Comments on: Has Six Sigma been a failure?

By: Daniel Lang

Daniel Lang — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:14:59 +0000

John, it has been over 6 years since you posted this article. Reading it for the first time it is hard to get out of how you answered your rhetorical question and state that SS is a success. You distrust and disagree with SS and yet is a success. It seems you were walking the tight rope. I happen to see SS as an overemphasis on statistics and management by numbers/objectives. The latter in direct contradiction to Dr Deming’s Point 11 which I wholeheartedly agree with. Yes, statistics are needed, but not their overemphasis and misuse.

Daniel

By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » The Exciting Life of Industrial Statisticians

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:03:15 +0000

[...] Has Six Sigma been a failure? [...]

By: Calvin.K

Calvin.K — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:44:19 +0000

I agree with you, six sigma is a very good improvement and problem solving tools but the whole 1.5 sigma shift idea is not sensible. Other than that, six sigma is not really concern about the cost. Therefore, personally i prefer lean six sigma

By: CuriousCat » Six Sigma and Innovation

CuriousCat » Six Sigma and Innovation — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:47:40 +0000

As I have stated many times, while bad six sigma efforts may harm innovation but there is no reason good six sigma efforts would. In fact good six sigma efforts help innovation…

By: CuriousCat: Six Sigma at Cummings

CuriousCat: Six Sigma at Cummings — Fri, 11 May 2007 12:13:14 +0000

[...] Six sigma is obviously achieving results many companies find worthwhile as they continue to grow their efforts year after year. [...]

By: Six Sigma Won’t Fix Bad Management?

Six Sigma Won’t Fix Bad Management? — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:41:52 +0000

[...] if Six Sigma isn’t making a significant impact on fixing bad management then it isn’t a very effective six sigma effort. [...]

By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Six Sigma Pitfalls

Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Six Sigma Pitfalls — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:03:26 +0000

“When people say ‘Six Sigma is great’ or ‘Six Sigma is a waste’ often they are talking about different things. But because in both instances ‘Six Sigma’ is used people believe that the meaning must be the same in both cases.”

By: CuriousCat » New Rules for Management? No!

CuriousCat » New Rules for Management? No! — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:02:12 +0000

It seems to me their is nothing new here, again…