LEAN SIX SIGMA YELLOW BELT

Lean Management Module:

• Assess production capacity, resource losses, and lead times of a production unit, activity flow, or organization.
• Create process mapping based on field observations to describe and communicate the reality of operations to management.
• Analyze a process to locate and quantify bottlenecks, overcapacities, waste, and various dysfunctions.
• Make operations faster, more agile, leaner, and more reliable.
• Develop a performance management system based on field indicators and problem-tracking routines.
• Lead a problem-solving workshop on flow and/or organizational efficiency using the “Kaizen Event” approach.

Six Sigma Yellow Belt Module:

• Analyze customer satisfaction survey results and expectations to identify the quality criterion to improve.
• Evaluate the magnitude and cost of a quality problem.
• Identify the root causes of a simple quality problem.
• Conduct a comparative evaluation of potential solutions.
• Develop a performance management system for processes.
• Lead a DMAIC project to resolve a simple quality problem.

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Days 1 and 2: Lean Management Module

• History and positioning of Lean Management
• DMAIC method and Kaizen Event
• Process capacity: cycle time and Takt time
• Work-in-progress, inventory, waiting time, and Little’s law
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Rhythm diagrams
• Value-added analysis and waste elimination
• Process Cycle Efficiency and Overall Process Efficiency
• First Pass Yield and Rolled Throughput Yield
• Theory of constraints and line balancing
• Continuous flow
• Pull system and kanban
• Visual management, poka-yoke, 5S
• SMED
• Heijunka, dynamic capacity adjustment, and standardization
• Maximum acceptable work-in-progress (WIP max)
• Kata and Short Interval Management
• Toyota Way
• Complex flow analysis
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

Days 3 and 4: Six Sigma Yellow Belt Module

• History and positioning of Lean Six Sigma
• Typology (LSSx.0) of problems and DMAIC projects
• DEFINE
• Project launch
• SIPOC
• The 3 Voices
• Critical To Satisfaction
• Kano Model
• Problem statement, objective statement, and project opportunity
• Project charter v1
• MAIC method for solving simple statistical problems

MEASURE

• Problem metric
• Measurement plan
• Validation of the measurement system: precision and accuracy (concordance analysis)
• Defect rate
• Project charter v2

ANALYZE

• Pareto analysis
• Five Whys
• Project charter v3

IMPROVE

• Solution research and selection
• Business Case
• Solution implementation
• Improvement validation

CONTROL

• Performance tracking dashboard
• Response plan

• All sectors (industry and services).

  • Project managers/consultants (internal or external) in organization, quality, continuous improvement, or operational excellence.
  • Logistics managers.
  • Supply Chain Managers.
  • Production managers.
  • Operations Managers.
  • Quality managers.
    No prerequisites required.

• Inductive pedagogy: experimenting with the Lean improvement method (Kaizen Event) through a role-playing game simulating a cross-functional business process.
• Groups of a maximum of 12 participants to promote interactivity, idea-sharing, and networking.
• Provision of statistical calculators and analysis models in Excel.
• Training materials available in PDF format.
• Self-assessment test and practice at the end of the training.
• This role-playing game is currently only available in face-to-face training.

Lean Management and Six Sigma Yellow Belt certifications are awarded based on passing the Lean Management and Six Sigma Yellow Belt exams.

These exams validate the acquisition of Lean Management and Six Sigma Yellow Belt knowledge, in line with the LSSx.0 body of knowledge, which is necessary for developing the targeted skills. The exams include a mix of recall questions (e.g., definitions), execution tasks (e.g., calculations, tool selection), and application of acquired knowledge (e.g., conclusions based on results, decision-making in a given situation).

• Online exams, closed-book, with video monitoring from the candidate’s computer.
• Lean Management exam: 25 questions in 50 minutes.
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt exam: 25 questions in 50 minutes.
• Multiple-choice questionnaires: 25 questions each.
• Duration of each exam: 50 minutes.
• Language: French or English.
• Deadline: exams must be taken within six months of the training.
• The candidate can freely schedule the exams at a time that suits them.
• Pass criteria: score ≥ 60%.
• One retake allowed in case of failure.
• It is possible to retake the exam after a second failure by purchasing a new exam.