Tapping Into Six Sigma Tier Methods For Your Organization

It is very common for professionals using the Six Sigma methods to seek help from the experts when necessary. This is customary for all tiers of the program, starting at the top with the Champions, who are the funders down to the white belts that are necessary at the local level to keep things on track. In between these are the Master Black belts that are excellent teachers of leadership and other skills to the Black and Green belts making things easier for the Yellow belts that are great support staff.

This is a very structured way for Six Sigma to maintain their standards. Including quality control, methods, procedures and policy improvements in addition to employee job satisfaction. It also helps the company maintain productivity and meet their deadlines successfully.

Master Black belts are better characterized as teachers, trainers and consultants and more like a program or process than a individual job description and this is very helpful to Black belts should they hit a snag with a project they are leading. They are master mentors in all things that concern Six Sigma and the models it uses to be successful. They are very helpful in getting the project back on track because of their expertise, knowledge and hands on experience using quality testing measures and methods. This description is better fitting for the Master Black belt because with this much expert knowledge about any one thing, they serve better as master problem solvers rather than continue working in the field directly.

The black and green belts will both be able to handle projects on their own after some training by the master black belt. Black belts are put in charge of larger projects that require a great deal of time, effort and detail. They will learn leadership skills that will allow them to direct a large team through a strict processed plan, implementing the projects and seeing them through to completion. They will have the most say in what happens behind the scenes of any project.

Green belts are usually put in charge of smaller projects if they have shown an initiative to get things done and have learned much in the way of using Six Sigma DMAIC and DMADV models. The quality would be measured and analyzed by yellow belts specifically, as they work to assist the higher levels in gathering the data and getting to accurate and fast results.

All of these levels work in conjunction with one another to get to the final goal, which is a higher level of quality control for the company beginning its use of the Six Sigma methods. When companies see a real need for change in their organization, using these methods is an excellent beginning.