Sentry School of Business and Economics Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Become a Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Maximize Learning Agility • Improve Processes • Optimize Performance

Learning agility has never been more critical! Employers and employees are being challenged to respond to change more and more quickly. They are constantly asking, “Do we have the right processes in place to take a lead, adapt, respond to a continuously changing world?”

This online 9-credit course sequence is available for credit for current students or for non-credit for professionals. You will complete a business challenge project and learn from professionals with real-world business success.

Who should enroll?

• Employees or prospective employees in health care, education, manufacturing, military, insurance, among many other industries.
• Individuals, teams, managers, and process owners who want to learn how use Lean Six Sigma to make improvement projects more successful.
• Directors, general managers, financial managers, plant managers, floor supervisors, and administrators who are seeking a proven method for dramatically improving an organization’s financial performance.
• Executive and C-level leaders who want to implement Lean Six Sigma for increased customer loyalty, revenue, and decreased costs.

Course Focus

• Complete an improvement project as you learn to apply Lean Six Sigma concepts
• Gain the ability to apply Lean Six Sigma process tools to your daily work
• Prepare to facilitate improvement projects following proven frameworks
• Take the Certified Six Sigma Green Belt exam

Course Schedule

We’ve designed this online course for busy professionals and students. A collection of tools, templates, and downloadable material available during and after the class. All synchronous sessions will be hosted Mondays from 4-8 p.m. This 9-credit course sequence needs to be completed in whole. The sequence begins in January 2024 and ends in July 2024.

Course Materials

Each student will be provided with an ebook that parallels the American Society for Quality Six Sigma Green Belt Body of knowledge and contains all the topics discussed in the course. Electronic downloadable templates used or referenced during the class are included. Students will need a laptop computer or other mobile device with Microsoft Word and Excel. The individual cost for course materials is $258 and is not part of the total program cost.

Project Examples

Projects target elevating customer experiences, saving valuable time, minimizing potential errors, and maximizing precious resources across many industries! Past project charters have included:

• Streamlining manufacturing processes of biomaterials to reduce timeline gaps from R&D to production phases.
• Digitizing sample analysis workflow to reduce turn-around-time by 75%.
• Standardizing and automating real estate closing processes to reduce errors.
• Enhancing customer experience by minimizing time delays in position approval processes for human resources.
• Improving client and staff engagement by streamlining joint meeting protocol in financial advising.
• Reducing vehicle acquisition timeline in automotive sales.