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/Sandbox Forrest W. Breyfogle III is the author of eleven books and over 80 articles on the topic of quality improvement. He is the President and CEO of Smarter Solutions, Inc.; and the winner of the 2005 American Society for Quality Crosby Medal for his book, Implementing Six Sigma, 2nd edition (ISS2). The Crosby Medal is presented to the individual who has authored a distinguished book contributing significantly to the extension of the philosophy and application of the principles, methods, or techniques of quality management.

A professional engineer, Forrest is also a member of the board of advisors for the University of Texas Center for Performing Excellence. Smarter Solutions, Inc. provides business measurement and improvement consultation and education for organizations worldwide.

His latest work (2008) is the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) suite, a set of four books that document an enhanced system for effective enterprise management in the 21st century, based on the integration of best practices from previous tools and techniques and the application of innovative analytical methodology. The introductory book provides an overview of IEE methods, tools and techniques – and how they creatively integrate the best practices of established business measurement and improvement systems.

• The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System

ISBN-13: 978-1-934454-11-4 ISBN-10: 1-934454-11-7 216 pages, paperback

“This book is rich in content, with examples of how specific analytical and decision support techniques can be merged to create a climate for perpetual enterprise growth and progress.” Matt Spinola, CEO, Primacy Relocation

A three volume series completes the set of four texts:

• Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume 1 - The Basics

ISBN-13: 978-1-934454-12-1 ISBN-10: 1-934454-12-5 168 pages, hardcover

Four golfing friends discuss improvement systems. They improve their games in both business and golf using IEE concepts, going beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced scorecard.

“An essential handbook for every manager leading Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma teams; it is also geared for managers who are uncertain as to their need for these initiatives.” J. Scott Dickman, CEO, Oracle Packaging Company

• Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume 2 - Business Deployment

ISBN-13: 978-1-934454-15-2 ISBN-10: 1-934454-15-X 560 pages, hardcover. An IEE system creation manual for leaders and implementation teams. Describes an enterprise measurement, analysis, and improvement system where organizations transition from firefighting toward the three R’s of business: everyone doing the right things and doing them right at the right time.

“…chronicles a significant renewal in the methodologies applied to achieve total quality at the enterprise level…with a thoughtfully integrated approach.” Christopher B. Galvin, Chairman, Harrison Street Capital LLC, Former Chairman and CEO, Motorola, Inc.

• Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume 3 - Improvement Project Execution

ISBN-13: 978-1-934454-16-9 ISBN-10: 1-934454-16-8 1200 pages, hardcover. An IEE system implementation handbook for the improvement project manager. Provides a detailed step-by-step project roadmap which integrates Six Sigma and Lean tools.

“This book deserves to become a standard desk reference for everyone in the organization responsible for meeting goals. It makes valuable reading for organization leaders and Six Sigma practitioners…it is the most thorough and detailed reference guide for IEE….” Bill Wiggenhorn, Former President, Motorola University and Keith Moe, Former Group Vice President, 3M

Selected bibliography

• “A Design and Test Roundtable – Six Sigma: Moving Towards Perfect Products”, 1991, IEEE Design and Test of Computers, Los Alamitos, CA, June, pp. 88–89.
• ”Process Improvement with Six Sigma”, 1992, Wescon/92 Conference Record, Western Periodicals Company, Ventura, CA, pp. 754–756.
• Statistical Methods for Testing, Development, and Manufacturing, 1992, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.
• Managing Six Sigma: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Assessing,and Implementing the Strategy that Yields Bottom-Line Success, 2001, Wiley, New York.
• Wisdom on the Green: Smarter Six Sigma Business Solutions, 2001, Smarter Solutions, Inc., Austin, TX.
• Implementing Six Sigma: Smarter Solutions ® using Statistical Methods, Second edition, 2003, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ.
• “Control Charting at the 30,000-footlevel: Separating special-cause events from common-cause variability”, 2003, Quality Progress, November pp. 67–70.
• “Control Charting at the 30,000-footlevel, Part 2”, 2004, Quality Progress, Nov. pp. 85–87.

Frebo3 (talk) 11:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)