Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification program will equip participants with the technical competencies, team leadership skills and change management skills to lead Lean Six Sigma projects using the Lean Principles and DMAIC (Define Measure Analyze Improve Control) methodology. The 10-day program will cover the most contemporary process improvement practices adopted by leading organizations and proponents of Lean Sigma Transformation in manufacturing, service, healthcare, financial, public sector as well as many other industries.

Business success in any organisation requires vision, products and services that add value, processes that are efficient, people who are competent and a culture that supports the behaviours of improvement and development. This course will address all these aspects with a significant focus on the cultural change and the role of the Lean Sigma Black Belt in the facilitation, change management and application of the tools to change a culture.

The role of the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a business improvement professional that is able to support the Lean and Six Sigma implementation journey in organizations, including assisting systems and tools implementation. They possess the ability to mentor multiple teams, monitor performance of all activities and engage leadership support to deliver genuine business improvements.

This programme will run over 5 months and will focus heavily on the application of the tools rather than their academic understanding.

The course covers the phases of a typical Lean Transformation utilising Lean Principles and Six Sigma: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control.

The methodology follows a structured sequence of problem solving techniques and cultural change management to arrive at a solution. Statistics aid in the decision-making process and help to validate the success of changes. Cultural facilitation embeds that change.

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Target Audience

This Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training Course is recommended for all those in an organisation who will lead medium or large improvements and who will act as coaches or mentors to others involved in the improvement programme.

It is suitable for managers, internal consultants, change agents, project managers, team leaders, business improvement leaders or facilitators.

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Enterprise-wide overview: history, foundations, integration of Lean and Six Sigma, business processes and systems and LSS applications

Lean Transformation Roadmap
Lean Assessment
Leadership
Responsibilities, roadblocks, change management, projects, Six Sigma roles and responsibilities
Organizational Process Management and Measures
Impact on stakeholders, Critical to x (CTx) requirements, Benchmarking, Business performance measures, Financial measures
Project Selection
NPV (Net Present Value) Analysis
Value Stream Mapping
Management of change
Lean Six Sigma Teams
Hoshin Kanri strategy deployment

Define Phase

Voice of the customer
Project charter
Problem statement
Project scope
Goals and objectives
Project performance measures
Project tracking
Project Stakeholder Analysis
Measurable Customer Requirements
Requirements Statements
Process Mapping
SIPOC

Measure Phase

Process characteristics
Input and output variables
Process flow metrics
Process analysis tools
Data collection
Types of data
Measurement scales
Sampling methods
Collecting data
Measurement systems
Measurement methods
Measurement systems analysis
Basic statistics
Basic terms
Central limit theorem
Descriptive statistics
Graphical methods
Valid statistical conclusions
Probability
Basic concepts and Distributions
Process capability
Process capability indices
Process performance indices
Short-term and long-term capability
Process capability for non-normal data
Process capability for attributes data
Process capability studies and Process performance vs. specification

Analyse Phase

Data Analysis Overview
Pareto Analysis
Gap analysis
Root cause analysis
Waste analysis
Run Charts
Histogram/Frequency Plot
Cause and Effect Analysis
Scatter Plot or Correlation Diagram
Multi-Variant Analysis
Correlation coefficient
Regression
Multivariate tools
Multi-vari studies
Attributes data analysis
Inferential Statistics Primer
Hypothesis testing
Terminology
Statistical vs. practical
Significance
Sample size
Design of Experiments Overview
Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)

Improve Phase

Generating Creative Solutions- Brainstorming
Analysing and Selecting Solutions- Decision Matrix
5S
Autonomous Maintenance / TPM
Quick Changeover / SMED
Line Balancing/Operator Balance Charts
Continuous Flow Layouts
Kanban/Pull Systems
Kaizen Events
Pilot Testing
Full-Scale Implementation
Creativity and Innovation
Eliminate, Combine, Redesign, Simplify (ECRS)
Design of experiments (DOE)
Waste elimination
Cycle-time reduction
Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz
Theory of constraints (TOC)
TRIZ
Risk analysis and mitigation

Control Phase

Control Plan Elements
Statistical Process Control
Statistical process control
Objectives,
Selection of variables
Rational sub-grouping
Control chart selection
Control chart analysis
Other control tools
Total productive maintenance
Visual factory
Maintain controls
Measurement system re-analysis
Control plan
Sustain improvements
Lessons learned
Training plan deployment
Documentation

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Frameworks and Methodologies

Common DFSS methodologies
Customer Expectation
House of Qualit
Critical to Quality Deployment
Critical Parameter Management
Design for X (DFX)
Robust design and process (Special design tools)

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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

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