Lean Six Sigma training and certification

Delivered by Lean Six Sigma Black Belts, Trevor Durant and Mike Epton, experienced manufacturing consultants and certified trainers with over 60 years experience this 2-day workshop will give you a thorough grounding in the techniques and skills to work in a Lean Six SIgma environment and make a positive contribution to improving productivity, efficiency and profitability.
What You Will Learn

Day 1 – You will learn

• Lean Fundamentals – how to identify the 8 wastes of Lean thinking
• Six Sigma Fundamentals – what is Six Sigma and why it drive performance improvement
• Waste and Non-Value-Added Activity – erode profit you will learn how to identify, measure and plan to eliminate both
• 5S – The most used Lean tool, reduces waste, reduces variation and improves productivity
• Voice of the Customer – Understand what customers care about and making that your priority
• Kaizen – the strive for continuous improvement, there is always room for improvement
• Process Mapping and Value Stream Mapping – Map your processes to identify and action improvement
• Flow and Pull – how to balance your work to be in step with customer demand and why it matters

Day 2 – You will learn

• DMAIC Methodology – the six-sigma route to improvement projects management – Define – Measure – Analyse – Improve – Control
• Defining Problems and Projects – how to build and run projects that focus on specific issues and opportunities
• Business Case – Improving can take time and money, ensure your projects clearly identify the business and cost benefits
• SIPOC – quickly identify the end-to-end components of any process
• Pareto Analysis – use what is sometimes known as the 80:20 rule, identify and focus on the vital few not the less important many
• Root Cause Analysis Tools – sometimes an issue is just a symptom of the real problem but the root cause needs to be identified before it can remedied.