Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
IFIE-0001
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
3 weeks (120 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Graduate 3 Applied Statistics
Graduate 3 Quality Management, Industrial Engineering or Systems Management
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enable students to apply the tools and methods of Six Sigma to affect tangible performance and/or cost/benefit for an organization.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Control the process to assure that improvements are used and the benefits verified
  • Define an opportunity for improving customer satisfaction
  • Implement the recommended improvements
  • Improve existing processes by reducing variation
  • Analyze process data using comprehensive statistical methods
  • Measure process characteristics that are critical to quality

General Topics:

  • Business process management
  • Computer applications
  • Design of experiments
  • Design for Six Sigma
  • Define/Measure/Analyze/Improve/Control (DMAIC)
  • Enterprise-wide deployment
  • Lean enterprise
  • Project management
  • Regression and correlation modeling
  • Statistical methods and sampling
  • Statistical process control
  • Team processes
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Computer Based Training
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
Supplemental Materials