. Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management, by Yacov Y. Haimes. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998, ISBN 0-471-24005-2, xviii+726pp., $105.00
  10. Strategic MRO :  A Roadmap for Transforming Assets into Competitive Advantage, Richard L. MacInnes and Stephen L. Pearce, Productivity Press, 444 Park Avenue South, Suite 604 New York, NY 10016, 2003, 313pp., $50.00.
  11. A Comment on the Ethic Theory in Software Engineering; by Shin Ta Liu a review of a submitted paper, February 2005
  12. Strategy Activation: Keeping Promises to the marketplace, by Scott Glatstein, 2008,ISBN 13: 978-0-9801649-2-3 214pp., $24.95