Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program

Course Introduction

Six Sigma is the comprehensive business improvement strategy made famous by organisations such as Motorola, General Electric, Honeywell and others, which has been used to generate significant improvements in business performance.

Lean, which is derived from the principles of the Toyota Production System, focuses on waste reduction, maximisation of value and building a culture in which continuous improvement and excellence becomes everyone's responsibility.

Combining Lean and Six Sigma provides a powerful methodology for improving productivity, increasing customer satisfaction and reducing operational costs.

In Lean Six Sigma organisations, it is Green Belts who lead and contribute to the majority of improvement teams.  This Oxford training program will provide participants with the level of knowledge and skill required to achieve accreditation at the Green Belt level.

To achieve accreditation at the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt level, participants will be required to submit a report detailing a project that they have undertaken.  This project must be sponsored by a manager from their organisation who will verify that the project is worthwhile and original.  The project must demonstrate competent application of appropriate Green Belt level techniques.

Objectives

Course Objective

• Solve problems using the DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve-Control) methodology
• Optimise process balance and flow
• Apply statistical measurement and data analysis technique
• Perform Root Cause Analysis
• Apply Lean concepts
• Implement a project to achieve Lean Six Sigma Green Belt accreditation

Who Should Attend?

Designed for

The Green Belt is the key contributor and driver of the continuous improvement process at the operational level.  The best candidates for Green Belt training are typically employees at any level who have an interest in improving the organisation. This can include:

• Senior Managers who may wish to participant in the occasional high level project and use their knowledge of Lean Six Sigma concepts, tools and techniques to improve their understanding of the business and improve their problem solving and decision making skills
• Middle Managers, Front Line Managers and Team Leaders who wish to define, lead and participate in improvement initiates;
• Operational level employees who are interested in improvement and in being involved in the process of improvement.

The Lean Six Sigma skills and knowledge acquired in this program are "generic" in nature and just as applicable to manufacturing, process or service industries.

Course Outline