The Six Sigma Handbook

Author(s): Thomas Pyzdek, Paul Keller

Difference between 4th and 3rd editions
Side by side comparison of table of contents helps to figure out the most significant changes.

Key differences between 4th and 3rd editions

Period between current and previous editions: 5 years (2014 vs 2009).
The First edition of Pyzdek's The Six Sigma Handbook was published in 2000.
New material in the Fourth Ed:
Chapter 1: Differences between Six Sigma and Three Sigma techniques for improving performance.
Chapter 2:

Section on techniques and guidelines for collecting customer data.
Section on concepts and principles of the theory of constraints.

Chapter 8:

Section on distributions presents Log-normal and Weibull distributions.
Material on process capability indices and process capability analysis for non-normal data with MINITAB.

Chapter 10: Comparison of methodologies for designing experiments.
Chapter 11: Pugh matrix for the concept selection.

4th Edition of
The Six Sigma Handbook

eBook, 704 pages

eBook ISBN: 9780071840545
Published by: McGraw-Hill Education, May 29, 2014

Hardcover, 704 pages

ISBN-10: 0071840532
ISBN-13: 9780071840538
Published by: McGraw-Hill Education, May 13, 2014

3rd Edition of
The Six Sigma Handbook: A Complete Guide for Greenbelts, Blackbelts, and Managers at All Levels

Unabridged, 560 pages

ISBN-10: 0071623388
ISBN-13: 9780071623384
Published by: McGraw-Hill Professional, September 21, 2009

2nd Edition of
The Six Sigma Handbook: A Complete Guide for Greenbelts, Blackbelts, and Managers at All Levels

Hardcover, 848 pages

ISBN-10: 0071410155
ISBN-13: 9780071410151
Published by: McGraw-Hill, March 20, 2003