Lean Six Sigma is today’s most dynamic management approach for dramatically improving product and process quality. It is a business process management methodology that seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in business processes.

As competition becomes more intense resulting in lower profit margins, business leaders agree that business process management is one sure way to reduce cost and improve the bottom-line and this is what Six Sigma aims to achieve.

Some of the acclaimed benefits of implementing Six Sigma include:
• Money – Six Sigma focuses on eliminating inefficient processes that waste resources
• Customer satisfaction – Six Sigma focuses on the Critical-to-quality (CTQ) expectations of your customers
• Competitive advantage – Six Sigma allows you become more competitive as you have reduced your cost of doing business, meet the expectations of your customers and have earned a reputation for quality

The Six Sigma methodology uses statistical tools to identify the vital few factors, the factors that matter the most for improving the quality of processes and generating bottom-line results and consists of five phases – DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control)

The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt is a professional who can explain Six Sigma philosophies and principles, including supporting systems and tools. A Black Belt demonstrates team leadership, understands team dynamics and assigns team member roles and responsibilities. Black Belts have a thorough understanding of all aspects of the DMAIC model in accordance with Six Sigma principles. They have basic knowledge of Lean enterprise concepts, are able to identify non-value-added elements and activities and are able to use specific tools.

The Black Belt course includes;

• SSBB Course Introduction and Overview
• Pre-test
• Enterprise-wide Deployment
  • Enterprise-wide view
  • Leadership
• Organizational Process Management and Measures
  • Impact on stakeholders
  • Critical to x (CTx) requirements
  • Benchmarking
  • Business performance measures
  • Financial measures
• Team management
  • Team formation
  • Team facilitation
  • Team dynamics
  • Time management for teams
  • Team decision-making tools
  • Management and planning tools
  • Team performance evaluation and reward
• Define
  • Voice of customer
  • Project charter
  • Project tracking
• Measure
  • Process characteristics
  • Data collection
  • Measurement systems
  • Basic statistics
  • Probability
  • Process capability
• Analyze
  • Measuring and modeling relationships between variables
  • • Hypothesis testing
    • Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
    • Additional analysis methods
    • Improve
      • Design of experiments (DOE)
      • Waste elimination
      • Cycle-time reduction
      • Kaizen and kaizen blitz
      • Theory of constraints (TOC)
      • Implementation
      • Risk analysis and mitigation
    • Control
      • Statistical process control (SPC)
      • Other control tools
      • Maintain controls
      • Sustain improvements
    • Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Framework and Methodologies
      • Common DFSS methodologies
      • Design for X (DFX)
      • Robust design and process
      • Special design tools
    • Post Assessment (Certification Exam)

Non (however we advise that participants for the Black Belt course and certification have prior Lean Six Sigma knowledge and experience)

Persons expected to play lead roles in an Organisation’s Six Sigma projects

3 days

Classroom (Physical and/or Virtual)

250,000 naira (inclusive of certification exams)

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification issued upon completion of certification exams (included in course fees) by OAK Interlink Certification Partners