Six Sigma and Lean: Foundations and Principles

IN THIS COURSE

• 1.  Six Sigma and Lean: Foundations and Principles
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  In this course, you will learn the foundations and principles of Six Sigma and Lean. Along with the value that both of these quality and productivity improvement methodologies bring to an organization. This course also includes the key Lean tools that are used in the typical Six Sigma project. And how Lean and Six Sigma can be integrated into one methodology called Lean Six Sigma. FREE ACCESS
• 2.  Purpose and Goals of Six Sigma
  2m 55s
  Learn how to recognize the purpose of Six Sigma and its potential value to organizations. FREE ACCESS
• 3.  Key Characteristics of Six Sigma
  3m 22s
  As we're able to measure and capture data about something, we can begin to chart it and evaluate its relative performance against a goal. And using the methods for Six Sigma, we would begin to understand with the use of standard deviations how our performance compares to that goal with respect to an upper or lower specification limit. In this video, you will learn about the characteristics of Six Sigma. FREE ACCESS
• 4.  Evolution of Six Sigma
  4m 55s
  In this video, you will learn how to sequence key developments in the evolution of Six Sigma. FREE ACCESS
• 5.  Six Sigma Methodology
  5m 6s
  In this video, you'll learn about the DMAIC methodology and how that relates to the PDCA cycle. You will also discover the transfer function and how it plays into Six Sigma. FREE ACCESS
• 6.  Six Sigma Projects
  5m 13s
  In this video, you will learn about the key concepts that a yellow belt needs to understand when implementing Six Sigma projects. FREE ACCESS
• 7.  The Value of Six Sigma to the Organization
  2m 53s
  Focusing on the voice of the customer to drive change and improvement in the organization is absolutely critical. And this is where Six Sigma tools to analyze data can be very helpful to understand what customers care about. In this video, you will learn how to apply Six Sigma tools to address the inputs through future strategic planning. FREE ACCESS
• 8.  Purpose and Value of Lean
  5m 56s
  During this video, you will discover how to recognize foundational Lean concepts. FREE ACCESS
• 9.  Lean Concepts and Process Steps
  5m 12s
  In this video, you will learn about the key Lean concepts and process steps. To support that, we have a four-step pyramid to represent the concepts of Lean. FREE ACCESS
• 10.  Lean and the Concept of Value-added
  4m 5s
  Discover how to classify examples of value-added activities and nonvalue-added activities and waste. FREE ACCESS
• 11.  Lean Tools: Just-in-time
  5m 19s
  In this video, you will learn about the tool of Just-in-Time or JIT that's part of the lean tool bag. Just-in-Time is important to us because it's a very clear and easy to execute control of inventory processes. It controls the flow of materials and products to meet the drumbeat of customer demand. FREE ACCESS
• 12.  Lean Tools: Poka-yoke
  2m 51s
  Poka-yoke is an important aspect in the application of lean in production environments and in service environments as well. Poka-yoke translates roughly in Japanese as mistake proofing. We also might hear it as error proofing. What we're doing with error proofing methods and Poka-yoke is determining where human errors can occur in a process. We work to continuously eliminate these mistake opportunities, and to make it easy for the human being to get it right the first time. FREE ACCESS
• 13.  Lean Tools: Kanban
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  In this video, you will learn about the concept of Kanban. You will also discover how to use a physical card or container to pull materials into the value stream. FREE ACCESS
• 14.  Lean Tools: Value Stream Mapping
  4m 6s
  In this video, you will learn how to identify the types of information revealed by value stream mapping. FREE ACCESS
• 15.  Six Sigma and Lean: Differences and Similarities
  4m 27s
  Six Sigma and Lean are complementary methodologies and, in fact, they overlap a great deal. However, it's important to recognize there are important differences between the methodologies as well. In this video, you'll learn about the focus of Six Sigma and the key tools associated with it. FREE ACCESS
• 16.  Integrating Lean with Six Sigma
  3m 47s
  Think of them as pieces of the puzzle that interlock and create tremendous value for any kind of organization. In this video, you will learn about the techniques used to integrate Lean and Six Sigma. FREE ACCESS
• 17.  Lean Six Sigma Deployment
  6m 50s
  During this video, you will learn how to recognize activities involved in Lean deployment. FREE ACCESS