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Companies worldwide have used the methods of quality expert Genichi Taguchi for the past 30 years with phenomenal product development cost savings and quality improvements. Robust Engineering, by this three-time Deming Prize winner, along with Subir Chowdhury and Shin Taguchi, is the first book to explain and illustrate his newest, most revolutionary methodology, Technology Development. It joins Design of Experiments and Robust Design as the framework on which your company can build a competitive edge. Case studies of real-world organizations Ford, ITT, 3M, Minolta, NASA, Nissan, Xerox and 9 others show you how the techniques of all three methodologies can besuccessfully applied. You'll hammer flexibility into your manufacturing organization to minimize product development costs, reduce product time-to-market, and fully satisfy customers needs.

Robust Engineering: Learn How to Boost Quality While Reducing Costs & Time to Market

Business & Money

Chowdhury, Subir

Taguchi, Genichi

Taguchi, Shin

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

"Japan's Taguchi is America's new quality hero." --Fortune magazine, November 25, 1998
"There is no question that the Mahalanobis-Taguchi System is a profoundly important giant step in improving the productivity of evaluating and improving diagnostic and other systems based pattern recognition. Potential applications of this method abound in many industries." --John King, Ford Motor Company
This resource shows you how to harness the power of an amazing new pattern-recognition and forecasting method from Dr. Genichi Taguchi, a world-renowned quality genius. 15 case studies from the U.S. and Japan show how industry giants used the MTS effectively in their organizations. With this book, the first on the subject, you can achieve the same success. 
The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (MTS) is a groundbreaking new philosophy that has been reshaping Japanese industry since its inception. Developed by award-winning quality engineering expert Dr. Genichi Taguchi - acknowledged as one of the most innovative thinkers in the field, and based on the work of Indian statistics giant Dr. P.C. Mahalanobis the system provides a powerful process for recognizing patterns and forecasting results.MTS goes beyond theory - it shows you exactly how international business giants have successfully put the system to work for them. The book includes 15 fascinating case studies that provide an inside look at how organizations such as Fuji, Nissan, Sharp, Xerox, and others have utilized the system effectively. MTS can be applied in patient monitoring, medical diagnosis, software, manufacturing, weather forecasting, automotive collision prevention and fire detection.Doctors, researchers, engineers, insurance experts, financial analysts, programmers, and anyone else with an interest in pattern recognition and forecasting will find this book a blueprint to improved decision-making.

The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System

Wu, Yuin

McGraw-Hill Professional

Outperform the competition with Subir Chowdhury’s next-generation management system “Nobody knows quality like Subir Chowdhury, and The Power of LEO reveals the elegant new approach he has pioneered with the world’s top companies. I couldn’t recommend this book more.” ―Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There “The Power of LEO will be beneficial to any organization that utilizes its principles and incorporates them into their culture. Subir Chowdhury’s LEO is guaranteed to produce results.” ―Michael King, CEO and National President, Volunteers of America “A no-nonsense book full of real-life case examples, practical tips, and proven strategies. If you’re looking to make quality a way of life, this is definitely the book for you.” ―Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge “We have applied LEO in my hospital and it works. Subir Chowdhury’s book will serve as a powerful reminder to the healthcare industry that its primary goal is to develop, enhance, and delight its most important customer: the patient.” ―Mark L. Rosenblum, M.D., Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Health System, and Vice President of Clinical Programs, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital “Most management strategies are great in theory. But how does a line executive put it to use? The Power of LEO shows us how in practical, down-to-earth terms and anecdotes. A most useful read!” ―Jim Lawrence, CEO, Rothschild North America and former Vice Chairman and CFO, General Mills “It doesn’t take long for you to see that this isn’t just another business book on improving processes; it also applies to everyone on a personal level. And Chowdhury writes from the heart. I enjoyed his easy-to-read case histories of businesses that have taken the LEO approach and it was proven to be equally effective at putting out fires, transforming process flow, and for developing new products and services.” ―Qualitydigest.com About the Book: Hailed as “the Quality Prophet” by BusinessWeek, Subir Chowdhury is the long-established global authority on the critical importance of quality and how to achieve it with Design for Six Sigma (DFSS). Now, he takes it to the next level by showing you how to build quality into the DNA of your entire organization. In his bestselling book

The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results

Provides a strategy for the use of talent more effectively in organizations to increase business value.

The Talent Era: Achieving a High Return on Talent

Financial Times Management

Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way brings together 19 all-new essays by the world's leading management thinkers, covering every key driver of organizational success: leadership, process, people, and organizational design. You'll find breakthrough ideas and practical solutions for virtually every tactical and strategic challenge you face. Key topics include: James Champy's X-engineering, Total Rewards Management, the "New Boardroom," the changing nature of power and influence, building workable hierarchies and sustainable organizations, and new best practices for leading change.

Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations Will Lead This Way

Ft Press

Collections of essays from the world's leading thinkers.

Management 21C

Financial Times/Prentice Hall

"Excellent! Chowdhury has gathered together under one roof, so to speak, a remarkable group of thinkers who give us their best bets on how our organizational futures will look. I found it enlightening and useful." ¿ Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, Univ. of Southern California, Co-author of Organizing Genius and Co-Leaders "If you read only one management book this year, make it Management 21C. A provocative future-oriented book that offers a dramatic and convincing view of what leaders and organizations will need to be successful in the 21st century." ¿ John A. Quelch, Dean, London Business School "You only have to take a look at the list of contributors to know the kind of book you're going to be reading. It's extremely stimulating and is fabulous at guiding the reader through the minefield of management." - Anita Roddick O.B.E., Founder, The Body Shop "Remarkable thought leaders have produced a remarkable guide for the leader in the new century." ¿ Frances Hesselbein, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Peter Drucker Foundation "Subir Chowdhury has collected a ¿who¿s who¿ of thinkers and writers about leadership. In addition to his own thought provoking chapter ¿Towards the Future of Management¿, the book opens a window of the challenges for leadership in the new millennium. The contributors present their ideas and positions on the requirements for the next century ¿ that beginning the second thousand years since Christ¿s birth." "The book has the fascination of a good novel ¿ plus the exposure to many of our best ¿futurists¿. I recommend it to organization leaders, consultants and academicians who are working on this critical issue for all of us." ¿ Richard Beckhard, Principal, Richard Beckhard Associates, Emeritus Professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT "Each Chapter will kick start the brain to deal with the 21st century. A very thoughtful collection." ¿ Philip B. Crosby, Author, Quality and Me: Lessons from an Evolving Life

Management 21C: Someday we'll all lead this way

Pearson Education Canada

Six Sigma -- the management strategy Jack Welch attributes GE's phenomenal success to -- is being implemented by many leading organizations looking for dramatic profit increases and improved customer satisfaction. But Six Sigma in production is less than half the story -- Six Sigma in design is where the money is. If you change a product after it is launched it will cost you 1,000 times more than if you made those changes during the design stage. Subir Chowdhury, the leading quality expert who introduced Six Sigma to the UK in his last book, has done it again. The current book attacks a company's problems at the product development stage and presents a revolutionary five-step process that takes a company all the way to Six Sigma.

Design for Six Sigma

Economics

Ft Pr

If you saw a toothpick on the floor, what would you do? This seemingly innocuous question was posed to Subir Chowdhury by one of his longtime clients, and ultimately lead him to a profound realization: good enough is not enough. The best processes in the world won't work without developing the kind of mindset — a caring mindset — that is needed to achieve real and sustainable change in both organizations and individuals. In his compelling new book, bestselling author and globally recognized management consultant Subir Chowdhury tackles an issue that has haunted him in his work with many of the world’s largest organizations. Why is it that some improve only incrementally, while others improve 50 times that? The ideas and training are exactly the same. What is the difference? The difference, Chowdhury explains, is the ability to nurture the skills, loyalty and passion of the people who make up an organization. It is a culture built on straightforwardness, thoughtfulness, accountability and resolve. Organizations and individuals that embrace all of these “STAR” attributes—not just one or two of them—will shine. He goes further, showing us why having a caring mindset outside of work is integral to both personal and professional success. A powerful guide to living a successful life and career, The Difference will inspire you to be the difference — at work or home.

The Difference: When Good Enough Isn't Enough

Business Culture

Crown Currency

"This book is a great demonstration of this powerful approach andhow it can make a meaningful difference in any type of business. Ittakes a dedicated engineering approach to implement, but thepayback in customer satisfaction and growth is dramatic." --Lou Giuliano, chairman, president, and CEO, ITT Industries No other single volume presents the full breadth of foundingbeliefs behind the successful engineering practices used by today'sleading companies. Helpful to companies in both manufacturing andservice industries, Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbookprovides accessible material on such topics as: * Quality loss function * On-line quality engineering * Signal-to-noise ratio * Robust engineering * Design of experiments (known as the "Taguchi method") * Mahalanobis-Taguchi Systems (MTS) * and more. Prize or Award * AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and ScholarlyPublishing, 2006

Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook

Wiley-Interscience

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