Foundations of Six Sigma Training from CBT Direct

Foundations of Six Sigma Curriculum Outline

Introduction to Six Sigma

Overview/Description
When launching General Electrics quality effort in 1995, Jack Welch, the then chairman and legendary champion for the cause of Six Sigma, strongly encouraged his chief employees to become passionate lunatics about Six Sigma. Welchs adoption of Six Sigma, and General Electrics ensuing success, greatly contributed to Six Sigmas recognition as a powerful method for business improvement in organizations.
So, what is Six Sigma and why do so many successful organizations attribute their success to it? This course largely deals with answering these questions. The course traces Six Sigmas roots in traditional quality concepts, but also shows that it is not just about quality; it is also a metric, a philosophy, a balanced scorecard, and a quality management system. This course demonstrates how to estimate Sigma level and how Six Sigma methodologies are strategically applied to a broad array of manufacturing and service organizations. The course also explores Six Sigma business goals and the mission critical role of Champions for achieving these goals.

Target Audience

Members of top management, vice-presidents, directors, divisional managers and senior functional managers selected to work directly as champions or potential champions. Champions include those people who own the processes to be improved, make resources available, evaluate financial cost justifications, and supervise the individuals selected as Black Belts and Green Belts.

Expected Duration

3.0 hours

Objectives :

Lesson Overview

Recognize the benefits of implementing Six Sigma

A Business Case for Six Sigma

Match Six Sigma goals to examples of how those goals are achieved in a company

The Six Sigma Methodology

Match Six Sigma methodologies for business improvement to examples of situations in which they can be used

Lesson Overview

Recognize why Six Sigma is favored over other quality tools

Identify the common objectives of Six Sigma and other quality tools

Six Sigma and Total Quality Management

Identify what makes Six Sigma a more all-encompassing process-improvement technique than TQM

Linking Six Sigma with Balanced Scorecard

Match the elements of BSC and Six Sigma to examples of their implementation in a business improvement system

Recognize the key elements Six Sigma draws from the BSC approach

Lesson Overview

Recognize the importance of understanding the roles of other players in a Six Sigma organization

Six Sigma Organizational Architecture

Analyze a RACI model implementation in a Six Sigma scenario

Match Six Sigma roles with examples of the responsibilities each role entails

Roles of a Six Sigma Champion

Determine the appropriate role a Champion should play at various stages of a Six Sigma program

Course Number: oper_03_a01_bs_enus

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Foundations of Six Sigma

CBT Direct’s Introduction to Six Sigma introduces the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy – a world-leading business strategy created to improve quality management. Businesses depend on satisfying customers, reducing waste and increasing efficiency and quality but cannot make the necessary improvements unless they can recognize exactly what needs improving and how to implement change.

In CBT Direct’s Introduction to Six Sigma, you’ll learn the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy and understand how it works. We’ll shed a light on how poor quality harms your business and how to build a Six Sigma culture in order to improve your organization’s processes.

Benefits of CBT Direct’s Online Training in the Introduction to Six Sigma

CBT Direct boasts the most beneficial online Six Sigma training on the market. With online training, you have the flexibility to study on your schedule, and with the speed and reliability of the internet, CBT Direct’s Intro to Six Sigma training course is accessible anywhere you have an internet connection. Convenience finally costs less with CBT Direct – the most affordable online training solution today.

The unique design of CBT Direct’s Six Sigma training course emphasizes learner initiative, self-management and experiential learning. CBT Direct’s online course design begins with the definition of user-focused performance objectives and then proceeds to the selection and implementation of instructional strategies and learning activities appropriate for those objectives. This effective instruction model for CBT Direct’s Intro to Six Sigma training course ensures the greatest level of comprehension and retention to prepare you for your Six Sigma certification exam.

Who Benefits from Direct’s Introduction to Six Sigma Training?

Any business professional interested in learning the benefits of utilizing the Six Sigma philosophy and/or is ready to put Six Sigma into practice within their organization.

What Professionals Will Learn from CBT Direct’s Introduction to Six Sigma Training

You’ll study the organizational benefits of the Six Sigma methodology and why so many businesses have improved their quality management through Six Sigma. You’ll learn to match the quality cost categories to organizational costs that encompass each.
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There are five critical elements of Six Sigma which this course will cover and explain which organizational activities match these important elements. You’ll also learn about the Pareto Principle, the two types of variation on business activities and the DMAIC problem-solving model for the proven Six Sigma philosophy.

Of course, with any quality management program, there are always challenges to overcome. This course gives specific examples of these predicaments and how to handle them.

CBT Direct’s Introduction to Six Sigma online course will explain exactly why Six Sigma works, including statistical measures to reflect Six Sigma’s performance
Foundations of Six Sigma