Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Detailed Course Description

The Six Sigma methodology is a systematic application that is focused on achieving significant financial results and increasing customer satisfaction. When properly deployed on carefully selected business projects, this methodology can lead to a significant reduction—and in many cases, elimination—of defects, process waste, and out-of-control processes, which translate into dramatic business gains.

This Black Belt course provides a comprehensive and disciplined model for improvement. Every participant will learn how to meet his or her company’s business objectives through the recognized DMAIC process. Attendees will learn how to direct Lean Six Sigma projects and obtain the maximum improvements from the learned techniques and skills. This course is conducted in four five-day sessions with four weeks between sessions.

Learned skills are practiced and applied through individual and team exercises, as well as to the individual projects. Participants will be able to apply the concepts learned in the class to a business improvement project assigned to them by their management sponsor.

Format

This course is an instructor-led, classroom-based environment, conducted five days (one week) per month spread across four months. The instruction is a blend of lecture, application, and individual and team-based exercises. Laptop computers will be used extensively during the class. There is normally three-to-four weeks between sessions where the individual returns to their work environment to apply the knowledge and skills learned in class to their projects. This entire course is 20 days in length.

Materials

ASQ courses provide online access to the digital course content for 365 days, beginning five days before the first day of your course. Extensions and/or refunds cannot be issued if the digital course content has been accessed. Latest versions of Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge are recommended―Internet Explorer is not supported.

Prerequisites

• A defined, management-approved business improvement project that provides a business impact to your business of $100,000 or greater. The knowledge and skills learned in this training course will be applied to this project.
• Basic statistics primer or understanding of basic statistics. Basic college-level algebra is helpful to understand statistical concepts.
• Current version of Minitab Statistical Software is required and must be provided by the participant.
• Devote at least 40 percent of your time at your work environment to work on your project.
• PC laptop computers are required and must be provided by the participant with the following minimum requirements:
  • Operating system: 32-bit and 64-bit versions Windows 7 or higher
  • Memory – 512 MB (minimum); 1 GB or higher (recommended)
  • Processor – Pentium 4 or equivalent
  • USB port
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher (with all current service releases)
  • Microsoft Office 2000 or higher (with all current service releases)
  • Adobe® Reader - Version 5.0 or higher required for course materials
  • Administrator privileges to install ASQ course software at class (recommended)

 ASQ reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule courses and to change instructors. Please be advised that in the event of a course cancellation, ASQ is not responsible for airfare penalties or other travel related expenses you may incur.

If you need to cancel, we will refund your paid registration fee as noted below.

• Requests for cancellations/transfers/substitutions received at least 30 calendar days before the start of the course can receive a full refund/transfer/substitution. 
• There are no refunds within 30 calendar days before the start of the course. 
• Requests to transfer or substitute received between 29 and 10 calendar days of the course starting incur a $150 processing fee.
• There are no transfers within 9 calendar days before the start of the course.  Substitutes may be accepted if content has not been accessed by original registrant.  Substitutions will incur a $150 processing fee.  
• There are no refunds or substitutes if the content has been accessed. 
• Enrolled students who fail to attend their registered course without advance notice are liable for the entire course fee. Substitutes will not be accepted after the course has begun. 
• You must successfully complete the entire course or program before IACET CEUs and a Certificate of Completion can be awarded.