The Six Sigma Journey at Dupont


Posted by: meikah | 24 March 2009 | 8:40 pm

Six Sigma at Dupont

When I read the news this morning that Dupont Fabros is leasing out  its new data center space, I thought to myself: isn’t Dupont a Six Sigma company?

It is. In 2000, Dupont’s new mantra was Six Sigma. Don Linsenmann, leader of DuPont’s Six Sigma program, then said that the company was doing it to achieve that competitive advantage. “It’s so different from how work gets done, but so rationally arguable about how work should be done.”

But Dupont’s Six Sigma Journey really began in 1990. The initiative was for re-inventing itself to compete in an increasingly knowledge-driven economy. By 2006, the Six Sigma program generated several billion dollars in savings and top-line growth under the leadership of Corporate Champion, Don Linsenmann.

Let me share with you a case study of Dupont’s Six Sigma journey. Read on…

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