SigmaXL is a graphical and statistical add-in tool for Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...

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SigmaXL is a commonly used tool in Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1986. , it is widely used in many sectors of industry.Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and...

 training and implementation. It has been used in medical and scientific research articles.

SigmaXL was developed in 1997 by John Noguera and Cynthia Cumby. It is distributed by SigmaXL Inc., a privately owned company located in Toronto

Toronto

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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Further reading

• Bass, Issa, and Barbara Lawton. Lean Six Sigma Using SigmaXL and Minitab. McGraw-Hill, 2009. Print. ISBN 9780071621304
• Sye, George Lee. Process Mastery with Lean Six Sigma: A Practitioner’s Guide To The Utilisation of Modern Day Lean Six Sigma Methodology. 2nd ed. Soarent Pty. Ltd. (2009). Print. ISBN 9781920875114
• Urdhwareshe, Hemant. Six Sigma for Business Excellence: Approach, Tools and Applications. Pearson Education in India, 2011. Print. ISBN 9788131731543