Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training

Issued by Madison College

Six Sigma is a comprehensive and flexible system for achieving and sustaining bottom line results in your organization. Six Sigma is much more than a quality system, it is a disciplined, data driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects in any process. Participants learn how to integrate Six Sigma methodologies for improvement of processes to better meet customer expectations and bottom-line objectives of their organization.

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Skills

Earning Criteria

Gain a practical understanding of Lean continuous improvement techniques and how to use them to reduce errors, inventory, and production lead time.
Describe the five phases of the DMAIC improvement cycle.
Utilize methods to translate the Voice of the Customer (VOC) into measurable requirements.
Describe how the information from a SIPOC analysis can be used.
Define a process and a process map.
Describe Value Add versus Non-Value Add activities and explain why they are important in a Lean implementation.
Learn how to organize information (data) into a manageable form for the purpose of making informed decisions.
Discuss 5S and describe its overall purpose and benefits, and identify the five phases of its process.
Discuss the purpose of the Control phase in the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC project.