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Fast Company September 2005 Martin Kihn	Six Sigma Stigma Ask Japanese carmaker about Six Sigma, and you'll be speaking Greek to them. No one disputes the worthiness of Six Sigma's intentions, much less the statistics. But this management trend may not be the be-all end-all that some believe it to be.
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007	Scrutinizing Six Sigma The story on 3M's evaluation of Six Sigma triggered a vigorous debate among readers.
IndustryWeek April 15, 2009 Steve Minter	Six Sigma's Growing Pains The popular quality methodology pays a price for not being a panacea.
HBS Working Knowledge September 12, 2005 Scott D. Anthony	Motorola's Bet on the Razr's Edge Motorola had grown a reputation for stodgy cell phone designs. How did the cell phone maker change from mundane to marvelous with the hit Razr phone? Start with low expectations.
BusinessWeek September 10, 2009 Burnsed & Thornton	Six Sigma Makes a Comeback With the outlook for sales growth dim, everyone from Target to Cadbury to Merck is turning to Six Sigma to squeeze out more savings.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2005 Tom Taulli	Motorola on the Razr's Edge The fight for the global share of mobile phones is intense. After much work -- and creative energy -- Motorola is climbing back. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Roger O. Crockett	Motorola: "A Shot of Adrenaline" Will a slew of new phones put an end to its slump?
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005	At Motorola, "a Hop in Everybody's Step" CEO Ed Zander admits he hasn't checked every box on his to-do list. But he's happy to take credit for galvanizing innovation at Motorola.
BusinessWeek August 8, 2005 Roger O. Crockett	How Motorola Got Its Groove Back Motorola CEO Edward J. Zander tries to remake the company into a master of innovation.
CIO August 15, 2003 Edward Prewitt	Six Sigma Comes to IT Once confined to manufacturing groups, the quality improvement program called Six Sigma is now being used to clean up IT's act.
IndustryWeek April 15, 2009 Steve Minter	Critical Success Factors The purpose of the Six Sigma projects is to make the company more efficient and competitive not to reduce their numbers.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Ben McClure	Motorola Slips Samsung steps around Motorola in the mobile phone market, pushing the company out of the No. 2 slot. But does the market shift really matter?
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Tom Taulli	Moto Losing Some Mojo Motorola had a strong quarter -- but not by Wall Street's standards. Despite healthy net income, the company spooked investors by indicating that its sales weren't as rosy as Wall Street had expected.
CRM October 18, 2004 Jason Compton	Six Sigma Returns to CRM Companies are applying this statistical business improvement methodology to sales and marketing processes, looking for those characteristics of an opportunity that have the greatest chance of success, or those leads that show the hallmarks of quality.
IndustryWeek December 1, 2002 Jill Jusko	Best Practices -- Prevention Is The Cure While Six Sigma tackles products or processes that already are flawed, Design For Six Sigma aims to create new products or processes that are nearly perfect right from the start.
InternetNews November 16, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Motorola: Made in India Motorola today made three announcements that underline the importance of India as both a manufacturing hub and an emerging market.
The Motley Fool February 15, 2006 W.D. Crotty	Motorola's Making Sense The cell phone giant announces a hush-hush strategy for its new products. Investors would be well served to step back, look at the industry, and consider what Motorola is doing.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	Six Sigma, Lean Come Together More companies these days are looking for candidates who demonstrate a mix of lean and Six Sigma skills.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2008 Rick Pay	Everybody's Jumping on the Lean Bandwagon, But Many Are Being Taken for a Ride Lean might not always produce the expected benefits and here's why.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Dropped Call at Motorola? Although the effects are temporary, Razr glitches could mean bad news for Motorola. Investors, take note.
InternetNews July 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Motorola Thins Out The RAZR Line Motorola's new line of Razr handsets is slimmer than ever, and the company hopes the they will expand the customer base of its already popular line of cell phones.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Motorola Stalls It's time for Motorola to ditch the money-losing cell phones, as this one division brings down the whole company.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2008 John Teresko	How to Organize for Lean/Six Sigma To enable the maximum potential of lean/Six Sigma efforts, focus on more than the factory floor.
InternetNews January 12, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Motorola President and COO Steps Down Motorola president and COO Mike S. Zafirovski will resign at month's end to seek a CEO position.
InternetNews January 19, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Motorola's Red Ink Means Pink Slips Motorola's income falls nearly 50 percent as 3,500 workers get the axe.
InternetNews January 5, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Motorola Falls on Cell Phone Slump Motorola stock fell on preliminary word that profits from cell phone sales won't match expectations.
InternetNews April 12, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Motorola Takes Linux to Mobile Task Motorola is now positioning Linux to be its default platform for innovation.
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Joseph Weber	"Mosh Pits" Of Creativity Innovation labs are sparking teamwork - and breakthrough products.
InternetNews November 30, 2007 Larry Barrett	Motorola CEO Zander Says Goodbye To little surprise, Ed Zander announced his resignation from the Motorola's top post and will be replaced by COO Greg Brown.
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Motorola Gives Education in Recycling A new phone recycling program cleans the environment while putting cash in school coffers.
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Roben Farzad	Activist Investors Not Welcome Activist hedge fund manager Carl C. Icahn's interference at Motorola stands in the way of its mission.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2003 Jeff Hwang	Motorola Gets New CEO Motorola looks to former Sun exec for help.
HBS Working Knowledge November 28, 2005 Sean Silverthorne	Ed Zander on Motorola's Tech Turnaround The CEO talks about Motorola's continuing turnaround, the future of cell phones, and what it takes to lead in technology.
InternetNews March 10, 2004 Alexander Wolfe	Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Surge Gartner study sees demand continuing (in 2004), as Motorola plans multimedia strategy.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Motorola Goes On the Cheap The handset maker wins a contract to provide cheap phones to emerging markets.
IndustryWeek April 15, 2009 Steve Minter	MAG Giddings & Lewis MAG's CEO says Six Sigma fails since companies often picking the wrong people for Black Belts, don't follow the define, measure, analyze, improve, control process and don't have the necessary executive leadership and commitment.
Investment Advisor September 2009	Broker/Dealer of the Year, Division III Quick company stats of Sigma Financial Corp.
BusinessWeek December 5, 2005 Roger O. Crockett	The Leading Edge Is Razr-Thin Motorola's cool Razr phone has Samsung and other rivals in hot pursuit.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Rich Smith	Motorola and the Profit That Wasn't A penny a share? Hardly.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2005 Rich Smith	Stocks Fools Love: Motorola Purchase Motorola or Nokia?: Motorola has got something that Nokia doesn't: recent sales and profits growth that's been ignored by a stubbornly pessimistic Wall Street.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2004 Ben McClure	Motorola Makes Noise The technology giant finally makes a move to improve performance, reducing headcount at three of Motorola's divisions. Frustrated investors take heart; this could be the start of much-needed fixing at Motorola.
InternetNews October 19, 2005 David Needle	Motorola Sues Nortel CEO Motorola has filed a suit against Mike Zafirovski, its former president and chief operating officer, accusing him of breaking the non-compete clause in his contract.
IndustryWeek May 20, 2009	Letters to the Editor For June 2009 Six Sigma debate continues... Manufacturing and manufacturing incentives are the only way out of this financial mess....
InternetNews March 23, 2004 Erin Joyce	Motorola Sees Opportunities in the 'Space Between' Seamless mobility is one thing, but handsets that can talk to each other across different networks are where the big opportunities are, the company's new CEO says.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Is Motorola's Future Rosy? Investors did not give the company a ringing endorsement today.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Ranking Continuous Improvement Methods Lean manufacturing tops the list of responses to a survey about continuous improvement programs.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Anders Bylund	What's Up With Motorola Today? Third-quarter earnings were good but not great. The reason behind today's rocket ride lies ahead.
Fast Company April 2006 Chuck Salter	Moto's Mojo Motorola's new Pebl cell phone marks the triumph of design at the venerable company. But is it magical enough to become the next touchstone of telecom, or will people just skip it?