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Welcome to PICSIE Associates

Lean Six Sigma Services including Lean Six Sigma books and training materials.

PICSIE LOGOPICSIE was started in the UK in 1988 with the aim of providing an education service on Lean and Quality, comprising of Lean Six Sigma books and games, Lean Six Sigma training, mentoring, and consulting. The training materials have been used by a huge number of companies, consultancies and universities (such as Cambridge, Warwick, and Kentucky).

To date around 100,000 copies of our Lean Six Sigma books have been sold. Six Sigma is a system for improving the quality of organizational processes. Our Lean Six Sigma services are aimed at Lean Six Sigma training materials which include games and many informative Lean Six Sigma books.

These Lean Six Sigma books cover everything you need to know about Lean Six Sigma including unique compilations of tools and concepts from Six Sigma, traditional Quality Management, Service Quality and relevant Lean manufacturing concepts.

Our Games include the Buckingham Lean Game, this is our classic game developed in the late 1980s and formerly known as the Buckingham JIT Game.

Latest Products

  • The Lean Toolbox: The Essential Guide to Lean Transformation

    The Lean Toolbox: The Essential Guide to Lean Transformation

    New 4th Edition!!!!! Published December 2008 this is a significant update on The New Lean Toolbox. John Bicheno is joined by Matthias Holweg of The Judge Business School, Cambridge Univeristy. Perfect bound, 304 pages. Publisher: PICSIE Books; 4th Revised edition edition (1 Dec 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0954124456 ISBN-13: 978-0954124458

    £9.90

  • The Buckingham Lean Service Game

    The Buckingham Lean Service Game

    Based on a local authority housing system which can be adopted for many break-fix service systems. The game illustrates value and failure demand and service mapping. Over two or three rounds players reduce lead time and improve service quality. The game includes the interface between office systems and field operations.

    £400.00