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The current trend in Six Sigma education is to incorporate “Lean” methodology into Six Sigma training and implementation. This approach combines the Lean management principles of waste reduction with the Six Sigma tools of process improvement. The Lean approach is more focused on immediate improvement, using a smaller set of tools.

Kaplan Continuing Education’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program offers students the option to pursue a learning opportunity designed to meet specific career goals through online training. While the Business track is applicable to all business operations, the Health Care Applications and the Call Center Applications tracks offer training in special market niches that particularly benefit from Lean methodology.

KCE’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program consists of five online courses to be completed within 6 months.

 Imagine What You Can Do  

In today’s business world, many companies rely heavily on the process improvement power of Lean Six Sigma to maintain quality and manage costs. Lean Six Sigma combines Lean management principles aimed at waste reduction with Six Sigma tools designed to lead to process improvement. As a student, you will utilize the following Lean Six Sigma academic and practical steps throughout your program:

 

  • Define

  • a problem and project scope.

  • Measure

  • the current processes.

  • Analyze

  • the value stream activities.

  • Improve

  • the processes.

  • Control

  • and monitor the improved processes.

 Imagine Where You Can Apply  

As the number of organizations employing Lean Six Sigma increases, so does the demand for trained Lean Six Sigma professionals. The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate provides a comprehensive education for working professionals interested in utilizing the Lean Six Sigma improvement process in a diversity of environments including general business entities, health care organizations, and call centers.*

 Is This Program Right For Me? 

The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate online training program is ideally suited for those interested in initiating complex process and posses an associate's degree. A basic knowledge of statistics is also strongly recommended. The program is valuable for professionals desiring to enhance their business skills level in today’s most in-demand industries. Graduates could offer companies their Lean Six Sigma skills, providing tangible business results and significant cost savings that directly affect their company’s bottom line.

Business Track


KCE’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program is designed to incorporate Lean methodology into Six Sigma training and implementation. This approach combines the Lean management principles aimed at the goal of waste reduction with the Six Sigma tools designed to lead to process improvement. The Lean approach is focused on immediate improvement, using a smaller set of process improvement tools, and these tools are taught in parallel with the conduct of improvement efforts. The training through the Lean Six Sigma methodology achieves valuable results while minimizing project completion time. Students will be required to complete an improvement project by the end of the program.

 

Courses include:

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Overview
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Define
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Measure
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Analyze
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Improve and Control

Lean Six Sigma for Health Care Applications Track

 

KCE’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt for Health Care Applications Certificate program is designed to incorporate Lean methodology into Six Sigma training and implementation and to apply these approaches specifically to the unique operational issues faced by the health care industry. This approach combines the Lean management principles aimed at the goal of waste reduction with the Six Sigma tools designed to lead to process improvement.

 

Process improvement will be measured in terms of both patient satisfaction and cost reduction. The program also supports the efforts of hospitals to maintain their accreditation in terms of process improvement requirements. The Lean approach is focused on immediate improvement, using a smaller set of process improvement tools, and these tools are taught in parallel with the conduct of improvement efforts. The Lean Six Sigma methodology achieves valuable results while minimizing project completion time. Students will be required to complete an improvement project by the end of the program. That improvement project can investigate any type of health care process, whether from a hospital, health care system, or supplier of services to those systems.

 

Courses include:

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Overview
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Define for Health Care
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Measure for Health Care
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Analyze for Health Care
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Improve/Control—Health Care

Lean Six Sigma for Call Centers Application Track

 

KCE’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt for Call Centers Applications Certificate program is designed to incorporate Lean methodology into Six Sigma training and implementation and apply these approaches specifically to the unique operations of call centers. This approach combines the Lean management principles aimed at the goal of waste reduction with the Six Sigma tools designed to lead to process improvement.

 

The tools of waiting line analysis, so important in call centers, are provided in addition to the usual tools of improvement. The Lean approach is focused on immediate improvement, using a smaller set of process improvement tools, and these tools are taught in parallel with the conduct of improvement efforts.

 

The Lean Six Sigma methodology achieves valuable results while minimizing project completion time. Students will be required to complete an improvement project by the end of the online training program. That improvement project can investigate any type of process within a call center.

 

Courses include:

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Overview
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Define for Call Centers
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Measure for Call Centers
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Analyze for Call Centers
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge—Improve/Control—Call Centers

 

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    *Kaplan Continuing Education’s programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.