A Word on Buzzwords:

At Sherman Systems, we don't like to make light of the powerful tools developed over the past several decades for organizations to evaluate and improve their processes. However, all of us have, at one time or another, bumped up against 'buzzwords' - those popular names that become entrenched in management jargon with little consideration for what they really mean.

In and of themselves, buzzwords are harmless; however, the caveat of methodologies tagged by buzzwords is that they can be inappropriately deployed by leaders. No single methodology can be applied to every process or system, yet valuable approaches such as Six Sigma and Total Quality Management (TQM) have frequently been mis-applied to processes, yielding poor results. In many cases, this is due to the fact that the methodology has attained a buzzword status in the organization - it is the solution for everything!

At Sherman Systems, we pride ourselves on our ability to deploy the right tools for your process, not brandishing a universal methodology that may or may not deliver the results you need.