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MANUFACTURING

Overview

Yellow Belt

Green Belt

Black Belt Upgrade

Black Belt

Master Black Belt

in-company only:

Champion

Project Selection

BUSINESS

Overview

Green Belt

Black Belt Upgrade

in-company only:

Black Belt

LEAN SIGMA™

Overview

Green Belt

DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA

Overview

in-company only:

    Modular Programme

LEAN CONVERSION

Lean Conversion

SOFTWARE COURSES

Introduction to Minitab

BUSINESS SIX SIGMA: BLACK BELT (In-Company)

COURSE PROGRAMME (12 Days)

What is Six Sigma ?

Training & Deployment Process

Forthcoming Public Courses

The Business Black Belt programme is designed specifically for business environments. A Business Black Belt is a fully qualified change agent capable of running advanced business improvement projects, and driving change throughout systems and processes.

DEFINE

Introduction to Six Sigma

Organisational goals

Six Sigma roles & certification

Project selection & tracking

Problem Definition

Introduction to Define Phase

Problem Statements

Identifying Customer CTQs

Operational Definitions

Process Mapping

SIPOC Diagrams

Value Stream Mapping

Process Flow Charts

Project Scoping Tools

In/Out of the Frame

The Project Charter

MEASURE

Introduction to Measure Phase

Types of measures

Identifying what to measure

Failure Modes & Effects Analysis

Process FMEA

Severity Ratings

Introduction to Statistics

Probability distributions

Descriptive statistics

Introduction to Minitab

Data Collection

Data types

Sampling techniques & collection tools

Measurement Systems Analysis

Business measurement systems

Cause & Variation

Attribute data MSA

Introduction to Process Capability

Types of control charts

Sigma calculation for variable data

Sigma calculation for attribute data

ANALYSE

Revision & Project Review

Introduction to Analysis Phase

Data analysis

Process analysis

Root cause analysis tools

Visualising Data using Minitab

Graphical Analysis Tools

Pareto charts

Histograms, Boxplots

Scatterplots, Runcharts

Multivari charts

Hypothesis Testing

Introduction to hypothesis testing

Application for variable data

Application for attribute data

Selecting sample size

Regression Analysis

Correlation

Simple linear regression

Elementary residual analysis

Design of Experiments

Introduction to DOE

Using DOE to explore complex relationships

Understanding Change

Stages of change

Group development

Stakeholders

Dealing with resistance

IMPROVE

Revision & Project Review

Individual project presentations

Creativity

Idea generation tools & techniques

Solution Evaluation

Weighting & rating techniques

Evaluation matrices

Idea selection

Control Mechanisms

Poka Yoke & Visual Management

Control plans

SOPs

Statistical Process Control

Control charts

Reaction plans

Linking controls to standards

CONTROL

Leading & Embedding Change

Effective leadership

Communication planning

Engaging support

Integrating change

Business Process Design

DMAIC steps for process design

Implementing a design project

Course Review

Review of key areas

Next steps for certification