Implementing Six Sigma The Six Sigma philosophy seeks to develop technical leadership through helt" training and then use it in team-based projects designed to improve ocesses. To what extent are these two concepts (technical experts versus team experts) at odds? What must be done to prevent them from blocking success in improvement projects? How might a Six Sigma project be done to improve a registration process in a university? An admission process? 4. How can a manager effectively balance the key components of a Six Sigma implementation design related to who, what, where, when, why, and how it could be done? 5. In the 1990s, General Electric's CEO, Jack Welch, sent a memo to his senior managers telling them that, to be promoted, they would have to require every employee to have started Six Sigma training. Furthermore, 40 percent of the managers' bonuses were to be tied to the successful introduction of Six Sigma. Do you believe that this directive was a motivational action, or did it violate W. Edwards Deming's maxim that managers and leaders must "cast out fear?" Why or why not? 6. Discuss the following questions related to the Six Sigma in Practice vignette about Acme Foundry, Inc.: a. How was the Lean Six Sigma process implemented by training the man agement team at Acme? b. How might this training be further deployed to the workforce, keeping in mind that the work in a foundry is mainly done by unskilled labor? c. What were the results attained from Lean and DMAIC training and the accompanying projects? Discuss the following questions related to the Six Sigma in Practice vignette about GFG Instrumentation: How was the Lean Six Sigma process at GFG implemented, with the help of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation advisors, by chuding strategic planning and the training of lean champions in the structure? b. After training was b. What were the qua training was completed, what type of projects were launched in which the lean and Six Sigma tools played a role? were the quantitative and qualitative results attained from the kaizen blitz and other lean projects THINGS TO DO uon for why projects fail. ting the Upenis versus IL prevent them from blocking How might a Six Sigma project be done to improve a registration process in provement projects? 3. How might a Six Sigma a university? An admission process? 4. How can a manager effectively balance the 1