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Six Sigma (Black Belt)

Chris Bujak • May 3, 2021
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Develop Black Belt knowledge and skills to effectively and efficiently lead teams through the six sigma method. Learn and apply detailed statistical analysis to decrease process defects and variation. 

Goal:

To increase your knowledge and skills of the Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process and methods and be able to use it to lead a team through a process variance or defect reduction project.

Benefits:

  • Focus on increasing customer satisfaction.
  • Improve productivity and financial performance.
  • Engage team members in decreasing process variation, reducing defects, improving quality and safety.
  • Create predictable and controllable processes.           
  • Gain processes to follow, techniques and templates to use for collecting and analyzing data to measure the current process; identifying, evaluating, and installing the solutions to measure and control performance; and continually improving. 
  • One year CI Community of Practice membership.
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Agenda: 

Training: 96 hours of education and immediate application. Participants bring a scenario to class on which to focus and practice.

Application and Coaching: 4 days of on-site event co-lead. One-on-one coaching until results are achieved.

Certification: Participation in this course and completion of 1 project = Continuous Improvement Six Sigma Black Belt CERTIFICATION.

Agenda: (96 training hours can be spread over more than 3 weeks)
Training – Week 1 (4 days)
1.     The role of a Continual Improvement Champion in leading the method
2.     Project selection and how to lead a team through the Six Sigma process
3.     DEFINE: Define the problem, goal, and critical customer requirements; calculate Return On Investment
4.     MEASURE: Establish process scope and characteristics, map the current process, and establish measurement system and data collection
5.     ANALYZE: Calculate and analyze process capability
Training – Week 2 (4 days)
1.     ANALYZE: Basic and advanced statistical data analysis and identification of root causes, Use of Minitab software
Training – Week 3 (4 days)
1.     IMPROVE: Define, develop, test, and implement improvements
2.     CONTROL: Document, train, go-live, establishing continual improvement system with (control measures and feedback mechanisms)
Application with the team (following each training week)
•  One-on-one coaching to confirm/prepare for initial application
•  On-site project, with coach as co-lead (real, immediate application and results)
Certification (after completion of additional project)
•  Project documentation review and team survey & CERTIFICATION RECOGNITION!
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