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What
is Six Sigma?
If you ask several people who
are familiar with Six Sigma (6s) to explain what is
Six
Sigma,
you will surely get several differing responses. You will
often hear that Six Sigma is
clearly a …
Methodology,
Measurement program, or
Statistics
….,
while others may say that Six Sigma
is merely a …
Business culture,
Set of quality tools, or
A way to eliminate waste
In
actuality, Six Sigma exhibits all of the above characteristics, but
it is simply & ultimately
this: a way to enhance
profitability.
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free to contact us at: 877 388-3239 or info@learnlean.org
Six Sigma Belts:
Certified Six Sigma
practitioners are officially referred to as a “belt”. Like
the Japanese art
of self-defense, what “belt” the person is granted depends on
his/her collective level of
training, expertise, experience, & certification. Also
like the Japanese martial arts system of
progression, beginners usually start by training & earning a
Green Belt. The following
highlights what can be expected out of a Certified Six Sigma
Belts:
Green Belt
- Intermediate understanding of
process improvement (sequence of
events)
- Good command of basic quality
tools (e.g. Fishbone, Flow Chart, Pareto,
etc.)
- Expert comprehension of basic
statistics (e.g. mean, median, standard deviation,
confidence
interval, capabilities)
- Able to read & comprehend
basic Control Charts (continuous
data)
- Able to conduct & analyze
basic Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Can lead a local process
improvement effort from start to
finish
Black Belt
- Expert understanding of
process improvement
- Expert command of basic &
advanced quality tools (e.g. QFD, FMEA, Decision
Matrix,
etc.)
- Good comprehension of advanced
statistics (e.g. Regression Analysis, ANOVA,
Normality
Tests)
- Can read, comprehend, &
construct basic Control Charts (continuous &
discrete
data)
- Able to conduct & analyze
advanced Design of Experiments (Partial
Factorials)
- Can enact as a teacher/coach
to Green Belts
- Can lead Green Belts on a
large-scale process improvement effort from start to
finish
Master Black Belt
- Expert understanding of
process improvement
- Expert command of all quality
tools
- Full comprehension of advanced
statistics
- Full comprehension of all
Control Charts types
- Full comprehension of Design
of Experiments
- Can enact as a teacher/coach
to Black Belts
- Can lead Black Belts on a
global-scale process improvement effort from start to
finish
Note:
SSCI does not offer Master Black
Belt courses at this time.
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