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By accessing or using sixsigmakaizen.com, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

Educational Purpose Only

SixSigmaKaizen.com provides educational content, commentary, templates, references, and general information related to Lean Six Sigma, quality engineering, manufacturing, leadership, operations, AI, and automation.

The content is provided for informational purposes only. It is not legal advice, financial advice, professional engineering advice for a specific application, regulatory compliance advice, or a substitute for consultation with qualified professionals who understand your specific environment, risk profile, and requirements.

No Professional or Client Relationship

Your use of this website does not create a consultant-client, engineer-client, attorney-client, fiduciary, or other professional relationship between you and the site owner.

User Responsibilities

You agree to use the site only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not:

• Violate applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights.
• Attempt to interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the site.
• Transmit malicious code, spam, or harmful automated requests.
• Copy, scrape, or republish content in a way that exceeds fair use or permitted sharing.
• Misrepresent the source, authorship, or context of materials from the site.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise noted, the text, branding, graphics, page structure, downloads, templates, and original materials on this site are owned by SixSigmaKaizen.com or used with permission. You may view, print, and use the content for personal, internal, or non-commercial reference purposes, but you may not reproduce, sell, republish, distribute, or create derivative works from the content without permission, except where applicable law allows limited use.

No Warranty

This site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not guarantee that the content is complete, accurate, current, reliable, suitable for your specific use case, or free from errors or omissions.

Operational, quality, manufacturing, and AI-related guidance often depends on context. You are responsible for evaluating whether any recommendation, framework, or example is appropriate for your actual process, business, regulatory, safety, and customer environment.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SixSigmaKaizen.com and its owner will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of the site or reliance on its content. This includes, without limitation, loss of data, loss of profits, process failures, production downtime, product quality issues, compliance problems, or business interruption.

Third-Party Links and Resources

This site may link to third-party websites, tools, retailers, platforms, or services. We do not control those third-party resources and are not responsible for their availability, content, policies, products, or services. Accessing third-party links is at your own risk.

SMS / Text Messaging Program Terms

SixSigmaKaizen.com Text Alerts is an SMS program that sends new guide and newsletter notifications to subscribers who opt in at sixsigmakaizen.com/text-alerts/. By opting in, you agree to the following program terms in addition to these Terms of Use.

• Consent: By submitting your mobile number and checking the consent box on the opt-in form, you agree to receive recurring automated marketing text messages from SixSigmaKaizen.com at that number, including messages sent using an autodialer. Signing up is entirely optional. Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of accessing any guide, template, newsletter, or other content or service on this site, nor a condition of any purchase.
• Message frequency: Message frequency varies. You should expect up to 4 messages per month.
• Cost: Message and data rates may apply. Contact your wireless carrier for details about your messaging plan.
• Supported carriers: This program is available on major U.S. wireless carriers. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
• Opt-out: Reply STOP to any message at any time to cancel. You will receive one final confirmation message. After opting out, you may still receive messages related to any transaction already in progress.
• Help: Reply HELP to any message, or email [email protected], for assistance.
• Eligibility: You must be the account holder or have the account holder's permission for the mobile number provided, and be at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction.
• Changes: We may modify or discontinue the Text Alerts program, its message frequency, or these program terms at any time. Material changes will be reflected on the Text Alerts page.

How we handle the phone number and consent data collected through this program is described in our Privacy Policy.

Affiliate and Advertising Relationships

Some pages may contain affiliate links or advertising. Those relationships are disclosed in our Affiliate Disclosure and Advertising Disclosure. Your use of the site is also subject to those disclosures.

Changes to the Site

We may modify, suspend, remove, or update any part of the site at any time without notice. We may also revise these Terms of Use from time to time. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Contact

Questions about these Terms of Use may be sent to [email protected].