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The Pyzdek Institute online Six Sigma Black Belt training and Six Sigma Green Belt training was written and is presented by Thomas Pyzdek, author of The Six Sigma Handbook and numerous other authoritative works. The Six Sigma Handbook is used by thousands of organizations, Six Sigma training companies, and universities around the world as their standard reference for Six Sigma. It is the standard reference in the field. When you obtain your Six Sigma training and Six Sigma certification from this trusted source, you can be sure that it will be recognized by virtually any employer, anywhere. As for the quality of our program, our student comments say it all. We offer several flexible training packages. Here are a few of our most popular.

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What is Six Sigma?

By Thomas Pyzdek, Author of The Six Sigma Handbook

For Motorola, the originator of Six Sigma, the answer to the question "Why Six Sigma?" was simple: survival. Motorola came to Six Sigma because it was being consistently beaten in the competitive marketplace by foreign firms that were able to produce higher quality products at a lower cost. When a Japanese firm took over a Motorola factory that manufactured Quasar television sets in the United States in the 1970s, they promptly set about making drastic changes in the way the factory operated. Under Japanese management, the factory was soon producing TV sets with 1/20th the number of defects they had produced under Motorola management. They did this using the same workforce, technology, and designs, making it clear that the problem was Motorola's management. Eventually, even Motorola's own executives had to admit "our quality stinks." Read More...