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Did you receive your Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification, but have not used it for a while? Do you want to learn the Basics of Six Sigma, but don鈥檛 have the time for a full course?
Six Sigma Refresher will hit the technical highlights of a Six Sigma without the stress of mastering all the tools. Students are welcome to bring projects and topic requests for review and discussions. No projects are required. Assignments and tests are for individual learning purposes.
Refresh your knowledge of process metrics, process improvement strategies and mapping, basic statistics, control charts, data collection and more.
Benefits and Learning Outcomes
- Understand the DMAIC/DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve/Design and Control/Validate) methodology and the links to other methodologies and tools.
- Analyze process variation to understand how your business problems impact efficiency and costs.
- Apply the appropriate strategies and statistical techniques to understand key process inputs to improve processes and reduce costs.
- Identify missing controls to lock in savings and verify improvements.
Course Outline/Topics
- Overview of Process Improvement Strategies
- Why Six Sigma vs Lean, Project Management, Change Management, Scrum, PDCA, Kaizen and Red X
- The DMAIC/DMADV Roadmap
- Roles of Champions, Mentors, Yellow Belts, Green Belts, Black Belts and Master Black Belts
- The Problem with Choosing a Problem 鈥� Problem Statements, Pareto Analysis, Writing Project Contracts/Deliverables, Cost of Poor Quality
- Managing Change and Six Sigma Projects
- Process Mapping, Value Stream Mapping and Swim Lanes
- Failure Modes Affects Analysis and Significant Characteristics
- Data Collection and Sampling Techniques
- Current Events Examples of Data Analytics
- Basic Statistics 鈥� Is Your Variation Significant? Data Types, Power in Samples Size, Data Distribution, Gage R&R, Process Capability, Hypothesis Testing and Correlation
- Microsoft Minitab and Microsoft Excel Six Sigma Tools
- Transactional Data Analysis
- Control Charts 鈥� Defining Control, Trends and Control Limits vs Specification Limits
- Design of Experiments and Multi-Variant Testing
- Lean Toolbox Express: A3, 5Ys, Root Cause Analysis, 5S, Power of 10s, SMED, PDCA, Kanban, Tact Time, Visual Management, Standard Work and more!
- Validating and Sustaining Improvements 鈥� Solving Problems for Good!
- Exiting a Six Sigma Project
- The 鈥淕olden Rules鈥� of Six Sigma Projects
Who Should Attend
This fast-paced program will hit the highlights of Six Sigma Methodology and Analytics in four concise classes. This course is designed for Certified Green and Black Belts looking for a curriculum refresher or preparing to take the ASQ Lean Six Sigma Exam.
Continuous Improvement, Engineering, Design, Finance, Quality, Supply Chain, Business/Data Analytics, Operations, Project Management Professionals and Leaders are encouraged to attend.
Professionals with exposure to statistics and analytics who are considering a certification in the future are also welcome to attend.
Module Outlines
Module 1 – DMAIC vs DMADV, Defining A Project and Project Metrics and Measurement of Current State (2 hours)
Module 2 – Analytics of Project Variation and Minitab/Excel Refresher (2 hours)
Module 3 – Gaining Control – Statistical and Process Analysis and Multi-Variant Testing. (2 hours)
Module 4 – Implementing/Validating Improvements, Controlling Change and Project Transition (2 hours)