LEAN / SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT TRAINING




The agenda below is one of many variations of our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program
content which is customized to meet the needs of our clients.  Please contact an Air
Academy Business Development representative for information regarding other Lean
Six Sigma program structures.

Training materials:  Texts:  Knowledge Based Management, Basic Statistics: Tools for Continuous Improvement, Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments, Lean Six Sigma: A Tools Guide;  Software:    SPC XL, DOE KISS, DOE PRO, Simware; Knowledge Notebook, Black Belt student participant guide

Course agenda:

            Module 1      Lean Six Sigma... The Journey Begins
            Module 2      What is Lean Six Sigma?
            Module 3      Define Phase: Project Definition, Teamwork, and Voice of the Customer
            Module 4      The Role of Statistics in Process Improvement
            Module 5      Making Sense Out of Data Using Graphical & Measurement Tools
            Module 6      Measurement System Analysis
            Module 7      Standard Work Analysis
            Module 8      Improving the Flow
            Module 9      Drawing Conclusions from Sampled Data
            Module 10    The Control Phase (Realizing and Holding the Gains)
            Module 11    Understanding Data Distributions and Their Applications
            Module 12    Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals
            Module 13    Introduction to Regression Analysis and DOE
            Module 14    Foundations of Design of Experiments
            Module 15    Introduction to Design and Analysis
            Module 16    Rules of Thumb
            Module 17    Using Regression to Analyze DOE Data
            Module 18    Three-Level Designs
            Module 19    Extending DOE Concepts to Include Multiple Response Optimization
            Module 20     Historical Data Analysis
            Module 21     Putting It All Together: Refocusing on the Big Picture
            Module 22     Next Steps ... the Journey Continues
            Module 23     Special Topics
            Module 24     References, Glossary of Terms, and Course Evaluation Forms