The name, Six Sigma, is taken from the approach's statistical roots. If a product or process has a six sigma level of consistency, then it is experiencing only 3.4 defects per million. In other words, six sigma products and processes are 99.99966% consistent. In order to reach these results, Six Sigma efforts pursue the following five objectives:
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