Certified Lean Six Sigma White Belt

About this course

In this course "Certified Lean Six Sigma White Belt" you will learn the foundational concepts and methods of continuous improvement professionals. Lean Six Sigma is the marriage between two different problem solving approaches -- Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing. These approaches have unique histories, tools and emphases, but share the common goal of process improvement.Six Sigma largely originated from the Japanese automobile industry and focuses on reducing variation, the so called "Enemy of quality". Lean Manufacturing also originated in the automobile industry with major contributions from both Ford and Toyota, and focuses on the reduction of waste and production bottlenecks.Together, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing provide a powerful and complementary tool set for today's continuous improvement practitioners. In this class you will learn:What is Six Sigma?What is Lean Manufacturing?How do these two approaches work together?What are Lean Six Sigma "belts"?What are the 7 Mudas?What are the 6M's?What are the 7 Quality Tools? How do they work?What are my next steps in Continuous Improvement?This class "Certified Lean Six Sigma White Belt" will introduce you to these major tools and concepts. For those professionals simply seeking to gain a basic understanding of the major LSS terms and concepts, this class will serve nicely as a stand-alone credential. But for those professionals seeking to get started in the continuous improvement field with the intention of continuing their learning, this class will serve very well as a stepping stone into those more in-depth concepts.When you sign up for this class, you will also have access to two downloadable .pdf's -- one covering the 6M's of Six Sigma and the other covering the 7 Mudas of Lean Manufacturing.  And as an added bonus ... When you've compe

Course objectives

• Introduce foundational concepts of Lean Six Sigma
• Explain the relationship between Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
• Provide next steps for further learning in continuous improvement