Six Sigma Cycle-time Reduction and Kaizen Blitz

Six Sigma Cycle-time Reduction and Kaizen Blitz

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
In the Improve stage of the Six Sigma DMAIC process, you will use the Lean and Lean Six Sigma tool set to find ideas to help facilitate business process improvement. That will help you resolve process problems that you've identified in an earlier stage. And this in turn will help drive process improvement, process control, and process design. In this course, you'll learn about the key tools, such as cycle-time reduction, continuous flow, setup reduction, kaizen, kaizen blitz, and other Lean tools, that lead to continuous improvement. The course is aligned with ASQ’s 2015 Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge.

Target Audience
Candidates seeking Six Sigma Green Belt certification; quality professionals, engineers, production managers, and frontline supervisors; process owners and champions charged with the responsibility of improving quality and processes at the organizational or departmental level

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.8

Lesson Objectives

Six Sigma Cycle-time Reduction and Kaizen Blitz

calculate cycle time and takt time, given a scenario

recognize the benefits of cycle time reduction

identify characteristics of the continuous flow approach to cycle time reduction

recognize the characteristics of the single-minute exchange of dies (SMED) method

sequence the core steps of the single-minute exchange of dies (SMED) method

determine the appropriate type of kaizen event for a given project

recognize examples of activities typically performed during each day of a kaizen blitz

recognize activities a team carries out while implementing kaizen in an organization

demonstrate your understanding of cycle time reduction and process improvement tools and techniques

Course Number:
apr_05_a03_bs_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate