Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training

...from Rutgers University and Lockheed Martin Corporation

Course Description
The Black Belt course is a 2-week classroom session, combined with supplemental online training courses from the Rutgers' online Library. The Rutgers/Lockheed Green Belt course is a pre-requisite for this Black Belt course. Participants are required to bring a laptop computer for use of the Statistical software provided for the class.

Training Goals/Audience
Black Belt training builds on the Green Belt skills and expands them in several significant ways:

Analysis tools for understanding the Customer, the Value Stream, advanced Lean and Variation reduction.
Statistical methods for data analysis, process control, Design of Experiments techniques
Change Management, Facilitation and Interpersonal Skills

This training is highly interactive, and team focused. Instructors are also Lockheed certified Black Belts. Lockheed employees participate as fellow students..

Participants must have completed the 1-week Rutgers/Lockheed Green Belt training course. The course is most effective for those who have a particular Black Belt level project started or in mind..

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Black Belt Week 2 Topics

(Green Belt Course constitutes Week 1)

Analytical Tools

Lean & Six Sigma Overview/Review
Critical to Customers and Quality Function Deployment – Voice of the Customer techniques
Value Stream Mapping
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

Statistical Methods

Statistical software (SPCXL and DOEKiss provided to all students)
Data Collection – Samples and Surveys
Probability Distributions: Normal, Poisson, Exponential, Binomial
Confidence Intervals
Hypothesis Testing
Design of Experiments (2 and 3 level designs)

Interpersonal/Facilitation Skills

Change management approaches
Lean Six Sigma Strategy and deployment
Team based Simulation Exercise supports integration and retention of skills and concepts

Black Belt WEEK 3 Topics

Facilitator Skills

Concepts for effective facilitation
Facilitation Skills practice
Dealing with critics
Mentoring skills
Communicating with Management

Additional Statistical Methods

Graphic tools
Measuring process capability
Measurement Systems Analysis; Gage R&R
Design of Experiment product workshop
Statistical Process Control
Design for Six Sigma

Kaizen Events and Projects

Pre-Design Kaizen (PDK)
Project Management

Provided to all participants:

Basic Statistics textbook (Kiemele)
Learning to See text (Rother and Shook)
Statistical Software: SPCXL, DOEKiss (full versions)
Black Belt course manual

Note: Participants must bring a laptop computer to class so that the software can be used during the training.

Other Training Benefits

Learning by Doing Participants will implement new skills through classroom exercises and demonstrations.
Includes 5 required online courses designed to support your overall learning experience.
Joint Certificates of Completion Participants will receive a "Trained Black Belt" Certificate from Lockheed Martin upon completion of the classroom portion. Rutgers University will award a Certificate of Completion upon successful completion of the online (CBT) course requirements.

Participant Responsibilities
We ask participants to note the following:

Feel free to bring your own writing utensils and paper.
Please bring a calculator.
Participants are expected to attend all days, and to come on time.

Please wear comfortable clothing—casual to business casual.

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Tuition: US $5495. Special offer: Register for Green Belt and Black Belt Training at the same time and save $200 on the Black Belt Training. Contact us for details.

2008 Black Belt Course Dates	Days	Location
May 12-16 & June 9-13, 2008	10	Moorestown, NJ	Sold Out
Nov 10-14 & Dec 8-12, 2008	10	Moorestown, NJ

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For more information About Six Sigma Black Belt Training
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