Six Sigma—The First 90 Days

16. Reinvigorating Your Six Sigma Program

With Debby Sollenberger

Why in the world, you might ask, would you write a book on deploying Six Sigma in 90 days and end the book with a chapter about reinvigoration? Every company that has deployed Six Sigma has always set forth some actions to keep the program in tune to the company.

Any change initiative becomes different as the company learns the initiative and what it can do. For example, moving Six Sigma to parts of the company that were not initially heavily involved usually reinvigorates Six Sigma. An example of that would be a company that initially focuses on manufacturing improvement and then moves Six Sigma into product design and sales and marketing.

Also, the business reality for a company ...