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Six Sigma for Financial Services: How Leading Companies Are Driving Results Using Lean, Six Sigma, and Process Management 1st Edition

by Rowland Hayler (Author), Michael Nichols (Author)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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THREE WORLD-CLASSMANAGEMENT METHODS.

ONE COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE.

Finally, top executives across the global financial services industry are catching on-and catching up-to what the world's most successful corporations have known for more than a decade: The performance improvement principles of Six Sigma, Lean, and Process Management can be applied to all aspects of any company's operations-with remarkable results.

If you want to take advantage of these proven, performance-enhancing methods, tools, and techniques, this reference helps you to use Six Sigma and other tools in a wide range of financial service applications: commercial or savings banks, diversified financials, securities, insurance firms, and more. Six Sigma for Financial Services delivers a complete and groundbreaking model specifically for financial services created by two experts of Six Sigma deployment and Process Management.

Clear, concise, and comprehensive, this hands-on guide features actual experiences from frontline managers and executives in financial services firms all around the world. You'll see, up close and personal, how they used Six Sigma to illustrate key points and achieve optimal performance in their companies. You'll learn firsthand why business process excellence is crucial for success in an increasingly competitive, mission-critical industry. Using Lean, Six Sigma, and other process tools, you'll be able to run leaner and more efficiently, and provide improved service with the best possible returns.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0071470379
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0071470377
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    McGraw Hill
  5. Publication date
    November 16, 2006
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    280 pages
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Rowland Hayler is the Vice President of International Operations for Pivotal Resources, a global business improvement consulting firm. Prior to joining Pivotal, he served in a variety of business improvement leadership roles over 15 years at American Express. He has consulted with many leading financial organizations, including Halifax Bank of Scotland, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Marks & Spencer Money, Swisscard, and UBS.

Michael D. Nichols is Principal Consultant/Senior Master Black Belt for Nichols Quality Associates, a consortium of Lean Six Sigma professionals. He was previously the Director-Six Sigma Design/Senior Master Black Belt at American Express, where he codeveloped the Six Sigma Design and Six Sigma Process Management programs. Nichols will also be president of the American Society for Quality in the 2007-2008 year.

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What do the leaders in financial services know that you don't? Plenty.

This accessible, comprehensive guide from two top business improvement experts shows how financial giants such as American Express, Bank of America, and Wachovia have applied Six Sigma, Lean, and Process Management to their service-based operations. Hayler & Nichols provide specific, real-world examples and offer step-by-step solutions to help you improve your company's processes.

“An excellent book for anyone involved in a business process excellence journey!”-Paul Baker, Managing Director, Group Operations, Lloyds TSB

“Customer service, top-line growth, compliance, and regulatory oversight have all become crucial for financial institutions….The authors masterfully illustrate how Six Sigma andLean, under a process management umbrella, support these relevant business objectives.”-Juan Carlos Paez, Chief Operating Officer, BAC Credomatic Network

“A great reference for those of us who want to 'fast-forward' our process innovation initiatives to achieve outstanding results.”-Teng Soon Lang, Executive Vice President and Head, Group Quality & Process Innovation, Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation

“The approaches that Hayler & Nichols describe are not just for the Operations function-they apply equally to Marketing and Sales…business process excellence is critical for maximizing the return on marketing investments and an organization's value creation.”-Arjen Kruger, former Chief Marketing Officer, MasterCard Europe

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw Hill; 1st edition (November 16, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0071470379
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0071470377
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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Jason Pandolfo
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for financial service leaders and process professionals
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2007
As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and more importantly having a leadership role in a financial service company, I found this book to be very insightful.

Hayler and Nichols's model for Business Process Excellence provided great examples on how to execute enterprise wide process improvements.

By reading this book, I was able to assess my own company's journey to business process excellence, highlighting opportunities and tools to enhance and evolve our program. I have recommended this book to some of our executive management team responsible for enterprise process improvement and I'm sure productive conversations will have resulted from it.
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Rolf Dobelli
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid advice on customer service for financial-services companies
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2007
The title of this book is misleading. In fact, its subtitle is more relevant. It does not focus on Six Sigma only, but rather on a variety of tools that companies offering financial services are - or should be - using to achieve what Rowland Hayler and Michael D. Nichols call "business process excellence": creating the greatest possible value for customers. The book is based on a study (described in the index) of 11 leading financial-services companies, some international and some local. The authors frequently cite useful examples from their respondents to anchor some of their theories in real life. Unfortunately, managers who are eager to benefit from this important information may find the authors' prose opaque and abstract. The charts and chapter summaries are helpful, but some readers may need perseverance to learn from this book. Nevertheless, we find the authors' goal laudable: to show how financial-services companies can improve their often-abysmal customer service standards, and thus increase their profits and competitiveness.
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Carlos Fabi?n
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2014
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Nice overview, not to much detail on the cases....
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Oscar
2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written, lacks depth
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2017
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The book was generally hard to read. Concepts were not consistently elaborated upon with clear and precise language. Also, examples were shallow and provided limited insight on how tools and techniques were used in organizations.

This is also a pretty dated book, written before the rise of much of FinTech and ideas on business model innovation. The authors' perspectives seem rather quaint in 2017.
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