| Course ID: | EMBA 7160E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Lean Six Sigma |
Course
Description: | Course provides students with an overview of Lean Six Sigma concepts and language and an introduction to the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) process improvement cycle. Successful completion of all elements of this course will result in a UGA Terry College of Business Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification. |
| Oasis Title: | Lean Six Sigma |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in EMBA 7160 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | EMBA 7100 or EMBA 7100E |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | The objective of the course is to train students in the topic of lean six sigma. Students will apply learning to real-world projects and by doing so achieve certification in Lean Six Sigma at the Green Belt level. After completing this course, students will be able to understand how Lean Methods and Six Sigma are integrated into a single process improvement initiative to achieve higher quality and greater process speed, recognize the five-step DMAIC model used to improve processes, relate Lean Six Sigma concepts to the overall business mission and objectives or the student's past organizations and client, clearly communicate Lean Six Sigma concepts, think about the client as a collection of processes, with inputs that determine the output, and use the concept of a Sigma Level to evaluate the capability of a process or organization. |
| Topical Outline: | • Intro to LSS and project selection
• Six Sigma overview
• Define phase and basic statistics review
• Lean overview and lean case
• Measure phase
• Analyze phase
• Measure application stats
• Improve phase
• Control phase
• Analyze/improve application
• LSS special topics
• Green Belt Exam |