Yes, but it is still hot. Didn’t really become hot until the ‘90s (Motorola invented it; I am white-belt certified. ;-) )
And now they have LEAN!
All this nonsense in business. When I started my last job it was “design-to-cost” (DTC). Some years later there I took a class with the same principle - but they called it “Cost as an Independent Variable” (CAIV). Don’t call it DTC! We’ll look irrelevant and obsolete!
wow white belt i can only spell 6 sigma. my boss uses the bell curve for evaluating all of us. i don’t have the heart to get him the book “the Bell Curve”.
not enough smart babies. me most of friends and Rush all not adding the curve. i’m 62 and just trying to survive.