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by Freescale on August 24, 2005. Nominated in the area
of Innovative Business, the ceremony allowed for local
companies such as Smarter Solutions, Inc. to be showcased
as a professional services provider offering a full complement
of Six Sigma and Lean coaching, consulting, on/off-site
training and certifications (including Master Black Belt,
Black Belt, Green Belt, and Yellow Belt). Specializing
in coaching and consulting, we introduce the next generation
of Six Sigma: Smarter Six Sigma
Solutions/ Integrated Enterprise Excellence (S4/IEE)®.
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The
Making of S4/IEE Master Black Belts and Black Belts
A
brief word from Forrest Breyfogle III, CEO of Smarter Solutions,
Inc.
Over the last 15
years, Smarter Solutions has had the honor of working with
various companies to improve their knowledge base and strategic
actions in implementing Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.
From time to time, the question has been raised on what fully
qualifies an individual to be deemed a Master Black Belt or
Black Belt. If you’re at GE, it is one set of qualifications
while if your at Dell or HP, it could be a 180 degree difference.
The list goes on from various small, medium, and large-size
companies alike. In assisting those companies, we have worked
toward building a sustainable enterprise-level, next generation
Lean Six Sigma approach in certifying Master Black Belts and
Black Belts. Additionally, we’ve identified answers
for increasing our clients awareness in training and hiring
their very own staff of Master Black Belts and Black Belts.
If
your company has ever tried to hire a Master Black Belt or
even a Black Belt, one can see the playing field for which
qualifies either is not in the employer's favor. With the
various so called “Six Sigma and Lean providers”
saturating the market with training services, it appears to
be a minute task to move into the elite status of both. Most
individuals applying for certification are achieving it for
that very reason: certification. Why not, it only enriches
the personal resume… but what about the company and
customer value?
Most programs
are becoming generalized and “watered-down” in
the topics and time it takes to complete the certification.
So when it comes down to really implementing and utilizing
a majority of the toolsets, the various certifications basically
certify the old methodologies of Six Sigma and Lean. This
statement alone is what makes the S4/IEE certification
for both Master Black and Black Belt a value-add.
We don’t
certify only on the history of Six Sigma and Lean. We base
certification upon the applied knowledge, not only theory,
of each Master Black Belt and Black Belt on selected projects
aligned to our customers’ business needs on an enterprise
level and not just departmentalized. What does this mean?
First, selected projects are not certified by simply taking
a test. Secondly, our programs strive for both certifed Master
Black Belts and Black Belts to develop a complete company
value chain tied to your vision and mission, define measurable
metrics, and align projects based upon the business needs.
Why hire
and/or pay someone for the title when they lack the statistical
and applied knowledge? It is your bottom line and organization,
and we care about giving your personnel the most effective
chance to improving the bottom line in growing your base of
customers and cash. This is the mainstream in making of S4/IEE
Master Black Belts and Black Belts.
Next month,
join me as I discuss the Six Sigma implementation on an enterprise
level, and the value-add to a company's existence in achieving
more customers and cash. Until Next Time...
Forrest
Breyfogle III
If
you have comments on this article, please send your comments
to enews@smartersolutions.com. We would greatly appreciate
understanding your perspective on this article.
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