As a Six Sigma Black Belt, you will be the leader in charge of carrying out the process improvement projects. Your knowledge of all aspects of the company, the industry, and Six Sigma put together is what makes the Six Sigma Black Belt so invaluable. As a Black Belt, you can answer all questions from all angles in any given situation.

This could be you, and here is how!

Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification Webinar

Live Instructor Led Training 

• Prerequisite for this Webinar is enrollment in the Green Belt Training and Certification Webinar or an accepted Green Belt certification.
• The Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification Webinar:
• Led by Master Black Belt instructors with real-world experience and extensive project knowledge.
• Minitab software (the global software standard for Six Sigma analysis) is taught during the class, which provides a practical approach to applying statistical analysis in real-world situations.
• Master Black Belt support and project consultation during each week of class.

Week 1 Six Sigma Black Belt Webinar Training Topics

Week 1 & 2 Review Project

Multiple Regression

Advanced Multi-Vari

Attribute Measurements

Attribute Measurement Systems

Sample Size Calculations

Six Sigma for Service

Managing Change

Introduction to DOE

Full Factorial Experiments

Full Factorial Simulations

Fractional Factorials Designs

DOE Sample Size Selection

In class DOE Project

Project Planning & Deliverables

Project Reviews Measurement

Week 2 Six Sigma Black Belt Webinar Training Topics

Design of Experiments Review

Blocking in Experiments

General Factorial Experiments

Residual Analysis

Non-Normal Data – Transformations

Sequential Experimentation

Response Optimization Designs

Multiple Response Optimization

Transactional Improvements

This is a partial list…

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Six Sigma Black Belt Curriculum

Our Six Sigma Black Belt course is a direct continuation of our Green Belt course. On top of the Green Belt’s requisite two weeks, an additional 3^rd and 4^th weeks focus on Black Belt training. Furthermore, our Black Belt curriculum is based on the DMAIC structure, focussing on Analyze, Improve, and Control:

Design

The first stage of DMAIC involves setting project goals and customer deliverables. Additionally, project planning and deliverables are other essential components of Six Sigma, for which your MBB course leader will provide review and support.

1. Project Management. Black Belts are leaders and should know how to deploy changes smoothly. Moreover, all our course leaders are certified Master Black Belts with a wealth of real-world project experience to impart. Our MBBs also provide support and consultation each week.
2. Charter a Project Team. When chartering a project team, Black Belts need to ensure all team members have value to add. If not, that would go against Six Sigma! Similarly, when drawing up your project charter, we can provide useful all-purpose models, alongside with basic project examples.

Measure

1. The second stage of DMAIC requires you to measure your processes to quantify the problem and determine performance.
2.  Process Mapping. Black Belts should be able to draw a clear picture of how business processes function and are interconnected. SixSigmaUS will also provide you with useful templates and data files to aid your project work.
3. Calculate business sigma level. Learning to define and measure opportunities, defects, and to calculate yield, in training will help Black Belts in practice.

Analyze

The third stage of DMAIC involves analysis of the root causes of variation, as well as how to prevent the same changes from returning.

1. Define performance goals. Establishing performance goals will allow Black Belts to pitch the necessity of a Six Sigma project to company executives. Furthermore, it will enable you to manage deployment effectively.
2. Identify root causes of problems. Black Belts should be trained in Root Cause Analysis to identify production issues. RCA will also allow you to develop innovative solutions to specific issues.

Improve

The fourth stage of DMAIC is where process improvement eliminates defect.

1. Design of Experiments. With a working knowledge of Design of Experiments, Black Belts can then find cause-and-effect relationships between process factors and outputs. We will also provide you with a reference manual for DoE, and a trial version of the Design Experiment program. Furthermore, additional instruction in Six Sigma software like Minitab software will be provided, with MINITAB macros to help simplify your work and improve graphics quality.
2. Developing and Implementing solutions. It’s one thing to theorize a creative solution, but another to implement it successfully. Moreover, if Black Belts don’t understand the mechanics of change deployment, then your project will not progress.

Control

The fifth and final stage of DMAIC seeks to regulate performance and drive future successes. At the end of the course, once your project undergoes certification review, you will receive your certificate.

1. Developing process standards and procedures. Processes should also be standardized to ensure variation does not occur.
2. Developing a transfer plan. Black Belts handle Six Sigma implementation while also working with their clients. But it’s up to Black Belts to hand over responsibility when the time comes.

Additional Black Belt Curriculum Contents: Week 3 

Additional Black Belt Curriculum Contents: Week 4

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