Agenda

Day One: Monday, April 16, 2012

8:30    Workshop Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00    Welcome Remarks and Introductions  
          
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma  
• History and background of Lean and Six Sigma (LSS)
• Outcomes of LSS
• Core concepts and goals of LSS
• LSS infrastructure
• The DMAIC methodology

10:30    Break

10:45      DMAIC-Pizza Service Simulation    
• Prioritizes improvement opportunities and countermeasures
• Provides for a thorough analysis of the opportunity
• Establishes a consistent approach
• Enhances employee development and motivation

Implementation and Deployment Strategy            
• Develop strategies and objectives for deployment
• Incorporate Six Sigma into organizational business strategy
• Identify key focus areas and change management processes
• Create flexibility and responsiveness in your organization

12:00    Lunch   

1:00    Manage the Lean Six Sigma Project         
• Streamline Lean Six Sigma and project management strategies
• Apply measurement tools to evaluate projects and objectives

2:30    Break  

2:45    Define a Problem Statement to Work Toward a Common Goal
• Define problem
• Define improvement goal
• Initiate process mapping process (SIPOC)
• Select team
• Create project plan
• Draft project charter

3:30    Summary & Daily Wrap-Up

4:00    Day One Adjourns

Day Two: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

8:30    Continental Breakfast

9:00    Measure and Select Indicators Focused on the Customer and Cost
• Baseline the current process
• Address “low-hanging fruit”
• Confirm customer CTQs
• Determine current performance baseline  
• Stratify data

Analyze Your Data to Achieve Operational Excellence
• Gather causal data
• Determine and validate root causes
• Identify a solution to combat root causes

10:30    Break

10:45    Utilize Strategies that Consistently Enhance Business Outcomes
• Identify countermeasures
• Perform cost/ benefit analysis
• Design improved process
• Develop scorecards

Pizza Service Simulation Two & Control
• Report scorecard data
• Create process control plan
• Identify replication opportunities
• Develop future plans
           
12:00    Lunch  
    
1:00    Control Improvements and Focus on Results
• Charter
• Stakeholder analysis
• Communication plan
• Process map
• Cause and effect
• FMEA
• Solution matrix
• WBS/schedule
• Control plan

2:30    Break  

2:45    Review/Questions     

3:15    Exam    
 
4:00    Training Adjourns

Who Should Attend

Who Should Attend:

• CEOs
• CIOs
• COOs
• Directors of Budget and Finance
• VP/Director of Process Improvement
• VP of Business/Operational Excellence
• Head of Operations
• Lean Six Sigma Deployment Leaders
• Lean Six Sigma Champions
• Head of Quality
  …And anyone participating in Six Sigma or process improvement

Meet the Trainer

Meet the Trainer: Charis Grossman

     Charis Grossman is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) from the Project Management Institute (PMI®), a Six Sigma Black Belt, and a trained Genuine Leadership and Stellar Service Facilitator that focuses on Customer Service. She is currently an instructor and senior consultant with St. Petersburg College, State College of Florida and The Performance Institute. Her expertise is in the training and facilitation of Lean Six Sigma and Project Management. She has extensive experience working with both the private and public sectors.

     Charis has over 13 years experience working as a project manager. She has personally led new projects resulting in the delivery of new drugs, software and processes. In the last seven years her passion has become integrating Lean Six Sigma in organizations. By using Lean Six Sigma, companies can establish a culture of continuous change where all employees are moving toward a common strategy to improve business performance. These organizations have an inherent inclination toward innovation. Charis’s goal is to facilitate the adoption of a culture of continuous improvement at companies and agencies to convert strategy, to ACTION and success.

 

Venue and Hotel

Venue and Hotel

 ASMI’s Yellow Belt Certification will be held at:

Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago
163 East Walton Place
Chicago, IL 60611
1-800-621-8140

A limited number of rooms have been secured for attendees at a reduced room rate of $171.00 per night for this event.  To receive this rate, please mention the name of the event “Yellow Belt, Green Belt and Quality Assurance” when making your reservations.  Please note that this room rate will only be held until 3 weeks prior to the start of the event and that no rates are guaranteed past March 16, 2012.

To reserve lodging accommodations on Millennium’s secure online reservations portal, please click here.

Group Discounts

For more information on the early bird rate or group discounts for Lean Six Sigma Yellow BeltCertification please contact Anthony Masucci at 202.739.9548 or email him at Anthony.Masucci@asmiweb.com

Accreditation

Delivery Method: Group-live                
Program Level: Basic
Prerequisites: None                             
Advanced Preparation:  Given through email if applicable
CPE Credits: 12
Sponsor Organization Name and ID Number:  Thompson Media Group 109435
     
Thompson Media Group is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219-2417.  Website: www.nasba.org