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Textron launched Textron Six Sigma (TSS) in February 2002 as part of a company-wide transformation to become the premier multi-industry company. Textron’s own published materials report training nearly 700 Black Belts and more than 2,200 Green Belts, with the entire senior leadership team, including then-CEO Lewis Campbell, holding Green Belt certification.

Most large US and Canadian metro areas have Lean Six Sigma certification classes. SSDSI lists public training in cities such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington DC. It also lists London, Dubai, and Mexico City.

The city does not change the certificatio...

The best Lean Six Sigma training for a large organization is not the same program that works for one person. A large company needs five things an individual buyer does not: accreditation, group pricing at scale, multi-site delivery, a rollout plan, and post-class mentorship.

A provider that checks all five can train 20, 200, or 2,000 emp...

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Abbott applies Six Sigma differently than most companies: as a direct quality metric for its diagnostic instruments and assays, not only as an internal process improvement program. Abbott reports that 86% of its clinical chemistry assays achieve Six Sigma quality, which the company states gives it the highest proportion of Six Sigma assays in the i...