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The Successful CEO’S Best Kept Secret: SIX SIGMA

January 2010

Fortune 500 companies are not the only organizations that can benefit financially from Six Sigma, the disciplined, data-driven methodology for eliminating defects, delays and variation in day-to-day business processes.

Developed in Japan as a management strategy for Motorola in the early '70s, Six Sigma today enjoys widespread application in many sectors of industry. For many successful users of the process, Six Sigma simply means a measure of quality that strives for near perfection.

According to the Six Sigma Academy, application of the process can save companies $230,000 per project. General Electric, one of the most successful companies implementing Six Sigma, has estimated benefits on the order of $10 billion during the first five years of implementation after Motorola and Allied Signal blazed the Six Sigma trail. Since then, thousands of companies around the world have discovered its far reaching benefits.

Still, an aura of mystery continues to surround Six Sigma, depriving professional organizations of all kinds from learning more about this unique improvement strategy. In an effort to dispel that mystery, The Doug Williams Group has created a division dedicated to working with clients who specifically desire to undertake Six Sigma projects.

Six Sigma projects follow a defined sequence of steps and have quantified impact targets. To determine whether Six Sigma should be deployed in your organization, consider the following simple questions:

• Does your organization have processes which need to be defined, measured, analyzed, improved and controlled so that variation in these processes is reduced?

• Does your organization have the commitment, particularly from top management, to achieve sustainable quality improvement?

If your organization answers yes to both questions, you will be able to achieve a solid return on your investment in the training and implementation support required for a successful Six Sigma project. For more information about Six Sigma and the impact it can have on your company, contact Mr. Chris Voehl, Vice President of Improvement Technology at 305-598-9880 or via email: chris@thedougwilliamsgroup.com.

Warm personal regards,


Doug Williams
Chief Executive Officer
The Doug Williams Group, Inc.