Business Excellence Consortium

Lean Six Sigma Certification

MSOE's Business Excellence Consortium is offering a ten-day course in which you will learn and apply a fully integrated approach using Lean and Six Sigma techniques to eliminate waste and defects and reduce variation in your processes. The instructors have successfully taught teams across the world to use the Lean Six Sigma method and tools to improve process flow and customer satisfaction, They will teach you the principles and mentor you on an improvement project that you will select for your company. Successful completion of the Lean Six Sigma project is a key part of the course.

What will be covered:

The Lean Six Sigma Certification course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to enable you to:

• Recognize, map, and analyze value streams in your processes
• Identify the sources of waste and variation in a value stream and create a future state map to optimize Lean Six Sigma metrics
• Understand and use each Lean Six Sigma tool including 5S, visual management, set-up reduction, mistake-proofing, kanban , total productive maintenance (TPM), standard work, as well as graphical analysis, measurement system analysis, capability analysis, regression, design of experiments (DoE), and statisical process control (SPC)
• Select the correct Lean Six Sigma tool for eliminating waste and defects and reducing process variations
• Plan and execute a kaizen event focused on eliminating waste and defects

Course schedule:

The schedule includes three sessions, approximately four weeks apart.

Session 1 (four days)
Value stream mapping, Lean Six Sigma metrics, how to analyze a value stream, and how to use data to prioritize opportunities for improvement. Tools include value stream mapping, graphical analysis, and measurement system analysis.

Session 2 (four days)
Selecting the correct tool for improvement, using the Lean Six Sigma tools, and planning and executing a kaizen event.Tools include 5S, visual management, mistake-proofing, set-up reduction, continuous flow, cells, pull systems, TPM, standard work, capability analysis, regression, and DoE.

Who should attend?

Manufacturing, process, supplier quality and service engineers; business professionals in marketing, sales, finance, and human resources; and managers tasked with Lean Six Sigma deployment.

In preparation:

Computer competency with programs such as Excel and Word is required.  Minitab will be taught as part of this class.

Upon completion, you will:

• Have a strong foundation in Lean and Six Sigma and understand when and how to use both strategies
• Understand how to perform analyses using data in order to prioritize projects
• Be competent in applying all of the important Lean Six Sigma tools
• Have experience in planning and executing a successful kaizen event
• Be able to apply the methods and tools on a project in your business and get the desired results.

Course materials include:

• A binder for each of the sessions that includes copies of the slides presented in each session along with extensive explanatory notes. Each binder includes real-world examples and exercises to reinforce the concepts
• A set of customized Lean Six Sigma software tools including:
  • Value Stream Analysis
  • Lean Six Sigma Project Tracker Checklist
  • Customer Satisfaction Metrics
  • Failure Mode Effects Analysis Worksheet
  • Standard Work Layout
• Software tools to help speed up the improvement process
• Minitab software