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		<title><![CDATA[A Marriage Made in Heaven: Combining Six Sigma With Process Management to Reach Unprecedented Levels of Business Performance]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a growing movement among leading companies to combine their various business process change efforts. This article describes how recent efforts to combine Six Sigma and BPM technologies have resulted in major advances in business performance. It illustrates how organizations in various industries combine BPM technologies and Six Sigma...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Convergence of Six Sigma and Process Management]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper presents the compelling reasons why recent technology advancements are creating an accelerated trend to combine Process Management and Six Sigma to form a more robust approach to sustainable business performance improvement. Process Management and Six Sigma methodologies have been in existence for more than 15 years. Both approaches...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Six Sigma in Service Process Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156665]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper describes the service industry. Service Processes consume a large portion of a company's operating margin and it is not surprising that of late, Six Sigma efforts have been directed at these processes in an effort to model, measure, modify and improve them. Typical problems in Six Sigma efforts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Complete Guide to Understanding & Implementing ISO 9001’s Process Management Requirements]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of applying a "process approach" to managing a quality management system is clearly the most radical change made to ISO 9001 with the release of the 2000 version of that standard. It has become the source of great confusion across all affected parties. The article summarize, ISO 9K2K...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spotlight on process management]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing processes is a central issue in modern improvement theory. The writers of this article tries to explain why they believe that in order to manage processes effectively it is essential to create good process control and an effective information system. The 7M approach for classifying different causes for process...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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