Strengthen your Lean Six Sigma expertise with Green Belt certification

As well as providing a basic knowledge of Lean and practical tools and techniques for achieving improvements in an organization, the Green Belt Lean 6 Sigma training course will focus on putting these into practice.

The aim is to enable participants to become active players in such optimization projects.

Training type: Open classroom and In Company

This training will enable you to

  • Explain what Lean 6 Sigma is

  • Summarize improvement techniques and be able to put them into practice

  • Describe what the Lean philosophy implies

  • Explain the fundamental concepts and improvement methods of Lean Six Sigma and be able to apply them

  • Analyze problems in a process
  • Recognize potential improvements
  • Identify potential solutions to identified process problems
  • Take part in process improvement projects
  • Implement continuous improvement in an operational context

Pedagogical approach

Over six days, the course combines conceptual presentations, discussion and experience-sharing, practical exercises and application to a case study, game-based learning and the provision of a toolbox. Regular assessment of learning outcomes is provided by means of quizzes.

Content

  • Concept and basic principles of Six Sigma and Lean

    • History
    • Six Sigma principles and process improvement methodology (DMAIC)
    • Basic principles of Lean (customer orientation, value and waste, flow and pull, continuous improvement)
    • Management domains (customer needs, product, process, organization)
    • Workplace design (implementation) using the 5S approach
  • Principles and methodology of process improvement
  • Project vision: problem definition, scope (SIPOC-Turtle), objectives, constraints, results, prioritization (Pareto), type of approach
  • Project organization: planning, deadlines, stakeholders, positioning in an Agile environment, etc.

  • Business case

  • AS IS” situation description and analysis: information gathering and process mapping (level of detail, scope (SIPOC, TURTLE), value chains, interaction models, ‘Swimlane’ diagram, standard operating procedures)
  • Introduction to BPMN – Waste analysis

  • Value Stream Mapping

    • Qualitative analysis techniques: Problem description, cost analysis (ABC), SWOT, customer value analysis, risk analysis (FMEA), first time right, cause analysis (Fishbone & CNX), Pareto
    • Quantitative analysis techniques. Examples: Measurement, data collection, descriptive statistics, data analysis, hypothesis testing, etc.
  • Improvement techniques: idea generation, brainstorming, 5S, Poka-Yoke, prioritization, consequence analysis (Copafilt), business case, implementation preparation
  • Implementation aspects, including change management (resistance, communication, etc.)

  • Definition and monitoring (“control”) of KPIs (principles of performance management, definition of indicators, etc.)

This training is aimed for

  • Business Process Manager
  • Business Process Owner
  • Business Process Analyst
  • Business Process Operators
  • Sponsors
  • Business Process Improvement Contributors

Prerequisites required: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

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