Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard books/volumes

Four books/volumes became available the beginning of 2008. These books show how organizations can go beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard. All four books/volumes have “Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE)” in their title and will be referenced as Volume 0 (an IEE introduction book), Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3.

The book (“Volume 0″), “The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System: An Enhanced, Unified Approach to Balanced Scorecards, Strategic Planning, and Business Improvement,” introduces new perspectives on what to measure and report; when and how to report it; how to interpret the results; and how to use the results to establish goals, prioritize work efforts and continuously enhance organizational focus and success.

In the three-volume series, Integrated Enterprise Excellence: Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard, there is both further elaboration on the shortcomings of traditional systems and the details of an IEE implementation. Volumes of this series build upon each other so that readers can develop a true appreciation and understanding of IEE benefits and its implementation.

A content summary of this three-volume series is:

* ” Integrated Enterprise Excellence Volume I – The Basics: Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard” – An IEE onset story about four friends who share their experiences while playing golf. They see how they can improve their games in both business and golf using this system that goes beyond Lean Six Sigma and the balanced scorecard. The story compares IEE to other improvement systems.

* ” Integrated Enterprise Excellence Volume II – Business Deployment: A Leaders’ Guide for Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard” – Discusses problems encountered with traditional scorecard, business management, and enterprise improvement systems. Describes how IEE helps organizations overcome these issues utilizing an enterprise process define-measure-analyze-improve-control (E-DMAIC) system. Volume II systematically walks through the execution of this E-DMAIC system.

* ” Integrated Enterprise Excellence Volume III – Improvement Project Execution: A Management and Black Belt Guide for Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard” – Describes IEE benefits and its measurement techniques. Provides a detailed step-by-step project define-measure-analyze-improve-control (P-DMAIC) roadmap, which has a true integration of Six Sigma and Lean tools.

Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) is a business system where metric improvement needs pull for the execution of the most important project for the enterprise as a whole. IEE can help organizations transition from fire fighting to fire prevention.

Several options to learn more about IEE are:
* Reading the 4-page article in center of the descriptive brochure that is available through a “Download IEE Brochure” link at www.SmarterSolutions.com
* Reading the “The Three Rs of Business” article; available through the “On-line Resource Center” at www.SmarterSolutions.com
* Reading the book “The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System: An Enhanced, Unified Approach to Balanced Scorecards, Strategic Planning, and Business Improvements.”
* Reading the four book-volume series on IEE. This series provides roadmaps for implementation and execution both at the enterprise and project level as well.
* Participating in an IEE webinar.
* Attending a one-day Integrated Enterprise Excellence Workshop

Forrest Breyfogle
Forrest@SmarterSolutions.com
www.SmarterSolutions.com
512-918-0280
Author and developer of the Integrated Enterprise Excellence System