Location

Productivity and Quality Institute - Alexandria

Objectives

• On completion of the Lean Six Sigma Orange Belt training, you will be familiar with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies as well as the most important tools, concepts and abbreviations within Lean Six Sigma. You will learn what Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma can do for your company. You will also learn how to solve production problems in an effective manner.

Outcomes

• Review the general philosophy of Process Improvement and also explain why process improvement is needed.• Review how process improvement programs should be deployed across the organization.• Understand the way improvement projects should be executed and also explain project management roadmaps, team formation, the project charter and a number of project management tools.• Review how to achieve a solid foundation for further process improvement programs.• Review how to create a continuous improvement culture at the shop floor and setting up and facilitate Kaizen teams.• Review how the logistical flow of processes can be improved and made more stable, predictable and efficient.• Understand the reducing variation in a stable process with the objective to create a process capable of meeting customer requirements.

Course Contents

• Lean principles (Value, Value Stream, Flow, Pull, Continuous Improvement)• Lean simulation game & Lean Six Sigma case (DMAIC)• Voice of the Customer & CTQ Flow down• Measuring Process Performance (Yield, DPMO, ppm, ..)• SPC – Statistical Process Control• MSA – Measurement System Analysis / Gage R&R%• FMEA – Failure Mode Effect Analysis• 5S Workplace organization• VSM – Value Stream Mapping• Identifying and eliminating waste• Visualizing data / Introduction to Minitab• (Pareto, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Dot Plot, Histogram, Box Plot, Time Series Plot, Scatter Plot)• Problem solving tools (Pareto, Cause & Effect, Capability, ...)• Basic Statistics (Correlation, Regression, Probability, ...)• Kaizen Continuous Improvement / PDCA