Improvement Insights Blog
Why Six Sigma Implementations Fail
Ever wonder why so many Six Sigma implementations fail? The answer is simple.
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“Hi, this is Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals” and QI Macros [software].
“Do you ever wonder why some Six Sigma implementations succeed but most don’t? I can tell you in one word: Results… dollar signs.
“You know, if we’re not continuously making improvements and solving problems and affecting the bottom line, boosting profits, reducing cost, more profits. More profits equals more money. More money equals more stuff. If we’re not doing that, then Six Sigma fails. And that makes it look like, ‘Oh, Six Sigma bad.’ No, you just weren’t chasing results. You were chasing training and teams or something, but you weren’t chasing the right metric: bottom line, profit-enhancing, productivity-enhancing results.
“So that’s my Improvement Insight. Let’s go out and improve something this week, like how we implement Six Sigma.”
