October 21, 200916 yr A common question is - If my company is not using Six Sigma, how shall the knowledge and skills help me? My Response usually is - If your company has not been using Six Sigma in the past, it may provide you some "unfair advantage" over others. You get the ability to get better results than others by utilizing Six Sigma techniques in your own process/function/department/business unit. Six Sigma provides you sound concepts and powerful thought patterns that make other people listen when you speak. With Six Sigma, you also learn how to talk a business language that is appreciated by senior management. You may also be able to start with a small successful improvement and move on to bigger and bigger assignments in the company like one of our participant.Click on the link http://forum.benchmarksixsigma.com/blog/4/entry-32-participant-interview-dr-j-pattanaik-manager-operations-health-hiway/ to read his experiences. Questions and comments are welcome.
May 11, 201313 yr To add on : If one thinks that Six Sigma won’t work for his/her company, he/she is either ignorant or refuse to change. Every business process can be measured, improved and controlled using the Six Sigma methodology. I believe that when people hear of the methodology called Six Sigma, they forget that every business runs because of processes, metrics, and leadership. How well they run depends on how efficient the processes are in meeting the customer requirements. How fast processes improve depends on a great deal on the methodology used to identify defects (using metrics), isolate the root causes, and eliminate causal factors. None of this gets done without leadership. There is nothing new about measuring, improving and controlling how well a processor performs. It works in manufacturing, sales, and almost every other domain. To conclude, It works anywhere you need to improve processes.
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