Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt (Long Beach, CA)

Summary: This content is used to engage participants in the Lean Six Sigma methods, to apply these methods to projects, and to certify participants as Lean Six Sigma Greenbelts upon Completion.

Pre-requisites: Basic process and measurement background; understanding of Lean Health Care functions and processes

Outcomes:

*       Ability to identify problems and gage corrections

*       Ability to use Lean and Six Sigma toolset DMAIC

*       Ability to identify solutions and implementation strategy

*       Ability to sustain and reinforce solutions

Modules:

• Six Sigma and Basic Statistical Overview

1. Sponsor Introduction
2. Ice-Breaker
3. Goal and Role Clarity

• Tools of Lean

1. Value Stream Maps
2. Lead Time Reduction
3. Error-Proofing
4. Problem Solving
5. Standardized Work
6. Visual Plant
7. Seven Wastes & 5S
8. Effective and Efficient Designs of Operations
9. Cost of “overproducing”
10. Cost of being “non-standardized”
11. Cost of too much motion and Transportation
12. Cost of poor quality (Rework)
13. Cost of underutilized Equipment and Resources
14. Cost of Inventory
15. Cost of Wait Time
16. Cost of “Muda” coming from Under challenged or Undertrained Workforce
17. Doing Waste Studies
18. Capturing Improvements
19. Cost, Time, Quality, Efficiency
20. Breakthrough Thinking (automation, new tools…)

III.  Six Sigma Project Preparation

1. Problem Definition
2. Process Map
3. Cause and Effect
4. Failure Mode
5. Control and Correction
6. Measurement System Evaluation

• Project Work (“What Makes a Good Project”)

1. Business Casing
2. Metrics and Measures
3. Financial and Project Management

• Graphing the Options

1. Data Summary
2. Reports
3. Tools for Presenting Statistical Analysis

• Project Conclusions

1. Recommendations and Findings
2. Next Steps
3. Team Reports
4. Sponsor Review