Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt

Introduction:

This high impact program skillfully trains the participant to become a Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt professionals. This course enhances professional core competencies in World-Class business processes. Additionally, participants are better qualified to increase operational effectiveness, engage employees, reduce operating expenses, improve industry reputation, and leverage business excellence. Customer value creation awareness is a prime element of this unique training initiative.

Targeted Groups:

• Quality Assurance Professionals
• Managers, Supervisors, and Professionals who wish to fully utilize Six Sigma approach in their organizations

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Enhance their understanding of the basic level Lean Six-Sigma process.
• Learn to successfully deploy Six-Sigma into current business operations for effectiveness through teamwork.
• Learn the basics of Lean Six-Sigma methodology, statistical analysis, and its analytical integration into the business process.
• Learn to integrate the principles of Lean Six-Sigma to establish process control and minimize process variation, subsequently, reducing operational costs.
• Develop their understanding of the skills and behaviors required to fully deploy Lean Six-Sigma into your organization.
• Understand how to deploy the potential of Lean Six-Sigma as a strategic business tool.
• Learn the basics of Lean Processing and Six-Sigma applications to focus on the reduction of operational costs.
• Learn to maximize profits by reducing process variation and expanding operational control and stability.
• Re-define their perception of “normal” to “excellent” with the skillful application of Lean Six-Sigma tools.

Targeted Competencies:

• Deploying Six Sigma
• Problem-solving skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Using applied statistics
• Lean principles

Course Content:

Unit 1: Introduction and Define Phase

• Understanding Six Sigma
• History of Six Sigma   
• Six Sigma roles and responsibilities
• Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
• Voice of the customer / Critical to Quality (CTQ)
• The basic Six Sigma metrics
• Selecting projects 
• Developing the Project Charter and problem statement 
• SIPOC diagram
• Using Pareto for scoping
• Case study

Unit 2: Measure Phase

• Introduction to Six Sigma level calculations
• Process capability indices
• Introduction to Minitab
• Types of data and basic statistics
• Data collection planning
• Sampling of data
• Understanding Xs  which affect process Ys
• Measurement plan
• Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
• Advanced process capability
• Normality Analysis (NA)

Unit 3:  Analyze Phase

• The Seven Classic Quality Tools: A review
• Statistical Process Control (SPC): Control charts
• Selection of variables
• Control chart selection and analysis
• Process mapping
• Qualitative Analysis (QA)
• Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Unit 4: Improve and Control Phases

• Introduction to graphing
• Scatter plots
• Process Modeling Regression
• Advanced Process Modeling
• Designing experiments
• Six Sigma control plans
• Evaluating and selecting solutions
• Introduction to hypothesis testing
• Pilot testing
• Project closeout and handover

Unit 5: Lean Thinking and Six Sigma

• Defining Lean
• Lean thinking principles
• Types of waste (MUDA)
• Lean versus Six Sigma
• Lean toolbox 
• The visual factory and 5S
• Mistake proofing - Poka Yoke