Class Details
- Class Name:
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Audience:
- Project team leaders, process improvement managers, operation excellence managers, people involved in Quality improvement and root cause analysis
- Duration:
- 5 Day Course
- Language:
- English
Learning Objectives
Team leaders will learn how to select a project and perform root cause analysis to identify the true root cause of an unknown problem. This will allow the team leader (Green Belt) and the team members (Yellow Belts and subject matter experts) to determine the solutions to solve the true problem (not the symptoms). These solutions will provide significant savings for the organization in terms of costs, increased efficiency, high-quality products, and increased bottom-line figures. By teaching with accelerated learning techniques (class exercises and hands-on experience), participants can easily grasp and understand the five stages (DMAIC) of a Six Sigma project. DMAIC stands for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control. Each of these topics is explained thoroughly and used as the basis of a Six Sigma project.
Outline At-a-Glance
Day 1: Define:
- Purpose and benefits of Six Sigma
- Six Sigma roles and expectations
- Project selection techniques
- Hard and soft savings
- Define problem
- Create top level process maps and SIPOC diagrams
- Identify “Quick Wins” and whether to implement them
- Team selection/team management
- Develop a project charter
- Perform a tollgate review
Day 2: Measure:
- Introduction to Measure phase
- Develop current state spaghetti diagrams, Swim Lane Maps, Detailed Process Maps, Value Stream Maps
- Understanding data indicators, types and measures
- How to create check sheets for data collection, operational definitions, measurement plan, graphically display data
- Understand mean, median, mode, standard deviation
- Create control charts to use as baseline data (Statistical Process Control), the normal bell curve
Calculate SigmaDay 3: Analyze:
- Value added analysis
- Predictors and responses
- Cause and effect diagrams
- 5 Why’s to determine root causes
- Root cause analysis
- Understanding Correlation and Regression
Day 4: Improve:
- Hands on simulation to calculate sigma of a batch production system
- Lean concepts-Poka Yoke, 5S, Kanban, Single Minute Exchange of Dies, Cell Manufacturing
- Using Inventory Management & Production Scheduling to reduce process variation
- Solution based brainstorming methods (out-of-the-box thinking)
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
- Hands on simulation using Six Sigma tools to improve batch production system & measure sigma improvement
Day 5: Control:
- Validate improvements and savings
- Replication-Identifying similar opportunities
- Transition plan, training plan, control plan, sustainability plan
- Managing change reactions
- Quality Management Systems
- Visual documentation
- Creating and presenting a Project Storyboard
- Lessons Learned
- Reward contributors and celebrate success
- Project closure report
Six Sigma Green Belt - 5 Days Classroom / Workshop Exam: 85% or higher must be achieved on the final exam to obtain certification or certificate of attendance.
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