Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
This ASQ course teaches you the define-measure-analyze-improve-control methodology using case studies from several industries. You will learn to define improvement projects to satisfy the customer and reduce variation.
Embark on an exciting Lean Six Sigma training experience that unites Green and Black belt participants for the first half of the course in a dynamic exploration of the principles and practices governing Lean and Six Sigma. This immersive program guarantees a robust Green Belt level proficiency, setting the stage for the transformative journey to Black Belt in the second half of the class where a profound dive into Lean and Six Sigma methodologies awaits, elevating individuals to the esteemed Black Belt skills. Learned skills are practiced and applied through individual and team exercises, as well as to the individual projects. Armed with this advanced knowledge and the practical concepts learned, participants are poised to lead project teams in orchestrating groundbreaking business improvements that redefine success for their organizations. The versatility of the Lean Six Sigma methodology shines through, demonstrating its systematic application across service-based, transactional, production-based, and healthcare environments.
Join us on this career-improvement venture dedicated to delivering not just results, but exceptional results, accompanied by heightened customer satisfaction. Elevate your skills, lead with confidence, and be the catalyst for transformative change in your professional realm.
Note: Each participant must own and install the latest version of Minitab (statistical software) before the course start.
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Course Data
- CEU Hours: 6.7
- Length: 134 Hours
- ASQ RU: 6.7
- Audience: Practitioner, Professional
- Provider: ASQ
Learning Objectives:
- Apply Six Sigma tools as a member of a project team.
- Lead and execute process-level improvement projects.
- Collect process data and develop process maps.
- Develop statistical hypotheses using simple statistical tools.
- Design simple experiments and/or implementation plans that validate improvement options.
- Apply problem-solving and quantifiable tools to an improvement project brought to class on the first day.
- Identify and reduce waste and defects by applying Lean and Six Sigma tools.
- Execute the Six Sigma methodology.
- Collaborate with process owners to sustain process gains.
- Analyze and improve critical business processes using data-driven methods.
- Apply statistical and problem-solving tools to an improvement project brought to class on the first day.
- Analyze and reduce process variation using Lean and Six Sigma tools.
- Identify and reduce waste and defects by applying Lean and Six Sigma tools.
- Collect, analyze, and quantify data that enable process improvements.
- Execute the Six Sigma methodology.
- Establish and define process capability.
- Identify and eliminate dominant process variation sources.
- Characterize and optimize processes by computing and applying statistical techniques.
- Design, simulate, and execute designed experiments that depict validated improvement.
- Plan and implement process control to sustain project gains.
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 to understand statistical concepts is a minimum.
- Devote at least 40% of your time at your work environment to work on your project.
Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for individuals from diverse organizational functions-operations, quality, logistics, finance, production, engineering and other staff functions. Participants are normally process owners or leaders and are well versed in technical aspects of their jobs and have worked on project teams.- Overview and Foundation of Lean and Six Sigma
- Drivers and Metrics
- Project Planning and Documentation
- Define Phase Overview and Scope
- Define to Measure Phase Transition
- Introduction to Minitab
- Theory of Constraints
- Process and Value Stream Mapping
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Data Collection and Summary
- Probability and Statistics
- Measurement Systems Analysis
- Process Capability
- Measure to Analyze Phase Transition
- Graphical Analysis Using Minitab
- Confidence Intervals
- Hypothesis Testing
- ANOVA
- Regression
- Chi-Squared
- Lean Basics
- Analyze to Improve Phase Transition
- Introduction to Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Introduction to DOE with Minitab
- DoE Golf Experiment
- Implement and Validate Solutions
- Improve to Control Phase Transition
- Standard Work
- Control Charts
- Control Plans
- Control Phase Summary
- Change Management
- Performance Measures and Benchmarking
- Financial Measures
- Define to Measure Phase Transition
- Probability
- Advanced MSA
- Advanced Process Capability with Minitab
- Measure to Analyze Phase Transition
- CLT and Confidence Intervals
- Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Predictive Analytics – CART
- ANOVA
- Nonparametric Statistics
- Chi-Square and Contingency Tables
- Power and Sample Size
- Advanced Lean Tools
- Improving Process Flow with Lean
- Analyze to Improve Transition
- Characterization DOE Refresher
- Catapult Exercise
- Fractional Factorial Designed Experiments
- Split Plot Designs
- Response Surface Designs
- Statistical Process Control
- Improve to Control Transition
- Control Plans
- Design for Six Sigma Overview
- Control Phase Summary
ASQ courses provide online access to the digital course content for 365 days (online slide decks and downloadable workbook and data files), beginning five days before the first day of your course.
- Latest version of Minitab Statistical Software is required and must be provided by the participant and loaded on their computer prior to the first day of class. You can purchase this directly from Minitab.
- Laptop computers are required during class and must be provided by the participant, with the ability to browse the internet (with JavaScript and pop-ups enabled), to run Minitab, and to open Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Administrator privileges recommended.
- Online course delivery will be via WebEx: To prevent issues on your first training day, please join a WebEx test session in advance of your scheduled virtual training. Click https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html from the device and browser you will use during class and enter your name and email address to join―if successful, you will see a screen that says "Congratulations! Your system is now set up properly." If you do not have administrative privileges on that device, you may need the assistance of your local IT/IS help desk staff for the platform to engage correctly.
If you need to cancel, we will refund your paid registration fee as noted below.
- Requests for cancellations or transfers to another course offering received at least 30 calendar days before the start of the course can receive a full refund or transfer.
- There are no refunds within 30 calendar days before the start of the course.
- Requests to transfer to another course offering 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.
- There are no refunds 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.
- IMPORTANT: Some courses are delivered by ASQ’s partners and have separate cancellation policies. Please refer to the product page for exact information or contact Customer Care at [email protected].
Enrollment Details
A web-based, live, classroom-like instructor led experience allowing attendees to interact without traveling. Course includes online access to materials for a limited time and up to three hard copy prints. Some courses include an electronic book – see course description for details.
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