http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/20/six-sigma-versus-common-sense/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/10/20/six-sigma-versus-common-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-33409 Anonymous Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:26:04 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1120#comment-33409 I read this post with interest. I've only been touched slightly by six sigma but my colleagues have gone through this process several times with different companies in their past lives. They tell me that when a company tries to implement six sigma, this is the strongest indication that they are going under, which has happened every time. The most recent example is Nortel declaring bankruptcy, soon after it instituted six sigma. The context is that all these companies are large high tech corporations -- perhaps six sigma is their hail mary pass at salvaging what's no longer salvageable. I read this post with interest. I’ve only been touched slightly by six sigma but my colleagues have gone through this process several times with different companies in their past lives. They tell me that when a company tries to implement six sigma, this is the strongest indication that they are going under, which has happened every time. The most recent example is Nortel declaring bankruptcy, soon after it instituted six sigma. The context is that all these companies are large high tech corporations — perhaps six sigma is their hail mary pass at salvaging what’s no longer salvageable.

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