Lean Six Sigma - Black Belt
Instruction is led by 番茄社区 College of Engineering faculty and experts from the 番茄社区 Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems.
The course consists of a one day refresher lecture on Green Belt contents and Lean Transformation Management.
To ensure learning effectiveness, each participant should be permitted by their employer to spend 20% of their regular work time completing the required process improvement project during the certification program.
The project is expected to produce a significant estimated impact of $50,000 or equivalent in service, product quality, process or cost improvement.
Our Approach
Our instructors have mentored Green and Black Belt projects that have generated up to $1 million in measurable operational savings and improvements.
Leveling Up with Lean
Black Belt is the next step in the Lean transformation process after Green Belt and includes formal lectures alongside one project formulation that showcase the participants' understanding of Lean and Six Sigma concepts, tools, and techniques.
Engineering Faculty-led
All Lean and Six Sigma courses are led by faculty from the 番茄社区 College of Engineering. Lean and Six Sigma instructors are subject matter experts who embed a depth of experiential knowledge, alongside contemporary theory, in their courses.
Everyone Can Benefit
Personnel in all levels of the organization are welcome, including company executives, managers, engineers, front-line and office staff. Personnel in all sectors including service providers, manufacturers, and general offices can benefit.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the participants are expected to:
Student participants will demonstrate the learning effectiveness via actual project definition, exploration, and implementation at their employing organizations.
Student participants will be able to independently conduct Lean Six Sigma projects that lead to significant operational savings and become leaders of such projects.
Student participants will be able to mentor Green and Yellow Belts in pursuing Lean Enterprise Transformation of their employing organizations.
Course Outline
The outline below displays course progress including the lecture portion and one carry-out project. Black Belt participants are required to complete two projects. The timeline for the second project will begin after the completion of the first project.
01Lecture Portion
One day of intensive course coverage of Lean and Six Sigma related topics including tools, methodologies, change management, and daily practices.
02Carry-out Projects
A minimum of two days of individual mentoring and consultation sessions. Each participant must complete an improvement project at student鈥檚 employment site.
03Total Course Time
A minimum of 8 weeks to complete the Black belt level project, but students average 15 weeks. Instructors exercise flexibility to work with a learner schedule and project progress.
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Lecture Portion (8:30am-4:30pm)
- Refresher of Lean Six Sigma tools from Green Belt.
- Lean Transformation, Planning, Change Management, and Daily Practice
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Project Initiation & Definition Sessions
Instructor(s) meet with participants at 番茄社区 or on-site at sponsoring organizations at mutually agreed-upon time slots.
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First Carry Out Project
First, individual participants produce a current state map, identify lean improvement ideas/tools, and develop the future state map using DMAIC processes and tools, including implementation and data collection.
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Project Mentoring, Guidance and Evaluation
Instructors meet with individual participants to review progress and results, provide guidance, and refine project outcomes.
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Project Showcasing Day
Wrapping up the project with a Power Point Presentation. Participants present their findings during a project showcasing day (to be determined). All sponsoring employers are invited.
Other Courses
Yellow Belt
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Discounts Available
Group Discount
10% discount for three or more colleague registrations!
$1,500 off for a prior Green Belt certificate without a documented project to register for project based Green Belt.
To attend the Black Belt Program, you must hold a Green Belt with a completed Green Belt level Project. Please submit your Green Belt completion documentation along with your interest of registering for Black Belt to pace@utsa.edu.
Black Belt participants are required to perform a Black-Belt level process improvement project with cross-functional impact under the mentorship of 番茄社区 instructors.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a 番茄社区 PaCE and Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt Certificate.
The Black Belt course includes:
- All workbooks and course handouts
- Multimedia demonstrations
- Hands-on simulations
- Review and discussion of case studies
- On-Site Definition, Implementation and Mentoring of Projects
- Real World Project Formulation