Lean Six-Sigma White Belt Certification – For Sustainable and Green Manufacturing
Overview
In this 2-day course, participants will learn the principles of Lean Six-Sigma (LSS) that will enable them to adopt best practices of LSS into their workplace to pursue green manufacturing for assured sustainability of our planet. On the first day, an overview of LSS will be presented, with examples of what leading organizations have adopted as best practices. On the second day, a hands-on simulation to demonstrate how LSS thinking can be internalized by employees to improve all processes will be conducted. At the end of the 2-day training, a LSSWB certificate will be earned by the participants.
Participants may attend one or both days of training. Certificates for participating will be issued to all attending only one day.
Agenda
| Day 1 - March 11, 2022 | Day 2 - March 25, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Culture Change for LSS - Case study | Creating a simulated process to gather data |
| 9:00 am | Introduction to LSS | Lean thinking and value stream |
| 10:00 am | Morning Break | Morning Break |
| 10:15 am | Toyota Production System and LSS | Applying basic lean principles |
| 11:15 am | Building consensus & using self-reflection | Eight classical wastes |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 1:15 pm | Customer centered organization | Batch Flow and continuous flow |
| 2:15 pm | LSS Project Plan | Kanban and process inventory |
| 3:15 pm | Afternoon Break | Afternoon Break |
| 3:30 pm | DMAIC Process for LSS | Takt time and customer requirement |
| 4:30 pm | Conquering complexity using LSS | Process balancing & activity efficiency (AE) |
| 5:00 pm | N/A | Histograms to track cycle time for processes |
Miscellaneous
Funded in part by The EPA Pollution Prevention Program and sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering.
Lunch will be provided.
Parking in the Willis Building lot will be free to participants.
Resources
Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the ADA coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event at 252-737-1018 / ada-coordinator@ecu.edu