Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Improve Your Understanding And Awareness Of Lean Six Sigma

Overview

Our two-day Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course is designed to provide you with a good understanding of the basic Lean Six Sigma methods and prepare you not only to participate as contributors to Lean Six Sigma projects, but also to start to address simple improvements in your own working area.

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt's are not experts in the methodology, but understand the activities, deliverables and key concepts of Team problem-solving.

Please Note: There is no formal examination at the end of our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course. A certificate of attendance will be issued upon completion of the training course.

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Course Overview

Please Note

You can book this course and hold it in credit until you have decided on a specific course date. Alternatively, please view our other course dates.

Course Dates

Exam Not Included

2 Days

£1530Excl. VAT

Course Syllabus

Our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course will cover the following topics:

Lean Six Sigma Overview

Lean Six Sigma as a Management philosophy
Roles in Lean Six Sigma
Steps of Lean Six Sigma
Six Sigma metric
Effective teamwork
Case Study - Swan Hotel

Define Phase

Problem Statements and goals
The Voice of the Customer (VOC)
Kano
Critical to Quality
Lean Six Sigma Projects

Measure Phase

Introduction and measurement challenges
Process Performance Baseline
Process Mapping
Value Stream Mapping

Analyse Phase

Exploratory Data Analysis (visual)
Value Analysis
Types of waste
Root Cause Analysis - 5 Why's / Ishikawa diagrams

Improve Phase

Selecting Improvement Solutions
Ease & Effect matrix
Risk Management - FMEA (overview)

Control Phase

Sustaining improvement
Ongoing process measurement
Statistical Process Control (SPC) - overview

Conclusions

Example of Yellow Belt improvement
Case Study (Financial Services)

Learning Outcomes

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt's are expected to improve processes in their own day-to-day work processes and provide Subject Matter Expertise to support Green and Black Belts.

At the end of our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course, you will be able to:

Understand the key principles of Lean Six Sigma
Identify improvement opportunities in your organisation (projects)
Understand and use the Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control (DMAIC) model and key activities
Use the basic tools and techniques
Understand the role of Yellow Belts in Lean Six Sigma projects
Be able to run small improvements in their day-to-day work processes

Who Should Attend

Our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course is suitable for:

Managers
Internal Consultants
Change Agents
Project Managers
Team Leaders
Team Members Involved In Lean Six Sigma Projects

What's Included

Our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course includes the following:

Full Materials
Course Workbook
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate Of Attendance

Entry-Level Requirements

There are no prerequisites for our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course except a willingness to participate and an open mind.

Exam Information

There is no formal examination associated with our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course.

Exam Type

No Exam

Qualifications

No Certificate

What's Next

Our five-day Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training course provides the skills necessary to successfully complete DMAIC projects, including basic knowledge of planning, team problem-solving methods and improvement strategies.

Please Note: Our Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training course includes a refresher of the content encountered in the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training course.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belts are specialists in executing Lean Six Sigma Projects. With the right combination of specialist expertise, statistical analysis and Lean Six Sigma methodology, you will be able to achieve significant improvements in performance and quality.

Additional Information

Lean Six Sigma is a pragmatic approach that emphasises the importance of focusing on delivering what the customer wants by utilising the skills and knowledge of the employees.

Improvement projects aim to reduce the cost of poor quality, increase process capability, minimise process cycle time and remove waste to deliver what the customer wants, ultimately resulting in increased customer satisfaction.