Six Sigma Yellow Belt

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About Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Lean Six Sigma is a modern managerial concept and is the combination of two separate methodologies; Lean and Six Sigma.

Lean is a methodology designed to improve business by preserving quality and value but with less work and Six Sigma is a system designed to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of errors using statistical methods.

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!

Lean Six Sigma is the world’s most recognised process improvement methodology. This qualification is fully accredited by CEPAS, A Bureau Veritas Company and is intended specifically for process improvement team members who are completely new to Lean Six Sigma processes.

Why study Lean Six Sigma with e-Careers?

• Course meets ISO 18404 in the most simple and affordable wayon the market
• Study the number one Quality Management methodology
• Increase your salary up to £70,000
• Improve processes within any organisation
• No experience required to start
• No proof of project work required
• Mock tests & exam simulations
• Exams included
• Sigma XL software available

Who are CEPAS?

Since 1994, CEPAS have been the market leaders in certifying competence and experience in professional activities.

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

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training and certification provides an insight to the tools and techniques of Lean and Six Sigma and its process improvement methodologies. As a Yellow Belt you will be ready to participate as a core team member or subject matter expert on a project within your company. Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training gives employees a stronger understanding of processes, enabling each individual to provide meaningful assistance in process improvement to achieve the organization's objectives. Yellow Belt completion provides the stepping stones towards Green Belt and Black Belt Certification.

The Yellow Belt is an ideal introduction and starting point to understanding Lean & Six Sigma.

With this training you will learn:

• The fundamental Lean principles, Six Sigma principles, and the overwhelming benefits of blending the two in a unified approach
• Project execution based on the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology
• Project targeting criteria and what makes a great LSS project
• Lean & Six Sigma concepts and tools
• Key elements of successful Lean Transformation
• Project Selection
• Team Roles
• Voice of the Customer (VoC)
• Value Stream Mapping
• Value-Add versus Non-Value-Add
• Root Cause Analysis
• Fishbone Diagrams
• Lean Flow & Work Cells
• 5S
• Visual Tools
• Capacity & Bottlenecks

TEACHING OUTLINE

DAY 1

• Lean Fundementals
• Six Sigma Fundamentals
• Elements of Waste
• Voice of the Customer
• SIPOC
• Introduction to Value and Value Stream Mapping
• Introduction to Flow and Pull
• DMAIC Methodology
• Root Cause Analysis

DAY 2

• Selecting Projects
• Introduction to Six Sigma Statistics
• Pareto Analysis and 80/20 rule
• Kano Analysis
• Pugh and other X-Y matrices
• Measurement System Analysis
• Process Capability
• Lean Controls
• Defect Controls

DAY 3

• Introduction to Statistical Process Control (SPC)

All training material and equipment will be provided for Yellow Belt students. No laptop is required for this class.

The Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt is for anyone who wants to understand basic Lean Six Sigma concepts and function as an important member of any project, process or quality management team.

There are no prerequisities for this 3-day Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course other than a basic understanding of mathematics (GCSE level or equivalent). All training materials are provided.

The Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt is an ideal place to start if you want to whet your appetite in process improvement strategies, you can then use this foundation to go onto further studying goals to suit your career development. Usually certified Yellow Belts will have job roles such as business process analyst and process improvement co-ordinator, averaging a salary of £29,000.