First steps towards Lean Six Sigma expertise: get your Yellow Belt certification!

The Lean 6 Sigma Yellow Belt training course provides a basic understanding of Lean, and practical tools and techniques for making improvements as a stakeholder or employee in an improvement project, or as part of a department’s continuous improvement programme. This way of working creates more value for the client, the department or the organisation as a whole.

Training type: Open classroom and In-Company
Timing: 2 days

This training will enable you to:

  • Recognise what Lean 6 Sigma is
  • Recognise improvement techniques
  • Explain what the Lean philosophy entails
  • Describe the fundamental concepts and improvement methods of Lean Six Sigma
  • Recognise potential improvements
  • Identify potential solutions to problems identified in a process

Pedagogical approach

Over two 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
  • DMAIC methodology
  • Business Game: Processing client orders
  • Process mapping
  • Analysing waste: Value Stream Mapping technique
  • Cause analysis (fishbone technique – Ishikawa)
  • Solution development (brainstorming, Poka-yoke (error prevention), implementation)
  • The 5S approach
  • Anchoring the solution (ongoing monitoring)

This training is aimed for:

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

No prerequisites are required.

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