This certificate program teaches you and your team how to master the the analytical skills and rigor of a Six Sigma Black Belt. You will learn to:
- Identify and prioritize diverse customer sets
- Translate Voice of the Customer (VOC) data into critical-to-quality (CTQ) factors with Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
- Use sampling effectively to reduce cost but retain critical characteristics
- Identify and analyze different data distributions
- Evaluate the reliability and repeatability of your measurement system
- Identify the most useful descriptive statistics for your problem
- Generate and interpret control charts
- Perform correlation, regression, and hypothesis testing
- Determine if your measurements are introducing excess variability using Gage R & R
- Strategize, plan, conduct, analyze, and interpret tests to evaluate the factors that control parameter values (Design of Experiment)
- Use Theory of Constraints to identify and eliminate potential bottlenecks in the solution
- Develop a control plan to monitor the improvements and ensure continued and sustainable success
- Create an improvement culture in your organization
- Identify sources of waste (overproduction, waiting, motion, transportation, inventory, defects, over-processing, under-utilization of human talent)
- Measure organizational performance using the Balanced Scorecard tool
This program covers a wide range of topics meant to increase your skills as a Six Sigma practitioner to that of Black Belt, as well as your ability to implment lean ways of working.
DMAIC – Define Phase
Black Belts use the Define phase to articulate the business problem, goal, potential resources, project scope, and high-level timeline.
DMAIC – Measure Phase
In the Measure phase, Black Belts objectively establish current baselines as the basis for improvement.
DMAIC – Analyze Phase
Key to any improvement is the identification, validation, and selection of root causes for elimination. Black Belts use sophisticated data analysis to focus on the most likely factors.
DMAIC – Improve Phase
In Improve, Black Belts identify, test, and implement a solution to the problem. Success often means getting it right the first time.
DMAIC – Control Phase
Steps must be taken to sustain the gains, prior to moving to the next improvement effort.
Lean Practices
Lean practices are focused on maximizing customer value by eliminating waste. The goal is to eliminate bottlenecks and time-wasters by creating processes that need less human effort, less space, less capital, and less time.
This program is ideal for mid-career supply chain professionals who have college degrees in business, supply chain, or engineering disciplines. Additionally, professionals transitioning into supply chain functions or are on embedded teams, such as finance, engineering, or technicians. Active military or veterans, with experience in logistics and operations, should strongly consider this certificate.
Organizations can further customize this intensive program for specific objectives or delivery requirements, such as timing, or sequencing. LASC is free from constraints of typical academic calendar terms, so scheduling options are flexible and can be tailored for location specificity for the US or abroad.
