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With Welch in the front row of the auditorium furiously scribbling notes on a yellow pad, the managers recounted how they used new ideas to squeeze still more profit out of the lean machine that is GE. One after another explained how quality efforts cut costs and mistakes, enhanced productivity, led to greater market share, and eliminated the need for investment in new plant and equipment.

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At the meeting to welcome the new year and to award the company’s newest heroes, the managers explained how they had used the new ideas from the Six Sigma program to squeeze more profit out of the lean machine that is GE.

在迎新和推选公司最新英雄的会上,经理们解释了他们是怎么利用“六西格玛”项目中的新点子从已是很精干的通用电气这台机器上获取更多的利润。