Week 6: Lean & DFSS Overview

Welcome to Week 6, Day 1 of the Six Sigma Green Belt review!

During the first few weeks we covered a ton of material!

• Week 1 Six Sigma and the Organization & Six Sigma Teams.
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions
• Week 2 Six Sigma Define Phase
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions
• Week 3 Six Sigma Measure Phase
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions
• Week 4 Six Sigma Analyze Phase
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions
• Week 5 Six Sigma Improve & Control Phases
  • Overview of Material
  • Detailed look by Organization (ASQ, IASSC, etc)
  • Practice Questions

If you didn’t have a chance to review those topics mentioned above, go back now and catch up. The context supplied with those topics gives an excellent foundation for our studying.

Week 6: Six Sigma Lean & Design for Six Sigma

Today we’re going to touch on two elements of the Six Sigma green belt exam that are often neglected: Lean and Design for Six Sigma. Just like the previous weeks, before we start I’d like to begin with a note that many different certifying bodies exist and I am trying to help people that are candidates in all of them. This means that I may refer to things that aren’t specifically on your exam.

Your Assignment

Here's what I'd like you to do.

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Second, review the articles I list below.

These are the concepts I refer exam candidates to when diving into these particular sections.

Take a look.

Introducing Six Sigma Improve and Control Phases

Lean for Six Sigma Overview

• The Lean Overview
• Lean Concepts Study Guide
• The History of Lean
• Lean & Six Sigma
• The Seven Elements of Waste
• 5S: Straighten, Shine, Standardize, Self-Discipline, Sort
• House of Quality
• Kanban
• Poka-Yoke (Mistake Proofing)

Design for Six Sigma Overview

• Design for Six Sigma overview
• Quality function deployment (QFD)
• Design and process failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA & PFMEA)

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Next Time

Next time we will dive into the specific requirements of these topics across of a few popular certifying bodies (ASQ, IASSC, Villanova).

Happy studying!