IE7610: Fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma

Winter 2015, Wayne State University

Instructor:
Office:
Phone:
E-mail:
Office Hours:

Dr. Kai Yang (The Author of : Design for Six Sigma, a

Roadmap for Product Development)
2151 Manufacturing Building, Wayne State University
313-577-3858
ac4505@wayne.edu
Mondays: 3-4:30 pm

Course Description:
The attraction of Lean Six Sigma is obvious designs that work, fewer defects and
wastes in manufacturing, faster processes, lowered production costs, and greater
customer satisfaction. With these pluses, its no wonder the worlds leading companies
are adopting the Six Sigma approach to product development in ever-growing numbers.
Now here is a comprehensive course that covers fundamental aspects of Lean and Six
Sigma, both the Six Sigma process improvement, that is, Define-Measure-AnalyzeImprove-Control (DMAIC), and Lean operation principles and tools.
This course will provide:

A Green Belt level training certificate

Help to pass ASQ (American Society for Quality)s Certified Six

Sigma Black Belt Exam
Sample Black Belt Exams

A walk through of what is six sigma and how six sigma works.
Focused discussions of six sigma engineering tools
Real world discussions of six sigma metric selection.
A systematic 1, 2, 3 method for achieving world-class quality in product
development and manufacturing
Revealing inside-industry case studies
Groundbreaking comparisons of traditional quality tools with newer
contemporary tools

Textbook: Thomas Pyzdek Six Sigma Handbook, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hills 2009
OR: Certified Six Sigma Blackbelt Primer, Quality Council of Indiana,
http://www.qualitycouncil.com/cssbb_p.asp

Grading policy:
Weekly short quizzes:
Homework:
Project
Midterm:
Final

15%
10%
15%
30%
30%

Tentative schedule:
Week
1
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13

Contents
Introduction to Six Sigma and implementation
Business process management
Project Management
Six Sigma project definition
Basic probability/statistics concepts in six sigma
Six Sigma measurement system
Six Sigma analysis
Six Sigma analysis
Six Sigma improvement
Six Sigma improvement
Six Sigma control
Six Sigma control
Lean enterprise/DFSS

Midterm Exam:
Final Exam

March 1, 2015
April 29, 2015

7:30 9:30 pm
7:30 9:30 pm