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Lean/Six Sigma Certificate

Lean/Six Sigma provides a process and method for improving an organization's performance. This may involve improving an organization's supplier relationships, improving production, reducing inventories and waste, or improving internal systems and processes. Lean/Six Sigma provides a set of tools that can be used to essentially improve all aspects of an organization, whether internal or external, whether production or office, whether service industry, government, health care, insurance, finance, education, or manufacturing.

Students start with a certification project, complete the Yellow Belt series of training courses to earn a Yellow Belt certification, and can continue with additional coursework to pursue the Green Belt certification. These courses use a blended approach of sophisticated on-line modules and classroom instruction.

Yellow Belt

Classroom: About 15 hours
e-Learning: About 12 hours

Green Belt

Classroom: About 18 hours (+15 yellow)
e-Learning: About 12 hours (+12 yellow)

Yellow Belt

Yellow Belt

Lean/Six Sigma Yellow Belt

The Lean/Six Sigma Yellow Belt course skillfully blends the tools of Lean with the rigor of the DMAIC methodology. Yellow belt training provides the process management and tools to be an effective team participant and contributor within any organization. Yellow belt training also provides supervisors with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively engage and support continuous improvement efforts and project improvement teams. Upon completing this course, you will be well prepared to continue on to Green Belt Certification training and project work. 

Specific topics covered under Yellow Belt training include understanding the voice of the customer, understanding the relationships between Suppliers-Inputs-Process-Outputs-Customer (SIPOC), and how to use a structured problem solving methodology, Define, Measure Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC). You will also learn to use various tools to gather and analyze data, determine root causes and cause and effect relationships. Also covered are system fundamentals such as variation, types of waste, capacity, control, and system improvement.

Green Belt

Green Belt

Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean/Six Sigma is a disciplined, comprehensive process improvement approach focused on reducing waste, mistakes, and process variability. Lean/Six Sigma seeks to increase customer satisfaction, improve system performance, and engage employees resulting in improved profits and greater employee involvement and morale.  Individuals working in any environment will benefit from the skills learned in this flexible, blended learning combination of on-line modules and classroom instruction. Upon completion of this course, you will be prepared to participate and lead continuous improvement efforts and projects.

Specific skills you will attain with the Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt include a structured approach to solving problems and improving systems performance (DMAIC), incorporating the voice of the customer into decision making, mapping processes, and understanding systems and how to manage, improve, measure, and control them. You will learn how to gather and use data to analyze and help make decisions as well as how to facilitate work place teams and effectively engage others. You will complete a capstone project and exam to receive your Green Belt Certification.

GREEn Belt Participants are required to have already completed the Yellow Belt training courses.

Registration

To register, use the course links above to locate an upcoming section and login to add to cart, or note the 5-digit class number and phone (608) 258-2301, ext 2, for registration assistance.

No application is needed. If you have never taken a class here before, you can facilitate enrollment by creating a student account.