Six Sigma is a management methodology which allows companies to use data to eliminate defects in any process. For a process to have achieved Six Sigma, a process must not produce a defect - that is anything outside of customer specifications - more often than 3.4 times per million opportunities.

 

Implementing Six Sigma within a business offers a number of benefits. However there are six key advantages that this methodology will offer any company.

 

#1: Improved Customer Loyalty
#2: Time Management
#3: Reduced Cycle Time
#4: Employee Motivation
#5: Strategic Planning
#6: Supply Chain Management

Well, the focus needs to be on solving the most pressing business problems. 

 

If you are wise, you like to use Six Sigma in integration with other approaches as appropriate. Some of the other powerful business excellence approaches are Lean, Creativity and Innovation, AHP, BPR, Business Analytics, Theory of Constraints, and Business Modelling.