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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

Acuity Institute’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Online Program helps you build the skills and competencies you need to design and lead high-impact process improvement programs at your company.

The online course has been designed to teach Lean Six Sigma fundamentals and its application and is intended for full-time improvement team project leaders. Acuity’s Black Belt program goes beyond Manufacturing, with applications in industries like Healthcare, Financial Services and Insurance to diversify your training.

Learners are trained and tested on their understanding and ability to apply the tools and techniques of all elements of the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC methodology. As part of the DMAIC methodology, students are taught how to integrate Lean Six Sigma into an overall approach to process improvement and project management.

Credits:

  • 15 CEUs
  • 150 PDUs

This course includes:

No prerequisites required

Key outcomes

  • Understand Lean Six Sigma and the DMAIC methodology
  • Apply methods learned in the DMAIC process to business issues
  • Apply statistical analysis to determine the relationship between key inputs and process outputs
  • Characterize the equation y = f(x)
  • Navigate statistical analysis software (SigmaXL and Minitab)

Course description

The online course uses a multi-media format that includes audio by Lean Six Sigma experts, examples of successful performance improvement, interactive simulations and quizzes, and the most current and robust tools and techniques available. The course is “self-paced” and can be accessed at any time—and—anywhere, which provides the most flexibility in completing the course. Learners have one year to complete the course — on average, learners complete the course in 150 hours (average completion time, actual time may vary).

Enrolling directly in the Black Belt program takes you through all of the learning and knowledge of the component levels (White, Yellow, and Green). It’s everything you need to become certified and lead projects in your workplace. You don’t need to take the other levels if you start here. This program is recommended for Project Leaders, Department Leaders, Business Improvement Team Leaders and Emerging Leaders. Have questions about where you should start? Talk to our team.

Acuity Institute sets the standard for online training and certification for individuals looking to achieve Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.

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Your Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification course package also includes:

  • A simulated Lean Six Sigma Project — a requirement of your course completion
  • A full version of SigmaXL — statistical analysis software with a lifetime license
  • Our Lean Six Sigma Toolkit — an entire set of tools and templates used throughout the DMAIC process — which are yours to keep and use forever
  • Our Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Course eBook — a downloadable reference book of the course, yours to keep and use forever

Lessons and quizzes

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Certification requirements

To achieve your Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, you must

  1. Complete the Online Lessons and Quizzes
  2. Complete the Simulated Project Deliverables and Tollgate Reviews
  3. Successfully pass the Exam.

Students will have two attempts to successfully pass the exam (80% or higher). The exam is open-book and administered online, with a maximum of 4 hours to complete. Students may use any reference materials to complete the exam — including training manuals, project materials, etc.

Here's what learners had to say about this course

Terry Qaqish
Certified Acuity Institute Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

The Black Belt course I completed was very well laid out and felt very student centered. I enjoyed the learning experience and have been able to apply a lot of what I learned to my current position in Healthcare. I had previously completed two green belts with different providers and felt as though Acuity Institute simplified and clarified some otherwise complicated aspects of the methodology. The support team provided to me was excellent and very knowledgeable.

 

Although I have just started my Master Black belt course with Acuity Institute, the support team has been very helpful and I am eager to learn more. I would recommend both of these courses to any professional looking to expand their skill set and knowledge as it pertains to Lean and Six Sigma. Good Luck!!

Wei Wang, PMP
Certified Acuity Institute Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

I was referred by my colleague to take the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification course through Acuity and I absolutely enjoyed the course! The course material was developed very comprehensive and thoroughly. The simulation projects and tollgate checks were crucial to the program. The design was very well done! I truly appreciate the team for providing me such a wonderful experience and enabling me to provide better value in my responsibilities as an Operations Manager. I would highly recommend the Acuity Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program.

 

Michael Clapperton
Certified Acuity Institute Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

As part of my career growth, I wanted to focus on IT process management, specifically Lean Six Sigma.

 

There are a lot of good training programs out there but none that I found delivered the value at a reasonable cost like the Acuity Institute program. A matter of fact, the in-person training I received at my employer as part of the green belt program was not as good as the training I received online from Acuity. The Acuity team offered a lot of support over the phone, the project I worked on was very helpful in illustrating the concepts and felt very real rather than an exercise.

 

The online training materials were every bit as high quality as that I’ve been involved with in my company. And I was able to jump in and manage Black Belt projects just as well as those going through traditional classroom training.

Matt Dankovich
Certified Acuity Institute Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

I would highly recommend this course. Currently I am in the Global Purchasing and Supply Chain division at one of the Big Three (GM, FORD, FCA) and I have seen first hand time and time again how applicable the course concepts are. Time and time again I am working on a project where process improvement and operational excellence is required and with the skills obtained through this course I have been able to excel in my position.

 

Simulated Projects

At Acuity Institute, we recognize that not every individual has the opportunity to complete an actual project while completing training; therefore, we have created real world simulated projects that takes students from the beginning to the end of a problem and solution using the methodology trained in the course. The simulated project helps to build the student’s understanding of the concepts taught in training and provides practical application of the tools and methodology. Students complete the course better prepared to apply what they have learned in the real world.

The simulation is based on a hypothetical company that faces many of the same problems companies are dealing with today. Students complete challenging exercises and tollgate weviews which build on previously learned tools and concepts taught in training. When complete, students have a significant perspective on what true business improvement means and a tangible “project story” that they can utilize throughout their process improvement journey.

There is no comparison for these simulations in the marketplace today. No other provider offers a more comprehensive project simulation such as ours which includes numerous project deliverables, challenging analysis, and project tollgate reviews.

Toolkits

For many of Acuity’s courses, we have assembled a Toolkit, which contains a complete, user-friendly set of the templates included in the course. The toolkit assists practitioners in keeping focused on their project work and not creating “templates”. For ease of use, the templates can be downloaded directly to your computer and are yours to keep and utilize in future projects. The templates have been developed in common formats (MS Word, MS Excel or MS PowerPoint).

SigmaXL Statistical Software

Project leaders will find that data is an important part of Lean Six Sigma projects and statistical analysis software is an indispensable tool at the Black Belt level. Acuity Institute is one of the few Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification organizations who include both the licensed software and detailed instructions for using statistical analysis software in their Lean Six Sigma certification program.

Acuity Institute provides its Black Belts and Green Belts with a full version of SigmaXL statistical analysis software (a perpetual license, which means it is yours to keep), that is a $299 value on its own. SigmaXL is a leading provider of user-friendly Microsoft Excel Add-ins for statistical and graphical analysis. It is powerful but easy to use software that will enable students the ability to apply statistical and data analysis techniques taught in the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt Programs.

If your organization currently uses Minitab statistical software, instructions for this software are also included for each exercise. If you require a Minitab license, please contact us to inquire about cost and details on obtaining a license for this software option.