Six Sigma

Six Sigma Green Belt

If you’re looking for breakthrough results, Six Sigma is the rocket that can carry you and your business to new heights. Six Sigma’s strategic, data-driven methodology and tools, which first saved Motorola more than $16 billion, have since helped many of the world’s leading companies solve complex problems and transform their businesses.

MSOE’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training gives you a solid foundation in Six Sigma methodologies as well as Lean tools so you can identify and execute business improvement projects. In this in-depth and action-oriented course, you’ll use the DMAIC model and deepen your understanding of Six Sigma through simulation exercises, hands-on exercises and team projects. By the end of the five-week training, you’ll have a certificate that enhances your resume and the continuous improvement tools to become a master problem-solver at work.

Course Content

• Lean 101: Learn about the essence of Lean manufacturing including such topics as value-add analysis, waste reduction, value stream mapping and 5S.

• Define: Proper problem definition, related SMART goal setting, DMAIC, SIPOC analysis, problem scoping, Six Sigma flow down, CTQ analysis, and stakeholder analysis

• Measure: Process mapping, cause brainstorming using Ishikawa diagrams, basic statistics, Minitab and data analysis, measurement systems analysis, central limit and sampling basics, process capability analysis

• Analyze: Failure modes and effects analysis, hypothesis testing, means and proportion testing, (performing comparisons to a standard, one-one, multiple).

• Improve: Improvement centered brainstorming techniques, financial analysis, piloting/simulation

• Control: Control methods and plans, SPC, quantifiable results analysis techniques, change management/project transition techniques

Time: Five Saturdays, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

CEUs: 4

Price: $2,995

Who Should Attend

• Project managers responsible for leading multifunctional teams

• New project managers seeking to develop team leadership skills

• Experienced project or program managers looking to refresh their team communication strategies

• Project managers who lead teams that have trouble communicating or resolving conflict

• Any team lead or team member who wants to improve their communication and interpersonal skills

Associated Courses

• Introduction to Scrum

• Scrum and Agile

• Six Sigma Black Belt

• Project Management

Benefits

• Leverage communication style diversity to your best advantage

• Create effective communication, decision-making and planning strategies

• Relate to others with greater empathy and understanding

• Reduce stress in interpersonal conflict

Six Sigma Black Belt

The Six Sigma Black Belt certificate is one of the most sought-after business credentials, and for good reason: it can help you catapult your business to new levels of operations excellence AND help you scale new heights in your career. This in-depth, action-oriented course builds on the Six Sigma Green Belt curriculum, deepening your knowledge of Six Sigma’s strategic, data-driven methodology and tools to help you solve complex, cross-functional problems. Drawing on your deeper set of Black Belt skills, you’ll become a change agent who can reduce waste and maximize results.

You’ll use the model of Plan, Train, Apply and Review throughout the course and project work. Simulation exercises, experiential training, team projects and case studies will enhance your hands-on learning. By the end of the course, you’ll have mastered the roadmaps and strategies you need to dramatically improve many aspects of your business.

Please note: A laptop is required for in-class work. Enrollment is limited to those who have completed the Six Sigma Green Belt course.

Course Content

• Define: Identifying needs, project chartering, team formation, project management, change management, meeting management, communication planning, how to use a communication A3 and/or problem solving A3

• Measure: Mapping tools, understanding demand, understanding current state, risk assessment, metrics and measures, basic statistics, Minitab and data, measurement systems analysis (MSA), passive data study preparation

• Analyze: Statistical hypotheses, making comparisons (to a standard, one-on multiple), testing relationships, understanding sources of variation, statistical confidence

• Improve: 5s, setup reduction, visual management, Kaizens, standard work

• Control: Control methods, SPC, validating results, change management

Time: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

CEUs: 8

Price: $3,995

Immediate Takeaways

• Understand the process and integration of Lean with Black Belt tools

• Learn how to scope and define a project

• Deliver dramatic project results within and across processes

• Strengthen the skills you need to lead performance improvement teams

Who Should Attend

• Personnel from health care, industry, finance, accounting, etc.

Associated Courses

• N/A Benefits

• Introduction to hypothesis testing

• Applied approach for decision making