Lean Six Sigma Certificate

The Center for Intelligent Supply Networks (C4iSN) offers comprehensive training in Lean Six Sigma. The curriculum combines the Lean and Six Sigma approaches to process improvement. The Lean and Six Sigma management philosophies were pioneered by Toyota and Motorola, respectively, and popularized by companies like General Electric. These philosophies have been proven to result in significant cost savings and process improvements.

Who Should Attend?

Those interested in learning and applying a systematic approach to quality improvement, cost reduction and process efficiency will benefit from these programs. No previous training is required for eligibility to the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program.

Program Requirements

Green Belt

Training toward a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certificate requires the completion of seven days of class work and a project. Students typically identify a project within the company where they are working. C4iSN also can assist the Green Belt candidate to find a project. Participants who do not complete the project in eight months from the start of the program will automatically receive a Yellow Belt certificate as long as they have met other requirements. Students can opt to enroll in the Yellow Belt program only.
Tuition: $3,600 for Yellow Belt or $5,200 for Green Belt {Yellow Belt ($3600) + Project($1600)}.

Black Belt

candidates who have successfully completed the Green Belt program are eligible to register for the Black Belt program. The Black Belt program requires completion of 10 days of training, class assignments and quizzes. In addition, they are expected to complete one Lean Six Sigma project. Participants who do not complete the project in 10 months from the start of the program will automatically receive a Brown Belt certificate as long as they have met other requirements. Students can opt to enroll for the Brown Belt program only.

Schedule

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C4ISN’s Lean Six Sigma Certificate participants represent a wide range of the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s most progressive corporations. Examples of recent participants’ affiliations at the time of program entry are listed below.

Participated Companies AAF International Aegon USA Affinia Brake Parts Inc. AFTAC Alliance Data Systems Bank of America Bank of Texas Baylor Health Care System BBA Aviation Dallas Airmotive Bimbo Bakeries USA Blockbuster CellStar Dallas Summer Musicals Dr. Pepper EDS Ernst and Young ESI Fannie Mae FedEx Office Fujitsu Network Communications Infor JCP Logistics KPMG Labinal Lennox International Maxim Integrated Products Methodist Health Systems Network Hardware Resale Parkland Health and Hospital System Perot Systems Product Support Services, Inc. PTC Sabre Texas Instruments T-Mobile TXU Energy UT Southwestern Medical Center Valspar Verizon Viewlocity

H. T. Hsia H. T. Hsia is a certified Master Black Belt working in the Respiratory and monitoring solutions global business unit of Covidien, formerly Tyco Healthcare. As the operational excellence manager for North America, Hisa manages all continuous improvement activities in American and Mexican facilities. His responsibilities include reduction in manufacturing costs and training and certification of Lean and Six Sigma candidates. He has saved more then $60 Million, trained several hundred candidates and certified over 150 belts (MBB, BB, GB and Lean).Prior to joining Covidien, Hisa worked for the AlliedSignal part of Honeywell International in the specialty additives business unit. Zhenya Huang Huang is a Master Black Belt. Prior to his tenure with Lenovo, Huang managed new product engineering teams at Motorola Networks and served as the regional director of Motorola Asian Business Council in Texas. Since 1995, Mr. Huang has been advocating and teaching Lean Six Sigma methodology in China and the U.S. He earned a B.Sc. in materials science from Tianjin University, an M.S. in mechanical science from the University of Maryland and a MBA in supply chain management from the University of Dallas. Huang is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Kent C. Newtown, P.E. Kent Newton has more then 34 years of manufacturing and operations support experience with Texas Instruments and MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. He became involved with the Theory of Constraints in 1992 as a Practitioner, working with the Silicon Materials Department, at TI. Results including 1 50 percent inventory reduction, 75 percent lot cycle improvement and 25 percent more throughput from existing resources earned Newton the Jonah Excellence award from TI. Similar results were obtained in operations of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.after a joint venture with TI and MEMC transferred TOC knowledge to MEMC. Kannan Ramanathan Kannan Ramanathan has an MA in economics and an MBA in marketing from the University of Pune in India. After working for 12 years as a consultant for various airlines, he returned to school and obtained a PhD in business strategy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a certified Black Belt and has extensive experience in Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma and Risk Management with various businesses of General Electric.