What Exactly is Six Sigma?
How Does six sigma work?
Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools for process imporvement. It was introduced by engineer Bill Smith while working at Motorola in 1980. Jack Welch made it central to his business strategy at General Electric in 1995. A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of all opportunities to produce some feature of a part are statistically expected to be free of defects.
Six Sigma strategies seek to improve the quality of the output of a process by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variablility in manufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of quality management methods, mainly empirical, statistical methods, and creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization who are experts in thoe methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and has specific value targest, for example: reduce process cycle time, reduce pollution, reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, and increase profits.
Meet your six sigma trainer
Jea Gackowski, I.E., L.C.B., C.E.S., C.I.S
Jea has been in the import and export field for 30 years, establishing manufacturing sites all over the world as VP of Manufacturing and Engineering for at $250 million apparel company. Along with this experience as an importer and exporter, Jea has her Six Sigma Master Black Belk, U.S. Customs Broker Licenses and is a certified import and export specialist.
Classes
Intro – $200
The introduction to Six Sigma is intended to be a half-day introduction to all things of Six Sigma. The class will be a good overview and help lay the ground work for your Yellow Belt.
Yellow Belt – $1,000
Target Audience:
This course is targeted for junior level business professionals with 1-7 years of experience in any industry.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the principles of Six Sigma
- Calculate a Sigma Score
- Work through the beginning steps of the process of Six Sigma
- Put together a work plan
- Introduction to the DMAIC Process
Teaching Methodology and Assessment:
Lecture discussions, Power Point presentations, real life experiences, project work. Students are required to complete project work outside of class.
Green Belt – $1,500
Target Audience:
This course is targeted for junior and mid-level business professionals with 3-7 years experience in nay industry.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify project charter best approach
- Explain each phase of the project
- Implement project management skills
- Apply the DMAIC model to assigned business improvement project
- Design stakeholder communication tools that support current best practices
- Display effective team meeting leadership skills
Teaching Methodology and Assessment:
Lecture, discussions, Power Point presentations, real life experiences, project work. Students are required to complete project work outside of class. Project work is estimated to be 8-10 hours/week.
Black Belt – $3,200
Prerequisites:
You must be a current Six Sigma Green Belt and provide evidence of successful completion of a SSGB Certificate Program or training. Candidates must also have a good command of the English language. Some working knowledge of statistics will be helpful.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to lead the Green Belt groups. Detailed information is available upon request and in the syllabus.
Teaching Methodology and Assessment:
Our teaching will be very much hands-on. Lecture, discussions, Power Point presentations, real life experiences, case studies, and project completion. Selection of the project and completion in the team environment will give you the ability to understand how Six Sigma works and install it in your work environment.
Criteria for Successful Completion:
The receive a Black Belt Certification, you must attend 80% of all class sessions, actively participate, complete an evaluation for the course, and make a final presentation about your class project. In addition, you must make 80% or better on the final exam. Amount of contact time (in hours) needed to effectively teach this course: 40-72 hours.
Master Black Belt – $5,900
Prerequisites:
You must be a current Six Sigma Green Belt and provide evidence of successful completion of a SSGB Certificate Program or training. Candidates must also have a good command of the English language. Some working knowledge of statistics will be helpful, but not mandated.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Set the strategic course for an organization
- Demonstrated the required outcomes in the Master Belt book through leadership training and your hands-on project
- Work with other Master Black Belts, Black Belts, and Green Belts
Testimonials
I have been studying organizational management and organizational leadership philosophies for professionals and personal growth for many years. What I appreciate about Jea Gackowski is the leadership that she offers with her history, experience, and knowledge on the subject. She developed a great curriculum with a study guide and reading materials for home study that made the course easy to understand. The curriculum also offers insight from the experience of others in the course. It’s amazing what you can learn from others. The course has definitely enriched my knowledge on Leadership and has helped me lead my organization to the next level.
My experience with Jea is wonderful! I would like to say it’s a guaranteed success. Her determination to make you succeed is unexplainable. Not only will you learn the fundamentals of Six Sigma, you will learn more about yourself which will become a life changer. She’s the best!
Ms. Jea was a great Six Sigma instructor! Her knowledge, professionalism, and presentation skills are simply the best. She is extremely helpful and explains the subject matter with colorful and relevant real life examples and practical scenarios. Ms. Jea provided her own customized supplemental training materials that were well organized and provided much needed illustrations to simplify difficult material. Every opportunity for the student to ask questions was provided. I would recommend taking this course from Ms. Jea if you want more than just training. Ms. Jea gives you her all for a life-impacting learning experience.
It was a great experience learning Six Sigma with Jea. Her teaching methodology is the best I have experienced because she makes sure that her students truly practice and put in action the Six Sigma tools and team work to achieve improvement. I have gained enough knowledge and confidence from the courses that I was able to accomplish my career goals after taking up the Six Sigma Green and Black Belt program. Jea’s course content is well-designed and organized and would enhance your career-oriented skill sets. What you learn in Six Sigma Training will never become obsolete because it’s about problem-solving and root cause analysis and everyone needs those skills every day, in ever profession in every industry.