Lean Six Sigma Black Belt MANCHESTER

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The CEPAS, A Bureau Veritas Company Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course is designed for a professional who has had no previous Lean Six Sigma training and requires an in depth understanding of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology.

About Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma is the world’s most recognised process improvement methodology. This qualification is fully accredited by CEPAS, A Bureau Veritas Company and will help you to get certified and master the process improvement framework of Lean Six Sigma.

The Lean Six Sigma methodology will allow you to enhance business processes and quality management while gaining the understanding needed to identify and remove waste in an operation.

Enrol on your Six Sigma course with e-Careers today and start earning up to £70,000! Future proof your career and open a wide variety of doors - start your project management training today!

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course will give students the necessary knowledge and techniques they need to lead a process improvement team. You will be able to deploy resources and apply the correct methodologies to perform useful statistical experiments to help identify new efficiencies and savings.

Why study Lean Six Sigma with e-Careers?

• • Course meets ISO 18404 in the most simple and affordable way on the market
  • Study the number one Quality Management methodology
  • Increase your salary up to £70,000
  • Improve processes within any organisation
  • Comprehensive Lean Six Sigma course materials
  • No experience required to start
  • No proof of project work required
  • Mock tests & exam simulations
  • Exams included (with a free re-sit if required)
  • e-Certificate, issued by CEPAS
  • Sigma XL software available
  • Certified professionals are published on the CEPAS public register.
  • Independent third-party certification by CEPAS a Bureau Veritas Company.
  • Examinations delivered online by e-Careers.

  Who are CEPAS?

  • Since 1828, Bureau Veritas has been a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services.
  • Generated €4.7 billion in revenue in 2017
  • Bureau Veritas procured CEPAS in 2016 to provide further focus on the people certification market.
  • 74,000 employees across 1,400 offices and laboratories
  • Recognised in over 140 countries

Their mission statement is to “guarantee a high quality of both personnel and training to the market, in the sectors where the demand is the highest”, something which aligns strongly with the e-Careers mission statement.

The CEPAS values are:

• High Professionalism
• Respect for People
• Compliance with Laws
• Proactive Approach to the Market
• Reliability of CEPAS Trademark
• Impartiality

About ISO 18404

In 2015, the creation of ISO 18404 brought about a globally recognised benchmark for the Lean Six Sigma methodology.

• ISO 18404 defines the approaches organisations need to have in place to meet the required standards.
• With the ISO 18404 accreditation, companies will be able to check your competency against your certification.

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 8-day training course provides the detailed understanding of the methodologies, tools and techniques of Lean and Six Sigma necessary for leading teams and coaching and mentoring other employees for reduction in costs, cycle-times, improved quality, and elimination of waste. The student will complete the course with the tools and understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology necessary to make both tactical and strategic decisions and consider the impacts of projects and changes at both an operational and an enterprise level.

The training emphasises a disciplined and data-driven decision making approach for leading problem-solving projects. The course presents all the key concepts to prepare student for the Bureau Veritas Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification exam.

TEACHING OUTLINE

DAY 1

• Lean Fundamentals
• Six Sigma Fundamentals
• Voice of the Customer
• SIPOC
• Introduction to Value and Value Stream Mapping
• Identifying Waste
• Introduction to Flow and Pull
• Root Cause Analysis
• Exam Practice Quiz

DAY 2

• DMAIC methodology
• Introduction to Six Sigma Statistics
• Measurement System Analysis
• Introduction to Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Exam Practice Quiz

DAY 3

• Introduction to Minitab
• Pareto Charts and 80/20 rule
• Kano Analysis
• Pugh and other X-Y Matrices
• Six Sigma Statistics
• Measurement System Analysis

Day 4

• Process Capability
• Inferential Statistics
• Correlation and Regression Analysis
• Intro to Hypothesis Testing
• Design of Experiments
• Mock exam practice

Day 5

• Review of mock exam and final exam preparation

Day 6

• The Role of a Black Belt
• Advanced use of DMAIC
• Risk Analysis for Black Belts
• Change Management
• Hypothesis Testing Non-Normal Data
• Advanced Regression Analysis

Day 7

• Advanced Design of Experiments
• Fractional Factorial Experiments
• Response Surface Methods and Method of Steepest Ascent / Descent

REQUIRED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

A PC (Windows 7 or higher ) laptop is required for this class.

Either Rent or Download a free 30 day trial copy of either Minitab 17 or Minitab Express prior to attending the class. Minitab 17 is preferred if you have a Windows Laptop, however Minitab Express is also sufficient if you use Apple laptop.

This Lean Six Sigma Black Belt qualification is for anyone who is a leader of a project improvement team or a project manager or anyone who is aspiring to be in such roles.

Companies of all sizes use Lean Six Sigma. A person who is trained in Lean Six Sigma can see a business from a different perspective and ultimately, greatly improve that business’ efficiency by cutting out waste and mistakes.

What does ISO 18404 mean for me?

• Meeting ISO 18404 standards allows you to tell employers that you meet the single standard of Lean Six Sigma.
• A certification that will be recognised all over the world.
• Traditionally, ISO 18404 was a complex standard to meet. e-Careers, CEPAS and Bureau Veritas have now made it both simple and affordable.
• Meeting ISO 18404 competencies will go a long way in making you more employable in a Process Improvement role.

There are no prerequisites to this 8 day CEPAS, a Bureau Veritas Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course, as it incorporates the Yellow and Green belt levels.

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt goes together with many other project and quality management courses. The Black Belt can lead you into roles including:

• Project Manager
• Process Improvement Manager
• Lead Analyst
• Business Process Manager
• Senior Project Manager

These roles can command salaries of up to £72,000 per year.
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