Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) Training

Course Duration

10 Days

Audience

Employees of federal, state and local governments; and businesses working with the government.

Prerequisites

Completion of Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB) training or demonstrated equivalent knowledge and experience is required.

Course Description

Lean Six Sigma saves organizations time and money through continuous improvement. Employers therefore often pay a premium for Six Sigma trained and certified managers. Our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training teaches you the strategies and tools necessary for leading process improvement in your organization and provides you with the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. Take your career to the next level by getting your Lean Six Sigma certification today! Upon successfully completing the course (attending all days, completing all assignments, passing the final exam, and submitting and passing the final Lean Six Sigma project), you will earn the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) credential from Project Management Academy®. Project Management Academy is accredited by the Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC), an Official Industry Standard for Six Sigma Accreditation. Your final Lean Six Sigma project must demonstrate your ability to carry out a Six Sigma project (from creation to the final stages using the DMAIC/DMADV method).

Learning Objectives

• Initiate Six Sigma projects to bring about significant and lasting organizational change
• Formulate project selection criteria to focus Six Sigma initiatives on projects that will have the greatest chance of success
• Apply the DMAIC improvement process to solve business problems
• Develop process maps to gain a full understanding of an existing process
• Incorporate the 'y = f(x)' method to determine the relationship between key inputs and process outputs
• Employ Six Sigma data-driven approaches to solve problems at their root cause and prevent their recurrence
• Reduce waste and defects by applying Lean and Six Sigma principles
• Implement control charts to monitor how a process is performing over time

Course Outline

• Course Overview
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Lean vs. Six Sigma
• Learning Assessment
• Lean Fundamentals
• Flow Production Cells
• Kaizen
• 7 Waste Identification (Muda)
• Waste Elimination
• Current State vs. Future State
• Team Selection
• Project Charter
• The Five 'W's' and One 'H' of a Problem Statement
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM) and PACI Charts
• Process Mapping
• Process Mapping Exercise
• Ishikawa Diagrams
• Affinity Diagrams
• 5S and 6M’s
• Visual Management
• Traditional and Lean Production(s)
• Takt Time
• Focused Factories and Demand Flow
• Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED)
• Mistake Proofing (Poka-Yoke)
• A3 Thinking
• Learning Assessment
• History of Six Sigma
• Lean vs. Six Sigma
• DMAIC vs. DMADV

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