Black Belt Certification Options:

Course Description	Course Description
How Do I Complete my Lean + Six Sigma Certification? If you would like to register for more than one belt type (i.e. Black Belt, Green Belt, etc.), please email info@sixsigmadsi.com or call 888-743-7161.

If you would like an online course BROCHURE, please go to our RESOURCES page and register. Scroll through the list of resources and find the Belt brochure that you would like more information on.

Lean + Six Sigma Black Belt Course Description:

Course Details:

• Online Course Duration: 60 Total Online Hours (you do not have to all modules in the course at one sitting)
• Certification Duration: Depends on the diligence of the student. This is a Self Paced online course.
• Certification Deadline: Six months from the recorded start of the online course.
• Course Material: All course material provided Online. Each module has an individual PDF file associated that can be downloaded and/or printed.

The Black Belt Lean + Six Sigma course develops understanding and enables employment of one of today's proven approaches to maximizing productivity through control over process design and execution. Lean and Six Sigma drives towards results-based organizational effectiveness through both product and process improvement and increased profitability for its practitioner companies. Lean and Six Sigma and frontline Black Belts can be the source of revolutionary and rapid process improvements leading to dramatic increases in both productivity and profitability.

At the end of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training course delegates will be able to:

1. Work with and understand customer requirements
2. Enhance the capability of processes to exceed customer expectations
3. Identify projects and select project team members
4. Work with sponsors to develop a Lean Six Sigma deployment strategy
5. Act as an internal consultant
6. Lead Lean and/or Six Sigma projects
7. Train/mentor/coach Lean and/or Six Sigma Green Belts and project teams
8. Act as a catalyst for process improvement
9. Provide teams with ongoing support and leadership
10. Report and effectively communicate to a project sponsor
11. Understand when and how to use Lean and/or Six Sigma tools
12. Provide feedback to management

Six Sigma Program Topics Include:

• An Introduction to Probability
• ANOVA
• Calculating Process Based Costs
• Cause and Effect Diagrams
• Comparing Means
• Confidence Interval for the Mean
• Continuous Probability Distributions: Normal Curve
• Descriptive Statistics: Self Assessment
• Extending ROI
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
• Hypothesis Tests for the Mean
• Inferential Statistics: Self Assessment
• Introduction to Inferential Statistics
• Introduction to Process Capability
• Introduction to Process Mapping
• Making Inferences about Proportions
• Making Inferences about Variances
• Maximizing ROI
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Measures of Dispersion
• Organization of Data
• Pareto Analysis
• Probability Distributions: Discrete Random Variables
• Process Capability Assessments
• Scatter Diagrams
• Simple Linear Regression
• SIPOC
• Six Sigma Introduction
• Student Instructions
• Sustaining ROI
• Types of Control Charts
• Validating the Measurement System
• What is Statistics?

Modules Added for the Lean + Six Sigma Course:

• Lean Six Sigma Fusion
• 5S
• Changeover Reduction
• Current State Value Stream Mapping
• Eight Wastes
• Error Proofing
• Flow and Pull Systems
• Future State Value Stream Mapping
• Introduction to Lean Office Principles
• Introduction To Lean Principles
• Standard Work
• Total Productive Maintenance
• Visual Management
• Workplace Design and Layout
• Kaizen Event

Six Sigma Black Belt Course Description:

Course Details:

• Online Course Duration: 45 Total Online Hours (you do not have to all modules in the course at one sitting)
• Certification Duration: Depends on the diligence of the student. This is a Self Paced online course.
• Certification Deadline: Six months from the recorded start of the online course.
• Course Material: All course material provided Online. Each module has an individual PDF file associated that can be downloaded and/or printed.

This Black Belt Course is designed for those who ONLY want to study Six Sigma methods. Lean is not taught in this course. If you'd like, you can take the Lean + Six Sigma above and learn both Lean and Six Sigma together.

Six Sigma Program Topics Include:

• An Introduction to Probability
• ANOVA
• Calculating Process Based Costs
• Cause and Effect Diagrams
• Comparing Means
• Confidence Interval for the Mean
• Continuous Probability Distributions: Normal Curve
• Descriptive Statistics: Self Assessment
• Extending ROI
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
• Hypothesis Tests for the Mean
• Inferential Statistics: Self Assessment
• Introduction to Inferential Statistics
• Introduction to Process Capability
• Introduction to Process Mapping
• Making Inferences about Proportions
• Making Inferences about Variances
• Maximizing ROI
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Measures of Dispersion
• Organization of Data
• Pareto Analysis
• Probability Distributions: Discrete Random Variables
• Process Capability Assessments
• Scatter Diagrams
• Simple Linear Regression
• SIPOC
• Six Sigma Introduction
• Student Instructions
• Sustaining ROI
• Types of Control Charts
• Validating the Measurement System
• What is Statistics?

Black Belt after the Green Belt

• An Introduction to Probability
• ANOVA
• Comparing Means
• Confidence Interval for the Mean
• Continuous Probability Distributions: Normal Curve
• Descriptive Statistics: Self Assessment
• Extending ROI
• Hypothesis Tests for the Mean
• Inferential Statistics: Self Assessment
• Introduction to Inferential Statistics
• Making Inferences about Proportions
• Making Inferences about Variances
• Maximizing ROI
• Probability Distributions: Discrete Random Variables
• Simple Linear Regression

Modules Added for the Lean + Sigma Course:

• Changeover Reduction
• Future State Value Stream Mapping
• Total Productive Maintenance
• Onsite Training:

Onsite Training:

What are SSDSI's Onsite capabilities?

• Our Yellow Belt Training is the first two days of the Green Belt Course
• Effective Green Belt Training in 5 days (vs. 10 day standard)
• Effective Black Belt Training in 5 days Green Belt after prerequisite (vs. 10 day standard)
• Detailed Roadmap to Project Completion (Which Has led to 86% of team Projects completed)
• For more information on our onsite abilities go to our ONSITE page.

For more information about onsite training or a quote contact Lisa Rogne at
888-743-7161 or lrogne@sixsigmadsi.com

No matter which of these Six Sigma Black Belt Courses you take, you will always receive quality Lean + Six Sigma training from Six Sigma DSI! We work hard to make sure you make the grade!

"Words of Wisdom" from the Team At SSDSI..:"

2011-04-15T15:24:00.000-07:00 Lean Implementation at Mission Linen in Sacramento ... This week I spent time with Mission Linen in Sacramento, California in the first week of a Lean (and partly Six Sigma) Implementation. They have a vendor presently implementing what they are calling "Lean Six Sigma" in a few of their other facilities. I had a few of their employees in my Lean and Six Sigma course and they saw a different side of Lean and Six Sigma. They asked me to lead the implementation at their Sacramento facility. Through the concepts of Pull, Kanban, and Flow, they see production of their core items in a whole new way. This will have a significant effect on their throughput. It's great to see a plan come together ;)

2011-04-01T09:41:00.000-07:00 Training is sometimes “a job” (but most of the time it’s just fun :) ... I was in the home of the Astro's Baseball team teaching a Six Sigma Week #2 course. For those of you who watch my Facebook page, you will think to yourself "but Kevin has not taught a week #1 in Houston in more than six months". You are correct … I was subbing for another instructor. We had a small class (of three) but they were very engaged in class (even though we had a series of sunny Spring days and a clear view to the outside through a large window;). This was a tough class, because i ended up catching Strep Throat on Tuesday morning and taught all day with an ever increasing fever (102 by days end). I went to the Clinic in Walgreens (a great business model, by the way to have a clinic right next to the pharmacy!), received some antibiotics. I felt fair the next morning but taught the whole day and was worn out by 5pm. Wednesday was the kicker, because not only did i teach all day with strep throat, but i ended up with Laryngitis. By the end of the day I had to use all but use sign language to be understood. Not to fear though... I made it through the day, and the class was still engaged. I gained some of my voice back for Thursday's session but had to actually use pictures to be understood sometimes. We made it a game of Pictionary at one point in the class. All in all, it was a great class. A picture is on my Facebook page. I have a lot of fun teaching and consulting, but the man upstairs likes to humble me every now and again. He sure did a good job this week :) Next week, i will be headed to Toronto Canada to help a company that's implementing Six Sigma at Kraft Foods worldwide.