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Praveen Gupta's The Six Sigma Performance Handbook gives results-oriented help with Six Sigma initiatives. Readers will learn how to simplify Six Sigma methods for cost-effective implementations and how to implement DMAIC for improved performance of Six Sigma projects

Written with managers, not statisticians in mind, this book shows readers how to statistically evaluate a Six Sigma program, identify problems and make tailor-made adjustments to get desired results and revitalize a program.

A long-time Six Sigma educator and Master Black Belt, Gupta details:

· The challenges of implementing Six Sigma in a real world environment.

· The role of innovation in the Six Sigma Process.

· A step-by-step roadmap to prevent false starts and avoid common implementation mistakes.

· Forms to simplify DMAIC implementation of DMAIC.

· Tools for solving key implementation problems in the service or manufacturing environment.

· Scorecard and processes to sustain Six Sigma improvement.

· Key factors to maximize, based on the Six Sigma SIPOC and application of theory of constraints.

· Vital Lean tools for speeding up Six Sigma.

Praveen Gupta has been involved with Six Sigma since its origin in 1986. His first project, completed at Motorola under the guidance of Bill Smith, the inventor of Six Sigma, was published in Quality Engineering magazine in 1990. Praveen has continued to publish articles, monthly columns and books on Six Sigma, including Six Sigma Deployment and Six Sigma Business Scorecard.

Available through Amazon.com.

Caster Cleaner said to improve performance and extend life of conductive wheels to reduce ESD risks caused by ungrounded carts. Enhances wheel performance by continually cleaning the wheel, reducing the build-up of dirt, wax and residue that may insulate the wheel from the floor. Extends the life of floor finishes, leaves less marking on the floor and keeps floors cleaner.

Provides an additional electrical path from the wheel to the stem of the caster, bypassing potentially insulative grease in caster bearings and wheel bushings that may cause an unreliable path to ground.

Install without tools in about 5 seconds to fully assembled and loaded carts; provide visual indication that the carts are grounded.

www.Static-Dynamics.com

Optima spray fluxing system is said to improve flux deposition and through-hole penetration while eliminating post wave flux residue.

Features Ultra-Spray, which produces a precise, rectangular spray pattern; and Smart-Motion, for exact spray head speed and position control.

All set-up parameters are controlled electronically and password protected. Operator interface can store hundreds of recipes. Dual-flux tank option for rapid change between flux types. Can be retrofitted to any wave solder machine.

Ultrasonic Systems Inc., www.ultraspray.com

Anza RFID now offers ultra thin (085µm), small footprint (2 x 5 mm) RFID modules with optimized reliability. The planarized semiconductor package, MicroSite, offers product integrity for RFID devices in all frequencies. Custom design of RFID transponders for demanding environmental, medical and military applications is available in quantities of 100 to 100 million pieces.

The enhanced ultra sonic die bonding technology increases integration of fused metallurgy at the bond site. Several advanced methods for attaching the chip module to the antenna have created added flexibility for employing a MicroSite module to etched, printed or discreet wire antennae.

Intraglobal.net distributes RFID products through Anza RFID, a division of Special Equipment Engineering Inc.; www.anzatech.com.

The 120° "Y" workstation increases space efficiency while providing a more open and comfortable work area. This workstation cluster is designed for three or more people who may share a common central area, enabling communication and ready access to common equipment, supplies or reference materials.

Personal space is created for each user while allowing for more application possibilities and easy adaptation to changing tasks and work styles. Modular privacy panels vary the degree of privacy desired.

Based on a double-sided columnar system, these workstations can be sized to suit the application through the selection of module sizes ranging from 36 to 72" and column heights of up to 84".

www.arlink.com

Stacked dies enable highly integrated systems in a single package. Modern microelectronics demand more functionality at chip level, smaller models, shorter time-to-market, greater reliability of design and lower cost. SOCs (system on chip) have made progress, but will soon come up against economic limits - particularly with embedded technologies for improved performance (such as when at least two different process technologies are to be integrated on the chip). This technology mix could be implemented through different chips in the most suitable technology for the respective functions, if not for the challenges connecting multi-pin chips at board or substrate level leads and complicated routing and interference. A possible solution: stacked dies made of ultra-thin silicon.

The thin, flexible silicon chips used are very demanding, highly fragile and also often warped. Suitable equipment for processing these thin dies must take account of these features.

The 2200 apm+ multi-chip die bonder features high-precision linear motors with dynamic servo-control and automatic compensation for temperature drift. High-res camera systems allow positioning precision at the xy level of ± 7 µm at 3 s and a maximum tilt of ± 0.15 ° at 3 s. Z-axis can be individually controlled for bonding functions and adhesive application. For assembly on warped substrates, an ultra-light tool's low bond force works in the 0 - 6 g ± 50 mg range.

The wafer transport system processes up to 25 different wafers with five ejection tools. Features material-protecting synchronous sequence of motions to pick the chip up from the carrier material with the help of a vacuum. Can handle small chips with edge length starting at 170 µm and, for flip-chip assembly, 500-µm chips. Automatic tool changer holds up to six different tools, including a bond head that can be heated to 350°C.

www.datacon.at