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ALSO CALLED: Total Quality Management, TQM, 6 Sigma
DEFINITION: Six Sigma is a management philosophy developed by Motorola that emphasizes setting extremely high objectives, collecting data, and analyzing results to a fine degree as a way to reduce defects in products and services. The Greek letter sigma is sometimes used to denote variation from a standard. The philosophy behind Six Sigma is that if you measure how many defects are in a process, you can figure  … 
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Six Sigma Reports
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Aligning Lean Six Sigma, Business Process Management and SOA to Accelerate Results
sponsored by IBM
WEBCAST: There has never been a more important time to uncover process waste, reduce non-value adding activity, and increase productivity. Accelerate results by aligning Lean Six Sigma, BPM and SOA. Find out more about best practices, the value of measures and monitoring, and how to get started in this webcast.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 15 Oct 2009


Lean IT: The Time for Transformation is Now
sponsored by CA
ANALYST REPORT: Many institutions are investigating opportunities to create more value for customers by eliminating or reducing non-value-adding activities. Lean processing, long a staple in manufacturing, provides this opportunity for increasing efficiency within financial services.
Posted: 24 Aug 2009 | Published: 24 Aug 2009


Operational Excellence: The New Lever of Profitability and Competitive Advantage
sponsored by SAP America Inc
WHITE PAPER: The paper provides valuable evidence about the benefits of achieving aligned operational excellence. In it you'll discover why companies that build and align their operational capabilities for strategic advantage earn a distinct execution premium in their business performance.
Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009


Five CIO Challenges Addressed by Better Change Management
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: In today's fast-paced, highly competitive world, change is inevitable. This white paper addresses five of the most important change management challenges that CIOs have to meet and how organizations can turn these challenges into a business advantage.
Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009

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SIX SIGMA DEFINITION (continued): …  out how to systematically eliminate them and get as close to perfection as possible. In order for a company to achieve Six Sigma, it cannot produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities, where an opportunity is defined as a chance for nonconformance.There are two Six Sigma processes: Six Sigma DMAIC and Six Sigma DMADV, each term derived from the major steps in the process. Six Sigma DMAIC is a process that defines, measures, analyzes, improves, and controls existing processes that fall below the Six Sigma specification. Six Sigma DMADV defines, measures, analyzes, designs, and verifies … 
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