Southern Illinois University

Six Sigma Certificate Series

Course Name

Six Sigma Certificate Series

Contact Hours: 80 (an estimated time frame devoted to a course of study from start to finish that can vary from student to student)

Course Description

Six Sigma Certification is becoming an expectation in the business world. Six Sigma Online training unlocks the door for those whose schedule demands a “self-paced” approach. Six Sigma training encourages individuals to stop what they are doing, examine how well they have done it, and then implement improvements to iron out defects. Most organizations focus only on the operational aspects of their business, seldom stopping to ask themselves, “What went wrong?” Six Sigma forces people to continually evaluate critical processes. A Six Sigma Certification leads to tangible career benefits  Six Sigma Certified Professionals Earn Much More Than Their Non-Certified Counterparts. This bundle offers you a unique opportunity to prepare yourself online at your own pace for a certification as a Six Sigma professional from one of the leaders in online training.


Six Sigma is the most efficient and proven methodology to resolve any problems in order to improve organization and business performance. Six Sigma aims to meet and exceed customer requirements while increasing business profit and minimizing wasted resources. Six Sigma achieves these challenging objectives by deploying a structured, scientific and data-driven organizational excellence process and culture.

Courses in the Series:

Six Sigma Green Belt
A process is a means of creating and delivering products and services needed by customers. According to Takashi Osada, Japanese author and quality pioneer, “if the process is right, the results will take care of themselves.” By Six Sigma standards, a “right process” is one that creates and delivers precisely what the customer needs. By this logic, no Six Sigma effort can start without having a high-level picture of an organization’s customers and other stakeholders, their needs, and the business processes meant to fulfill those needs. A thorough analysis of the existing business processes – and the products and services they churn out – is the first step in Six Sigma projects. You need to listen to the “voice of the customer” to find out what customers need, identify opportunities for change and improvement, and translate customer needs into goals and customer deliverables. In this course, learners will examine how to analyze process components and stakeholders in an organization. They will also learn about concepts and tools for collecting and analyzing customer information and feedback.

Six Sigma Black Belt

Six Sigma is a data-driven improvement philosophy that views all activities within an organization as processes whose inputs can be controlled to effect significant improvements in process outputs. Six Sigma uses a rigorous and systematic methodology known as DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control) and a number of qualitative and quantitative tools for driving process, product, and service improvements aimed at reducing defects and variation. Companies across various industries are striving to become faster and more responsive to customers, achieve near perfect quality, and operate using world-class cost structures.

Outcome

Upon successful completion students will be able to:

  • Communicate using Lean Six Sigma concepts.
  • Think about your organization as a collection of processes, with inputs that determine the output.
  • Relate Six Sigma concepts to the overall business mission and objectives.
  • Use the concept of a Sigma Level to evaluate the capability of a process or organization.
  • Understand and apply the five step D-M-A-I-C model as a framework to organize process improvement activity.
  • Employ a wide range of process improvement techniques within the D-M-A-I-C model.

Assessment

Visual Demonstrations & Multimedia Presentations - Our courseware includes instructor-led demonstrations and visual presentations that allow students to develop their skills based on real world scenarios explained by the instructor. We always focus on real world scenarios and skill-set development.

Quizzes & Exam Simulators - The custom practice exams prepare you for your exams differently and more effectively than the traditional exam preps on the market. You will have practice quizzes after each module to ensure you are confident on the topic you have completed before proceeding. This will allow you to gauge your effectiveness before moving to the next module in your course. These courses also include practice exams designed to replicate and mirror the environment in the testing center. These exams are on average 100 questions to ensure you are 100% prepared before taking your certification exam.

Outline

Six Sigma Green Belt
The Foundations of Six Sigma
Six Sigma Green Belt: Six Sigma and the Organization
Six Sigma Green Belt: Define
Six Sigma Green Belt: Measure
Six Sigma Green Belt: Analyze
Six Sigma Green Belt: Improve and Control

Six Sigma Black Belt
Six Sigma Black Belt: Enterprise-Wide Deployment
Six Sigma Black Belt: Organizational Process Management and Measures
Six Sigma Black Belt: Team Management
Six Sigma Black Belt: Define
Six Sigma Black Belt: Measure
Six Sigma Black Belt: Analyze
Six Sigma Black Belt: Improve
Six Sigma Black Belt: Control
Six Sigma Black Belt: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Frameworks and Methodologies
Fundamentals of Lean for Business Organizations
Operations Management
Managing Customer-Driven Process Improvement
Purchasing and Vendor Management Essentials
Six Sigma: Champion Training
Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence