Lean Six Sigma: Green Belt
About Lean Six Sigma: Lean Six Sigma is a business and data-driven, disciplined approach to reducing waste and minimizing defects in any type of process (be it manufacturing or services). Lean Six Sigma focuses on reduction of waste, increased profitability, and customer satisfaction. It is a method of integrated management used by organizations to more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of their customers and other interested parties.
The Role of Green Belts: Green Belts learn the comprehensive elements of Lean Six Sigma in order to assist staff in using the process and facilitate team efforts. They collect data, make initial interpretations, and begin to formulate recommendations that are fed to Black Belts or the sponsoring managers. Green Belts typically facilitate 1-2 projects a year while maintaining their regular work duties.
Course Content: This course covers the concepts of Lean and Six Sigma for both manufacturing and service businesses. Students are provided an overview of Lean, Six Sigma and the DMAIC problem solving methodology. Included are both statistical and non-statistical techniques used for continuous process improvement such as process definition, process flow diagrams, data collection techniques, measurement techniques, causes of process variation, pareto diagrams, histograms, cause and effect diagrams, control charts and process capability analysis.
The interactive classroom experience emphasizes strategic thinking, flexibility, teamwork and communication skills. Each student will create specific plans for their organizations using these Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Upon successful completion of the program students earn a Certificate of Completion and 4.0 CEUs (40 contact hours) from the University of Washington Tacoma.
Courses are offered on and off campus in Tacoma (UWT), Everett, Olympia/Lacey, and Tukwila.
Course Information
Students in this course will:
- Develop a basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology, principles and practices.
- Understand basic Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.
- Identify of waste activities and understand why they should be eliminated.
- Increase the student’s ability to drive Lean Six Sigma improvement projects.
- Understand the roles and approaches for Lean Six Sigma implementation in manufacturing operations.
- Understand how to apply Lean Six Sigma to achieve higher quality and greater speed in organizational processes.
- Increase the student’s ability to function effectively as a Lean Six Sigma Coach.
- Apply the Lean Six Sigma methodology to various case studies.
- Apply practical applications of Lean Six Sigma to real-world problems.
- Demonstrate through example how to present and display Lean Six Sigma through a “gallery walk.”
- Develop and present a recommendation or initiative that builds a business case by performing an analysis using Lean Six Sigma methods.
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- Required textbooks for Everett classes:
- Lean Six Sigma: Combining Sigma Quality With Lean Speed
Author: George, Michael L. (2002)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-138521-5
Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook
Author: George, M.; Rowlands, D.; Price, M. and Maxey, J. (2005)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-144119-0
Rapid Lean Six Sigma: Kick-starting your Continuous Improvement Process Workbook
Author: Besaw, John (2009)
Publisher: Lean Six Sigma Consortium, ISBN: 978-0-9842400-0-5
This book is only available online at www.lulu.com
Course Information
Students in this course will:
- Develop a basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology, principles and practices.
- Understand basic Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.
- Identify of waste activities and understand why they should be eliminated.
- Increase the student’s ability to drive Lean Six Sigma improvement projects.
- Understand the roles and approaches for Lean Six Sigma implementation in manufacturing operations.
- Understand how to apply Lean Six Sigma to achieve higher quality and greater speed in organizational processes.
- Increase the student’s ability to function effectively as a Lean Six Sigma Coach.
- Apply the Lean Six Sigma methodology to various case studies.
- Apply practical applications of Lean Six Sigma to real-world problems.
- Demonstrate through example how to present and display Lean Six Sigma through a “gallery walk.”
- Develop and present a recommendation or initiative that builds a business case by performing an analysis using Lean Six Sigma methods.
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FALL QUARTER Lean Six Sigma: Combining Sigma Quality With Lean Speed Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook |
Course Information
Students in this course will:
- Develop a basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology, principles and practices.
- Understand basic Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.
- Identify of waste activities and understand why they should be eliminated.
- Increase the student’s ability to drive Lean Six Sigma improvement projects.
- Understand the roles and approaches for Lean Six Sigma implementation in manufacturing operations.
- Understand how to apply Lean Six Sigma to achieve higher quality and greater speed in organizational processes.
- Increase the student’s ability to function effectively as a Lean Six Sigma Coach.
- Apply the Lean Six Sigma methodology to various case studies.
- Apply practical applications of Lean Six Sigma to real-world problems.
- Demonstrate through example how to present and display Lean Six Sigma through a “gallery walk.”
- Develop and present a recommendation or initiative that builds a business case by performing an analysis using Lean Six Sigma methods.kbe
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Lean Six Sigma Pocket Tool Box
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Course Information
Students in this course will:
- Develop a basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology, principles and practices.
- Understand basic Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques.
- Identify of waste activities and understand why they should be eliminated.
- Increase the student’s ability to drive Lean Six Sigma improvement projects.
- Understand the roles and approaches for Lean Six Sigma implementation in manufacturing operations.
- Understand how to apply Lean Six Sigma to achieve higher quality and greater speed in organizational processes.
- Increase the student’s ability to function effectively as a Lean Six Sigma Coach.
- Apply the Lean Six Sigma methodology to various case studies.
- Apply practical applications of Lean Six Sigma to real-world problems.
- Demonstrate through example how to present and display Lean Six Sigma through a “gallery walk.”
- Develop and present a recommendation or initiative that builds a business case by performing an analysis using Lean Six Sigma methods.
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SUMMER QUARTER Required textbooks for this class: Lean Six Sigma: Combining Sigma Quality With Lean SpeedAuthor: George, Michael L. (2002) Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-138521-5 Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook Author: George, M.; Rowlands, D.; Price, M. and Maxey, J. (2005) Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-144119-0 Rapid Lean Six Sigma: Kick-starting your Continuous Improvement Process Workbook Author: Besaw, John (2009) Publisher: Lean Six Sigma Consortium, ISBN: 978-0-9842400-0-5 This book is only available online at www.lulu.com |
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FALL QUARTER Required textbooks for this class: Lean Six Sigma: Combining Sigma Quality With Lean SpeedAuthor: George, Michael L. (2002) Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-138521-5 Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook Author: George, M.; Rowlands, D.; Price, M. and Maxey, J. (2005) Publisher: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0-07-144119-0 Rapid Lean Six Sigma: Kick-starting your Continuous Improvement Process Workbook Author: Besaw, John (2009) Publisher: Lean Six Sigma Consortium, ISBN: 978-0-9842400-0-5 This book is only available online at www.lulu.com |
About the Instructors
John Besaw
Business Degree, University of Wisconsin; M.A., Adult Education, University of Southern California; Ph.D., Education with Secondary in Business, University of Washington Seattle; Post-Doctoral work, Organizational Leadership, Lean Six Sigma
Besaw has been a leadership and organizational development coach for more than 20 years to many corporations and government agencies in the United States and abroad. He has in-the-trenches experience helping senior-level executives and key influencers question their assumptions, understand the dynamics of change, and apply that understanding to transform the workplace. Besaw’s primary expertise is in the design and delivery of experiential leadership development programs targeted to improve Leadership’s ability to “take care of people” and facilitate change. He is a former U.S. Army Infantry Officer. Besaw teaches marketing and business development classes for UW Tacoma’s Milgard School of Business.
Wendy Fraser
Ph.D., Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University; M.S., Human Resource Management, Chapman University; M.A., Organizational Leadership, Chapman University; M.A., Human and Organizational Development, Fielding Graduate University; BA, Management and Finance, Saint Martin's University.
Wendy provides leadership and coaching in strategic planning, change management, Baldrige principles, organization development, Lean Six Sigma, and employee engagement practices. She has clients in public, private, education, and not-for-profit sectors in four countries.
While Wendy worked for the Washington State Department of Revenue, they documented over $58 million of additional revenue to the state, saved nearly 150,000 staff hours, saved $1 million of agency funds, and generated $4.2 million for other businesses, citizens and government agencies. She specifically designed the infrastructure and training so these savings could be documented.
Nathan T. Navarro
M.B.A, University of Phoenix Bellevue Washington ground campus; Business Degree, University of Phoenix San Antonio Texas ground campus; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certification, University of Washington Tacoma Washington.
Nathan has over 12 years of practical hands-on-experience in initiating and implementing successful process improvement programs for both military and commercial organizations within The Boeing Company. As a program manager, Nathan is considered a senior specialist and process improvement consultant to executive leaders, managers, customers, employees, and work teams. In addition to teaching the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt course for the University of Washington Tacoma, Nathan teaches Effective Team Building, Work Team Facilitation, and Basic Business curriculum for The Boeing Company. Moreover, Nathan has taught High Performance Management, Root Cause Analysis, and Lean for the Office at Everett and Cascade Community College.
Jon Kime
Jon Kime comes to us from the private sector. For several years he worked as a vice president in the tech. industry managing large, high risk, high visibility projects where Lean Six Sigma problem solving and long range planning methodologies were essential. Every one of his projects was successfully completed on time and under budget with next to no staff turnover. Jon also has an extensive background in project management and business development.
Kevin Gardiner
Kevin polished his Lean Six Sigma skills during his 26 year career with the Boeing Company leading improvement workshops across a wide range of business environments and services. He co-developed and delivered Lean training courses for internal Boeing organizations and several airline customers.
Gabrielle M. McNabb
MAOL/MSHR
Gabrielle has over 20 years of nursing, military, and healthcare experience. As a Clinical Workflow Analyst she has honed her Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt skills by initiating and implementing process improvement programs for various clinics in a military healthcare facility.
Karen Chaudiere
MBA, Arizona State University; B.S., Industrial Technology, Western Washington University; American Society of Quality (ASQ) Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB).
Karen is a successful performance improvement facilitator with over 20 years experience leading and collaborating on process improvement initiatives in a variety of settings. Her most recent 12 years have been in Health Care. She also has 6 years manufacturing (Boeing) and 6 years service (Verizon) experience. Coaching in the use of Lean methods and tools as well as data collection and analysis for various projects has been a key contribution to the project teams she works with. She possesses outstanding group facilitation, communication and presentation skills. She is described as enthusiastic, flexible, professional and having excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills, easily interacting with all levels of staff and external consultants. Karen is a member of the Advisory Board for the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) program at Western Washington University. She mentors students enrolled in the program. She is the featured presenter in the Statistical Process Control (SPC) Lesson 32, of Coast Learning Systems online “Statistically Speaking” distance learning program.
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