What is Six Sigma? Six Sigma (DMAIC) is a process improvement methodology using data and statistical analysis to identify and fix problem/opportunity areas. Six Sigma also refers to a deployment model that aligns employees with a series of high-impact projects. Six Sigma delivers a variety of benefits to companies including: reducing costs, increasing revenues, improving process speed, raising quality levels, enhancing the employee experience and deepening customer relationships.

Six Sigma has been used across a variety of industries and business models, from service to manufacturing. During that time, no approach to business process improvement has built the track record of Six Sigma:

• 10-20 percentage point improvements in gross margins
• Enhanced relationships with customers
• Efficient processes and discipline within an organization
• Sustained benefits (not just one-off improvements disappearing with time)
• Enduring change through the continued execution of projects years after initial deployment

Deployed correctly, Six Sigma has the ability to generate breakthrough value in a business. At GE, Ford Motor Company, Motorola, ConocoPhillips and hundreds of other large and small companies, Six Sigma has provided billions of dollars of top-line growth and bottom-line earnings improvement.

Ms. Woodyear was trained by Six Sigma Academy while working at ConocoPhillips.  She obtained her Blackbelt Certification after saving more than $1,000,000 at the company's Lake Charles Refinery.