Having decided to write about Six Sigma, I did a quick search on the Google™ search engine, www.google.com. Even though I came up with about 187,000 hits, it did not deter me. Nor is it preventing Jim Tira from Honeywell from talking about it in his presentation at our upcoming symposium on Adhesives for Product Assembly later this month. (See pages 100-101 for complete details.)
Word is out that some companies that have adopted the Six Sigma process have been disappointed in the results. That’s why Subir Chowdhury wrote The Power of Six Sigma: An Inspiring Tale of How Six Sigma Is Transforming the Way We Work (Dearborn Trade, 2001, ISBN: 0-7931-4434-5, U.S. $17.95, Canada $26.95). Chowdhury is executive vice president of the American Supplier Institute and former chairman of the American Society for Quality’s Automotive Division.