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Six Sigma Green Belt: GATLIN   NEW!

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Six Sigma is a Quality Improvement methodology structured to reduce product or service failure rates to a negligible level (roughly 3.4 failures per million opportunities). To achieve six sigma levels, the Six Sigma process encompasses all aspects of a business, including management, service delivery, design, production and customer satisfaction. Six Sigma companies typically spend less than 5 percent of their revenues addressing and repairing quality problems. As a philosophy Six Sigma drives business culture and requires a nearly flawless execution of key processes making Six Sigma a high standard for companies and individuals to achieve.

COURSE REQUIRMENTS
PC Requirements/Materials Included

This course is compatible with the Windows Vista operating
system.

To access this course and Study Guide, users need only a web-
enabled computer.

Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Acrobat Reader are required for
this course.
Each course includes the following materials for a complete
learning experience:

Six Sigma Demystified by Paul Keller
Six Sigma Handbook by Thomas Pyzdek
Green Belt Notebook

COURSE OUTLINE
I. Why Six Sigma?
a. Definition and Graphical View of Six Sigma
b. Comparisons Between typical TQM and Six Sigma
Programs
c. Origins and Success Stories

II. How to Deploy Six Sigma
d. Leadership Responsibilities
e. Description of the Roles and Responsibilities
f. Resource Allocation
g. Data Driven Decision Making
h. Organizational Metrics and Dashboards

III. DEFINE: Project Definition
i. Tasks
j. Work Breakdown Structure
k. Pareto Diagrams
l. Process Maps
m. Matrix Diagrams
n. Project Charters
o. Reporting

IV. DEFINE: Project Scheduling
p. Activity Network Diagram
q. PERT Analysis
r. GANNT Chart

V. DEFINE: Change Management/Teams
s. Problems with Change
t. Achieving Buy-In
u. Team Formation, Rules, and Responsibility
i. Stages of Team Development
ii. Overcoming Problems
v. Consensus Building Tools
i. Affinity Diagram
ii. Nominal Group Technique
iii. Prioritization Matrix

VI. MEASURE: Tools and Objectives
w. Measure Stage Objectives
x. Flowcharts
y. Process Maps
z. SIPOC
aa. Box-Whisker Plots
bb. Cause and Effect Diagrams
cc. Check Sheets
dd. Interrelationship Diagram
ee. Stem and Leaf Plots

VII. MEASURE: Establishing Process Baseline
ff. Enumerative v. Analytic Statistics
gg. Process Variation
hh. Benefits of Control Charts
ii. Requirements v. Control
jj. Control Chart Interpretation

VIII. MEASURE: X-Bar Charts
kk. Uses
ll. Construction and Calculations
mm. Assumptions
nn. Rational Subgroups
oo. Sampling Considerations
pp. Interpretation

IX. MEAUSRE: Individuals Data
qq. Uses
rr. Construction and Calculations
ss. Assumptions
tt. Sampling Considerations
uu. Interpretation
vv. Overview of Other Individuals Charts
i. Run Charts
ii. Moving Average Charts
iii. EWMA Charts

X. MEASURE: Process Capability
ww. Histograms
xx. Probability Plots
yy. Goodness of Fit Tests
zz. Capability and Performance Indices
aaa. Relative to Process Control
i. Interpretation
ii. Estimating Error

XI. MEASURE: Attribute Charts
bbb. Uses
ccc. Selection
ddd. Construction and Calculations
eee. Sampling and Considerations

XII. ANALYZE: Introduction to Regression Analysis
fff. Scatter Diagrams
ggg. Linear Model
hhh. Interpreting the ANOVA Table
iii. Confidence and Prediction Limits
jjj. Residuals Analysis
kkk. Overview of Multiple Regression Tools

XIII. ANALYZE: Lean Thinking
lll. Definition of Waste
mmm. Analyzing Processes for NVA
i. Cycle Effencies
ii. Lead Time and Velocity
nnn. Methods to Increase Velocity
i. Standardization
ii. Optimization
iii. Spaghetti Diagrams
iv. 5S
v. Level Loading
vi. Flow
vii. Setup Reductions

XIV. IMPROVE: Tools and Objectives
ooo. Improve Stage Objectives
ppp. Tools to Prioritize Improvement Opportunities
qqq. Tools to Define New Process Flow
rrr. Tools to Define and Mitigate Failure Modes
i. PDPC
ii. FMECA
iii. Preventing Failures
sss. Reference to Tools for Defining New Process Levels

XV. CONTROL: Tools and Objectives
ttt. Control Stage Objectives
uuu. Control Plans
vvv. Training
www. Measuring Improvement

 

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