Companies are facing challenges in sustaining the energy and resources to continually benefit from Six Sigma. Black Belts face challenges in continuing to work on projects as these are becoming increasingly difficult to identify. Experts are talking about the ”Death of Six Sigma.“ Company leadership faces challenges, because they feel the need to renew their organizations through new initiatives. Having one initiative year after year could prove to be a boring task for leadership, as well as for employees. Sustaining Six Sigma, just like earlier programs, is a challenge. Some resources must be allocated to renewing the Six Sigma initiatives.

Current paradigm suggests that every tool, methodology or framework has a limited life. In this ever-changing business environment, people are looking for magic wands to solve their business problems. After taking Six Sigma classes, people realize that Six Sigma is a hard task. It requires personal commitment and team collaboration. It needs leadership pursuit for success.

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