Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Emphasis is on: gaining process and product knowledge with critical thinking; reducing variability and non-value added activities, and developing leaders in the organization who are focused on enhancing customer value, decreasing defect rates and wasted efforts, reducing cost and cycle time, and generating business growth and breakthrough improvements. The Lean Six Sigma methodology is taught with a “Keep It Simple Statistically” (KISS) approach and makes use of many in- class examples, simulations, and hands-on exercises to ensure that participants have a practical, working knowledge of the tools.

Participants in the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training learn the details of the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) methodology and tools for achieving better, faster, and lower cost products and processes. We use a Knowledge-based approach to “pull” the use of Lean and Six Sigma tools, not push them. Participants learn to select and apply the right tools for a particular problem or question. The intended audience is anyone who desires to become a practitioner of the Lean Six Sigma methodology and tool set and who will be leading Lean Six Sigma projects within an organization.

As a part of the course, it is expected that participants come with a project to work on so that they can immediately apply their knowledge and realize return on investment on a specific business issue. The course is taught in four one-week sessions, with each week separated by a month. The time between weeks is designed to facilitate project work. Our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training uses the “Present/Practice/Apply/Review” strategy. That is, we present tools and methods, give participants the opportunity to practice them in class, then apply the tools to their project, and finally review the results of the application to the projects.