MASTER BLACK BELT

Training materials: Texts: Basic Statistics: Tools for Continuous Improvement, Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments; Software: SPC XL, DFSS Master, DOE PRO XL, Pro-Test; and MBB student participant guide

Prerequisites: a Black Belt designation from a recognized service provider and a screening exam administered by Air Academy Associates. Contact Air Academy Associates for additional information.

Course agenda:

Module 1 AIR ACADEMY PHILOSOPHY
Six Sigma Definitions & Terminology
The Synergy of Lean & Six Sigma
Applications to Transactional Systems
The First Line of Defense Against Variation
BB Curriculum Review
Skills Assessment Review

Module 2 DEFINE
Voice of the Customer & the House of Quality
IDOV vs. DMAIC
Team Decision Tools
Project Selection

Module 3 MEASURE
Measurement Systems Analysis – Special Topics
Goodness of Fit
Transformations to Normality

Module 4 ANALYZE – STATISTICAL METHODS
t-tests: One-Sample, Two-Sample, and Paired
ANOVA
Historical Data Analysis
Multiple Regression
Multicollinearity
Regression Diagnostics
Cross-Validation

Module 5 ANALYZE – ADVANCED DOE TECHNIQUES
The Need For Orthogonality
When OFAT Works
Improving Resolution
PF/CE/CNX/SOP
Blocking
Repetitions vs. Replications
Variable Input
Screening vs. Modeling Designs
Sequential CCDs
Attribute Responses

Module 6 IMPROVE
Multiple Response Optimization
High Throughput Testing (HTT)
Analysis Using Simulation

Module 7 CONTROL – SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPC
Control Plans
Topics in SPC
Sample Size
Minimizing Type I & Type II Errors
Short-Run SPC

Module 8 INTRODUCTION TO “DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA” (DFSS)
The IDOV Process
Expected Value Analysis
Parameter Design
Tolerance Allocation
Sensitivity Analysis
Scorecard



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