(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Lean Six Sigma (LSS), design for Six Sigma (DFSS), and value engineering (VE) have a proven track record of success for solving problems and improving efficiency. Depending on the situation, integrating these approaches can provide results that exceed the benefits of each individual approach. Value Engineering Synergies with Lean Six Sigma: Combining Methodologies for Enhanced Results (Productivity Press, 2012) describes how to integrate these dynamic tools to achieve unprecedented improvements and break down the organizational silos that can occur when different offices are assigned responsibility for different problem-solving methods.

The book identifies opportunities where readers can integrate these approaches to go beyond what is currently possible with the individual approaches. Explaining the VE methodology (aka the job plan), it supplies a high-level discussion of LSS and DFSS. Next, it compares VE with LSS and identifies the different opportunities for synergies that can provide your organization with a competitive edge.

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