| An important innovation of Six Sigma culture is the | | | | Green Belts-are floor leads and members of the |
| implementation of Six Sigma quality management | | | | team who are responsible for Six Sigma |
| functions. This implementation has led to the | | | | implementation and culture shift from old to new. |
| professionalization of quality. Before, Six Sigma quality | | | | Yellow Belts are the hands on application operator, |
| management was practiced on the production floor by | | | | trained to handle the production basics using Six Sigma |
| statisticians seeking to document production ups and | | | | management tools. These workers are the ones who |
| downs. These quality people rightfully discerned that by | | | | actually do the work. |
| repeating the process that turns out good work and | | | | The term Six Sigma was developed from the thought |
| service leads to better business results and happy | | | | that if one has Six standard deviations between the |
| customers. Implementation of Six Sigma language | | | | process mean and nearest spec limit, as visualized on |
| means talking in martial arts terminology to define the | | | | a graph, then practically no product or service will fail to |
| hierarchy of the Six Sigma culture. | | | | meet specifications. In other words, all work turned out |
| Implementing Six Sigma means identifying several key | | | | will be according to spec and therefore acceptable to |
| roles including; executive leadership which consists of | | | | the customer's requirements for satisfaction. In Six |
| CEO and top senior officials, who are responsible for | | | | Sigma implementation the methodology prescribes no |
| the vision behind Six Sigma implementation; | | | | more than 3.4 defects per 1000 pieces. This |
| Champions-who are responsible for implementation | | | | constitutes a near perfect run of production. Six Sigma |
| across the organization and mentor black Belts. | | | | maintains that speed is attained by removing the |
| Master black Belts- as selected by Champions and | | | | problematic speed bumps that are inherent in all |
| are the in-house pros who actually conduct Six Sigma | | | | production, boosting quality and delivery time as well as |
| implementation. | | | | customer satisfaction. It is important to understand that |
| Black Belts-carry out the orders given them by | | | | Six Sigma projects should be viewed in the long term |
| Master black Belts to apply Six Sigma methodology to | | | | with the understanding that results are better short |
| specific process projects. | | | | term with a drop off the longer the project runs. |