Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt
Instruction is led by faculty from the UTSA Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems
The course consists of four days of lecture-based coverage of topics in Lean, Six-Sigma, and two days of individual hands-on, on-site project formulation and guidance resulting in significant operational savings and/or enhancement of product/service quality.
In order to ensure the learning effectiveness, each industry participant must be allowed (by his/her employer) to use at least 20% of his/her regular work time during the certification program period of time for completion the required project.
Each student participant must complete an improvement project at student’s employment site. The project is expected to produce significant impact of at least $50,000 savings and/or on service/product quality enhancements.
Our Approach
Leveling Up with Lean
Green Belt is the next step in the Lean transformation process after Yellow Belt and includes formal lectures alongside a single project formulation that showcases the participants understanding of Lean and Six Sigma concepts, tools, and techniques.
Engineering Faculty-led
All Lean and Six Sigma courses are led by faculty from the UTSA College of Engineering. Lean and Six Sigma instructors are subject matter experts who embed a depth of experiential knowledge, alongside contemporary theory, in their courses.
Everyone Can Benefit
Personnel in all levels of the organization are welcome, including company executives, managers, engineers, front-line and office staff. Personnel in all sectors including service providers, manufacturers, and general offices can benefit.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the participants are expected to:
Student participants will demonstrate the learning effectiveness via actual project definition, exploration, and implementation at their employing organizations.
Student participants will be able to independently conduct Lean Six Sigma projects that lead to significant operational savings.
Student participants will be able to assist Black Belts and mentor Yellow Belts in pursuing Lean Enterprise Transformation of their employing organizations.
Course Outline
01Lecture Portion
Four days of intensive course coverage of Lean and Six Sigma related topics including tools, methodologies, change management, and daily practices.
02Carry-out Project
An aggregate of two days of individual monitoring and consultation sessions. Each participant must complete an improvement project at student’s employment site.
03Total Course Time
Total program time span: 8-14 weeks (depending on actual progress made by student participants and support/cooperation from the sponsoring organizations)
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Lecture Portion (8:30am-4:30pm)
- Lean Basics, Office Kaizen (Improvement) and Applications
- Lean Tools, Methodologies and Value Stream Mapping
- Six-Sigma I: Overview, Statistics Boot Camps
- Six Sigma II: Quality & Process Capability, DMAIC Processes & Tools
- Lean Transformation, Planning, Change Management, and Daily Practice
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Project Initiation & Definition Sessions
Instructor(s) meet with participants at UTSA or on-site at sponsoring organizations at a mutually agreed upon time slots.
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Carry Out Project
Individual participants produce current state map, identify lean improvement ideas/tools and the future state map with DMAIC process and tools, implementations and data collections.
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Project Mentoring, Guidance and Evaluation
Instructors meet with Individual participants to review progress and results and to provide guidance and rectify project results.
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Project Showcasing Day
Wrapping up the project with written reports due. Participants to present their findings in a project showcasing day (to be determined). All sponsoring employers are invited.
Other Courses
Yellow Belt
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Discounts Available
Group Discount
Bring two colleagues and receive a 10% discount on all three registrations!
Prior LSS Certification
Already achieved a Yellow Belt Certification? Provide proof of certification from a formally recognized organization such as ASQ, an equivalent university program, or AF program and receive $1,000 off.
May 13-16, 2024
Lecture Portion: 8:30am-5:00pm CST
UTSA Downtown Campus
What's included:
- All workbooks and course handouts
- Multimedia demonstrations
- Hands-on simulations
- Review and discussion of case studies
- On-Site implementation and mentoring of projects
- Real world project formulation
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt Certificate.
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