Champion Training

This training is usually geared toward the executives of the company. This training gives them a good understanding of Lean Six Sigma so they can “Champion” improvement efforts for the organization.

This training is a half day and it will address the some of the following:

• What is Lean and how is it helpful

• What is Six Sigma and how is it helpful

• What is your role as a Lean Six Sigma Champion

• Project Selection and Scope

• Project Definition & Charter

• Acknowledging team success

Yellow Belt

This training is designed to give you a large overview of many of the tools used in Lean Six Sigma. This is intended to be the first course in you Lean Six Sigma journey.

This training is a 2 1/2 day course, and it will address some of the following:

• What is Lean

• What is Six Sigma

• Lean Methodologies

  • PDCA

  • 5 S

  • 8 Wastes

  • Kanban

  • Kaizen Events

• Six Sigma Methodologies

  • Pareto

  • Value Stream Mapping

  • FMEA

  • Brainstorming & Affinity Diagrams

  • DMAIC

Green Belt

The Green Belt training goes into greater detail on the tools learned in the Yellow Belt. A certified Green Belt can support the black belt in a project.

This training encompasses 2 weeks of daily classes and it will address some of the following:

• Voice of the Customer (VOC)

• Project Selection

• Project Charters & Scope

• Project Metrics

• Communication Plans

• Team Stages

• Probability

• Process Capability

• Design of Experiments

• Control Plans

Black Belt

Builds upon the Green Belt training and utilizes an actual project making the participant highly knowledgeable on Lean Six Sigma methodologies and tools.

This is a very in-depth training taking 4 weeks of daily work to accomplish. At the end of this training the participant will be able to do the following :

• Run a successful organization-wide improvement project

• Manage improvement teams that are highly successful

• Be able to implement successful use of the DMAIC process for improvement

• Amaze the organization with the ability to improve to a six sigma, or approximately 3 issues per every defect level.

• Demonstrate incredible and unbelievable improvements.

Master Black Belt

A Master Black Belt is a person who understands the implementation of Lean Six Sigma and is able to teach that to others.

This training is a 5 day course and will address some of the following:

• Leadership skills to assist executive management

• Training, mentoring and coaching tools & techniques

• Managing resistance to change

• Advanced Statistics

Lean Six Sigma Intro

This is a basic introduction to Lean Six Sigma tools that can be utilized effectively immediately after the short training. This training can encompass any lean six sigma tools.

Each class is one hour. Adding additional classes will add an hour. Here are some of the methods:

• 5 S

• 8 Wastes

• Structured Brainstorming

• Pareto

• Current State Mapping

• Standard Operating Procedures & Document Management

• Root Cause Analysis and CAPA

• DMAIC