Lean Six Sigma - Blue Belt Courses and Registration
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To obtain a Blue Belt, employees must be:
Green Belt-certified
Attend all 5 Blue Belt courses
Take 5 of the 9 Orange Belt courses (one must be Introduction to Lean Analysis and Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement)
Complete all class assignments
Green Belts not interested in pursuing a higher belt level are welcome to enroll on a per-class basis. Prerequisites may apply. See class descriptions below for additional details.
Prerequisites: Yellow Belt or Green Belt certification
Purpose: To showcase tools that help prepare projects for success.
Objectives:
Identify the best management process to address a work concern
Understand the differences among Lean Six Sigma approaches
Determine the correct problem-solving track for a selected problem
Identify the most important problem using a problem-selection process
Prepare a project charter for success
Takeaways:
Project prioritization template
Project charter template
Prerequisites: Green Belt or Yellow Belt certification with permission from the Office of Management and Budget
Purpose: To learn how to develop a decision analysis framework, identify potential alternatives and make the best balanced selection.
Objectives:
To understand how to assess the correct management tool "Situation Appraisal"
To understand how to apply full Decision Analysis
Takeaways:
Decision Analysis sample – Solid Waste Management Department Heavy Fleet Maintenance
Decision Analysis worksheet template
Prerequisites: Green Belt or Yellow Belt certification with permission from the Office of Management and Budget
Purpose: To learn about an advanced process improvement technique consisting of a step-by-step approach for identifying all possible process failures; and to evaluate the risks associated with these failures and develop measures to reduce or eliminate risk.
Objectives:
To understand the major categories of failure modes
To understand how to identify, evaluate and develop measures that will prevent failure occurrences or lessen their effect
Takeaways:
FMEA sample – Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Heavy Fleet Repairs
Purpose: To further educate County employees in proven Lean Six Sigma methodology.
Objective: To understand basic Lean analysis tools and techniques for improving process activities
Takeaways:
Four-tab "Data Collection and Dashboard" worksheet tool
Prerequisites: Yellow Belt with OMB or Green Belt Certification, and completion of the Introduction to Lean Analysis course (Module 12) and the Lean Indicators course (Module 13).
Purpose: To further educate County employees in a proven Lean Six Sigma methodology, by teaching them tools that can be used to increase process speed and minimize waste
Objectives:
To apply Lean tools and techniques in a simulation
To learn how to use Lean dashboard indicators and a Value Stream Map
To apply process improvement techniques in a simulated Kaizen improvement workshop
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