Lean Six Sigma for Yellow Belt

Topics covered for Yellow Belt Belt requirements are provided here. Each topic is separately explained by Dr RK elsewhere.

Topics for Yellow Belts

Short Term and Long Term benefits of Six Sigma Certification

Basic terminologies of Six Sigma -Perfection, Accuracy, First time Right, Effectiveness

DPMO -Dabbawalla vs Zomato, Gems experiment

CTQs -Automotive, Healthcare and Software

Defects Vs Defectives -product, process, services, design

Lean terminologies -waste, inefficiency, non value adding activity, seven wastes

Importance of continual improvement of process

Concept of Operational Excellence -Benefits

DMAIC methodology for solving various types of problems

Advantages of LSS thinking over Traditional thinking

Cost of Quality, Prevention, Appraisal, Internal and External failures

Basic requirements of a  successful business 

Principles of Quality, Lean and Six Sigma

Reason for mastering Process Control, Process Improvement, and Process Standardization

Terminologies and Tools associated with Y=F(X)

Evolution of Lean from Toyota and Six Sigma from Motorola

Roles and Responsibilities of all belt levels and sponsors

How companies can use Six Sigma for their growth?

Importance of each phase in DMAIC methodology

Define Phase -Steps, Tools, Deliverables and Tollgate review questions

Pareto Plot and Stratification technique for problem understanding

Project Charter and SIPOC -Business Case, Problem Statement, Goal Statement, Scope Statement, Timeline, Team Members

Measure Phase -Steps, Tools, Deliverables and Tollgate review questions

Continuous data, Discrete data, Operational Definition, Sampling Period, Frequency and Sample Size

Measurement System Analysis -Bias, Gage R&R, AIAG guideline

Traditional Yield Vs First Pass Yield -case study:DPMO calculation

Analyze Phase -Steps, Tools, Deliverables and Tollgate review questions

Brainstorming, Why-Why Analysis, Fishbone Diagram

Impact -Control Matrix for identifying potentially critical X factors

Scatter Plot Interpolation, Correlation Analysis to determine Linearity

Improve Phase -Steps, Tools, Deliverables and Tollgate review questions

Control Phase -Steps, Tools, Deliverables and Tollgate review questions

Case study – Attrition Rate

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