Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Lean Six Sigma Black Belts are the centerpiece of the program integrating the strategies of Lean and Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma Black Belts are improvement experts that are deployed to conduct the project work that delivers to your overall goals and objectives. Throughout their 4-5 week Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training, participants internalize the methods and tools of Lean and Six Sigma. Our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program integrates both methodologies into one seamless platform. In each situation, your Lean Six Sigma practitioner will be able to use those tools best suited to drive the results you desire. The training itself is conducted over the course of 4-5 months. Participants apply the new knowledge from each session immediately between the training sessions. It is this mechanism that ensures progress is being made quickly, and that the learning of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt methods and tools takes place with real world goals in mind.

Projects for Lean Six Sigma Black Belts can vary in scope. However, the most typical Lean Six Sigma Black Belt projects are either larger scale intradepartmental projects, or small- to medium-scale interdepartmental projects. We have found that it is advantageous to team up several Lean Six Sigma Black Belts from different backgrounds and functional expertise to work larger scale projects together.

Just as in the Green Belt training, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training candidates apply their knowledge to the projects during the formal training weeks. Where possible, our training utilizes the actual project work to demonstrate tool usage, rather than pre-set, embedded examples. This real world healthcare-centered approach to training is one of the key advantages of our program. We ensure that progress is made from day one and allow your associates to ask relevant questions that apply to their environment. Our Kaizen Lead Training can also be integrated into your Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training, creating practitioners who are not only fully versed in Lean and Six Sigma, but also have gained the experience and skill base to lead Kaizen events.

Upon completion of the training Lean Six Sigma Black Belts will:

Have driven business results through the application of Lean and Six Sigma tools on projects.
Understand the Lean Six Sigma methodology.
Be able to utilize the Lean Six Sigma improvement model on all facets of healthcare.
Be able to apply Lean Six Sigma methods in a disciplined approach to capture business opportunities.

Some of the topics covered during the program include:

Lean Six Sigma Philosophy.
Lean Six Sigma Improvement Method.
Process Mapping.
Value Stream Mapping.
Spaghetti Charts.
Video Process Analysis.
Project Management.
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
7 types of waste.
Waste identification.
Visual Workplace.
Impact Determination and Business Case Development.
Data Acquisition Techniques.
Data Relationship Diagrams.
Process Design.
Statistical Process Control for Process Investigation.
Measurement System Assessment.
Data Mining
Design of Experiments / Orthogonal Array Sampling.
Blocking.
Components of Variation Studies.
Data Acquisition Strategies.
ANOVA.
Data Acquisition with Attribute Responses.
Profit Maximizing Inventory Modeling.
Stratification Techniques.
Rank Transformation.
Data Analysis for Service Applications.
Least Squares.
Conjoint Analysis.
Workstation Layout.
Capacity Analysis.
Bottleneck Analysis.
Standard Work.
Work Balancing.
Work Management Model Design.
Push vs. Pull Systems.

For a complete listing of the program and the specific content options for your Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training, please Contact Us.