Name: Lean Process and Six Sigma
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Category: All Learners
Duration: 2.00 hour(s)
Individual Fee: Free

Six Sigma is a data-driven approach for eliminating defects and waste in any business process. You can compare Six Sigma with turning your water faucet and experiencing the flow of clean, clear water. Reliable systems are in place to purify, treat, and pressure the water through the faucet. That is what Six Sigma does to business: it treats the processes in business so that they deliver their intended result.

Our Lean Process and Six Sigma workshop will introduce this way of thinking that has changed so many corporations in the world. This workshop will give you an overview of the Six Sigma methodology, and some of the tools required to deploy Six Sigma in your own organizations.


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College of Lake County
19351 West Washington Street
Building E, Suite E186
Grayslake, IL 60030
United States
Know and Explain: Information you will know, be able to explain, or be able to find.
  • Develop a 360 degree view of Six Sigma and how it can be implemented in any organization
  • Identify the fundamentals of lean manufacturing, lean enterprise, and lean principles
  • Describe the key dimensions of quality–product features and freedom from deficiencies
  • Develop attributes and value according to the Kano Model
  • Understand how products and services that have the right features and are free from deficiencies can promote customer satisfaction and attract and retain new customers
  • Describe what is required to regulate a process
  • Give examples of how poor quality affects operating expenses in the areas of appraisal, inspection costs, internal failure costs, and external failure costs
  • Using basic techniques such as DMAIC and how to identify Six Sigma Projects
  • Use specific criteria to evaluate a project
  • Discover root causes of a problem


SkillPrerequisiteExpected Outcome
Achieving Business Results1 - BeginnerNot specified
Continuous Performance Improvement1 - BeginnerNot specified
Managing Quality1 - BeginnerNot specified
Class Costs
Class ValueNo Charge
Individual Fee$0.00
Private Class Fee$0.00
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