Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training & Certification
Solve complex quality or performance problems and streamline your procution flows
Easy to understand and hands-on learning methods will make it enjoyable to learn Lean Six Sigma.
An interactive 10-day Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training to discover how Lean management refers to process optimization and waste elimination; and how Six Sigma is connected to quality improvement and client satisfaction.
This Lean Six Sigma Black Belt workshop provides you with an effective course + exam of what you, as effective team member or consultant, are required to perform as a Certified Black Belt.
Training objectives:
- Learn how to improve business flow in Kaizen Event mode
- Learn to eliminate waste, streamline operations and prevent malfunctions
- Learn how to improve a process for the benefit of all stakeholders (customer, worker, owner)
- Understand the philosophy, principles and tools of Lean Management
- Learn how to deploy a Lean Six Sigma program
- Learn how to identify and define the problem to be solved and the improvement objective of the project
- Learn how to scientifically and sustainably solve simple quality (statistical) problems
- Learn how to scientifically and sustainably solve complex statistical problems, including reducing the variability in the quality characteristics of products and services
- Learn to statistically control manufacturing and service processes and drive continuous quality improvement
- Learn how to achieve a higher (optimal) level of operational performance (sigma > 4) by identifying residual levers of improvement through a deep understanding of statistical decision making
Practical Information
10 days (70h)
Certified trainer
4450€* + 225€ exam vat excl
*Prices do not include breaks and lunches
Dates in Brussels or distance learning
Brussels:
- Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, Nov. 4, 5, 6
Distance learning (visio):
- Nov. 14, 15, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, Dec. 4, 5 & 6
- other dates: in French or in Dutch
Formulas
Six Sigma Black Belt Training : 8 days – 3790 €
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training Program
Embark on a transformative journey with our 10-day Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Program, designed to elevate your expertise in quality management and operational excellence. This comprehensive course begins by equipping you with the tools to precisely identify and define problems, setting a clear improvement objective for your projects. You will delve into the science of solving quality issues, starting with simple statistical problems, and progressively tackling more complex challenges, including reducing variability in product and service quality characteristics. Our program emphasizes sustainable solutions and statistical control of both manufacturing and service processes, fostering a culture of continuous quality improvement. By the end of this course, you will master the art of achieving optimal operational performance (sigma > 4), unlocking new levels of improvement through a profound understanding of statistical decision-making.
| Days | Modules | Skills developed |
| 8-10 | Six Sigma Black Belt | Solving complex quality problems – Alpha level |
| 5-7 | Six Sigma Green Belt | Solving complex quality problems – Basic level |
| 3-4 | Six Sigma Yellow Belt |
Solving simple statistical quality problems Lean Six Sigma deployment |
| 1-2 | Lean Management | Problem-solving of activity flows |
Lean Management (Business Game)
Kicking off with a little story about Lean principles and TPS (Toyota Production System) shows you the Eastern way of thinking in improving processes. The two days are focused on a Lego Serious Play Production Plant Business Game which will help you to understand Lean tools like the Value Stream Map. During this part you will understand value preservation focusing on eliminating non-value added resources or activities (waste) and a set of techniques and tools used for process improvement.
Days 1 and 2 – Lean Management module
- History and positioning of Lean Six Sigma
- DMAIC and Kaizen Event method
- Process capability: cycle time and Takt time
- Work in process, stocks, waiting time and Little’s law
- Value Stream Map (VSM)
- Load chart
- Analysis of added value and elimination of wastes
- Process Cycle Efficiency and Overal Process Efficiency
- First Pass Yield and Rolled Throughput Yield
- Theory of constraints and line balancing
- Continuous flow
- Pull flow and kanban
- Visual management, poka-yoke, 5S
- SMED
- Heijunka, dynamic capacity adjustment and standardization
- Maximum Work in process (WIPmax)
- Kata and Short Interval Control
- Toyota Way
- Complex flow analysis and process mining
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Advanced operational optimization (self-study or one extra day training):
- Capacity management in the presence of variability
- Inventory optimization and sizing of kanban systems
Serious game: the group experiments in the classroom the Lean improvement method (Kaizen Event) on a role play simulating an end-to-end business process (receipt of orders, processing, billing, shipping).
Day 3 – 4 Six Sigma Yellow Belt module
- History and positioning of Lean Six Sigma
- Deployment of Lean Six Sigma (study of the LSSx.0TM book):
- Overall governance
- Process Management System
- Ambition and roadmap
- Lean Six Sigma organization
- Roles & responsibilities (Champion, Sponsor, Process Owner, Belts)
- Project selection and follow-up process
- Expected benefits
- Typology of DMAIC problems and projects (study of the LSSx.0TM book):
- Define:
- Project launch
- SIPOC
- The 3 voices
- Critical To Satisfaction
- Kano model
- Problem statement, project objective and opportunity
- Project Charter v1
- MAIC method of solving simple statistical problems
- Measure:
- Problem metric
- Measurement plan
- Measurement system validation : precision and accuracy (agreement analysis)
- Defective rate
- Project Charter v2
- Analysis:
- Analysis of Pareto
- Five Why’s
- Project Charter v3
- Improve:
- Search and selection of the solution
- Business Case
- Implementation of the solution
- Improvement validation
- Control:
- Dashboard for monitoring the performance of the process
- Response plan
- Critical study of a case of DMAIC project
Days 5 to 7 – Six Sigma Green Belt module
- MAIC method of solving complex statistical problems
- Measure
- Basic statistics and data types
- Project Y and definition of the defect
- Measurement plan
- Measurement system validation: gage R&R and linearity and bias study
- Sample collection and data validation
- Analysis of the Voice of the Process
- Process capability
- Project Charter v2
- Analysis
- Analysis process of Y = f (X’s)
- Ishikawa diagram
- Introduction to inferential statistics (notions of confidence intervals)
- Studying the influence on variation, central tendency, proportions and study of covariance: contingency tables, graphical analysis (boxplots, scatter plots), correlation coefficient and analysis of confidence intervals
- Project Charter v3
- Improve
- Statistical validation of the improvement
- Control:
- Statistical process control
- I-MR, Xbar-R, Xbar-S, P and NP, U and C control charts
- Response plan
- Critical analysis of case studies of DMAIC projects
Days 8 to 10 – Six Sigma Black Belt module
- Measurement System Analysis
- Attribute agreement analysis : Kappa test and Kendall’s test
- Gage R&R : ANOVA method and measurement system resolution
- Linearity (regression method) and bias test
- Hypothesis testing and regression analysis
- Introduction to hypothesis tests
- Normality test
- Studying the influence on variation: tests for equal variance
- Studying the influence on central tendency: ANOVA test, Mood’s median test
- Pearson correlation test, simple linear regression analysis
- Chi-2 association test
- Design of Experiments (DoE)
- 2-levels factorial designs
- Résolution of factorial design
- Number of replications
- Execution of the experiments
- Analysis of the main and interaction effects
- Pareto of the effects
- Response surface
- Response optimizer
Serious game:
- In-class experimentation of the method on a service level improvement case (paper flying machines).
- Classroom design of experiments on a problem of optimizing the geometry of paper flying machines
- Determination of the capability of a screw production process
- Determination of the capability of a printing process
Use of Minitab.
Exam
Optional : Practical Certification
Target audience :
- Future Black Belts, Master Black Belts
- Operational improvement project managers
- Quality managers
- Quality engineers
- Research & Development engineers
- All sectors (industry and services)
Context :
- Deployment of Lean Six Sigma
- Need for economy of resources and fluidity in operations
- Simple operational and quality issues
- Complex issues of quality of products or services
- Second level of statistical complex problem solving
No prerequisites
We Will Make Your Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training Enjoyable
Our learning by doing training methods will facilitate the use and application of the tools in your projects. The content of our training modules is always proportionate to the complexity of the problem to be solved. Each type of problem has its specific tools, and our target is to teach you to find the shortest way to a sustainable solution for your problem.
Our teaching methods encourage active participation and collaboration among participants. They include problem-solving, simulations, tests, and the use of serious games. These activities present engaging challenges that encourage participants to fully immerse themselves in the learning process.
Our Offer
Our offer consists a 10-days training to prepare you to pass the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt exam. Furthermore it contains rour Black Belt training tool kit:
At Lean Six Sigma Belgium, we believe in equipping our participants not only with knowledge but also with practical tools for their future endeavours.
For all our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt courses, we provide a comprehensive suite of resources, including our expertly crafted books, detailed manuals, simulation tools and templates. These materials are specifically designed to bring a high level of structure to your problem-solving processes post-training. With these resources at your disposal, you’ll find that applying Lean Six Sigma Black Belt principles to real-world challenges becomes more effective.
The exams will take place exclusively online (under supervision). Candidates will be able to schedule the date and time of the exam at their convenience (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). They will also be able to manage any postponements and reschedule the date and time themselves.
This applies to both in-house and off-site training.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification obtained on the basis of successful completion of the exams:
- Lean Management exam: MCQ – 50 min. / 25 questions – closed book
- Six Sigma Black Belt exam: MCQ – 90 min. / 45 questions – closed book
One re-sit allowed in case of failure. If you fail the exam a second time, you can retake it by purchasing a new exam.
The exams are offered in French or English.
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