https://6sigma.com/lean-or-six-sigma-is-necessary-but-insufficient/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Fri, 28 Feb 2025 05:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://6sigma.com/lean-or-six-sigma-is-necessary-but-insufficient/#comment-24988 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:28:47 +0000 https://opexlearning.com/resources/?p=486#comment-24988 Excellent post! No only was Six Sigma necessary but not sufficient to Motorola’s success, it may have directly impacted the strategy to keep them in the game. When digital cell phones started to come out, they consciously decided not to shift from analog because of “quality”. Digital just wasn’t good enough quality wise (in terms of sound, I suppose) to analog. I think this decision to adhere to quality (who could argue with that back at the time) allowed a fledgling Nokia at the time to become what it is today. By the time Motorola figured out what was going on, it was too late. They’ve done some good things with RZOR and recent phone models but not enough to get them out of a foundering state in my opinion.

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