Course Outline

On this five-day Lean Sigma course participants will learn about Six Sigma, Lean principles and the practical application of these tools and techniques, as well as how they can actively direct, manage and participate in these programs.

This course is suitable for anyone who wish to develop their skills in the areas of process improvement, including senior managers, department managers, line managers, internal consultants, change agents, project managers and team leaders.

Learning Objectives

Participants will develop

• An overall understanding to the concepts, tools and principles of Lean.
• An overall understanding to the Six Sigma philosophy, the DMAIC methodology and the tools and techniques used in Six Sigma.
• An understanding of the similarities, differences and practical applications of both Six Sigma and Lean approaches.
• An understanding of how Lean Six Sigma can be integrated into the company’s management systems.
• Some initial criteria and guidelines for selecting, reviewing and evaluating Lean Six Sigma projects.
• An overall understanding to the concepts, tools and principles of Lean.
• An overall understanding to the Six Sigma philosophy, the DMAIC methodology and the tools and techniques used in Six Sigma.
• An understanding of the similarities, differences and practical applications of both Six Sigma and Lean approaches.
• An understanding of how Lean Six Sigma can be integrated into the company’s management systems.
• Some initial criteria and guidelines for selecting, reviewing and evaluating Lean Six Sigma projects.

Introduction

• The elements of Business Success
• Customer Service
• Business Models

Lean Thinking

• The concept of Value & Value Adding
• Lean Principles
• Lean Waste

Process Mapping & Value Stream Mapping

• What is a Process?
• Developing Process Maps – Excel / Visio
• Value Stream Mapping
• Developing a Value Stream Map
• Waste identification in a Value Stream
• Map

Lean Tools

• Improving layout us 5S
• Achieving improved handovers/changeovers using SMED
• Error proofing using Poke Yoke
• Generating Triggers/Flags and Status Updates using Kanban
• Level Loading

Six Sigma

• Overview of Six Six Sigma – Strategy & Measure
• Define – Defining a Problem / Opportunity
• Measure – Understanding the current situation
• Analyse – Determining a Root Cause
• Improving – Developing a Solution
• Control – Sustaining the improvements

Project Identification and Implementation

Many organisations want to tie the training into a specific project. We can identify a project and support the implementation following the training.

Training Materials

This Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training course is supported with a very comprehensive training manual and selected text books to be used as a reference source after the course.

Certification

Lean Sigma certification is provided by LeanSigma.ie. Certification is based on the successful implementation of a simple process improvement in the workplace.

Course Trainer

This course is delivered by Finbarr Sheehy.

Course Cost

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