Whereas Six Sigma is a management concept developed by
Motorola and was heavily inspired by 6 preceding decades of quality improvement
methodologies such as quality control, TQM, and Zero Defects based on the work
of pioneers such as Shewhart, Deming, Juran, Ishikawa, Taguchi, and
others;
Whereas Six Sigma seeks to identify errors with the intent
of minimizing defects and improving organizational outcomes;
Whereas continuous efforts to achieve stable and
predictable process results are of vital importance to business success;
Whereas all business and organizational processes have
characteristics that can be measured, analyzed, improved, and
controlled;
Whereas achieving sustained quality improvement requires
commitment from the entire organization, particularly from top-level
management;
Whereas the goal of Six Sigma is to reduce process errors
to less than 3.4 defects per million;
Whereas 3.4 defects per million provides managers and
supervisors with a metric by which to judge performance improvement
initiatives;
Whereas Lean Six Sigma seeks to improve business methods
by increasing efficiencies and eliminating waste;
Whereas Lean Six Sigma requires managers to perform a
thorough analysis of organizational processes to determine what outputs are
desired and which can be eliminated; and
Whereas Six Sigma has a number of broad applications,
including the operations of the United States Government: Now, therefore, be
it
That it is the sense of the House of
Representatives that the Federal Government should incorporate the principles
of Lean Six Sigma to reduce government spending, eliminate waste, and provide
more efficient usage of taxpayer money and improved service to the
taxpayer.