How many of you have heard of Six Sigma?
Basically its a practice of improving processes by eliminating defects – usually in manufacturing related areas.
(If you want more information on what exactly it is you can visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma.)
Many large corporations encourage and support employees getting trained in the practices of Six Sigma. Not only is it a benefit to the company, but having Six Sigma training and/or certification on your resume is great. It is a highly respected program.
Last Fall, Dave finished his Green Belt project in Six Sigma at DuPont, and was recently awarded this lovely certificate.
To earn his Green Belt, Dave had to propose and implement a project at work that improved current processes by a certain margin. I believe that the project also had to help save the company money. In any case, according to wikipedia, a Green Belt is someone who takes up the Six Sigma implementation along with their other job responsibilities.
I made him let me take a picture before he took it back to work.
Good work Dave!
Kellee // Apr 2, 2008 at 10:00 am
Yes, Joe got his a year ago, I think. He wanted to move on to the next belt (don’t remember the next color), but then TTM bought out TYCO and TTM doesn’t care to do the program. Bummer! We thought we were going to get a cash prize, but it never happened.
Mother of the Wild Boys // Apr 2, 2008 at 10:59 am
Way to go Dave, love the pic!