| Source: Continuous Improvement Associates http://www.exponentialimprovement.com/cms/beyond6sig.shtml Business Applications Is it possible to go beyond Six Sigma? Well, yes. That's because its paradigm is linear cause and effect, whereas the world operates to a large extent on circular cause and effect: feedback. Here's an overview of that issue and a few Six Sigma shortcomings. Beyond Six Sigma: Systems Thinking and Six Sigma Shortcomings (pdf, 92K) Don't take this the wrong way. Six Sigma has some great techniques; it just doesn't go everywhere it needs to go. In fact, it doesn't go to the most important places to overcome barriers to improvement. |