The Turkish Textile Foundation is focusing on "6 Sigma" trainings to prepare its members for global competition. To date, Saray Carpets and Bahariye Textiles have taken advantage of this training provided by Matris Consulting and paid for by the Turkish Textile Foundation. The training continues at Kar-su while Soktas employees will begin the "6 Sigma" training in October. The training not only makes companies more effective in international markets, it also makes significant contributions to company finances. According to the figures provided by officials from Saray Carpets, they have completed ten "6 Sigma" projects which have made a contribution of 1.5 million dollars to company books. Meanwhile, the worth of the first "6 Sigma" trainings at Bahariye was calculated as 300,000 YTL. The foundation will continue to provide 6 Sigma training in the new quarter following a different method. October 24th has been set as the deadline for participation. Turkish Textile Foundation's Secretary General Oguzhan Oguz noted that companies have received tremendous benefit from the "6 Sigma" training. He said their goal was to enable companies to increase their corporate capabilities and grow stronger in the competitive global marketplace so that they could launch new initiatives.

Oguz said, "For this purpose, the Turkish Textile Foundation's management has adopted the vision, methodology and system embodied in Six Sigma,one of the most effective tools for achieving its founding principle of ensuring that the Turkish textile industry continues to play an important role in the domestic economy and world markets. In 2007, these applications were begun with Saray Carpets, Karsu and Bahariye Textiles."
Noting that there are two different types of "6 Sigma" training, known as 'Black Belt' and 'Green Belt', Oguz said, "Black belt training lasts 23 days while green belt training lasts 10. There is a difference in quality between the two training courses. Green belt training will provide an average of 50,000 dollars worth of improvement per person while black belt training is double this amount."