Expert problem-solvers and project leaders are necessary to change the performance trajectory of an organization. But it’s also necessary to have the right people in the right support roles—paving the way for effective project work and sustaining performance gains. Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training provides an often-missing element of change program success: the need to sew performance gains into the fabric of everyday operational management and process control. Lean Six Sigma yellow belts can do this as critical lynchpins between change agents (like black belts) and process workers.

This course prepares process owners and others to function in this way by exposing them to Lean Six Sigma concepts, constructs and vernacular. It also gives them skills for mapping processes and collecting data, important groundwork that black belts and Lean leaders need to be effective.

Six Sigma Yellow Belt training provides an overall insight to the techniques of Six Sigma, its metrics, and basic improvement methodologies. A Yellow Belt has a basic knowledge of Six Sigma, but does not lead projects on his own. A Yellow Belt participates as a core team member on a project or projects. Yellow Belts may often be responsible for running smaller process improvement projects using the PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) methodology. PDCA enables Yellow Belts to identify processes that could benefit from improvement. These smaller Yellow Belt projects often get escalated to the Green Belt or Black Belt level where a DMAIC methodology is used to maximize cost savings using Statistical Process Control. Six Sigma Yellow Belt training provides an introduction to process management and the basic tools of Six Sigma, giving employees a stronger understanding of processes, enabling each individual to provide meaningful assistance in achieving the organization's overall objectives.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the origins of Lean and Lean thinking
• Identify the five principles of Lean and the eight types of waste
• Participate as an active team member in a Lean Kaizen event
• Understand Six Sigma and the benefits it brings to an organization
• Comprehend the five-step DMAIC process and use certain tools within each phase
• Apply new skills for collecting and analyzing data
• Gain a new understanding of mistake proofing processes and apply other Lean concepts, tools and methods