Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - Birmingham

This course is designed to provide delegates with the knowledge required to pass the Lean Six Sigma Yellow, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt exams. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a much sought-after qualification which shows expertise with Lean Six Sigma and that the holder has the skills required to manage and lead quality improvement projects using the DMAIC methodology. This course includes everything delegates need to be able to practice at Black Belt level, including material and exams for Yellow and Green Belt.

About Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma is a methodology for business process improvement which combines two established business improvement philosophies: Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean is a system for removing waste from the manufacturing process and ensuring the delivery of maximum value to the customer. Six Sigma focuses on process improvement by managing quality and reducing defects. Combining these two methods means businesses get the best of both worlds: the speed of Lean with the quality of Six Sigma.

Course Outline

• The first part, Module 1, covers Yellow and Green Belt
• The second part, Module 2, covers Black Belt
• A case study is taken on the final day of the course

Course Content

The course covers the following areas:

• The Role of the Black Belt
• Black Belt DMAIC
• Statistical foundation
• Black Belt as a trainer
• Process Capability
• Hypotheses tests
• Design of Experiments (DoE)
• Probability distributions
• Advanced Control charts
• Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
• Lean Metrics

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Examinations

The course is 50% classwork and 50% final exam.

There are three examinations:

• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Examination
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Examination
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Examination

The Black Belt exam is split between performance Case Study including some exercises and a final written exam. Each part of the assessment has 50 marks (100 in total) and candidates need to score at least 70 marks to be awarded a certificate.

Success in these examinations indicates that the candidate would be able to lead a programme of process improvement initiatives, guiding up to 6 Green Belt teams at any one-time act as a subject matter expert on Lean Six Sigma methodology and tools.

Pre-Course Reading

We will provide you with some work to do before the course starts. This consists of various pre-course guides and is expected to take around 30 hours of study.

You will also need a laptop with a copy of Minitab installed for the Black Belt portion of the course. A 30-day trial version is available, and details of how to install this are included within your pre-course reading document.

It is important to point out that the trial version is only for 30 days, so you need to time your download so Minitab remains active for the duration of the Black Belt section of the course. Also, Minitab is not currently available for Apple Macs.

Prerequisites

As this course includes Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, there are no prerequisites and previous knowledge of Lean Six Sigma is not required.

Who Should Attend?

We recommend this course for anybody interested in business performance improvement.

Why choose The Knowledge Academy?

• We provide world-class learning material
• We make the learning experience enjoyable
• We are trusted by globally leading brands such as JP Morgan, HSBC and Sony as a learning partner of choice.
• We provide pre- and post-course support so you never feel alone
• All of our training is hands-on, using real world examples
• As a market leader, we have an extremely high global pass rate
• Over 90% of our delegates come back to us for further training
• We have the best instructors in the industry which is reflected in our position as the market leader for professional qualifications
• We provide value for money and trained over 50,000 delegates in 2014
• We have some of the most luxurious course venues worldwide

Anyone looking to become a project manager or want to enhance their skills within project management

As this course includes Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, there are no prerequisites and previous knowledge of Lean Six Sigma is not required.

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