For example, some analysts attribute the very survival, and nowadays existence, of Motorola to the adoption of this approach as part of its organisational culture as it helped it to produce $16 billion dollars in savings during the period 1986-2001 (Eckes, 2001; Hendricks and Kelbaugh, 1998). Similarly, other large organisations such as General Electric (GE), 3Mand Honeywell also reported significant savings in their operations due to the use of Six Sigma (Arndt, 2004; GE Annual Report, 2002; 3M Annual Report, 2003; Honeywell Annual Report, 2002).