Six Sigma Overview

The purpose of this course is to introduce participants to Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma combines the two most important improvement methodologies Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. This course addresses the five primary elements of Lean Six Sigma: organization, process control, metrics, product flow and quality. The course discusses the Lean Six Sigma capability to address the quality and speed within a single framework using lean and six sigma tools. This course discusses the need: to recognize opportunities and eliminate defects as defined by the customer; to establish a formal performance improvement process; to recognize that variations hinder organizational ability to reliably deliver high quality products and services; to provide effective organizational infrastructure to achieve sustainable results; to use the process flow tools to minimize variability; to use problem solving and assessment tools; to think creatively about the problem in new ways; and to collect data necessary to develop solutions. This course also provides evidence showing why so many companies are turning to Lean Six Sigma. Upon completion of this course participants will have learned basic concepts and fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma and the benefits it provides. Participants will have enough background information to decide if this approach is beneficial to their organization.