1.3. IMPLEMENTING SIX SIGMA

1.3.1. Commitment of Top Management

The easiest way to implement Six Sigma into an organization is to have complete commitment from top management. This commitment would include company-wide communications explaining the process and its goals, with some explanation of the reasons why the company was going to invest the time and energy into implementing the Six Sigma methodology. This buyin demonstrates to the whole company that management believes in this methodology. This way the required investment in people and training will happen, along with everyone's active participation. When incorporating Six Sigma, many companies start with outside consultants/instructors and then transition to in-house people as trainers. ...

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