Description

A Lean Black Belt is a person who has achieved “black belt” level competency in 10 performance dimensions as defined below. He/she is a full time resource for their organization and works 100%+ on lean transformation. This person must be able to show evidence they’ve been working in this capacity for a minimum of 3-5 years, and continue in this role today.

JCM Work Designs/The Lean Sigma Team is proud to certify people as Lean Black Belts! They are truly precious resources in any company.

 

Performance Dimensions

Lean Methods (applies a robust portfolio of lean tools, processes, principles, methodology….knows them all and has used all of them)

Change Agent (can make change happen)

Transformation (actively works to transform his/her organization from “traditional” to “lean”)

Project Leadership (heads up lean projects…..4 – 12 per year)

Teamwork (works, always, with teams implementing lean….never as “expert”)

Management Advisor (helps managers “lead” lean implementation)

Knowledge Transfer (builds lean capability in others)

Quantitative Results (returns 10X his/her salary in value to the company…every year)

Technical Communications (writes, publishes, and circulates technical papers on lean)

Self-Improvement (continuously improves him/herself by attending lean seminars, reading books, benchmarking others, participating in webcasts, membership in professional organizations…SME, AME, ASQ, others)

*Each of these dimensions are assessed on a scale of 0-10 using the LBB Self-Assessment Table.   A score of 700+ is required for lean black belt certification.  This assessment and resulting score must be agreed to by JCM Work Designs and the sponsoring manager in the candidate’s own company.

Documentation Required:

The candidate for the Lean Black Belt is required to submit comprehensive documentation when applying for certification. This documentation must include:

a) Prior lean certifications (green belt, white belt, bronze/silver/gold ASQ certifications, other company certifications in lean, etc)

b) Length of experience working on lean

c) Quality of that experience working on lean

d) Quantitative results of lean project work over the past 5 years

e) LBB Change Agent Assessment (of him/herself)

f) The Lean Transformation Assessment (of his/her value stream, plant site, or company)

g) Business reason for requesting Lean Black Belt Certification

All of the above must be submitted to JCM Work Designs, when the candidate is ready. JCM will review it first, ask any appropriate clarification questions of the applicant, and may suggest areas to be further defined.

Upon completion of the above, JCM will meet with the client sponsoring manager to review the entire application.

On approval by both JCM Work Designs and the sponsoring manager, the Lean Black Belt will be awarded. This award comes with a formal framed certificate plus a lean martial arts black belt.

Lean Topics and Processes (proven proficiency with):

Value Stream Mapping (Current State and Future State)

Hoshin Planning

5S Workplace Organization

Visual Controls

One-Piece Flow Cells

Cell Teams

SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die)

TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)

Kanbans, Supermarkets, FIFO Lanes (pull systems)

ZDQ (Mistake Proof and Fail Safe)

Lean Materials Handling (Water Spiders and Milk Runs)

Lean Warehouse (A, B, C item location, storage, and management)

Kaizen

Lean Metrics (+Lean Accounting)

Lean Office (Engineering, Purchasing, etc)

Lean Supply Chain (+ Supplier Management)

Lean Product Development

General Knowledge and Skills:

Problem Solving (Analytical Problem Solving, Analytical Trouble Shooting, A3 Reports)

Project Management

Seven Basic Quality Tools (Histograms, C/E Diagrams, Scatter Plots, SPC Charts, Pareto

Diagrams, etc)

VOC (Voice of the Customer)

Process FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis)

Graphical techniques

Communications Skills

Conflict Management Skills

Presentation Skills

Recommended Professional Certification and Memberships:

SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)

AME (Association for Manufacturing Excellence)

ASQ (American Society for Quality)

Certified Lean White Belt (by JCM Work Designs)

Certified Lean Green Belt (by JCM Work Designs)

Certified Lean Bronze/Silver/Gold (by ASQ/SME)

Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt (by your company)

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (by your company)

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (by your company)

JCM Work Designs will provide a personal reference and a written recommendation for any Lean Black Belt at any time requested and be proud to do so!

Please contact us at JCM Work Designs for the LBB Transformation Ruler and for the LBB Change Agent Assessment, and for a formal proposal.

Also see “Lean Belt Requirements”