Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program

Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:30 AM - Saturday, May 17, 2025 4:00 PM (EST)

Description

Mercer University’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program provides effective training and holistic systems thinking. The program emphasizes how leadership, culture, change management, root cause analysis, theory of constraints, seven types of waste, business analytics, and other lean tools can positively affect your company on three primary foundations: organizational effectiveness through process improvement, increased firm profits through a value-added customer-oriented approach, and employee success and satisfaction through personal growth.

Our action-oriented Green Belt Certificate program is distinguished from other lean programs in its dedication to providing training in soft skills, methodological rigor and quantitative tools of Lean Six Sigma while also coaching participants on the development, implementation, evaluation, and presentation of a lean project. Mercer’s program is structured to align with the American Society for Quality (ASQ’s) standards for Lean Six Sigma.

As part of our credentialing process, participants are expected to develop a project charter and carry out a small, but meaningful process change plan in a division of their organization. Mercer faculty will serve as coaches while participants work as change agents, applying the Lean Six Sigma training from the classroom directly to the workplace.

Throughout the training, participants will transition between workshop lectures, critical discussions, multiple hands-on simulations, and active peer feedback on project development.

Who should attend?

  • Business executives interested in continuous process improvement in their organizations
  • Directors and managers seeking to reduce bottlenecks in their departments with a refocus on systems thinking to improve overall workplace productivity
  • Employees who want to improve their teams’ efficiency, understand how to develop voice and influence in managerial projects, and provide ongoing support and direction for their teams
Green Belt Program – Atlanta
SessionTopics
Session One
Saturday, March 8, 2025
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
  • Burning platform
  • Introduction to Lean and Six Sigma
  • Introduction to business analytics
  • Principles of effective lean leadership and team dynamics
  • Project charter
  • Change management

Session Two
Saturday, March 29, 2025
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
  • Risk analysis and types of human failures
  • SMART goals, personal responsibility, and decision-making
  • Root cause analysis
  • Lean fundamentals
  • Fundamentals of business analytics, including Excel training – Part 1

Session Three
Saturday, April 26, 2025
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
  • 7 Types of waste
  • Value stream mapping
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Fundamentals of business analytics, including Excel training – Part 2

Session Four
Saturday, May 17, 2025
8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
  • Evaluations of project pilot and hypothesis testing
  • Analyze leadership, team, and cultural issues
  • Develop a monitoring and response plan for continuous improvement

Online Certificate ExamExam must be taken and passed within one week of course end date
Pricing

Regular price - $2,500

GNFCC Members - $2,000

LNF Members & Alumni - $1,250

Pricing includes coffee, pastries, lunch, and refreshments & snacks

Contact Jeff Wolfe for access to discount pricing - wolfe_jj@mercer.edu

Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:30 AM - Saturday, May 17, 2025 4:00 PM (EST)

This is a 4-session in-person program as follows: (to earn the certificate of completion, all sessions must be attended) (registration closes at 1159P on Friday February 28, 2025)

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt: 
  • Session 1 - March 8, 2025 from 830A - 4P
  • Session 2 - March 29, 2025 from 830A - 4P
  • Session 3 - April 26, 2025 from 830A - 4P
  • Session 4 - May 17, 2025 from 830A - 12P
Categories
Continuing Education
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