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Five Limitations of Six Sigma

Six Sigma can go wrong. An article I read suggested at least five limitations of Six Sigma.

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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].

“I was reading an article that was published talking about the limitations of Six Sigma. It had a bunch, but here’s five that I thought stood out for me.

  1. High failure rate. That’s right. A lot of these implementations don’t work, and it puts a bad color on Six Sigma.
  2. The high cost of implementation.

Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.