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Same Process … Same Results … Change it for the Better Results

In Six Sigma Quality Training, we were taught that a good repeatable process should always produce the same results … with little variation and few errors. That is a good thing for many processes such as manufacturing widgets, processing customer orders, paying bills, etc. It is not a good thing in a Strategic Sourcing project. [...]

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