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Sunday, January 26, 2003
• What is Six Sigma? -- A good (and brief) intro (and analysis) to Six Sigma, from Darwin...
"Is Six Sigma the answer to all my dreams? If you are already operationally excellent and want to squeeze out defects and increase efficiency, Six Sigma is for you. If your business is built on intangibles?stuff that's awfully hard to subject to statistical analysis?then Six Sigma is not for you. If you want to be a product leader competing primarily on quality?but not first-to-market?then get out your wallet.
Beware, though: Data collection is the Achilles' heel of many a Six Sigma effort..."
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