Market Research: Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma in Corporate America

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This report explores the state of Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma in the 500 largest publicly held companies in the United States. It includes information on Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma deployment scopes (e.g., belts only, pilot, business unit or enterprise-wide), budgets, numbers of Belts and deployment leaders (name and title). The report is 33 pages of narrative and research data in pdf format and a modifiable spreadsheet in Excel format. This report includes a yearly subscription, which is defined as three (3) quarterly updates in Microsoft Excel format provided after the report's initial purchase.

Total number of Names and Titles of Six Sigma and DFSS Deployment Leaders: (as of 11/1/06)
 • Six Sigma Deployment Leader Names: 134
 • Six Sigma Deployment Leader Titles: 130
 • DFSS Deployment Leader Names: 44
 • DFSS Deployment Leader Titles: 43
(Please note: we do not provide contact details, just names and titles)

Total number of companies where the following information is available: (as of 11/1/06)
 • Implementing Six Sigma: 266
      - Scope-Enterprise-wide: 143
      - Scope-Business-unit: 38
      - Scope-Pilot: 11
      - Scope-Belts: 13
      - Scope-Unknown: 61
 • 2006 Budget estimates: 49
 • Total numbers of Black Belts and Master Black Belts: 56
 • Date company started Six Sigma: 109

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Summary of Data
Introduction
Six Sigma
Market for Six Sigma
Design for Six Sigma
Belt Statistics
Market for Belts
Budget Statistics
2006 Annual Budget Estimates
2007 Budget Trend
Research Data Spreadsheets