Improve Your Bottom Line — Both Personally and Professionally with a Six Sigma Certification

Lean Six (6) Sigma is a disciplined enterprise improvement methodology that utilizes data and other statistical analyses to monitor, control, and improve a company's operational performance by identifying and preventing "defects" in manufacturing and service-related processes. Invented in 1986, Six Sigma is a registered trademark of Motorola. Overall, the methodology focuses on better and faster production costs and services than the competition.   continued >>

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In order to achieve Six Sigma, a process must only produce 3.4 defects in every million opportunities. When used correctly, there will be an increase in performance and a decrease in process variation that leads to defect reduction and vast improvement in employee morale, profits, and quality of product. The program utilizes the language of Karate and is executed by "Green Belts" and "Master Black Belts."

Many of today's larger companies are implementing Six Sigma techniques and claim that the process has reaped huge financial benefits. For instance, General Electric estimates that the process has saved the company $10 billion in its first five years of implementation. Through coursework, managers and employees discover how 6 Sigma methodologies and tactics fit into a larger management system and how to apply specific tools and techniques to solve and prevent critical business process problems.

Training generally will include a program overview, specific application to business/industry, how to initiate and apply business and financial benefits, and real-world examples of successful deployments.

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