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Continuous improvement lead

From Green Belt to Black Belt: DMAIC and the basic tools, Lean with OEE and TPM, then hypothesis tests, regression and designed experiments for the projects a Black Belt leads.

You start with the first course. The next one is added when you are halfway through the one you are on.

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3 courses · 43 modules · 40h 24m of video · free, no card

The roadmap

3 courses, in this order

  1. Step 1: Six Sigma Green Belt Training for Manufacturing

    Adds: Free Six Sigma Green Belt course for production and quality staff: run DMAIC with Gage R&R, Cpk, tests and control charts. The certificate is optional and paid.

    • Intermediate
    • 15 modules
    • 14h 59m of video

  2. Step 2: Lean Manufacturing, OEE and TPM

    Adds: The shop-floor half of manufacturing excellence, built in the order a line is actually improved: value and the eight wastes, gemba walks and bottlenecks, lead time and takt time, value stream mapping, flow and cells, pull and kanban sizing, standard work and 5S. Then the two numbers a plant manager is judged on. OEE calculated from a real shift, the six big losses behind it, quick changeover, and total productive maintenance through its eight pillars and twelve implementation steps.

    • Beginner
    • 15 modules
    • 10h 45m of video

  3. Step 3: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

    Adds: The step after Green Belt: how a Black Belt chooses and charters projects tied to business goals, plans data collection and handles non-normal data, tests hypotheses in depth with power and sample size, runs one-way and two-way ANOVA, fits multiple and logistic regression, designs full and fractional factorial experiments, applies Lean flow and pull, hands over with a control plan, leads change and coaches Green Belts, and finishes with a full DMAIC case.

    • Advanced
    • 13 modules
    • 14h 40m of video

3

courses

43

modules

40h 24m

of video in total

Example: at 5 hours a week, the video alone takes about 9 weeks. Practice tasks and the finals come on top, and you set the pace.

What you get

What joining gives you

  • Every course is free, with lifetime access and no card.
  • Video lessons by credited independent creators, with our written notes and worked examples.
  • A practice task per module, and one final assessment per course.
  • Ask-an-engineer support.
  • Optional verifiable certificate for each course you pass, US$23.99 for a beginner course. There is no single certificate for the whole path.
  • One course at a time: you start with the first, and the next is added when you are halfway through it.
  • Each course keeps its own progress. You can open any course on its own at any time.

Questions

Questions about this path

Is the Continuous improvement lead free?

Yes. Every course in the path is free in full: lessons, notes, practice tasks and the final assessment. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion for each course.

What happens when I join the path?

You are enrolled on the first course straight away. The next course is added to your account when you are about halfway through the one you are on, so you never face a pile of unstarted courses. Each course keeps its own progress, notes and final.

In what order should I take the courses?

In the order listed: each course is placed after the ones it builds on. Every course also stands alone, so you can open any of them from the list.

Do I get one certificate for the whole path?

No. Certificates are per course, issued when you pass that course's final assessment, and you only buy one if you want it. Finishing every course gives you one optional, verifiable certificate for each.

How long will it take?

The video alone is about 40h 24m. Notes, practice tasks and the finals take extra time, and you go at your own pace.

Ready to start Continuous improvement lead?

You start with the first course. The next one is added when you are halfway through the one you are on.

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