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The IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB) is a professional who is well versed in the Lean Six Sigma Methodology, who leads improvement projects in any Service, Transactional or Manufacturing industries. A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt possesses a thorough understanding of all aspects within the phases of D-M-A-I-C. They understand how to perform and interpret advanced Six Sigma tools and how to use standard and advanced principles of Lean.

Day 1: Fundamentals of Six Sigma

  • Meanings of Six Sigma
  • Organisational Drivers
  • Project Selection Process
  • Lean Concepts
  • Understanding Lean
  • The History of Lean
  • Lean & Six Sigma
  • DMAIC and Design Methodologies
  • Deliverables of a Lean Six Sigma Project
  • Voice of the Customer, Business and Employee
  • Six Sigma Roles & Responsibilities

Day 2: Conducting Six Sigma Define Phase

  • Understand the Customer
  • Project Management
  • Defining a Process
  • Critical to Quality
  • Sampling Techniques & Uses Central Limit Theorem
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • Genral Concepts & Goals of Hypothesis Testing
  • Significance, Practical vs Statistical Alpha & Beta Risks
  • Types of Hypothesis Test

Hypothesis Testing with Normal Data

  • One & Two sample t-tests
  • One sample variance
  • One Way ANOVA: Including Tests of Equal Variance, Normality Testing and Sample Size calculation, performing tests and interpreting results.

Hypothesis Testing with NonNormal Data

  • Mann-Whitney
  • Kruskal-Wallis
  • Characteristics
  • Cost of Poor Quality
  • Basic Six Sigma Metrics
  • Building a Business Case & Project Charter
  • Developing Project Matrics
  • Financial Evaluation & Benefits Capture

Day 3: Conducting Six Sigma Measure Phase

  • Process Concepts
  • Cause & Effect / Fishbone Diagrams
  • Process Mapping, SIPOC, Value Stream Map
  • Scatter Diagram
  • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (Design & Process)
  • Basic Statistics
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Normal Distributions & Normality Plot
  • Graphical Analysis
  • Measurement System Analysis Concepts
  • Precision & Accuracy Bias, Linearity & Stability Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility
  • Variable & Attribute MSA
  • Process Capability Studies Capability Analysis
  • Attribute & Discrete Capability
  • Monitoring Techniques

Day 4 & 5: Conducting Six Sigma Analyse Phase

  • Concepts of variation
  • Multi-Vari Analysis
  • Classes of Distributions
  • Inferential Statistics
  • Understanding Inference
  • Mood’s Median
  • Friedman
  • Sample Sign
  • One-Sample Wilcoxon
  • One and Two Sample Proportion
  • Chi-Squared (Contigency Tables): Including Tests of Equal Variance, Normality Testing and Sample Size Calculation, performing tests and interpreting results

Day 6, 7: Conducting Six Sigma Improve Phase

Simple Linear Regression

  • Correlation
  • Regression Equations
  • Residuals Analysis

Multiple Regression Analysis

  • Non-Linear Regression
  • Multiple Linear Regression
  • Multi-Variate Analysis
  • Confidence & Prediction Intervals
  • Residuals Analysis
  • Box Cox Data
  • Transformation

Designed Experiments

  • Experiment Objectives
  • Experimental Methods
  • Experiment Design
  • Considerations

Full Factorial Experiments

  • 2 k Full Factorial Designs Linear & Quadratic Mathematical Models Balanced & Orthogonal Designs Fit, Diagnose Model and Centre Pints

Fractional Factorial Experiments

  • Fractional Designs
  • Confounding Effects
  • Experimental Resolution

Day 8: Conducting Six Sigma Control Phase

  • Lean Controls
  • Control Methods for 5S Kanban
  • Poka-Yoke

Statistical Process Control

  • Data Collection for SPC
  • Variable Charts
  • Attribute Charts
  • CumSum Chart
  • EWMA Chart

Control Methods

  • Control Chart Anatomy
  • Subgroups, Impact of Variation, Frequency of Sampling
  • Center Line & Control Limit Calculations
  • Six Sigma Control Plans Cost Benefit/ROI Analysis
  • Elements of the Control Plan
  • Elements of the Response Plan Project Closure

Who should attend

Managers, Business/Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, Production Support Personnel, Operations Control, Sales/Marketing Professionals, Finance Executives, Management Trainees and Fresh Graduates.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

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