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- Focus on the Customer
Six sigma emphasizes on understanding the customer’s requirements and expectations
- Data and Fact-driven Management – six sigma is built on the foundation of speaking with
data and basing management decision on facts.
- Specific Training: A defined system based on the martial arts hierarchy of champion: master
Black Belt (MBB), Black Belt and Green Belts are used to head and influence six-sigma
project. Master Black Belt MBB serves as a coach and mentor or constant to Block Belts working on a variety
of projects.
- Structural Approach: Six sigma is based on a structured problem – solving approach the
approach consist of the following steps:
Define measure, Define, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) for existing process while for
new processes, the approach consists of: define, Measure, analyze, design and verify (DMADV).
- Quality engineering: Six sigma uses a full range of tools and techniques such as flow
charting, brainstorming, check sheets pareto analysis, cause and effects diagrams, among
others.
- Process focus, control and Improvement: The key keep of six sigma is to understand the
process in order to facilitate its improvement. This involves an examination of potential
defects, root causes and corrective actions.
- Proactive Management: Management must attempt to understand key principles of six
sigma. They must be active in challenging why things are done in certain way, defining root
causes of problems, setting and maintaining aggressive improvement targets, and being
prepared to devote a large amount of their time.
- Proactive management: - management must attempt to understand key principles of six
sigma. They must be active n challenging why things are done in a certain way, defining root
causes of problems, setting and maintaining aggressive improvement targets, and being
prepared to devote a large amount of their time.
- Collaboration: teamwork is an essential ingredient of six sigma and it is important to have
range of skills within the team.
- Short term Improvement Projects: A key requirement is that a time scale agreed for as
specific projects completion.
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