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One perspective on the future of Six-Sigma

Author(s) -

Roger W. Hoerl

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

international journal of six sigma and competitive advantage

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1479-2753

pISSN - 1479-2494

DOI - 10.1504/ijssca.2004.005281

Subject(s) - six sigma , design for six sigma , globalization , front page , order (exchange) , front (military) , quality (philosophy) , momentum (technical analysis) , perspective (graphical) , front office , salient , dmaic , business , engineering , marketing , management , political science , computer science , economics , sociology , finance , mechanical engineering , law , media studies , lean manufacturing , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology

Six-Sigma has maintained momentum for over ten years now, longer than many pundits expected. However, the key question remains: how long will Six-Sigma remain front-page news? The answer is that it will remain front-page news as long as it delivers front-page results. A second, and related question is: how might the initiative morph and evolve in order to remain relevant going forward? This paper suggests that several emerging trends will continue, such as migration to financial services and healthcare, standardisation of Design for Six-Sigma (DFSS), and further globalisation. Longer term, a key challenge appears to be integration into normal operations, rather than managing Six-Sigma as a separate initiative. Eventually, Six-Sigma needs to become part of an organisation's overall quality or business improvement system.

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