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• All materials

• Lunches & refreshments

• Accreditation

All courses are also available as tailor-made in-company events.  Please phone 01926 336423 to discuss your requirements

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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

For certified Green Belts, this exclusive programme provides a fast-track upgrade path to achieve Black Belt status. The 8-day programme focuses on the advanced DMAIC tools that are required for more complex projects. Candidates for this programme will have been trained and accredited as a Green Belt by a recognised training organisation.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

• Provide a clear upgrade route from Green Belt to Black Belt (including re-cap key learning points from Green Belt)

• Ensure DMAIC flow and application of tools are fully understood

• Introduce the leadership and change management skills to support the Black Belt role

• Provide practitioner training in the more complex statistical tools required within the Black Belt toolkit

• Provide guidance on Black Belt certification process & discuss delegate projects

PROGRAMME CONTENT

BLOCK 1

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Introduction

• The Black Belt role

• Project selection, scoping & management

• Certification process

• Review of advanced improvement techniques in the DMAIC process

Quality Function
 Deployment (QFD)

• Overview of QFD

• QFD & 6S process improvement

• An anatomy of QFD

Leadership & Process Transformation

• Effective change management

• Change acceptance for the organisation & individual

• Drivers, constraints, sponsors & stakeholders

• Managing commitment

• Influencing &
  communicating

Hypothesis Testing

• Using inferential statistics for process improvement

• Hypothesis testing route map

• Analysing variable data for normality, location & dispersion

• Analysing attribute data for proportion & count data

• Non-parametric statistical techniques

• Non-normal data

Multi-Variable  Regression

• Introduction to multiple regression

• Analysis of multi-variable data

• Further diagnostic techniques

• Signpost to advanced regression techniques

BLOCK 2

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Implementing Process Transformation

• Implementation monitoring & control

• ‘After action’ reviews

• Transfer of ownership

• Identifying, leading & developing your team

• Overcoming resistance & developing high performance teams

• Coaching for performance excellence

Introduction to DFSS:  the IDOV Roadmap

• Introduction to DFSS

• The benefits of using the DFSS approach

• The IDOV route map

• Implementing DFSS

Advanced Design of
 Experiments

• Benefits & limitations of basic DOE techniques

• Overview of advanced technique

• Advanced Design of Experiments (Contd)

• Taguchi techniques

• Mixed & multi-level experiments

• Response surface designs
  (CCD, CCF & Box-Behnken designs)

• Introduction to evolutionary experimentation
  (EVOP techniques)

•  Note: All DOE modules Include SimWare Simulations
   & Minitab Analysis, as well as practical
   experimentation examples

ACCREDITATION

Smallpeice offer an accreditation process for the Black Belt Upgrade trainees. This involves passing a multi-choice examination, submitting a Black Belt project report, and attending a panel assessment session with the Smallpeice Master Black Belt Team. Input from the sponsoring company will also be sought and taken into account.