Business Nirvana: The Pursuit of Perfection - Six Sigma

BUSINESS NIRVANA THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION Six Sigma What is SIX SIGMA PHILOSOPHY E What is LEAN PHILOSOPHY to pursue business nirvana by removing business process flaws that create variation in an attempt to achieve perfect efficiency. a process-improvement business tool to decrease costs by eliminating waste. SIGMA LEVEL DEFECTS per million DEFECTS percentage ONE 691,462 69% MOST U.S. ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE AT 3 TO 4 SIGMA QUALITY LEVELS, losing up to 25% of total revenue from waste or repair of too many defects. TWO 308,538 31% THREE 66,807 6.7% FOUR 6,210 0.62% SIX SIGMA means achieving only 3.4 defects per 1,000,000 pieces FIVE 233 0.023% SIX 3.4 0.00034" SEVEN 0.019 0.0000019% 3 LEVELS of LEAN SIX SIGMA MASTERY GREEN BELT THE WORKERS WHO ACCOMPLISH PARTICULAR TASKS WITHIN BLACK BELT PROJECTS AND LEAD ON BASIC PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR FIELD. TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS: 25 Normally devote 25-50% of their time to Six Sigma projects. 50% Large companies normally train 3 - 4% of their employees as Green Belts. COMPLETE EIGHT WEEKS OF ONLINE TRAINING 8 ONLINE EXAMS WITH MINIMUM SCORES OF 70% FOCUS: BASIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AVERAGE GREEN BELT'S SALARY IS 23% HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR NATIONAL JOB POSTINGS BLACK B ELT TEAM LEADER ASSIGNS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO COMPLICATED PROJECTS. TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS: Normally devote 100% of their time to Six Sigma practices. Large companies normally train 1% of their employees as Black Belts. SIXTEEN WEEKS OF ONLINE TRAINING 100 8 ONLINE EXAMS WITH MINIMUM SCORES OF 70% Must complete an in-class Black Belt level project FOCUS: PROJECT EXECUTION BLACK BELTS WITH 15+ YEARS EXPERIENCE EARN 41% MORE THAN BLACK BELTS WITH 3-5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MASTER BLACK BELT TRAINS AND MENTORS BLACK AND GREEN BELTS, SOLVING ANY EXCEPTIONAL PROBLEMS WITHIN BLACK BELT PROJECTS. TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS: FOCUS: COMPLETION OF BLACK BELT PROGRAM WITH A MENTORING BLACK BELTS TO ENSURE PROJECTS ARE MINIMUM SCORE OF 70% AND SUBMISSION OF AN PROGRESSING AND COACHING THE SIX SIGMA IN-CLASS MASTER BLACK BELT PROJECT. CHAMPIONS TO KEEP COMPANY INITIATIVES ON TRACK. SIGMA IN ACTION THREE SIGMA vs SIX SIGMA 48 MILLION SURGERIES occur in the United States each year nationally, hospitals operating on average 487,700,000 SMARTPHONES were sold globally in 2011, Smartphone producers operating on average- INTERNET CLOUD SERVICE operating on THREE SIGMA 93.3% SUCCESS SIX SIGMA 99.9% SUCCESS 3,206,736 mistakes made during surgery per year 32,581,773.9 defective phones per year Servers are down 586.92 hours per year 163.2 mistakes made during surgery per year 1,658.18 defective phones per year Servers are down 1.78704 minutes per year "Ability will never catch up with the demand for it" -Confucius presented by BECOMEA MASTER BLACK BELT AND ENABLE YOURSELF. ENABLE YOUR CAREER! www.villanovau.com/online-certificates/six-sigma.aspx VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY Sources: http://www.usccg.com/ref/pdfs/USCWhitepaperSixSigma.pdf http://www.briefcasebooks.com/brue01.pdf http://www.ehow.com/facts_5007027_definition-lean-six-sigma.html#ixz29VCuTyM6 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhds/4procedures/2009pro4_numberprocedureage pdf DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING