June 2 '08

1 Day course

£375+VAT per delegate

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deployment process


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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: OVERVIEW

COURSE PROGRAMME (1 Day)

 

Business and transactional processes can often be a major constraint on overall product/service improvements. This course will align the Six Sigma toolkit to the crucial organisational issues associated with the world of finance, sales & marketing, HR, IT systems, call centres, supply chain/logistics and the more manually intensive business processes that exist in all companies.

OBJECTIVES

Provide an overview of Six Sigma in Business

Understand the language

Gain appreciation of the methodology

Recognise the business benefits

Differentiate roles & responsibilities

Identify deployment issues

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction

Course Objectives

Use of Project Examples

What is Six Sigma

How has it developed

How can it benefit a Business

 

What is a Process

Work is done via Processes

Y=f(x)

Business Processes have inputs and outputs

How Good is the Process

What is six Sigma Performance?

 

Six Sigma and “Lean”

How does Six Sigma fit with “Lean”

Questions to be Addressed

Complimentary Approach

 

What is “Sigma”
Process Setting/Process Spread
Standard Deviation
How to Calculate Sigma Values

What’s the Methodology?
Define
VOC
Process Mapping
Identify Variables (x’s)
Project Charter
Project Example - Define

Measure
Establish Metrics
Data Collection Plan
Measurement System evaluation
Process Capability
Project Example - Measure


Analyse
FMEA
Cause and Effect Matrix
Graphical Analysis
Use of Minitab with Project Example
Hypothesis Testing for Vital Few
Project Example - Analyse

 

Improve
DOE concept
Process redesign
Pilot
  Verify
  Project Example - Improve

Control
  Control Plan
  Control Charts
  Leverage Opportunity
  Project Example - Control

Developing a Six Sigma Deployment Strategy
  Fit to Business Strategy
  Implementation Tool
  Leadership Engagement
  Setting Expectations
  Resource Needs
  Training

Roles and Responsibilities
  Senior Management
  Deployment Champion
  Process Owner
  Black Belt/Master Black Belt
  Green Belt
  Team
  Team Members
  Financial Analyst

Six Sigma Projects
  What is and is not a Project
  Project Selection
  Teams
  Project Management

People Issues
  Organisational Positioning
  Selection of candidate “Belts”
  Reward and Recognition

Wrap-up
  Questions
  What Next?
  Reflections