Six Sigma Green Belt - SS301

* For process leaders, process owners, professional staff, operational specialists, managers

Course description

As a progressive build upon yellow belt training, the Green Belt course teaches powerful concepts and methods for improving business performance within a structured format popularly known as "DMAIC," short for Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control.

A large majority of processes and problems in transactional and manufacturing environments can be improved with a green belt skill set. Only the remaining problems in these environments, and other problems in engineering environments, require the more advanced capabilities of black belts.

Course outcomes

• Instills complete knowledge of the breakthrough strategy (DMAIC) and its associated concepts, methods and tools.
• Emphasizes "first-order" performance improvement projects that can be solved with a core of six sigma knowledge, methods and tools.
• Students become capable of leading and executing improvement projects, and capable of ensuring their associated financial returns.
• Is focused on detecting and eliminating non-value-added activities in processes, and in reducing variation in critical process inputs and outputs.

Tools used: Simmyx learning simulator, Excel, 3-C's Explorer, Minitab educational version, Instantis project management