Six Sigma Quotes

“Control your own Destiny or somebody else will”
― Jack Welch, Jack: Straight from the Gut

“When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.”
― Karen Martin, The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence

“Kaizen should be done when times are good or when the company is profitable, since your efforts to streamline and make improvements when the company is poor are limited to reduction in staff. Even if you try to go lean and cut out the fat to improve business performance, when your business is in a very difficult position financially there is no fat to be cut. If you are cutting out muscle, which you need, then you cannot say that your efforts to become lean are succeeding.The most important thing about doing kaizen is to do kaizen when times are good, the economy is strong, and the company is profitable”
― Taiichi Ohno

“Chaos is the enemy of any organization the strives to be outstanding.”
― Karen Martin, The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence

“If you want engagement, you must engage.”
― Karen Martin, The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence

“Chaos is NOT a condition of doing business.”
― Karen Martin, The Outstanding Organization: Generate Business Results by Eliminating Chaos and Building the Foundation for Everyday Excellence

“QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things”
― Richie Norton

“Everyone in an organization should be integrated in pursuing the dual goals of zero breakdowns and zero defects." -Ramesh Lohia and Jack T. Parker - iSixSigmaKaizen. In Quality Quotes, March 23, 2015, Knowledge Center, ASQ [ AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY]”
― Ramesh Lohia and Jack T. Parker

“For any business decision, there are only two choices: action or inaction. The best option is to take action." - Ramesh Lohia and Jack T. Parker, consultants, iSixSigmaKaizen . In Quality Quotes, February 25, 2015, Knowledge Center, ASQ [ AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY]”
― Ramesh Lohia and Jack T. Parker

“Accomplishing our quality goals should be straightforward, efficient, and productive.”
― Penelope Przekop, Six Sigma for Business Excellence

“Customer satisfaction is the key determinant of quality. If a product satisfies the customer or meets the customer's specifications, then it is acceptable. Otherwise, it is defective in some way. To define the quality of any product, one must fully understand customer needs and specifications.”
― Penelope Przekop, Six Sigma for Business Excellence