Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training
2 DAY COURSE
Course Outline
This practical and hands-on Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification (LSS) Training course covers the origin and aims of Lean, Six Sigma, and Lean Six Sigma and the roles of a Lean Six Sigma team.
Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training Benefits
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Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training Course Benefits
- Recordings of all instructor-led sessions are included
- Half-day training sessions, live online, allow you to still work half days
- Receive a certificate of completion from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering
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In this Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training Course, you will:
- Practice developing a SIPOC with Input, Process, and Output measures.
- Learn how to develop current state Quality, Speed, and Financial Metrics.
- Practice building a Measure Phase Data Collection Plan.
- Design a Cause and Effect Diagram linking root causes to the process issue.
- Practice creating a Pareto Chart that quantifies the significant root causes.
- Learn how to identify and write up a Solutions (Implementation) Plan.
- Practice writing a process Control/Response/Escalation Plan.
- Learn how to create a Charters Problem Statement that is measurable and linked to the Voice of the Customer (VOC).
- Problem solve using the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) model.
Yellow Belt Course Outline
Module 1: The Process / The Customers
What is a Process?
What Do Our Customers Want
Management, Core & Support Processes
Module 2: Lean
Origins of Lean
what is Lean?
The 7 Wastes of Lean
Value Analysis
The Lessons of Lean
Analysis Tool: “Value-Add” Assessment
Takt Rate Analysis
Visible Workplace
Module 3: Six Sigma Section
Six Sigma History
What is Six Sigma?
How Capable are your Products & Services
Why 99% Yield is Not Good Enough
Six (6) Causes of Variation
Module 4: Lean Six Sigma Integration Section
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Why Combine Lean & Six Sigma?
The DMAIC Methodology
Funnel-Down Many Variables to the Critical Few!
High Level DMAIC Approach
Module 5: Define
Define Activities and Tools
Project Charter Elements
Building an Opportunity or Problem Statement
Opportunity or Problem Statement Examples
Creating the SIPOC Map and Developing Metrics
Define Phase Completion Check
Module 6: Measure
Measure Activities and Tools
Value Steam Map Example
Value Stream Map Symbols
Measure – What gets measured?
Module 7: Analyze
Analyze Activities and Tools
Cause and Effect Diagram
How to Build a Cause and Effect Diagram
Cause and Effect Diagram Example
Pareto Chart
Module 8: Improve
Improve Activities and Tools
Solution Plan
Solution Plan Example
Improve Completion Checks
Module 9: Control
Control Activities and Tools
What is a Control / Response Plan?
Control / Response Plans Questions?
Control Completion Checks
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