Achieving Business Nirvana and Pursuing Perfection<
The Six Sigma Philosophy
The Six Sigma philosophy works to achieve business nirvana and remove as many potential process flaws as possible. The lean attitude of a six sigma master will work to decrease organization costs by eliminating as much waste as possible. A six sigma organization will have an average of only 3.4 defects per 1,000,000 pieces. The average U.S. organization operates on the 3rd or 4th level sigma level.
3 Levels of Six Sigma Mastery
Green Belt
According to statistics, a green belt earns a 23% higher salary than the average national job postings, and devotes 25-50% of their time doing Six Sigma projects. The requirements to meet this level are 8 weeks of online training and 8 online exams with a score of at least 70%. In addition, the green belt will have to focus on basic improvement projects.
Black Belt
According to studies, black belts earn a 41% higher salary than the average national job postings, and they devote 100% of their time to Six Sigma practices. The requirements a black belt must meet are 16 weeks of online training, 8 online exams with a score of at least 70%, and the completion of a black belt level project. The overall focus of a black belt is to have high project execution skills.
Master Black Belt
The master black belt works to train and mentor black and green belts and work out troubles in black belt development. The qualifications to meet this level are the completion of a black belt program with at least 70% and a submission of an in-class master black belt project. The master black belt’s goal is to ensure that black belt projects are making progress. He/She will coach using the six sigma methods in order to keep business proposals on track.
3 Sigma vs. 6 Sigma Success
Three Sigma Success is 93.3%
3,206,736 mistakes during surgery per year
32,581,773.9 defective phones per year
Servers down 586.92 hours per year
Six Sigma Success is 99.9%
163.2 mistakes during surgery per year
1,658.18 defective phones per year
Servers down 1.78704 minutes per year
Pushing yourself or your company to follow six sigma practices is a difficult task that will reap a lot of benefits. You will find that your business will run more smoothly and have less repair costs in the future, giving you more time to expand and build.
