3 Days Workshop – Training and Certification
25 – 27 September, 2018. Time: 9 AM to 5 PM
At Hotel Bangi-Putrajaya, Bangi

Workshop Fee
RM 1,800 per participant – Early Bird Offer (register before 11 September, 2018)
RM 2,400 per participant – Standard Fee
Note:
– This workshop is HRDF claimable.
– The workshop fee includes lunch as well as morning and afternoon coffee/tea breaks on all days, training materials and certification.

 

What is it?

Organizations face rising costs and increasing competition every day. Customers are demanding higher quality of a product or service at lower prices. Without an effective strategy, your organization runs the risk of stagnating and falling behind in competitive marketplace. Implementing Lean Six Sigma is a proven method to improve performance and beat the competition.

Lean Six Sigma represents a business philosophy leading to the elimination of waste and the reduction of variation. With Lean Six Sigma, costs are reduced, productivity is raised, quality is improved and customer satisfaction is enhanced. The effort starts with understanding “value” through the eyes of the customer. Anything that does not add value is waste. Any variation from the target or ideal state is a potential source of added cost.

 

Why be a Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt?

The Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Workshop is designed to give a basic understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology, describe the tools and how it can be used in your organization. Thousands of companies across the world have discovered the far-reaching benefits of this methodology; with this certification you can gain valuable insights into the techniques, metrics and basic improvement methodologies.

Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belts not only can participate as a team member or contributors in a Lean Six Sigma projects, but also can start to address simple improvements in their own working area.

 

What are the objectives of Workshop:

After completing Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Workshop you will be able to:

• Identify improvement opportunities/projects in your organization
• Be able to run simple improvements in your day-to-day work processes
• Track and measures improvement initiative
• Understand the Eight Wastes and be able to actively support efforts to reduce them
• Understand the role of Yellow Belts in Lean Six Sigma projects
• Use the basic improvement tools and techniques

 

Who should take this Workshop?

Lean Six Sigma is a framework that is not limited to a particular industry. The Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Workshop is for participants who are new to Lean Six Sigma and are going to be involved as a project team member or to start to address simple improvements in their own working area.

 

How do I become a Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt?

To ensure you get the certification, you will have to complete all the courses outlined and should pass the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification exams.

 

Recognition & Accreditation

This course is internationally recognized and accredited by The Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC) New York, United States of America.

 

Course Outline

Here’s what you’ll learn in Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Workshop:

 

Module 1: What Lean Six Sigma is – Understanding the basics

 1 )  Getting Started: Introduction of Lean Six Sigma

• What is Lean Six Sigma?
• Where did it originate?
• Why is it so effective and popular?

2 )  Lean Six Sigma Roles: Understand the responsibilities of each role

• Yellow Belt
• Green Belt
• Black Belt
• Champion

 

Module 2: Why organizations use Lean Six Sigma – Concept and Tools

1 )  Identifying Value Adding Steps and Waste

• Identify the Eight Wastes (DOWNTIME)
• Explain value-adding versus non-value adding
• Define value from customer’s perspectives

2 )  Process Mapping

• Process (workflow) mapping techniques
• Identity hand-offs, disconnects, incomplete communication and rework loops as non-value-adding components (or waste)
• Plan improvements to workflows

3 )  Streamline the Process

• Identify process bottlenecks
• Calculate process cycle efficiency
• Understand how to balance workloads within a process workflow

4 )  5S Visual Management

• Identify each of the 5S’s
• Describe what it means to standardize and why standardization is important
• Keys to successfully sustaining 5S program

5 )  Prevent and Detect

• Understand the Mistake Proofing mindset
• Be aware of common Mistake Proofing techniques
• Know how to use basic Mistake Proofing analysis tools

6 )  Metrics and Performance Measurement

• Identifying Key Process metrics
• Create a Balanced Scorecard to track performance
• Audit activities to maintain workplace organization momentum

 

Module 3: How Lean Six Sigma works – DMAIC Improvement Cycle

1 )  Define Phase : Define the problem

• Identify the problem
• Fix objectives and defining value: Voice of the Customer (VOC)
• Create the project charter

2 )  Measure Phase : Quantify the problem

• Draw up the process and determine the key steps of the process
• Look for obvious waste and problems
• Set up measurement systems

3 )  Analyze Phase: Identify the cause of the problem

• Use a systematic approach to collect, display, and analyze data to identify the root cause(s)
• Identify a solution to attack the root cause and correct the problem
• Prioritize the solution by weighing impact

4 )  Improve Phase : Implement and verify the solution

• Conduct a PDCA test: Plan, Do, Check, Act
• Identify barriers and develop action plans
• Implement the solution and measure

5 )  Control Phase : Maintain the solution

• Make sure that all actions have been completed so that problem does not reoccur
• Creating Standard Operating Procedures to describe new process
• Provide training and start audit practices to complete transfer of the solution

 

For more detailed information on the workshop (topics, program) please download the workshop brochure

 

Trainer Profile 

Mahadzir Bin Mohamad

Mahadzir is the Principal Consultant of Bizspring Sdn Bhd, a consulting company that offers consultancy, training and coaching in Operational Excellence. He holds a degree in in Applied Science with specialization in Applied Statistics from USM. He is also a certified Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Black Belt and HRDF Trainer.

He has 17 years of experience developing, implementing and improving successful business processes in both Manufacturing and Banking industries. He has worked in Process Reengineering role with some of the most reputed organizations including Shin Etsu, SCA, CIMB Group and his last stint was Process Reengineering and Improvement Consultant in HSBC before establishing his own consultancy firm. Throughout his career, he received his practical training in Malaysia and Japan.

His areas of expertise include process improvement, asset utilization, cost reduction, improving productivity, quality and customer satisfaction, risk management as well as project management. He has helped his organizations in developing and mentoring projects for process improvement and cost reduction using strategic Lean Six Sigma methodology which resulted in over millions profit improvement savings based on improved productivity and quality, and in waste reduction.