Released on: July 8, 2008, 6:32 am

Press Release Author: Thomas R. Cutler

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Hertzler Systems CEO Evan Miller Puts Six Sigma in
Perspective in Business Excellence Magazine

Press Release Body: Hertzler Systems (www.hertzler.com) provides seamless, accurate
data acquisition solutions that drive business transformation. The company provides
the leading real-time data acquisition and analytics software, the GainSeeker Suite.
This powerful and flexible system is best used by lean and progressive companies.
Gainseeker Suite allows companies to connect with devices and other information
systems, collecting data and alarming key personnel when problems arise; this
technology allows organizations to analyze data for root cause problems, converting
data into knowledge.


Evan Miller, CEO of Hertzler Systems, manufacturer of GainSeeker Software, sets the
scene for the debate over the effectiveness of Six Sigma in the current issue of
Business Excellence magazine. According to Miller, “Most business initiatives have
the shelf life of cottage cheese…Six Sigma has had remarkable staying power in the
face of that, but there are enough detractors out there who have an axe to grind of
one sort or another who stand to benefit from criticizing it. One type of
detractor is the voice of status quo which rather cynically says ‘there is no new
thing under the sun. This too shall pass and we can go back to normal life’. Then
there are the people within the business improvement arena who want to distinguish
themselves and proclaim that they have the next big thing…. to do that they have to
dethrone the aging king, Six Sigma.”


The entire feature article can be read at
http://trcutlerinc.com/Business%20Excellence%20June%2008%20by%20TR%20Cutler.pdf.

Miller also notes in the article authored by leading manufacturing journalist,
Thomas R. Cutler, “One arena for Six Sigma growth is among smaller organizations
which are now deriving value from the program. Small organizations can get a lot of
value from Six Sigma implementations, but they have to be really smart about how
they execute…while you’d be hard pressed to find a black belt who would say that
data is not important, our actions often speak louder than words. So often, projects
are scoped using estimates, and black belts and green belts are left scrambling to
find data to quantify the problem.” Six Sigma successes always require a focus on
data systems.



Hertzler Systems Inc.
www.hertzler.com
Adrienne DePew
Communications Manager
info@hertzler.com
800.958.2709


Web Site: http://www.hertzler.com

Contact Details: Hertzler Systems
2312 Eisenhower Dr. N.
Goshen, IN 46526
800-958-2709