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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

SIX SIGMA MANUFACTURING BLACK BELT UPGRADE

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Delegates are required to sit and pass a multi-choice examination
   (optional revision clinic also available)

Submit a Black Belt project report, and attend a panel assessment session

COURSE 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 & 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

July 21 '08

July 22 '08

July 23 '08

July 24 '08

Course Introduction

The role of a Black Belt

Black Belt project selection
    & scoping

Black Belt project
   management

The certification process

Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

Overview of QFD

QFD and 6S Process
    Improvement

An Anatomy of QFD

Change Leadership and Planning and Managing Process Transformation

Effective change

Why change fails

Building a compelling need
    for change

Change acceptance for
    the Organisation and
    Individual

Identifying drivers,
    constraints, sponsors &
    stakeholders

Managing commitment

Influencing and
    Communicating

Hypothesis Testing

The Analyse Phase

Using Inferential Statistics

Significance Testing Route
    Map

Analysis of Variable Data

Analysis of Attribute Data

Non-Parametric Statistical
    Techniques

Multi-Variable Regression

Introduction to Multiple
    Regression

Analysis of Multi-Variable
    Data

Further Diagnostic
    Techniques

Signpost to Advanced
    Regression Techniques

BLOCK 2

August 11 '08

August 12 '08

August 13 '08

August 14 '08

Implementing Process Transformation, Team-working skills

Implementation Monitoring
    and control

Overcoming resistance

After Action reviews

Transfer of ownership

Understanding effective
    teamwork

Identifying, leading and
    developing your team

High performance teams

Coaching for performance

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 and Limitations
    Basic DOE Techniques

Overview of Advanced
    Techniques

Advanced Design of Experiments

Taguchi Techniques

Mixed and Multi-Level Experiments

Response Surface Designs (CCD, CCF and Box-Behnken
    Designs)

Introduction to Evolutionary Experimentation (EVOP
    Techniques)

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