Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training

This practical and hands-on Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification (LSS) Training course covers the origin and aims of Lean, Six Sigma, and Lean Six Sigma and the roles of a Lean Six Sigma team.

Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training Benefits

• Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training Course Benefits

  • Recordings of all instructor-led sessions are included
  • Half-day training sessions, live online, allow you to still work half days
  • Receive a certificate of completion from Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering

• In this Lean Six Sigma: Yellow Belt Certification Training Course, you will:

  • Practice developing a SIPOC with Input, Process, and Output measures.
  • Learn how to develop current state Quality, Speed, and Financial Metrics.
  • Practice building a Measure Phase Data Collection Plan.
  • Design a Cause and Effect Diagram linking root causes to the process issue.
  • Practice creating a Pareto Chart that quantifies the significant root causes.
  • Learn how to identify and write up a Solutions (Implementation) Plan.
  • Practice writing a process Control/Response/Escalation Plan.
  • Learn how to create a Charters Problem Statement that is measurable and linked to the Voice of the Customer (VOC).
  • Problem solve using the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) model.

Yellow Belt Course Outline

Module 1: The Process / The Customers

What is a Process?

What Do Our Customers Want

Management, Core & Support Processes

Module 2: Lean

Origins of Lean

what is Lean?

The 7 Wastes of Lean

Value Analysis

The Lessons of Lean

Analysis Tool: “Value-Add” Assessment

Takt Rate Analysis

Visible Workplace

Module 3: Six Sigma Section

Six Sigma History

What is Six Sigma?

How Capable are your Products & Services

Why 99% Yield is Not Good Enough

Six (6) Causes of Variation

Module 4: Lean Six Sigma Integration Section

What is Lean Six Sigma?

Why Combine Lean & Six Sigma?

The DMAIC Methodology

Funnel-Down Many Variables to the Critical Few!

High Level DMAIC Approach

Module 5: Define

Define Activities and Tools

Project Charter Elements

Building an Opportunity or Problem Statement

Opportunity or Problem Statement Examples

Creating the SIPOC Map and Developing Metrics

Define Phase Completion Check

Module 6: Measure

Measure Activities and Tools

Value Steam Map Example

Value Stream Map Symbols

Measure – What gets measured?

Module 7: Analyze

Analyze Activities and Tools

Cause and Effect Diagram

How to Build a Cause and Effect Diagram

Cause and Effect Diagram Example

Pareto Chart

Module 8: Improve

Improve Activities and Tools

Solution Plan

Solution Plan Example

Improve Completion Checks

Module 9: Control

Control Activities and Tools

What is a Control / Response Plan?

Control / Response Plans Questions?

Control Completion Checks