Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Learning Lean Six Sigma Green Belt in a further depth shows employers that candidates are an acceptable candidate to lead a Lean Six Sigma project. Applying this groundly qualification offers a good understanding of the process and ability to excel further as well as becoming a successful and valuable member of the group.

Lean Six Sigma focuses on the eight different types of waste to improve efficiency of the manufacturing:

• Overproduction
• Transportation
• Motion
• Defects
• Inventory
• Non-Utilized Talent
• Extra Processing
• Waiting

Lean Six Sigma Green belt requires the general awareness of Lean Six Sigma which is introduced within the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course. In the Lean Six Sigma Course candidates will acquire skills surrounding tool usage,the principles of lean and DMAIC as well as how to successfully apply these principles. Lean Six Sigma Green Belt is the one of the most intense courses surrounding Lean Six Sigma as candidates will be covering many areas of the methodology and retaining a lot of information. Our highly engaging and interactive courses ensure that knowledge is attained in the most effective of settings.

Principles of Lean

Value

Organizations have to understand the vitality of the value on the customer and not just the product. This means that they need to identify the amount that their target market is willing to pay for the product. Factors that determine this could be the quality, size, aesthetics or materials of the product. By understanding this, the business can focus on how to eliminate excess waste in an operation to maximise profit between customer consumption and expenditures of the business.

The Value Stream

The value stream is a process of assessment. The company needs to identify the overall cost of the product from the manufacturing of raw materials through to the customers disposal of the product. Identifying this helps to eliminate excess waste from the value stream to maximise the worth of the product.

Flow

This is a variable that is crucial to ensure there is no buildup of waste. If a process is stopped i.e a value chain, then waste will begin to build up and extra costs begin to occur and increase rapidly.

Pull

Keeping track of the production ensures that no excess products are being produced infront of time to decreases excess costs. If production speeds up and produces more than needed, this is considered waste and will start to build up and start to create defects in the flow.

Perfection

Lean Manufacture leaders set goals throughout the project and when all objectives have been achieved, perfection has been achieved. Elimination of root causes and a flowing system without any production problems, is considered perfection.

Six Sigma Principles

Focus on the customer - A complete focus on the customer's needs and requirements maximises the potential of sales and profit. The target market is where candidates will reply on for their profit, focusing on their needs is an essential principle to success.

Using measurements and statistical analysis -  Collection of data is a crucial part of this principle. Mathematics is a reliable source for assessment. If candidates can apply formulas and identify problems through reading graphs, candidates are able to understand their business. The work has been  done for candidates in many aspects of mathematics, candidates just have to apply the theories to their own work. A useful concept when identifying root causes in a production process.

Eliminating variation - Making sure all guidelines are followed and there is minimum variation within processes, identifies an efficient way of production and how to eliminate excess waste which does not value the customers.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Classroom Training is the most popular option for our clients here at Datrix Training. Interacting with other clients with the same aims allow candidates to expand their knowledge and perspectives. Having peers that candidates can exchange ideas with is beneficial for communication skills and team building.

Another factor that makes Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Classroom Training at Datrix Training so popular is our highly qualified classroom trainers with over 10 years of experience in the industry and specialising in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt offering the most efficient three day course we can offer. Our trainers guide clients through problems and provide valuable advice.

Datrix's Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training certification covers the following topics:

• Project Charter
• Business Case
• Key Customers
• House of Quality
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Voice of the Customer
• Critical to Quality Requirements (CTQ)
• Verifying CTQs
• Identify and segment
• Hi –level Process map
• Project Plan

Measure:

• Understanding Variability
• Measurement Basics
• Measurement Process and Plan
• Selecting Measures
• Data Definition and Sources
• Sampling
• Measuring Yield and Capability
• Implementing the Measure Plan

Analyse:

• Data Analysis
• Scatter Diagrams
• Run Charts
• Pareto Charts
• Frequency Charts
• Variation and Defect Analysis
• Process Mapping & Analysis
• Value Stream Analysis
• Complexity
• Cause & Effect Analysis (CNX)
• Hypotheses Analysis
• Verifying Causes

Improve:

• Brain Storming
• Process Vision
• Lean Principles
• Enabling Flow
• Level Scheduling SMED
• Kanban
• Visual Management
• Selecting Solutions
• Theory Constraints
• Developing Solution Options
• How to run Kaizen events and Improvements teams
• FMEA Risk Analysis
• Implementation Planning

Control:

• Simple and necessary documentation
• Mistake Proofing
• Statistics Control
• Variation
• Control Charts
• Bar and R Charts
• Process Management
• Lean Six Sigma Score Cards

Advanced Control Charts

There are two essential functions of a control chart within an improvement project like Lean Six Sigma. These two elements focus on different aspects of a project, for example stability and control tools. A control chart is a physical  representation of the progress within a project.

Different characteristics identify different components of a project i.e shifts and trends of a process are shown through a line of best fit (central line). A time graph is the main feature of a control graph to allow assessment of improvement and time efficiency. A control chart gives the business the ability to identify the standard deviation and control limits to ensure there is no time wasted when searching for problems within project.

A concept that can be significantly hard to grasp however due to our extremely engaging and helpful courses, we will offer the best advice and guidance we can to help candidates grasp this education.

MSA

MSA is an abbreviation for Measurement System Analysis, which is a mathematical method to determine how much a measurement process needs to vary and its overall contribution. There are five different factors that are required to be investigated within MSA.

• Bias - Prejudice for or against a situation, a measurement without equal measurement.

• Linearity - A perfect relationship between two qualities represented on a graph in a straight line, therefore directly proportionate.

• Stability - Having a stable structure.

• Repeatability - A test using the same components repeatedly  in a short period of time.

• Reproducibility - An experiment or action that can be taken multiple times with the same results every time.

These are all considered when taking a measurement to ensure that no factors can jeopardise the results. This is usually a repeated process by different members of the team to ensure either a mean of results or exact results. There are percentages that judge the effectiveness of their measurement system and these are considered guidelines to the productivity of the business.

DMAIC:

Define - An organization has to define all different aspects of their business, from problems to customers. From customers to opportunity. These are all important to improvement of a business.

Measure - At certain intervals candidates must measure the progress through process performance.Measuring the progress,time and cost of a process helps to set more SMART objectives for the business to decrease defects.

Analyze - By analyzing every aspect of the process candidates will be able to identify some roots causes of the problems candidates are faced with. This will help candidates to apply problem solving techniques that are taught within the Lean aspect of the course. Understanding defects is an important part in this process.

Improve - The ability to improve the progress of a project is a consequence of identifying root causes of the problems and defects within the process. Addressing these problems is when improvements can begin.

Control - Controlling factors that once stopped a process from being successful, will help with the efficiency and quality of the next process.