At their core, Six Sigma and other process improvement methodologies have one thing in coming: creating a data driven culture. But creating that culture is the toughest challenge they face, according to the Aberdeen Group's Lean Six Sigma Benchmark Report (see link below). According to Evan Miller, President of Hertzler Systems Inc (www.hertzler.com), this is a challenge because of the Six Sigma Data Shuffle (see link below). Bright, highly skilled (and compensated) individuals spend far too much of their time massaging, scrubbing, compiling and manipulating data in order to get useful information. If you want a data driven culture, ensure your people have real-time access to clean, actionable data. To subscribe to the Better Process Podcast in iTunes, click the Better Process Podcast link above and click on the iTunes logo. The show will automatically show up in iTunes when a new one is released.

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