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SkillSoft Explore Course

Business Skills     Operations Management     Six Sigma     Six Sigma Green Belt - Six Sigma and Organizational Strategy
This course covers the relationship between Lean and Six Sigma and introduces a few common Lean tools and techniques. This course is aligned with ASQ’s 2015 Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge.

Objectives

The Lean-Six Sigma Relationship

  • identify the stages of the Lean deployment methodology
  • distinguish between the Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
  • match Lean tools with the Six Sigma stages they can be generally applied to

Lean Principles and Concepts

  • distinguish between the five laws of Lean
  • match Lean concepts to their descriptions
  • recognize the steps in the Lean process

Lean Six Sigma Applications

  • distinguish between lean tools
  • identify characteristics unique to service organizations
  • recognize examples of organizational objectives, improvement goals, and tools appropriate for Lean Six Sigma projects in a manufacturing environment

Theory of Constraints

  • recognize key concepts associated with the theory of constraints
  • distinguish between theory of constraints measurement formulas

Identifying Value-added Processes & Wastes

  • classify activities according to their value
  • recognize examples of different types of waste in an organization

Value Stream Mapping

  • identify the types of information revealed by a value stream map
  • distinguish between icons used in a current state map
  • distinguish between icons used in a future state map
  • demonstrate your understanding of applying Lean principles in a Six Sigma project