Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate

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Audience

The Yellow Belt program is designed for entry- and mid-level professionals with or without management experience who want to learn or sharpen their process improvement skills. Yellow Belt training provides professionals with a high-level overview of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies that can help them contribute to process improvement projects and apply basic strategies in their day-to-day tasks.

Program Objectives

Upon your successful completion of the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course, you will be able to:

• Recognize common Lean and Six Sigma terminology, tools, and concepts

• Define the DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) approach to process improvement

• Identify and support potential Lean Six Sigma project opportunities consistent with organizational needs

• Speak the language of Lean Six Sigma and participate in discussions about quality improvement initiatives

What You Will Learn

Learn fundamental concepts of Lean and Six Sigma methodology to support process improvement projects in your organization. 

• What is Lean Six Sigma? – Learn the history of Lean Six Sigma, roles and responsibilities of Lean Six Sigma practitioners, and common tools of the methodology.

• DMAIC – Learn to identify the five phases of DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) and the tools and concepts that apply to each phase.  

• What is Lean? – Understand the five principles of Lean methodology and how its tools focus on creating value and eliminating wasteful activities.

• Additional Lean Topics – Learn additional Lean concepts such as Poka-Yoke and Kaizen events, as well as the critical success factors for process improvement projects.

Certificate Requirements

This program consists of four (4) weeks of instruction, with a 90-minute live, instructor-led virtual classroom session offered every other week. Attendance in the online class session is highly encouraged. Students should expect to complete five (5) hours of work each week.

To earn a Yellow Belt certificate, students must:

• Successfully complete all online course materials, group discussions and quizzes (70% passing score; 3 attempts per quiz)

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this program.

Course Content Summary

• Lean Six Sigma Overview and Six Sigma History
• Lean History and Lean Six Sigma Benefits
• Lean Six Sigma Roles and Responsibilities
• Voice of the Customer
• What is value?
• What is process improvement?
• Definition of quality
• Understanding variation
• The 6 M’s
• Bell Curve
• Measures of central tendency
• Measures of dispersion
• Histograms
  
  

• The five phases and 15 tollgates
• Project Charters
• Process Maps
• Baseline Measurement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Pareto charts
• Implementing improvements 
• Team Dynamics

• Lean and efficiency
• Waste walks
• Value stream mapping
• Kanban
• Quick changeovers
• Spaghetti diagrams
• One piece flow
  
  

• 5S principles
• Standard work
• Mistake proofing
• Kaizen events
• Lean Six Sigma
• Lean Six Sigma teams and roles