By: Craig Calvin | 2010-11-21 | Business Green belts who become successful candidates are team players and who are at home as part of a group effort to start and finish change. This position is quite different than candidates that prefer to be leader, as they are not the ideal candidate for green belt training and should instead be encouraged to seek a black belt certification. read more
By: Craig Calvin | 2011-01-09 | Construction Whether you are an individual or a business, Six Sigma black belt training is something that is a wise investment. Understanding the black belt position will allow you to designated the correct employees to this role. read more
By: Tony Jacowski | 2010-03-26 | Management The Six Sigma methodology is facilitated by people at all different levels in the organization. Each level is assigned a value within the system that denotes and individual's role within the system. Six Sigma Black Belts are the fourth link in the personnel chain, linking the lower Green Belts with the higher ranked Master Black Belts. read more
By: Tony Jacowski | 2010-04-01 | Management What Six Sigma project leaders need is not just a functional know-how of the business, but change management competencies and the ability to improve, design and manage processes throughout the organization. To this end, Six Sigma Black Belts can be good candidates for future leaders. read more
By: Lisa Wagner | 2011-03-14 | Management Having additional qualifications can enhance your job prospects and Six Sigma certification is a plus. If you are in the field of management, it is essential to keep yourself abreast of the latest. Six Sigma is a way for companies to train employees to prepare them for management. There are various degrees of Six Sigma that can help the worker to be better at their job as well as teach them how to read more
By: Tony Jacowski | 2010-04-01 | Management Six Sigma is a methodology that is aimed at reducing defects and bringing about quality according to the requirements and satisfaction of customers. It is important to understand the organizational structure of a team that undertakes Six Sigma initiatives. The various roles are similar to the martial arts' naming convention. read more
By: steve jones | 2008-12-14 | Project management This report critically considers the use, role and influence of Six Sigma and how this relates to the service environment and service issues. It will explore and question the background, benefits and limitations of such a methodology, to clarify a case study of Six Sigma in healthcare regarding drug doses will be given to demonstrate the processes involved and the results Six Sigma implementation can have. Source: http://www.study-aids.co.uk read more
By: Sean Dozier | 2010-04-01 | Management Have you heard of Six Sigma? What are you first thoughts? Do you see an over used, over promised, and over priced consulting gimmick? read more
By: Jen Barnum | 2010-08-02 | Business Business Successful companies may be using the Six Sigma method. This method uses a strategy that provides improvement in business processes. The Six Sigma method was created in 1981 by an individual in the Motorola Company mainly for use in its manufacturing sector. It is a way to overcome obstacles and eliminating them by using statistical analysis and trained specialists in specific areas of expertise. It states that processes have certain characteristics that can be analyzed, measured controlled and improved. There are so many naysayers in the world of Six Sigma, that the process has actual... read more
By: Craig Calvin | 2011-02-03 | Business There is no rule that says that you must take Six Sigma Green Belt training before training to be a Black Belt or Master Black Belt and many people skip this step entirely. Green Belts may be considered lesser on the food chain then a Black Belt, however these individuals are key to implementing the program and they are those who put the projects into motion. read more
By: Craig Calvin | 2010-12-21 | Leadership Successful six sigma champions are a hybrid cross between Hilary Clinton and Achilles the warrior. However, finding a complete six sigma champion may be difficult, since being a good champion requires more than top diplomatic skills and the heart of a warrior. Six sigma champions should also be good at business and operations interface, project selection, pace mediation and rules implementation. read more
By: Tony Jacowski | 2010-03-30 | Management Different companies, with an aim to reduce errors and variations, have put Six Sigma methodologies to good use. A reduction in defects leads to improved yields - and improved yields bring in improved profits. The aim of Lean tools is the elimination of waste and improvement in the flow of processes. This helps speed up the entire process. read more
By: Nate Joris | 2010-10-29 | Management Initially developed by Motorola, the Six Sigma process will get its name from the manufacturing process maturity scores which might be measured in sigmas. With every ranking, the variety of defects is meant to go down and go more towards perfection. A producing process achieves six sigma when it has attained a state that is near perfection. Statistically this is when out of all merchandise manufactured, 99.99966% are anticipated to be defect free. Which means only 3.5 defects per million product read more