Saturday, November 22, 2008

What is Required for Integrating Six Sigma Into Your Company

By Craig Calvin

If you are one of the few who have not worked with Six Sigma, you need to read this. Six Sigma is a way of creating a more proficient employee base. Some parts of management may be taken aback, because they may not get how it works. The following illustrates the guidelines to the program.

1. Executive Level. This consists of the officers and higher up management teams. Their main part in the program is approval of the Six Sigma training and firing the employees up for the needed changes.

2. The Champions are the ones from the executive level who are chosen to put their energies in the Six Sigma training implementation alone. They will also be sure that the programs are rolled out in a proper way. They should also mentor the ones chosen to be black belts.

3. Master Black Belts are the ones chosen by the Champions. They go through the entire Six Sigma courses and spend all their time managing the Six Sigma implementation. As assumed, their names mean they are the masters of quality management and improving processes.

4. Black Belts. Six Sigma black belts receive Six Sigma training similar to that of the Master Black Belts, but they usually are assigned to implementing Six Sigma on a departmental rather than organizational level. Also, instead of making goals, these key employees focus on reaching them. They work closely with Master Black Belts and spend all of their working hours on the Six Sigma process.

5. Green Belts go through Six Sigma training, but on a smaller scale. They assist the Black Belts, introducing the philosophy to the workers. They create the foundation for colleagues to be able to report problems in the process. - 15433

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