Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

For years, many have held that conventional wisdom dictates that Six Sigma is most appropriate for implementation in large multi million dollar companies. Massive companies all over the globe have used Six Sigma to save millions of dollars by using efficiently managed processes to cut costs and increase profits. The general thought has been that Six Sigma is best confined to huge companies that employ thousands. But this is not necessarily so. The very nature of the Six Sigma orthodoxy is to implement efficiencies and control them. That measure can be applicable to any sized business, including new startups.Considering employees, new startup managers who earn Six Sigma Black Belt certificates while at new companies with just a few employees will continue to grow as their careers progress and they eventually move on to larger companies. Six Sigma is a method of teaching how to increase profits by controlling costs, certainly two things that will never go out of style. The advantage of a startup company having managers with Six Sigma certification gives the employer the comfort of knowing that the manager is dedicated to running the company with a sharp eye toward the bottom line.Startup companies are also plagued by lack of process control and optimization, a skill that is honed through ...
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