Kickstart your Lean Six Sigma journey
How do you drive the right kind of change at your organization? Is there an easier, quicker way to deliver value to customers, while improving quality and lowering costs? How do you find business opportunities and remain competitive in the market?
If you’ve ever found yourself asking these questions, Lean Six Sigma might be the answer you’re looking for. Lean Six Sigma is an empirical, customer-focused practice for simplifying existing processes by eliminating waste, increasing delivery speeds, reducing costs, and improving the quality of products and services. It results in happier customers, better staff performance and a more agile organization.
This program introduces the Lean Six Sigma methodology for leading process improvement projects. It describes fundamental Lean Six Sigma principles and explores how leaders in all industries are using Lean Six Sigma to solve problems and uncover opportunities. It also includes practical exercises to get you started on your Lean Six Sigma journey.
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How you will learn
This online on-demand program lasts approximately 1.5 hours. It includes case studies and exercises to deepen your understanding of how Lean Six Sigma can be applied in your own organization. Upon completion, you will receive the Certificate in Lean Six Sigma White Belt.
Who is this for?
This program is designed for professionals who would like a foundational overview of this powerful methodology. Roles include:
- Project, process, operations, quality and continuous improvement managers or team members
- Team leaders looking to take on process improvement projects
- Engineering specialists
- Strategy executives who want to understand the organizational benefits
- Healthcare administrators or other public service providers
- Seasoned professionals wanting a refresher on the basics before beginning the LSS Yellow Belt
The impact
With a focus on comprehensive skill development, this program aims to achieve impactful outcomes for you to:
Take the first step to process improvement success:
- Explore the dynamic role of Lean Six Sigma in today’s business landscape
- Discover impactful strategies for continuous improvement
Feel more confident in your role:
- Complete your work more quickly and with fewer errors
- Participate more effectively in supporting projects
Become a catalyst for operational excellence:
- Make more informed choices
- Use Lean Six Sigma concepts and skills to add value to whatever you do
- Revolutionize your approach to process-related challenges
Feel the Earn:
- Feed your passion to succeed
- Gain greater visibility across all organizational levels
- Add a great credential to your resumé
Related programs
Embrace your future in Lean concepts by increasing the number of belts you achieve. When moving to the next belt, the previous belt’s knowledge base is built upon with additional capabilities.
Benefits for you
- Discover the fundamentals of the Lean Six Sigma methodology
- Understand how this empirical, customer-focused practice drives change through process improvement
- Explore how various industries implement Lean Six Sigma to reduce costs, increase delivery speeds and improve the quality of products and services
- Identify the five stages of the DMAIC framework as an effective problem-solving strategy
- Begin using the MOST tool to identify a process problem
- Prepare to progress to the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt program
Benefits for your organization
- Facilitate better alignment, communication and collaboration across the organization by ensuring that everyone has a common understanding of the improvement process
- Increase employee motivation by empowering them to identify and implement improvements in their own areas
- Spot more opportunities to raise product/service quality, leading to increased customer satisfaction
- Support productivity by decreasing waste, defects and inefficiencies
- Remain competitive by uncovering new ways to save costs and increase revenue
Program content
Module 1: The Lean Six Sigma Methodology
- Why focus on process?
- Core principles of Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma
- The four levels of LSS practice
- How LSS practice drives change and solves problems
- The five stages of the DMAIC framework
Module 2: Driving Change
- Who leads LSS process improvement projects within an organization?
- How various industries are using LSS to remain agile and competitive
- DMAIC business case studies: applications and results across different industries
Module 3: Making the MOST of a problem
- When does process improvement begin?
- What is a Problem Statement and its purpose?
- Using the MOST framework to identify and define a process problem
- Applying the MOST framework to a workflow problem you face at work