In professional terms, Hoshin Kanri is a method that helps build strategic planning to setup and achieve goals with minimum or no waste to resources due to lack of communication between the management and the operations staff.
Deploying Six Sigma management to a company can feel like a daunting task. Change must be made at every level of the company.
A Six Sigma Black Belt allocates 100% effort to a project, and they often train green belts while managing Six Sigma projects.
Six Sigma Master Black Belts are 100% allocated. Six Sigma Master Black Belts often mentor aspiring black belts. Learn more in this overview.
A Green Belt knows a fair amount about Six Sigma methodology, and can support a Black Belt in a major project or take on minor projects.