Applications

Six-Sigma is already benefiting organizations operating in many and different sectors across the globe in terms of increasing market share, customer satisfaction, cost reduction and dramatic boost to bottom-line of the company. This methodology is proven in all sectors of industry with above average degree of success.

Six Sigma by and large finds application in large organizations (say 500+ employees company). An important factor in the spread of Six Sigma was GE’s 1998 announcement of $350 million in savings thanks to Six Sigma, a figure that later grew to more than $1 billion. As per renowned industry consultants like John Kullmann andThomas Pyzdek, companies with less than 500 employees are less suited to Six-Sigma implementation or need to adapt the standard approach to make it work for them. Six-Sigma however carries a large number of tools and techniques that work well in small to mid-size organizations. The fact that an organization is not big enough to be able to afford Black Belts does not belittle its abilities to make improvements using this set of tools and techniques. The infrastructure required as necessary to support Six Sigma is a result of the size of the organization rather than a requirement of Six Sigma itself.

Whilst the scope of Six Sigma disagrees depending on where it is implemented, it can successfully deliver its benefits to different applications.