Self-Directed e-Learning Courses from SkillSoft

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90 Days

Six Sigma - Green Belt

Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology that begins by comparing the current state of a company's products and processes to their desired levels. The management of Six Sigma projects involves developing and adhering to a project charter that reflects a shared understanding of project expectations, scope, deliverables, and schedule. This series of courses will examine the fundamental project management tools used in a successful Six Sigma project. These courses introduce the essential elements of a project charter, explain how project scope and metrics are developed, and give an insight into the tools used to plan and implement improvement in a Six Sigma initiative. It also looks at team building, team roles, and team dynamics, and examines a variety of team tools that are commonly used in Six Sigma. Along with that, it identifies the most common communication techniques used in the workplace and the situations they are best suited to. This series of courses is aligned to the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam and is designed to assist in part of exam preparation.

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90 Days

Six Sigma - Black Belt

The enterprise leaders in an organization play the most critical role in Six Sigma success. These leaders affect the deployment of Six Sigma in terms of providing resources, removing roadblocks, managing change, and communicating Six Sigma vision to all organizational members. Though Black Belts are not necessarily a part of the enterprise leadership, knowledge about leadership roles and perspectives helps Black Belts perform their own roles as Six Sigma leaders, and also in their regular interaction with these leaders. An organization's culture and its inherent structure, lack of resources, and top leadership support sometimes create organizational roadblocks that may result in deployment failures. Six Sigma Black Belts should be able to identify these roadblocks and deal with them effectively. Six Sigma deployment is a revolutionary strategy and may result in significant organizational changes. Black Belts need to proactively anticipate human responses, overcome them, and lead the organizational change. This series of courses discusses the role of enterprise leadership and some of the leadership qualities and strategies for Six Sigma success. It also explores Black Belt roles and the associated Black Belt qualifications needed for leading Six Sigma teams to realize their project goals. In addition, the courses deal with changes caused by Six Sigma Deployment, resistance to it and strategies Black Belts can apply to manage change. This series of courses is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in the Green Belt curriculum.

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90 Days

Six Sigma - Champion: 8.5 PDUs

In the world of business you cannot expect faulty processes to deliver outstanding organizational results. Six Sigma offers many ways to improve your organization's processes, based on your priorities and business requirements. Whenever you delve into process improvement, you have the option to create new processes altogether or replace old processes with new ones. Six Sigma Champions generally choose to improve upon existing processes. This series of courses is designed to help Champions learn how to use Six Sigma's Define - Measure - Analyze - Improve - Control (DMAIC) methodology to upgrade current processes. It also explores using Six Sigma tools and methods to understand customer requirements, recognize the gaps between current deliverables and customer needs, analyze the root causes of process shortfalls, and finally use Six Sigma tools to improve inefficient processes. These courses introduce you to Six Sigma tools and their application in Six Sigma methodology using a keep-it-simple-statistically approach ideal to a Champion's strategic role.

Price: $149 Sale Price: $99
90 Days

Six Sigma - Certified Manager of Quality

The most valued resource of any organization is its people. In today's corporate landscape of technological advancement, employees must be trained to align with the strategic direction of the business. Managers and leaders of quality should know that improvements in workplace productivity contribute positively to the overall well-being of the organization. A good leader's actions and words filter down to all organizational levels to create a quality culture. The concepts of organizational leadership are built on a foundation of core business elements. A clear understanding of these elements is key in developing an organization's strategic plan and vision. These core elements include: organizational structure and culture, roles and responsibilities of managers and leaders, change management, motivation and negotiation, and conflict and empowerment. This series of courses explores the concepts of organizational design and leadership challenges. It is aligned with the Quality Management Division of the American Society for Quality's Certification Handbook and is designed to assist as part of their preparation for the ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence certification exam.

Price: $99
90 Days

Six Sigma - Quality Management: 17 PDUs

Today in America, the emphasis is on service. Customer satisfaction--and quality--is quickly becoming the value-added feature that can make or break a product or a company. To satisfy customers and give them the quality they want, you need to look at how services and products are viewed by customers. This means asking customers what they want and then tuning your operations to generate these results. This means becoming more customer driven. This series of courses presents an overview of customer-driven process improvement.

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90 Days

Six Sigma Foundations: 2 PDUs

There has been an increased interest in Six Sigma in recent years. But what is Six Sigma? This series of courses will introduce you to the foundational concepts of the Six Sigma philosophy and process. It will help you successfully participate in your organization's Six Sigma program. You will be introduced to a straightforward framework for satisfying your customers, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency and quality in your organization. As a result of taking these courses, you will have an internal understanding of Six Sigma, and then be able to recognize processes that need improving.

Price: $125
90 Days

Six Sigma - Lean Manufacturing

Lean is a methodology that incorporates a powerful set of tools and techniques designed to maximize customer value, while reducing waste along the entire value stream. It also focuses on improving overall efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction. Due to its ability to improve customer satisfaction and deliver bottom line financial gains to organizations, it is a preferred strategic choice for many business organizations. This series of courses introduces the basic principles of Lean, including the five-step Lean process cycle, and shows how Lean can be integrated with Six Sigma to offer an optimal production management solution that fits your company's unique business needs.