Data is important to your Six Sigma initiative. Thus, if you are thinking of going into Six Sigma, you better learn how to gather and interpret data at the very least.
Oracle put out a white paper titled, Increasing Return on Investment with Data Services.
As the number of applications and platforms generating data increases, so does an organization’s need to give users access to that data through a unified, standard system compatible with multiple interfaces. Oracle Data Service Integrator is a powerful solution that allows organizations to build data services that unify business processes and data for easier use and improved customer service.
Six Sigma : Your Resource for Strategic Management. Meikah Delid. Eversun Software 2006.