The Caltech Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program provides training in the fundamental principles and tools of Lean and Six Sigma. Participants will learn to apply the steps of the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) improvement cycle used for improving, optimizing and stabilizing business processes and designs.
The Caltech Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program provides training in the fundamental principles and tools of Lean and Six Sigma. Participants will learn to apply the steps of the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) improvement cycle used for improving, optimizing and stabilizing business processes and designs.
Program Experience
The Caltech Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program is provided in an accelerated format through the use of hands-on examples and case studies. Participants are encouraged to bring challenges from their workplace to be addressed and to gain insight from the instructors.
All participants will receive a copy of The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook, published by the American Society of Quality.
Benefits
Your team will learn to:
Recognize challenges in applying LSS to infrastructure development and service delivery
Define improvement projects which can be addressed by LSS
Clearly articulate the business problem, desired end-state, project scope, and project resources/ timeline
Collect data and objectively establish current baselines as the basis for improvement
Identify creative solutions to correct and prevent performance problems and defects
Monitor improvements to ensure continued and sustainable success
Identify waste in products and processes
Create products and processes that minimize or eliminate customer-perceived waste
Recognize the competencies and skills required to be an effective LSS project leader
Identify LSS project tasks and estimate both duration and costs associated with each task
Report and communicate progress on LSS projects
Topics
Lean Six Sigma Overview
This module describes the key activities and benefits of Lean Six Sigma.
Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC)
DMAIC refers to the data-driven improvement cycle used for improving, optimizing, and stabilizing business processes and designs.
Lean Principles and Practices
Lean focuses on identifying waste in the processes and eliminating or reducing it as much as possible, providing greater customer value at lower costs. This module explains how to design and document processes and products to increase efficiency and reduce customer-perceived waste.
LSS Project Management
This module provides a brief overview of LSS project management principles and practices to enable improvement projects be conducted efficiently and effectively.
Who Should Attend
Any department or organization looking to eliminate waste, reduce costs, and increase product successes—including finance and accounting executives, directors, and business analysts; operations, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, and general management.
