The Six Sigma Handbook, Revised and Expanded, 2nd Edition

2.5. INFORMATION SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS

Six Sigma technical leaders work to extract actionable knowledge from an organization's information warehouse. To assure access to the needed information, Six Sigma activities should be closely integrated with the information systems (IS) of the organization. Obviously, the skills and training of Six Sigma technical leaders must be supplemented by an investment in software and hardware. It makes little sense to hamstring these experts by saving a few dollars on computers or software. Six Sigma often requires the analysis of huge amounts of data using highly sophisticated algorithms. The amount of time required to perform the analysis can be considerable, even with today's advanced processing equipment. Without ...