Process Characterization Expert Unisex T-shirt

Process Characterization Expert

Doesn’t really have a ring to it, does it?

This action-oriented shirt will make a fun, funny gift for any six sigma black belt (current or aspiring) because it harkens to our shared history.

We in the six sigma game owe the belt naming convention to Mikel J. Harry, PhD. 

Our conversation starter is only available at QI Curiosities.

#IYKYK, and most people don't...

• Process Validation: Establishing by objective evidence that a process consistently produces a result or product meeting its predetermined specifications.
• Process Characterization: Identifying and quantifying all significant sources of variation, especially characterization of variation inherent to the materials and technology as applied to the specific product design.

(Just so there’s no confusion on that.)

From an iSixSigma article posted back in 2010 by “iSixSigma-Editorial”

While the late Bill Smith, a Motorola senior engineer and scientist, commonly gets credit for initiating the Six Sigma concept, the wordsmith who originated the belt argot is Dr. Mikel Harry. In 1986-1987 Harry, on authorized sabbatical from Motorola, spent three months at the Unisys Salt Lake Printed Circuit Facility, where he worked as a technical consultant with Unisys facility manager Clifford Ames. Harry’s mission was to solve a costly circuit board production problem.

According to Harry, once the problem was solved, Ames asked him to train others at Unisys. Harry referred to those he trained as process characterization experts, the term he had previously used for trainees at the Motorola Government Electronics Group. Harry remembers brainstorming with Ames to come up with something a little catchier. When Harry suggested Black Belts, Ames responded enthusiastically: “That’s sexy! I can sell that.” And the rest, as they say, is history.

Hell yes, it’s sexy. And so will you be wearing the kung fu master on your favorite new shirt!

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Our comfy t-shirts are soft and lightweight with the right amount of stretch.

• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Blank product sourced from Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, or the US

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