Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt — Foundation Course, An introduction to Lean Six Sigma strategies and tools.
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Lean Six Sigma, It will give an overview and an appreciation of the tools and strategies involved and show you how they are used for Continuous Improvement and it will provide some historical context, showing the sources and philosophies of its two different origins in Japanese automotive manufacturing and US semiconductor manufacturing. This has evolved into a widely used methodology common to many industries and businesses. Although the origin is manufacturing, it is now equally likely to be deployed in healthcare, finance, logistics, construction and service industries.
The course will enable you to participate in a Lean Six Sigma project and contribute to the common teamworking tools. It may also inspire you to continue to the Green Belt or Black Belt level.
There are about 2 hours of video material and a series of optional assignments to explore and practice some of the tools used in Lean Six Sigma. To complete the assignments, you will need access to a spreadsheet package like Excel or Google Sheets and to download JASP, a free open-source statistics package.
Software:
Excel / Google Sheets (Free)
JASP (Free)
MindMup (Free)
Book References:
(Several of these are mentioned in the videos. You don’t need to buy any of these books for the course, although many are available at low cost.)
Lean Thinking – Womack & Jones
The Machine that Changed the World – Womack & Jones
Learning to See (Value Stream Mapping) – Mike Rother & John Shook
The Toyota Way – Jeffrey K Liker
The Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook – Michael L George
Basic Statistics: Tools for Continuous Improvement – Kiemele Schmidt Berdine
