Dear Learners,

Welcome to this course on "Six Sigma-The Improve Phase".

I have prepared separate lectures covering each of the five phases in your Six Sigma journey (DMAIC methodology), to enable learners with shorter time to grasp all topics with ease. This course is covered in "14 short duration lectures" and cover the major topics in the Improve phase of the Six Sigma.

The focus of this stage is to determine the best set of solution for our process improvement. We shall also learn the various thinking techniques to help you in finding solutions. This course is suitable for learners coming from a variety of backgrounds, both technical as well as non-technical. I am confident that the knowledge gained through this course will help you in your journey of Six sigma and process excellence.

Lecture-1

Introduction

Lecture-2

• Activities in Improve phase

Lecture-3

• How to generate solution ideas

Lecture-4

• Thinking techniques (SCAMPER)

Lecture-5

• What is Mind mapping

• Practical illustrations of Mind mapping

Lecture-6

• Brainstorming and how to execute it

Lecture-7

• Six Thinking Hats

Lecture-8

• 5S introduction

Lecture-9

• How to implement 5S

Lecture-10

• Push versus Pull systems

Lecture-11

• What is SMED

Lecture-12

• How to execute SMED in your operations

Lecture-13

• What is Kaizen and how to implement it

Lecture-14

• Piloting the solution and full scale implementation

Wish you all an enjoyable learning experience.

Parag Dadeech