Joe Dephtereos' Lean Black Belt Certification

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

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:

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)

Lean Black Belt Certification

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”

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Lean Green Belt

Lean Certification – Green Belt Program

JCM Work Designs is proud to provide our Lean Green Belt Certification Program to qualified candidates and companies.

The Lean Green Belt Certification Program is not simply a training program therefore it typically is not delivered as a public seminar. It is designed to be conducted in parallel with and in support of a Lean implementation effort in a company.

Lean Green Belt (LGB) Certification Criteria:

· Full participation in the “Achieving Your Future State Series” in a Value Stream, or Certification as a Lean White Belt

· Actively working in support of one (or multiple) Value Stream(s).

· Candidates can come from various parts of the enterprise, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, stores, purchasing, planning, transportation…..any part of the macro value stream.

· Expectations are that the Lean Green Belt candidate will:

a) Fully participate in and successfully complete the entire 64-hour Lean Green Belt training program

b) After that, conduct a minimum 2-hour Lean training class with his/her people on the lean topic related to their Major Kaizen.

c) After this, lead a Major Kaizen Project in their own Value Stream (or facility)

d) Volunteer to be available to work up to 1/2 time on Lean projects virtually anywhere across his/her company

The LGB Program is 8 days of intense learning for a maximum of 10-12 people

There are the 22 Lean Topics, the same ones covered in the Lean White Belt Program, but the focus is now on implementation in the Lean Green Belt Program.   The emphasis for each topic is on implementation via:

• A3 Problem Solving & A3 Reporting
• Change Management
• Transition Management
• Lean Leadership
• Culture Change

Upon successful completion of all requirements, the Lean Green Belt graduate will receive a martial arts Lean Green Belt and an official framed Lean Green Belt Certificate. Certification is predicated on mutual agreement, between JCM Work Designs and the candidate’s own company, that the candidate has satisfactorily completed all requirements and is ready to be acknowledged as a Lean Green Belt.

JCM Work Designs is happy to work with any company interested in the LGB program. We recognize this program is actually a transfer of our own Lean capabilities to the company and, therefore, we guarantee the quality of certification will be maintained at a very high level.  Please contact us for a formal proposal.

Also see “Lean Belt Requirements”

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Lean White Belt Program

Lean Certification – White Belt Program

The Lean White Belt Certification Program is not simply a training program therefore it cannot be delivered as a public seminar. It is designed to be conducted in parallel with and in support of a Lean implementation effort.

Expectations are that the Lean White Belt candidate will:

a) Fully participate and successfully complete the entire 88-hour Lean White Belt training program (can be done in an intense 2 week workshop or in a series of  11 full-day workshops one per month over 11 months).

b) Actively apply the various “homework” assignments from each of the 22 lean topics.

c) Read the Toyota Way Fieldbook

The LWB Program is 11 days of learning for a maximum of 20-22 people. These people can come from various parts of the enterprise, manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, stores, purchasing, planning, transportation ….any part of the macro value stream. The exact schedule of days and team make-up will be determined during the Future State Program.

There are the 22 Modules/Topics in the Lean White Belt Program:

1. Introduction to Lean (Lean Principles)

2. Current State Value Stream Mapping

3. Future State Value Stream Mapping

4. Lean Project Implementation

5. Hoshin Planning & Metrics

6. Kaizen Events

7. 5S Workplace Organization

8.  Visual Controls

9.  Layout for Flow

10. Standardized Work

11.  Kanbans & Supermarkets

12. Cell Teams

13. Materials Handling (Waterspiders & Milk Runs)

14. TPM Total Productive Maintenance

15. Heijunka Level Production

16. Workforce Flexibility

17. Zero Waste Culture

18. Quick Changeover (QCO)/SMED

19. Urgency of Material Flow

20. One-Piece Flows

21.  ZDQ Zero-Defect Quality (Mistake Proofing & Fail Safeing)

22. Lean Leadership

Participants receive a 5″ 3-ring binder of all printed materials, 22 videos (appropriate to each lean topic), and applications exercises to use on the job.

Upon successful completion of all requirements, the Lean White Belt graduate will receive a martial arts Lean White Belt and an official framed Lean White Belt Certificate.

JCM Work Designs will be happy to work with any company interested in the LWB program. We recognize this program is actually a transfer of our JCM Work Designs capabilities to the company and, therefore, the quality of certification will be maintained at a high level.  Please contact us for a formal proposal.

Also related Lean Belt Requirements

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