Lean/Six Sigma Executive Overview
Course Length: ½ day or 1 full day
Course Description
Lean/Six Sigma Breakthrough for Executives is an executive briefing on Lean/Six Sigma. It will provide participants with the knowledge to create a more profitable, cost efficient, and performance-oriented organization, based on the necessary tools and techniques presented in this one-day workshop by the practitioners who wrote the book on managing quality.
Lean/Six Sigma Breakthrough for Executives will guide you step-by-step through a series of management concepts and practices to achieve near perfection in all your processes. In addition to exploring the leadership roles necessary to build and manage a successful initiative, this workshop offers a coherent, easy-to-implement framework for managing and strengthening your organization’s competitive advantages.
Course Objectives
- Apply Lean/Six Sigma to increase shareholder/taxpayer value
- Understand how to strategically deploy Black Belts throughout your organization to lead the effort
- Integrate Lean/Six Sigma goals and projects into your current business plans
- Develop a deployment plan for your organization
- Understand the differences between Lean/Six Sigma Design (D-M-A-D-V) and Lean/Six Sigma Improvement (D-M-A-I-C)
- Select effective Champions and Black Belts
Session Topics
- How to Think About Lean/Six Sigma
- Executive’s Roles in Lean/Six Sigma
- Reducing the Costs of Poor Performance
- Lean/Six Sigma Improvement
- Design for Lean/Six Sigma
- Transactional Business Processes and Lean/Six Sigma
- Strategic Deployment of Lean/Six Sigma
- Training for Success
- Using Digital Tools to Drive Improvement
Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for executives with a desire to improve or accelerate their organization’s results.
Lean/Six Sigma Champion
Course Length: 2 Days
Course Description
A Lean/Six Sigma Champion manages, supports, defends, protects, endorses, maintains, and deploys an organization’s Lean/Six Sigma effort.
Lean/Six Sigma Champion training is a two day course which prepares an organization’s managers – at all levels – to deal with the practical day-to-day human, structural, and technological issues which arise when initiating and maintaining a Lean/Six Sigma effort. Participants will be able to understand the DMAIC cycle and tools. They will be able to organize projects and project teams and provide leadership and expertise.
Course Objectives
- Become familiar with Lean/Six Sigma
- Understand how it can be used to drive costs down, improve time-to market, improve quality, and increase sales
- Realize what savings or benefits can be expected from Six Sigma and at what cost
- Play an active role in ensuring Lean/Six Sigma success
- Understand how to organize for successful implementation and motivate teams for Six Sigma
Session Topics
- Introduction to Lean/Six Sigma as a Management System
- Lean/Six Sigma Breakthrough Methodology and Tools
- Strategic Deployment: Scorecard, Corrective Action
- Launching Lean/Six Sigma: Steering Committee, Creating Infrastructure, Communications – Internal Announcements, Selecting Projects, Selecting and Training Black Belts, Champions, Green Belts, and Project Members
- Managing Lean/Six Sigma: Roles of Executives, Champions, Black Belts, and Green Belts
- Relationships of Champions and Executives; Black Belts and Middle and First-Line Supervision
- Lessons Learned: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them or Recover from Them
- Human Resource Issues and Reward and Recognition
Who Should Attend
Executives, Champions, Steering Committee Members, Impacted Managers/Supervisors Back to Top
Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt Training
Course Length: Four 5-Day sessions spanning 12 weeks
Course Description
Black Belts are technical specialists selected to become on-site implementation experts of Lean/Six Sigma projects. Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt Training consists of four, 5-day training sessions. These training sessions span approximately 12 weeks. Each participant is expected to identify and bring a project to work on during the course of the Black Belt Training. The participant’s senior management must approve the project. This is a prerequisite for certification.
Course Objectives
- Implement the Lean/Six Sigma Breakthrough methodology
- Lead Lean/Six Sigma projects
- Use diagnostic tools and techniques in Lean/Six Sigma projects
- Support management in deploying Lean/Six Sigma
- Achieve significant results that impact the bottom-line
- Understand and focus on customer needs
Session Topics (Partial Listing)
- Lean/Six Sigma Breakthrough methodology
- Measurement and Analysis tools
- Introduction to MINITAB
- Measuring Process Capability
- Measurement System Analysis
- Process Mapping
- Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
- Multi-Vari Analysis
- Correlation and Regression
- Hypothesis Testing for Attribute and Variable Data
- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Design of Experiments (including 2k factorial and fractional factorial experiments)
- Dominant Variables
- Mistake Proofing
- Statistical Process Control
- Process Control Plans
- Self Control
Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt Training
Course Length: Two 5-Day Sessions
Course Description
Green Belt training serves two purposes. First, it trains team members to function as part of an effective Lean/Six Sigma team; and second, it begins to prepare them to lead projects and eventually become future Black Belts.
Build a cadre of Green Belts equipped to conduct or participate in Lean/Six Sigma projects. Participants will learn when and how to use the Lean/Six Sigma tools. A statistical package will be used to help Green Belts carry out projects. Deploy Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt projects to improve the overall productivity and profitability of your organization by identifying and resolving chronic problems and avoiding costly deficiencies.
Course Objectives
- Become a Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt
- Conduct or participate in Lean/Six Sigma projects
- Apply Lean/Six Sigma tools in a real project using a statistical software package
Session Topics Include:
- How to Think About Lean/Six Sigma
- Lean/Six Sigma Improvement Methodology (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control)
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- Calculating Lean/Six Sigma Metrics
- Project Selection and Project Charters
- Planning for Data Collection
- Measuring Project Y in Y= f(x)
- Pareto Charts and Stratification
- Process Mapping
- Determining Project X’s in Y=f(x)
- Hypothesis Testing (inferential statistics)
- Improvement Tools and Techniques
- Designing Controls to Hold the Gains
Who Should Attend
Employees who have been selected to work on Lean/Six Sigma projects and who are designated as Green Belts. If desired, upon further training, these Green Belts may eventually become Black Belts. Champions who wish to achieve competency in applying Lean/Six Sigma concepts and tools.
Lean/Six Sigma White Belt/Team Member
Course Length: 1 or 2 Days
Course Description
A Lean/Six Sigma White Belt/Team Member is someone who needs exposure to Six Sigma, especially in an environment where Lean/Six Sigma is deployed. The team member may be called upon to participate in a Lean/Six Sigma project on an as-needed basis, in a non-analytical role. Emphasis is placed on team interpersonal skills and the phases of DMAIC, with brief exposure to the basic quality tools.
All Lean/Six Sigma White Belt/team members need training in the basics of team interpersonal skills and the DMAIC phases. In addition, other employees, managers and executives who seek more than an overview, but less heavy tools exposure would benefit from the training. Improve the overall productivity and profitability of your organization by identifying and resolving chronic problems and avoiding costly deficiencies.
Course Objectives
- Understand the Lean/Six Sigma methodology
- Understand the roles of the White Belt/Team Member
- Learn the steps of DMAIC
- Apply your learning in a Case Study
- Learn significant team interpersonal skills
Session Topics
- What is Lean/Six Sigma?
- Roles of Champions, Black Belts, Green Belts, Yellow Belts, White Belts and Team Members
- D-M-A-I-C Improvement Process
- Apply DMAIC to a Case Study
- Team interpersonal skills
Who Should Attend
Employees who have been selected to work on Six Sigma projects and serve as team members in a non-analytical role. Other employees, managers, and executives seeking more than an overview, but less technical tools training (Green Belt, Black Belt) undergo team training to ensure a ground level of competency in Lean/Six Sigma concepts, teaming skills, and a working knowledge of DMAIC.)
Lean/Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training
Course Length: 3 or 5 Days
Course Description
Yellow Belts receive training that enables them to be good team members and support Green Belt and Black Belt projects. Yellow Belt training consists of 3 or 5 days. Yellow Belts will gather data, participate in problem solving and process mapping/management, and sustain the gains resulting from Lean/Six Sigma Projects.
Course Objectives
- Understand the Lean/Six Sigma methodology
- Understand the roles of Lean/Six Sigma
- Learn the steps of DMAIC
- Lead Process Mapping and Analysis
- Apply your learning in a Case Study
- Learn significant team interpersonal skills
- Immediately apply DMAIC to job assignments
Session Topics
- What is Lean/Six Sigma?
- What are the roles of Champions, Black Belts, Green Belts, Yellow Belts, White Belts, and Team Leaders?
- Learn the Phases and Steps of D-M-A-I-C
- Apply DMAIC to a Case Study
- Voice of the Customer and CTQ/CTP Identification
- Chartering
- SIPOC
- Identify and Define Ys and Xs
- Plan for Data Collection
- Process Mapping
- Cause and Effect
- Brainstorming
- Baseline Performance Characterization
- Introduction to Graphical Description and Analysis of Data
- Improvement Implementation Plans
- Feedback Loop
- Basic Control Charts (Attribute Data)
Who Should Attend
Employees who have been selected to work on Lean/Six Sigma projects and serve as team members. Employees who will be solving problems using process analysis techniques.
