Understanding Six Sigma Black Belt Information

The Black Belt is at the top of the Six Sigma Professionals when it comes to the knowledge base they’ve learned and have been certified in.  Black Belts practice daily leadership skills, leading teams and creating ways for employees in a company to work together to implement plans and strategies.  It is important that someone at the Six Sigma Black Belt certification level have expertise in designing, developing and running team projects, as well as using the DMADV method of designing new products and services.  Black Belts and Master Black Belts train the lower level belts, showing them exactly what processes they need to know and making sure they are giving their trainees all the information they need to be successful.  The lower belts that they train and work with are...

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What Lean Waste Means Within an Organization

It is important for managers and supervisors within an organization to understand what waste is and how it can be eliminated.  All employees within an organization will create waste but there are ways to make sure that it is eliminated. Many people think of waste as being something that a person is able to throw away, such as a piece of trash.  Waste is also able to be categorized into being unproductive, inconsistent and unreasonable.  For example, when employees become unproductive during the work day, they are wasting the companies’ valuable time.  Employees are a valuable resource that could be directed into other jobs or tasks until their productivity is able to be increased.Another type of waste within a business is overproduction.  When a company creates more...

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