Six Sigma Green Belt

Learn to lead teams and work under the supervision of Black Belts

Improve quality processes and mitigate errors
Implement Green belt methodologies to improve overall processes in an organisation
Work under supervision of Black Belts
Work effectively as a member of project team and lead projects
Gain Six Sigma Green belt certification and increase your employability
Course is developed by Six Sigma Green Belt certified experts
Pentagon training offers this course at an affordable price

Many companies have realised the benefits of using Six Sigma Greenbelt for the improvement of business processes. Six Sigma professionals perform various crucial functions in an organisation. One of them is to make use of the basics of six sigma to enhance the profits and lower the rate of risks. Many companies are hiring Six Sigma Greenbelts, to improve projects quality and efficiency. It can also improve the satisfaction of customers and bring increased profits. Each green belt intends to improve and bring a change that is beneficial for an organisation. In Six Sigma Green Belt training learn the fundamental of this quality management program. DMAIC stands for Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control.

Green belts are between Yellow Belts and Black Belts. Green Belt professionals can lead teams under Black Belt supervision to improve processes and bring a positive change in the company.

Who should take this course

Delegates who want to apply Six Sigma quality control process and its methodologies to a project in their own business can take this course

Below mentioned delegates can enrol into this course:

Managers
Supervisors
Quality system managers
Operations Manager
Production supervisors
Customer Service managers
Quality system managers
Production and materials managers
HR managers
Finance and commercial managers
Management consultants
High potential employees

Delegates who hold degree in any discipline and have understanding of quality management process can take this course

Those Six Sigma employees who spend most of their time in improving processes, analysing problem and solving them can also take this course

Prerequisites

Delegates must have at least three to four experience of handling projects in Six Sigma

Possess qualities of successful Six Sigma Green Belt professional like:

Logical and analytical mind
Passion for improvement
Leadership skills
Determination
Leadership skills

Having knowledge Six Sigma 7 quality tools that is Histogram, Control Chart, Parestos etc and also understanding of basic statistics can also be beneficial

Delegate must possess understanding of Six Sigma Yellow Belt as it will be beneficial to understand thoroughly concept of Green Belt

Align your organisation with Six Sigma process improvement methods
Apply green belt concepts to improve operations
Understand how to use suitable methods and take profit from it
Learn to work under supervision of Master Black Belts
Across business operations secure time and cost
Enhance customer satisfaction and professional development
Learn to solve problems related to quality
Study statistical techniques and tools of Six Sigma
Learn to identify and remove errors as well as defects occurring in a process
Learn to apply DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, and Control) in an organisation
Understand the role of Green Belt
Deploy successfully Six Sigma techniques and lead projects
Gather data and execute experiments with the help of Black Belts
Learn to use Six Sigma problem-solving methods as well as statistical tools for success of organisation

Exam(s) included

Key Learning Points

Tutor Support

Course Overview

Organisations are turning to follow Six Sigma Green Belt concepts to solve their problems and enhance quality as well as performance. Six Sigma was developed originally by Motorola. In this Pentagon Training’s Six Sigma Green Belt course get the knowledge of data collection and analysis. Six Sigma methodologies and their implementation in an organisation. This course enables delegates to lead projects and contribute to improving products as well as services in an organisation. Make use of DMAIC process. At the end of this course, delegates will get the Six Sigma Green Belt certification and implement it in the organisation. Improve products quality, customer satisfaction and relationship with others.

Examination

Pentagon Training’s Six Sigma Greenbelt certification exam structure is as follows:

Duration of the exam is 4 hours
Number of Questions: 100
Pattern of Question paper is objective type

Course Content

1. Six Sigma and organisation

Organisational goal and Six Sigma

Continuous Improvement
Six Sigma History
Quality Pioneers
Value of Six Sigma
Mathematical Six Sigma
Benefits of Six Sigma
Business processes
Business System
Process Control
Six Sigma Green Belt’s Responsibilities
DMAIC Methodology
Cost of Quality (COQ)
Organisational Drivers and Metrics
Organizational Goals

Lean principles

Origins
Toyota Production System
Concept and Tools
Value-Added and Non-Value-Added Activities
5S
Theory of Constraints (TOC)

Design for Six Sigma ( DFSS )

Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
Design Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (DFMEA )
Process Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
DFSS Roadmap

2. Define

Process management

Business Process Basics
Owners and Stakeholders
Customer Identification
Customer Data Collection and Analysis
Customer Requirement Mapping

Project management

Management and planning tools

Flowchart
Check Sheets
Pareto charts
Cause and Effect Diagram
Tree Diagram
Affinity Diagram
Matrix Diagram
Interrelationship Digraph
Benchmarking
Prioritization Matrix
Focus Group
Gantt Chart
CPM/PERT Chart
Activity Network Diagram

Business results

Business Performance
Project Performance
Process Performance
FMEA and RPN

Team dynamics and performance

Team Types
Team Roles and Member Selection
Team Stages
Team Tools
Team Communication

3. Measure

Process analysis and documentation

Process Modeling
Process Inputs and Outputs

Statistics and probability

Drawing valid statistical conclusions
Descriptive Statistics
Central limit theorem and sampling distribution of the mean
Basic Probability

Collecting and Summarising data

Types of data and Measurement scales
Data collection methods
Techniques for Assuring Data Accuracy and Integrity
Graphical methods

Probability distributions

Probability Distribution
Probability Density Function
Distributions Types
Binomial Distribution
Poisson Distribution
Average Distribution
Chi-Square Distribution
Student t Distribution
F Distribution
Geometric distribution
Hypergeometric Distribution
Bivariate Distribution
Exponential Distribution
Lognormal Distribution
Weibull Distribution

Measurement system analysis

Measurement
Measuring Tools
Measurement System
Measurement Correlation
Bias
Linearity
Percent Agreement
Precision-Tolerance Ratio
Metrology
Measurement Error
Total Product Variability
Calibration

Control Chart

Process capability and performance

Process Capability Studies
Process performance vs. specification
Process capability indices
Process Performance Indices
Short-term vs. long-term capability
Process capability for attributes data

4. Analyse

Exploratory data analysis

Multi-vari studies
Simple linear correlation and regression
Correlation
Linear Regression
Simple Linear Regression Hypothesis Testing
Multiple Linear Regression
Coefficient of Determination
Coefficient of Determination Equation

Hypothesis testing

Basics
Tests for means, variances, and proportions
Paired-comparison tests
Single-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA)
Chi-square

5.Improve and control

Design of experiments (DOE)

Basic terms
Main effects

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Objectives and benefits
Rational subgrouping
Selection and application of control charts
Analysis of control charts

Implement and validate

Control plan

About Reading

Located in Berkshire, Reading is a large and historically significant town. It was an important center of trade as well as religion in the medieval period. The Reading Abbey, still has its 12th century abbey gateway and significant ruins intact. Due to the English Civil War the town was damaged severely, causing a significant loss in trade. Reading also played an important role in the Revolution of 1688. It is where the revolution's only significant military action was took place. The Great Western Railway , the brewing business, baking and seed growing all happened in 19th century. Now,Reading boasts of being a major commercial centre, that involves information technology and insurance. Reading has, despite its nearness to London, a net inward traveler flow.

Reading came up as a settlement way back in the 8th century. It had become the largest town in Berkshire by 1525 and had a population of around 5000 in the early 17th Century. It was in the 18th century that major iron works in the town came up and the city saw the growth of the brewing business for which Reading is known till date. It was in the 19th century that Reading saw the growth of manufacturing business also.

Economy

Reading is a vital commercial centre in the Thames Valley and Southern England. It is home to the headquarters of many British companies and UK offices of foreign multinationals. It is also a major retail centre. Daily Reading has an inflow of 30,000 commuters as compared to 24,000 departures. Large companies such as Microsoft and Oracle have their headquarters in Reading. Other businesses in Reading are Prudential, PepsiCo and Wrigley. In 2007, an independent poll placed Reading 16th in a league table of best performing retail centres in the UK.

Culture

Reading is known for its Reading Beer Festival which was first held in 1994 and is now known to be one of the largest beer festivals in the UK. It takes place at King's Meadow for the five days immediately preceding the May Day bank holiday every year. Reading Pride also takes place at Reading, an annual LGBTA festival in Kings Meadow.

Museums

The Museum of Reading contains galleries that showcase the history of Reading . The museum is also home to the excavations of Calleva Atrebatum. It also houses a full-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry, an art collection, and galleries relating to Huntley and Palmers.

Located in East Reading, The Museum of English Rural Life,is dedicated to the changing face of rural England. It also has collections of public value. It is not only owned but also managed by the University of Reading. The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, the Cole Musum of Zoology and the Harris Botanic Gardens are also under the same management. All these museums can be found on the university's Whiteknights Campus.

There is also a small Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock which tells one about Reading's two rivers, the Thames and the Kennet. The Museum of Berkshire Aviation houses a collection of aircraft and other aviation accessories.