Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification will take you on a hands-on learning journey that will help you develop the skills you need to create and implement actionable plans that can help your organization serve customers effectively and efficiently.Â
This Practitioner Level course sets out with an understanding of the fundamental principles of the Lean and Six Sigma, tools and techniques and the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) process improvement roadmap. Â It focuses on how to collaborate to identify process waste, solve problems, manage change and implement significant and sustainable results.
By elevating your problem solving and analytical skills, you will return to work, able to develop and support a continuous improvement culture within your organization. A culture that is capable of confidently creating and sustaining innovative efforts.
How you benefit
- Learn how to lead process improvement projects using Lean Six Sigma principles and toolkit using the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology
- Equipped to deliver customer satisfaction, business efficiency, on time and on quality productivity improvements in any organizational context
- Roadmaps for performance-oriented results:Â Access resources for creating vision and setting direction to guide individuals, teams and organizations to create a continuous improvement culture that is capable of confidently creating and sustaining improvement efforts
- Facilitate good decision making through the use of statistical data driven tools and techniques
- Acquire the mindset and skills to collaborate with others to identify waste, solve problems, manage change and implement significant and sustainable process improvements
- Return to work able to develop and support a continuous improvement culture within your organization.
Participant Profile
Green Belt Training and Certification is designed for team members, supervisors, project manager’s, functional and technical experts, consultants, senior executives from a wide variety of manufacturing, service and transactional organizations;
- Seeking to learn new problem solving approaches to develop and integrate cutting-edge best practices into their business processes and organizational culture.
- Participants coming in groups/teams to collaborate on Action Learning Project tailored to their organization’s context.
Course Pre-requisites
Interest in developing practitioner level continuous improvement skills
Exam and Certification
Online Exam: 30 questions
Duration: 40 min.
Pass mark: 70%
Achieve 70% pass mark in the Green Belt multiple choice final exam
Our Live Virtual Classroom courses leverage the power of technology to allow you to join from anywhere in the world to connect and engage live with instructor’s and peers just like in a classroom.
Featuring the same course content, world-class engaging, interactive teaching and diverse participants you can expect from face-to-face learning this new blended format includes virtual and online learning to deliver the insights and tools you need to bridge the gap between theory and real-life execution.
Delivered over 12 weeks that combines video lectures, real-life examples, discussions and quizzes to bring the key concepts to life. Each week of content follows a very clear path to facilitate learning for busy professionals. Our learning platform allows participants to learn at their own pace during each week, by viewing the content, completing assignments and engaging in discussions, taking on average 3-5 hours per week to complete.
Last but not least, the course provides a ready-made support network via our online learning platform where you can get in touch with Master Black Belt experts and fellow participants facing similar challenges.
The online material allows you to complete a significant portion of work flexibly – at your own pace, wherever you might be. Preparation completed online is then pulled into Live Virtual sessions, helping you make the most out of your time in class to apply the learning and to ensure you fully understand the topics.
- Purpose built instructional videos recorded in our media studio
- Interactive exercises and quizzes
- Cases, readings and additional resources
- Online discussions, guided by Master Black Belt’s and teaching assistants
As a course participant, you will complete approximately 34Â hours of online material supported by virtual instructor led sessions. We have split each block of preparation into manageable chunks of time.
Throughout the online preparation modules, there are discussion points which will be drawn upon during the virtual classroom sessions, ensuring a direct connection between learning online and in the classroom.
There are 3 live Instructor-led Virtual Sessions, 6 hours duration each.
Like the other participants, you will bring your experiences to the classroom for in-depth and stimulating learning sessions with your fellow participants and Master Black Belt instructor’s, you will take a collaborative approach to the subject matter allowing you to;
- Consolidate knowledge and understanding
- Share your professional experience
- Master Black Belt instructor’s challenge your ideas
- Apply your knowledge to real-world cases
The core modules are structured progressively around the DMAIC methodology which allows you to apply learning from your course into the workplace rapidly. By accessing course materials at any time and leveraging the diversity of experience within your cohort, you’ll come up with innovative ideas and solutions to personalise the tools to your own situation and make an impact back at the workplace.
The breadth of topics covered in your core modules will give you the confidence to a clear set of priorities to create an action plan that can be used immediately upon your return at work.
- Make a positive impact to change and improvement projects at your workplace
- Adopt a learn by doing approach to apply learning outcomes to a real world scenario(s)
Curriculum and Course Format
1.0 INTRODUCTION TO LEAN SIX SIGMA
5 hours
Understand the value of lean and six sigma, its philosophy, history and goals and the rationale for combining the lean and six sigma approaches to apply to improvement projects.
Understand lean six sigma principles and foundation and the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) process management roadmap.
Understand how non-value add activities and process inputs and outputs impact the larger organization.
1.01Â Six Sigma DMAIC Overview
1.02Â Process Variation
1.03Â Six Sigma and Organizational Goals
1.04Â The DMAIC Process Management Roadmap
1.05Â Belt Structure for Skills Development
1.06Â Summary – Six Sigma DMAIC Overview
1.07Â Introduction to Lean
1.08Â The Origin of Lean
1.09Â Foundations of Lean
1.10Â Value-add and Non-value-add Activities
1.11Â Lean Mindset and Thinking
1.12Â Summary – Introduction to Lean
1.13Â Integration of Lean and Six Sigma to drive On- Time, On-Quality and On Cost performance
2.0 DEFINE
4 hours
Define the scope and goals of the improvement project in terms of customer and/or business requirements, the process that delivers these requirements and stakeholder needs.
2.01Â Overview – Define Phase
2.02Â Problem Definition and Project Charter
2.03Â Define the Process – SIPOC Thinking
2.04Â Understand Voice of Customer (VOC)
2.05Â Customer Identification
2.06Â Gather Customer Feedback
2.07Â Analyze VOC Data
2.08Â Define What is Critical to Quality (CTQ)
2.09Â Summary – Understand Voice of Customer (VOC)
2.10Â Stakeholder Analysis
2.11Â Summary – Define Phase
3.0 MEASURE
6 hours
Map the process and measure, understand and baseline the current process performance and capability through a set of relevant and robust measures.
Calculate process performance metrics such as defects per unit (DPU), rolled throughput yield (RTY), cost of poor quality (COPQ), defects per million opportunities (DPMO) sigma levels and process capability indices.
3.01Â Overview – Measure Phase
3.02Â Process Analysis
3.03Â Collecting and Summarizing Data
3.04Â Types of Data and Measurement Scales
3.05Â Evaluating Metrics
3.06Â Data Collection Methods
3.07Â Sampling Methods
3.08Â Descriptive Statistics
3.09Â Graphical Techniques
3.10Â Summary – Collecting and Summarizing Data
3.11Â Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
3.12Â Process Capability
3.13Â Process Capability Indices
3.14Â Process Performance Indices
3.15Â Short-term and Long-term Capability
3.16Â Process Capability for Attribute data
3.17Â Process Performance vs. Specification
3.18Â Summary – Process Capability
3.19Â Summary – Measure Phase
4.0 ANALYZE
6 hours
Analyze the gap between the current and desired performance, prioritise problems, process risk and identify root causes and understand / statistically verify their effect on process performance.
4.01Â Overview – Analyze Phase
4.02Â Sources of Process Variation
4.03Â Cause and Effect Analysis
4.04Â Process Waste Analysis
4.05Â Takt Time and Bottleneck Analysis
4.06Â Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
4.07Â Measuring and Modeling Variable Relationships
4.08Â Input and Output Variables
4.09Â Correlation
4.10Â Regression
4.11Â Summary – Measuring and Modeling Variable Relationships
4.12Â Summary – Analyze Phase
5.0 IMPROVE
4.5 hours
Generate, select and implement improvement solutions to fix the problems and prevent them from re-occurring so that the required performance goals are met.
Use concepts such as value chain, flow, pull, perfection, etc., and tools commonly used to eliminate waste, including kaizen, 5S, A3 problem solving, morning meetings etc.
5.01Â Overview – Improve Phase
5.02Â Generate Potential Solutions
5.03Â Select the Best Solutions
5.04Â Process Waste Elimination
5.05Â Cycle Time Reduction
5.06Â Implementation Planning
5.07Â Dealing with Resistance to Change
5.08Â Summary – Improve Phase
6.0 CONTROL
4.5 hours
Implement the improved process / solutions in a way that sustains and “holds the gains “and the process has robust control measures and a response plan.
The objectives and benefits of statistical process control (SPC) to track process performance and identify special and common causes.
6.01Â Overview – Control Phase
6.02Â Sustain the Gains
6.03Â Documentation
6.04Â Monitor Performance
6.05Â Lessons Learned
6.06Â Visual Management
6.07Â Statistical Process Control (SPC)
6.08Â How to close a project
6.09Â Summary – Control Phase
Quizzes Segmented and embedded during and at the end of each DMAIC Phase
3.5 hours
Final Exam Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
0.6 hours
Total Estimated Time to Complete Green Belt Training & Certification:
34 hours
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E-Learning Modules
34 Hours
Instructor-led Live Virtual Sessions
18 Hours
Dates
23rd Oct 2024
24th Feb 2025
12th May 2025
6th Nov 2024
3rd Mar 2025
19th May 2025
20th Nov 2024
10th Mar 2025
28th May 2025
Virtual Instructor-led sessions take place live via Zoom between 09:30 to 15:30 BST / 08.30 to 14:30 UTC
Estimated time to complete
52 Hours
Course Fee (excluding VAT)
£ 1,875
What's Included
- 34 hours eLearning with Integrated Roadmaps and Quizzes (12 month access)
- Additional 18 hours Instructor-led Virtual Classroom
- 12 month free access to Green Belt Bootcamp Learning Platform, Toolkit, Case Studies and Downloadable Resources
- Green Belt Online Exam and Electronic Certificate
- Unlimited Practice Exams and Re-sits free of charge
- Email Tutor support via discussion groups
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Ongoing personal and professional development. Recognition and career advancement opportunities.
Part of a strong international network. Join a community of continuous improvement professionals that will support you during and long after the course is over
The quickest, easiest and most engaging way to get individuals and companies on track with Lean Six Sigma concepts and tools.
In-person and virtual workshops
Ready-to-use job aids, tools and templates
Peer-to-peer learning forums
Distinctive digital learning content
Expert coaching support
Nudges, reminders and micro learning