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Six Sigma and Business Process Management

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Business process management lacks an integrated set of analysis methods for removing unneeded process steps, identifying inefficient or ineffective process steps, or simply determining which process steps to focus on for improvement. Often, tools and techniques from Six Sigma, an orientation to error-proofing that originated in the quality movement of the 1980s, are borrowed for those tasks. This chapter defines several Six Sigma techniques and shows through a case study how they can be used to improve deficient processes. Six Sigma combined with lean waste removal techniques can add significant value to a process improvement project.

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Conger, S. (2015). Six Sigma and Business Process Management. In: vom Brocke, J., Rosemann, M. (eds) Handbook on Business Process Management 1. International Handbooks on Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45100-3_6

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