Lean Six Sigma

Name: Lean Six Sigma
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Curious about Lean Six Sigma? Get introduced to Lean Six Sigma | Accredited training

Created bySix Sigma Academy Amsterdam (SSAA)

Last updated 11/2025

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What you'll learn

You will learn the essence of Lean Six Sigma.
You will learn how Lean and Six Sigma work together.
You will become familiar with some random tools in the Lean Six Sigma toolbox.
You will learn whether Lean Six Sigma is worth pursuing for you and your career.

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 42m total length

Who is this course for?5:07
Explore the Lean Six Sigma primer that explains reducing deviations from a norm, with car and airline examples, and introduces the define, measure, analyze, improve, and control phases.
DMAIC5:09
Learn how lean six sigma uses a staged dmaic project to define, measure, analyze, improve, and control—reducing variation and keeping problems under control.
Lean Six Sigma belts7:13
Map Six Sigma belts to karate ranks, from white belt to yellow, green, black, and master black belts, and Dmaic, project leadership, and the seven basic tools of quality.
Lean and Six Sigma. How do they relate?4:46
Lean focuses on removing non-value-added steps to speed production and cut costs, while Six Sigma reduces variability to meet norms through a project-based approach and a belt hierarchy.
Sample lectures2:16
Lean and Six Sigma complement each other, and this primer introduces two simple tools from the Lean toolbox for the improve phase: a visual tool and mistake-proofing.
Lean Visuals6:38
Discover lean visuals like floor markings and kanban boards that direct traffic, improve safety, and speed problem resolution, using color signals (green, orange, red) and andon lighting.
Poka Yoke8:25
Explore poka-yoke, a lean technique to make processes mistake proof, reducing inspection and rework while cutting waste; illustrated with drill depth limits and sim card cutouts for correct assembly.
Bonus lecture2:30

Requirements

Everyone can enroll.

Description

LEAN SIX SIGMA

So you may have heard of Lean, or Six Sigma, or Lean Six Sigma and thought: "What is Lean Six Sigma" and is it suitable for me and my day to day work? You may want to have a small "taste" of Lean Six SIgma before you dede to take a bigger step and take a course. This Lean Six Sigma introduction course is deesigned for people like you. We give you a free taste of Lean Six Sigma so you can decide if it is something for you.

WHAT IS IT?

Lean six sigma helps to:

Increase quality
Increase speed of delivery
Reduce costs

Lean Six Sigma does all of the aforementioned by means of projects and is equally useful in manufacturing and services. These projects are conducted by teams of Lean Six Sigma experts. These Lean Six Sigma experts have belts and a hierarchy. They start with the white belt, grow to yellow belt, then to green belt and on top we have the Lean Six Sigma black belts who lead Lean Six Sigma projects.

DISCLAIMER

This course is not suitable for those who have already bought our entire collection of Lean Six Sigma courses. This Lean Six Sigma introductory course will then provide nothing new. This Lean Six Sigma introduction course is designed to introduce people to Lean Six Sigma and our teaching style to see if they want to continue with this methodology.

SIX SIGMA ACADEMY AMSTERDAM

Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam [SSAA] is an initiative by a team of university lecturers from Hollland to make academic quality Lean Six Sigma training accessible, affordable, practical and engaging. Six Sigma Academy Amsterdam is an accredited institute.

Who this course is for:

Anyone in any industry. But it best fits to managers, quality professionals, project leaders, auditors.