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Key Information

Duration

2–8 hours

Intended Audience

This course is for anyone interested in becoming familiar with Lean Six Sigma.

Learning Outcomes

You will be able to:

  • Contribute to improvement projects
  • Understand the objectives of DMAIC
  • Appreciate simple data analysis, problem solving & teamworking

Included in This Course

  • 12 video lectures
  • 10 exercises (inc. example data + templates)

Exam

None. (Learn Why)

Prerequisites

None.

Certification

On completion of certification exercises.
Lifetime. No recertification required.

CPD Hours

Video
2 hours
Exercises
4–6+ hours

Course Description

This beginner course provides an introduction and appreciation of Lean Six Sigma.

It will give you an awareness of the objectives and the teamworking approach, and an understanding of the steps and tools used in a typical project.

You will also get an appreciation of the value of data analysis and problem-solving, and enough familiarity with the DMAIC process to contribute as a team member on an improvement project.

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone considering the benefits of Lean Six Sigma, or anyone who will be exposed to a Lean Six Sigma project and needs an understanding of its aims and objectives.

What is a Yellow Belt?

As a Yellow Belt, you will have a clear appreciation and basic knowledge of Lean Six Sigma.

With a good understanding of the tools and strategies, you will be able to join and support process improvement projects as a team member, led by a Green Belt or a Black Belt.

How does the course work?

This self-paced course includes 12 video modules with practical exercises throughout, giving you the knowledge and practice using the tools.

Certification

To receive your certification, just send us your answers to the exercises.

There’s no pass mark; we simply want to see that you’ve followed the course and attempted the exercises.

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Syllabus

Introduction to Lean  (click to expand)

Approx 1 hr.

An overview of the five principles and stages of a Lean project (Define, Map, Flow, Pull, Perfection), along with the tools used and the ideas behind each stage.

Topics Covered

The module is divided into five videos, around 10–15 minutes long, one for each of the stages of the Lean framework:

Define (15 min.)

  • Defining Value
  • The Eight Wastes of Lean
  • Brainstorming
  • Tollgate Review

Map (10 min.)

  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Swim Lane Process Mapping
  • Tollgate Review

Flow (10 min.)

  • Make the Process Flow
  • One Piece Flow
  • Inventory Management
  • Tollgate Review

Pull (10 min.)

  • Shift to Pull
  • Kanbans for Visual Control
  • Visual Management
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Tollgate Review

Perfection (10 min.)

  • Kaizen — Strive for Perfection
  • 5S for Workplace Organization
  • Poke Yoke for Mistake Proofing
  • SMED for Fast Changeover
  • Tollgate Reivew
Six Sigma

Approx 45 min.

An overview of the five stage Six Sigma D.M.A.I.C. model (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control) and the strategies and techniques used in each.

Topics Covered

This module is divided into five videos, around 10–15 minutes long, one for each of the stages of a Six Sigma project:

Define (10 min.)

  • Define the Problem and Goal
  • Project Selection
  • Project Charter
  • Define Tollgate

Measure (10 min.)

  • Measurement
  • SIPOC Tool
  • Sampling Data
  • Measure Tollgate

Analyse (10 min.)

  • Practical Methods
  • Analytical Methods
  • Analyse Tollgate

Improve (10 min.)

  • Brainstorming Techniques
  • Process Design
  • Improve Tollgate

Control (5 min.)

  • Communication Plan
  • Control Plan
  • Control Charts
  • Control Tollgate
Certification Exercises

Approx 4–6+ hours

These exercises will give you practical experience of the tools you've learned, as well as making you eligible for Yellow Belt certification.

All exercises include links to relevant resources and sample data.

How Certification Works

Send your finished exercises to us by e-mail and we'll issue your Yellow Belt certificate.

There's no pass mark. Yellow Belt is only about familiarity with Lean Six Sigma.

Exercise Topics

  • Brainstorming project opportunities
  • Mapping information flow
  • Seeing the cost of poor quality
  • Improving speed and reduced waste
  • Visual management & fast changeovers
  • Project selection
  • Data visualisation
  • Brainstorm techniques
  • Next steps & future development

Meet the Instructor

Martin Hayden

Martin Hayden

Martin qualified as a Six Sigma Master Black Belt in 2002 with Air Academy, Colorado Springs, USA. He has trained over 1200 students and taught courses across the USA, Europe, and Asia.

Martin worked at global Life Sciences company Perkin-Elmer until 2014 and delivered projects for various domains from business process to scientific instrument manufacture.

FAQ

Teaching schedule

Self-paced courses

With our self-paced courses you can study at your own pace and schedule.

You'll have access to our eAcademy where you can watch all our video courses and access all the course materials.

Online live courses

Weekdays, from 9am until 4pm UK time, with plenty of breaks in between!

A typical day usually goes as follows but these standard times can be adjusted to accommodate schedule conflicts (including different time zones!). Let us know at the start of the class and we’ll work it out with agreement of the class at the time.

9:00 – 10:00
Morning session
10:00 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 12:30
Mid-morning session (with a short mid-session break)
12:30 – 14:00
Break for lunch
14:00 – 16:00
Afternoon session (with a short mid-session break)

Tailored courses

Talk to us about booking a tailored group course for your organisation's schedule and training needs.

Joining the online live classroom

We use Zoom Workplace for all teaching and breakout sessions. It's free to download and use. A laptop or desktop computer with a camera and a headset with microphone will work best in class.

The course notes and teaching examples will be distributed via a public One Drive folder for you to download your own local copies.

Teaching style

We use small class sizes to allow lots of interaction with the instructor, as well as allowing us to make the course tailored and relevant to your specific interests.

There will also be quite a few breakout sessions of smaller teams of students and instructors to test and practice the tools.

We like participation! We think as students you learn most by questioning, challenging and testing what you hear.

Software needed

For Six Sigma modules

We use the statistics package JASP, which is 100% free.

It is easy to use and has excellent reporting formats for your project documentation

JASP is a port of IBM SPSS, and is supported by a number of institutions lead by the University of Amsterdam.

You will easily transfer the knowledge you gain using it to any of the other statistics packages that you may come to use.

It is important that we all have access to the same tools for classwork and breakouts and JASP is a great choice for all of our needs.

Deferring partway through a course

Yes you can do that.

If at any point the demands of your job or your personal plans change and conflict with the schedule you can always defer to a later cycle and pick up where you left off.

Privacy concerns

Don't worry!

We don't record any of our live teaching with students.

We also don't required you to give your full name when you sign into the classroom.

Before joining the class you will also be able to set up a background blur to obscure anything that might be in view around you.

Getting course notes, materials.

We will send you a copy of all the slides and all the training examples at the start of class.

We think it is important that you have access to everything and that you are able to make notes as you learn.

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