The accelerated lean Six Sigma Black Belt program and methodology allows students to complete certification requirements faster than traditional Six Sigma and Lean training programs. Successful candidates will be awarded the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification from Lean Sigma Corporation after passing the included Practicum certification exam. The certification exam is included in this course and you can take the exam at your convenience after passing section quizzes. You must complete the exam within 6 months of class. The exam requires the use of the MiniTab application.
Learning Objectives
In this course, you will learn the advanced skills required to be a Six Sigma Black Belt, review the Green Belt techniques, and understand the steps required to complete Six Sigma projects with a focus on more complicated issues.
Introduction to Six Sigma
- A brief history of Quality
- What is Quality (Definitions) and service or product
- Quality Gurus & their contribution to Quality
- Enterprise-wide View
- Leadership
- Six Sigma Roles and Responsibilities
- Team Formation
- Team Facilitation
- Team Dynamics
- Time Management For Teams
- Team Decision making Tools
- Management and Planning Tools
- Team Performance Evaluation And Rewards
- Overview of DMAIC
Six Sigma Methodology - Define
- Important Stakeholders
- Impact On Stakeholders
- Critical To Requirements
- Benchmarking
- Business performance measures
- Financial measures
- VOC
- Kano's Customer Satisfaction Levels
- Juran's Customer Needs
- Market Research
- CTQ Flowdown
- QFD
- Performance Metrics
- Project Charter
- Charter Negotiation
- Project management plan and Baselines
- Project Tracking
Six Sigma Methodology - Measure
- Processes, Process characteristics, process flow metrics, inputs and outputs
- Process maps and Flow chart
- SIPOC
- Data Type & Measurement scale
- Data Collection
- Sampling strategies
- Fishbone Diagram
- Relational Matrices or Prioritization Matrix
- Basic Statistics
- Analytical Statistics
- Gauge R & R
- Process Capability Analysis
Six Sigma Methodology - Analyze
- Correlation and Regression Analysis
- Testing of Hypothesis
- FMEA
- Gap Analysis
- The Five Whys
- Pareto Diagram
- Tree Diagram
- Non value added activities
- Cost of poor Quality (COPQ)
Six Sigma Methodology - Improve
- DOE
- Poka-yoke
- 5S
- Kanban
- Standard Operations
- Operator work instructions
- Cycle time reduction
- Continuous Flow Manufacturing
- SMED
- Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz
- Theory of Constraints (TOC)
- Risk analysis
Six Sigma Methodology - Control
- Statistical Process Control
- Other Control Tools
- Maintain Controls
- Sustaining Improvements
DFSS
- DFSS
More on Lean
- A Value Stream Map
- Lean is Speed
- Total Supply Chain
- Lean Six Sigma Logistics
Prerequisites
You should have experience at the level of the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.