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Introduction to ISO 9001 2000 ISO 9000 is increasingly becoming the standard for doing business. Organizations worldwide are implementing ISO 9000 Quality Management Systems. What is ISO 9001:2000 and what does it require? Learn to understand the requirements and apply the standard within an organization. more...

Introduction to Statistics An introduction to statistics for those who will be taking Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training. more...

Introduction to Probability The course provides a basic introduction to probability theory that one may encounter in lean six sigma training. more...

Six Sigma Management and Leadership Training Program This course will teach you about the methodology and implementation of Six Sigma in your organization. more...

Overview of Business Process Management ... remaining competitive in the market? The answer is a Six Sigma approach to business process management. This course examines the basics of adopting a Six Sigma approach firmly bound to customer needs and bottom-line results. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all right, title and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola. Candidates for Black Belt certification; more...

Process Analysis and Documentation ...Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that points the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in this methodology is Measure. You cannot hope to improve processes and performance without first knowing where you are, assessing where you want to be, and then planning how to get there, while measuring progress toward the goal all along the way. In the words of an old adage, what more...

Control Charts and the Pre-control Process ...Sigma teams may be tempted to consider their work done once they have improved their processes during the Improve phase. However, in the Control phase of the Six Sigma process improvement system, teams go further and verify that improved processes continue to perform at the improved levels. This course will present control charts, which are used to determine with statistical precision the more...

Six Sigma--Lean Tools for Control ...in the manufacturing world are lean manufacturing and Six Sigma . Both are designed to reduce variation, yet each takes a different track. While Six Sigma utilizes data and statistical analysis to measure and improve a company's operational performance, lean manufacturing collocates all of an organization's processes in sequential order, restructuring the manufacturing method to reduce wasteful more...

Six Sigma--Measurement System Re-analysis ...s initially. Likewise for businesses--the benefits of Six Sigma performance aren't achieved simply by a completing a series of projects. Achieving Six Sigma performance takes vision, commitment, time, and vigilance. To assist with maintaining gains, the Six Sigma Control phase outlines tools and techniques for the Black Belt to use. In this course, you will learn about Measurement System more...

Define the Six Sigma Opportunity ...uld provide optimal benefits. This course, Define the Six Sigma Opportunity, is a guide for choosing those processes that will reap the greatest corporate benefit from Six Sigma projects. Besides being given guidelines for establishing an improvement opportunity, you'll learn specific methods for capturing the voice of the customer, and how to use the Kano model to discern and categorize those more...

The Six Sigma Project Charter and Plan What constitutes a project charter? How do you know whether you've set the right goals for your project? What tools can best help you plan your project? As you advance in this course--which focuses on project charter elements as well as planning tools and project documentation--you will obtain the skills and knowledge required to manage your project charter and plan. Six Sigma is a registered more...

Six Sigma Team Leadership ...riance, and addressing poor quality and inefficiency, Six Sigma can encourage a more profitable and sustainable business. The development and leadership of an effective team is critical if these outcomes are to be achieved. An effective Six Sigma team comprises the right people using their skills in collaboration with each other to address the needs of the customer and the project. This course more...

Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance ...ective teamwork. Teamwork is no less important in the Six Sigma world. In fact, more than one Six Sigma expert has stated unequivocally that without effective teamwork, a process improvement project will fail. So how is effective teamwork ensured? The best way is by understanding Six Sigma team dynamics--that is, the way in which team members work together and interact. The more that team more...

The Six Sigma Change Agent ...Sigma change agent? How does one advocate change on a business-wide level? What are the skills required and the techniques used? In this course, you'll learn about the roles and responsibilities of the Six Sigma change agent. You'll explore ways to build a change management process and how to plan for change implementation. Effective communication is central to Six Sigma success, so this course more...

Six Sigma Management and Planning Tools ...ely or in combination, they are powerful tools in the Six Sigma approach for insuring quality and continuous improvement. This course will cover the seven tools--affinity diagrams, interrelationship digraphs, tree diagrams, activity network diagrams, cause-and-effect matrices, prioritization matrices, and process decision program charts (PDPC). Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola more...

Six Sigma and the Voice of the Customer ...ey really want. "Voice of the customer," or VOC, is a Six Sigma term that refers to customers' actual, as opposed to assumed, product and service needs and desires. This course, Six Sigma and the Voice of the Customer, is a guide to understanding VOC and Six Sigma's strategies for identifying customers and collecting customer data. In Lesson One, you'll learn about different customer types an more...

Six Sigma and Critical Customer Requirements ...motivating a business to focus on its customers. In a Six Sigma environment, such a focus is central to success. In this course, you'll learn how QFD works. You'll explore ways to listen to the voice of the customer and how to understand that voice in substantive terms. You'll learn to use effective tools to examine what your customers say they need and to determine from those statements what more...

Defining and Mapping the Six Sigma Process ...ong the way. Maps are also important tools in guiding Six Sigma teams in the quest for process improvement; it is impossible to improve a process that you don't fully understand. In this course, you will be introduced to the mapmaker's art as it applies to Six Sigma. You will learn techniques to help you survey the business landscape from a high level. You will then learn how to fill in the more...

Scoping the Six Sigma Project ...Sigma Black Belts are called upon to solve problems that have no known solutions. This is a risky endeavor. Yet Six Sigma deployment has a track record of success. One of the keys to its success is proper project scoping. No one wants to try to do it all with a single opportunity. Six Sigma projects need to be selected mindfully and scoped appropriately. Yet, without known solutions, more...

Design of Experiments DOE ...Sigma Improve phase, organizations have a solid understanding of how and why their processes fail to meet customers' expectations. Organizations use the Design of Experiments (DOE), a key methodology of the Six Sigma Improve phase, to quantify with statistical precision the factors that are causing this gap. Well-designed experiments result in effective process redesign, and ultimately, more...

Design and Analysis ...Sigma Improve phase, organizations are aiming to evaluate which process inputs have the most significant impact on the process output. Only by effective experimental design and subsequent analysis can organizations pinpoint areas for improvement. This course will enable you to choose between process methods, determine the most effective process, and take into account all of the necessary more...

Taguchi and Quality Improvement ...ends on many variables. The Taguchi Method allows the Six Sigma teams to avoid the tedious and costly task of running a process using all possible combinations of variables. By systematically choosing certain combinations of variables, the Taguchi Method makes it possible to separate their individual effects. Unlike traditional Design of Experiments, the Taguchi Method focuses on optimizing more...

Experimenting for Process Improvement ...Sigma DMAIC methodology concerns locating the optimal conditions of a process. Many improvement techniques used in Six Sigma concentrate on the impact of single factors on response or yield. In order to achieve breakthrough improvements, however, it is necessary to determine how multiple interacting factors impact response. This course introduces the sophisticated statistical tools used to more...

Lean Concepts Most business processes are 90 waste and 10 value-added work. The challenge for businesses today is to find new ways to dramatically reduce costs and improve investment returns while better serving their customers. To meet these challenges, organizations have turned to Lean Thinking, which seeks the elimination of all forms of waste, strives for continuous improvement, and simplifies business more...

Non-value added Steps and Tasks Anytime you have products sitting in inventory it means your resources are not producing cash flow. Identifying and removing the non-value-added steps and tasks in the supply chain is the key element in effective inventory management. This course examines how Lean businesses seek to integrate their supply chains with their production processes so as to minimize inventory levels, improve the flow more...

Lean Tools At its heart, being Lean seeks to eliminate waste from the organization. By applying Lean tools and techniques, organizations can become more competitive, agile, and responsive to customer demands. This course highlights the implementation of Lean tools in the production and manufacturing environment. These tools have derived largely from the development of the Toyota Production System (TPS). In more...

Total Productive Maintenance TPM How do you ensure that the maintenance requirements of physical assets are met as cheaply and effectively as possible? The goal is to reduce downtime and minimize maintenance costs. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a systematic approach to eliminating waste associated with production equipment and machinery. It is an approach that seeks to engage all levels and functions in an organization to more...

Probability and Statistics ...Sigma relies on the use of probability and statistics to produce information on variations in process. Black Belt candidates must be proficient in descriptive, inferential, and process-oriented statistical thinking; must understand how to stratify data; and must appreciate the uses of the Central Limit Theorem and inferential statistics to interpret available data. This course serves as a more...

Collecting and Summarizing Data ...Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for establishing a baseline of current processes. This baseline is your starting point for process improvement. A critical part of establishing baselines is collecting data that will enable you to learn the current status more...

Properties and Applications of Probability Distributions ...ilure, probability distributions are essential to the Six Sigma Black Belt. Distributions and their random variables are the key to determining supportable conclusions for hypothesis tests and confidence intervals. This course discusses the general use of probability distributions, and reviews the applications of normal and nonnormal distributions. The course also details the benefits and more...

Measurement Systems ...Sigma DMAIC system is a roadmap that shows the way to process and performance improvement. The second phase in the roadmap, the Measure phase, provides a methodology and tools for collecting data and establishing baseline measures of current processes. However, measurement itself can be problematic. A measurement system is only as good as the measuring instruments and the operators, and both more...

Analyzing Process Capability ...short- and long-term variability. This course teaches Six Sigma Black Belts the process capability techniques to analyze current output and project expected value. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all rights, title and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola. Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the more...

Calculating Process Capability When process data fails to produce a normal distribution, special indices are required to calculate process capability. This course teaches Black Belt candidates the indices for non-normal process capability, and discusses how to transform non-normal data for use in standard statistical tests. It also examines the difference between continuous and discrete data, and the distributions used for more...

Six Sigma Introduction ...Sigma in recent years. But what is Six Sigma? This course will introduce you to the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help you successfully participate in your organization's Six Sigma program. First, you will learn how poor quality harms your business. You will explore what Six Sigma means and the critical elements of the approach. You will gain an more...

Final Exam Six Sigma Foundations Generally taken near the end of a program, Final Exam: Six Sigma Foundations enables the learner to test their knowledge in a testing environment. Individuals seeking practice in a testing environment, covering the skills and competencies being measured by the courseware. more...

Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality ...t's a matter of reducing variation through the use of Six Sigma. "Variation," or deviation from what the customer wants, may be inherent in the business world, yet by employing the principles of Six Sigma, the standard of 99.9997 perfection is within your grasp. It's just a matter of learning--and employing--those principles. In "Six Sigma: Reducing Variation to Improve Quality," you'll do just more...

Six Sigma Listening to the Voice of the Customer ...to gauge what its customers really need and want. In "Six Sigma: Listening to the Voice of the Customer," Six Sigma Green Belts and team members learn that best way. The course consists of two lessons: "Understanding Customer Requirements," and "Defining Customer Requirements." In lesson one, you'll discover methods for specifically identifying your customers--that means all your customers, more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Defining the Problem ...ter. Of course, there's a better way. In this course, Six Sigma DMAIC: Defining the Problem, Six Sigma Green Belts and team members are given a systematic, objective, and measurable process for quantifying the challenges facing your organization. In lesson one, "The Project Charter," you'll learn guidelines for developing a problem statement, measuring your Six Sigma project, and determining more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Measuring the Process ...rocess in your organization that just isn't working? "Six Sigma DMAIC: Measuring the Process," provides Six Sigma Green Belts and team members with techniques for precisely pinpointing the source of problems--and precisely measuring them. That means you'll learn what to measure, the five types of data that can be collected, the relative strengths of the Defects per Unit (DPU) and Defects per more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Data ...o dig down deep. This course is all about making sure Six Sigma Green belts and team members dig deep enough, to where the solutions are simplest. In order to employ Six Sigma, you need information on how to use the data that's relevant to the problems in your business process. In Lesson 1 you'll explore the best methods to present and interpret the data that reflects a problem. In Lesson 2 more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Process ...of coffee--or the perfect product or service--is what Six Sigma is all about. To achieve Six Sigma, a product or service has to be 99.9 percent error-free. As far as your perfect cup of coffee is concerned, error-free means that every cup sold is 99.9 percent consistent in taste and temperature. To achieve this level of perfection (or consistency) for your product or service, you have to more...

Organizational Goals and Objectives ...Sigma project can be executed, organizational strategic planning goals and objectives must be defined. Determining selection of appropriate projects and choosing an effective improvement model are crucial tasks that help to ensure your company is pointed in the right direction. Performing risk analysis while avoiding pitfalls common to Six Sigma projects is also important to prevent project more...

Leadership in Six Sigma ...Sigma has become synonymous with quality in the business world, but there is no prescriptive process for planning and launching a Six Sigma initiative. Each business must learn to call upon the strengths and abilities of its diverse professionals, from executives to highly trained technical specialists. What are the roles of each in the Six Sigma process? What planning should take place to more...

Six Sigma and the Corporate Enterprise ...Sigma , and why is it important to your company? This course helps you to make that determination through a discussion of basic concepts underlying the Six Sigma philosophy. A broad overview is provided of the initial development of Six Sigma; Six Sigma's uses in leading companies to date; the benefits to be realized by successful deployment, and the metrics and core competencies crucial to its more...

History of Organizational Improvement and the Foundations of Six Sigma ...Sigma , it's useful to understand the history of organizational improvement and the contributions of various leaders in the field of quality. This course examines the concepts of quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement that are common among Six Sigma, the Total Quality Management movement, and continuous improvement. It also discusses the continuum among each of these more...

Quality Systems Models and Theories The implementation of an effective quality system is a vital component of the success of any organization. Personnel at all levels in an organization must be aware of the quality mission, plan, and methodology it employs. A quality mission and plan that is well developed and properly implemented must be aligned to the corporate mission and vision statements and the strategic plan in order to be more...

Advanced Six Sigma - The Define Phase of DMAIC ...Sigma is a focused concerted effort to achieve a zero-defect quality level. Using Six Sigma you can measure how many defects you have in a process and systematically eliminate them to arrive at a near zero-defect product or process. In this advanced course of implementing Six Sigma you will use the concepts of Six Sigma and apply them to an organization. You will identify problems customer more...

Advanced Six Sigma - The Measure and Analysis Phases of DMAIC The Measure and Analysis phase in the DMAIC model of Six Sigma implementation helps practitioners set standards for performance and quality. Subsequently these metrics are studied to understand the issues and the causes that deter conformity to the specified standard. This in turn facilitates both preventive and corrective action.  more...

Advanced Six Sigma - The Improve and Control Phases of DMAIC The Improve phase in the DMAIC model of Six Sigma implementation helps the practitioners to generate solutions select the best solution and implement it to improve the performance of processes. The Control phase is the final phase of the DMAIC model. It enables the Six Sigma team members to apply a set of tools and techniques to maintain the new improved process.  more...

Six Sigma: Managing Six Sigma Projects In Managing Six Sigma Projects you will learn This course teaches about management and team support structures for Six Sigma projects as well as some of the more advanced tools required by those engaged in the quality initiative. Finally it offers help on implementing Six Sigma and on some leadership strategies for project champions.  more...

Six Sigma Part 1: Six Sigma Essentials In Six Sigma: Six Sigma Essentials you will learn the history and background of the Six Sigma quality initiative as well as some essential information on how it impacts on business processes. Putting Six Sigma in context the course then goes on to look at some of the principal tools used in a Six Sigma project before examining strategies for preparing your organization for this new quality more...

Six Sigma Part 2: Deploying Six Sigma In Deploying Six Sigma you will learn the fundamentals of beginning a Six Sigma project. It begins by giving assistance in prioritizing projects and selecting key people before then helping the learner to define measure analyze improve and control the selected process. It also looks at process capability studies and how they should be directed.  more...