USC Marshall School of Business

The Program

A beginner’s certification course, Yellow Belt focuses on principles of Lean Six Sigma. Learn the tools and techniques used in the Lean Six Sigma journey to understand the critical success factors for implementing Lean Six Sigma within an organization. Participants will focus on several real issues from their own organization in an intimate group setting, and will leave with an understanding of how to effectively assess their organizational culture to assist in planning for meaningful change.

Objectives

• Learn how to effectively implement the Lean Six Sigma Journey
• Develop skills to assess organizational culture and support strategic goals
• Be able to identify root causes of problems and set priorities for improvement
• Master tools/techniques to understand and communicate with Green and Black Belts
• Translate selection, application, and implementation of Lean Six Sigma to one’s own organization

Topics

• Fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques
• How to communicate using Lean Six Sigma concepts
• Critical success factors for implementing Lean Six Sigma
• Understanding organizational culture
• Strategies and methods for creating measurable financial results

Who Should Attend

• Managers in any function seeking to improve their understanding of supply chains
• Middle and senior level managers in procurement, logistics, distribution, project management and operations who design and manage supply chains for their companies and clients
• Anyone involved in supply chain management decisions for a company or organization

Faculty
Nick Vyas is a professor at the Marshall School of Business at USC with a M.B.A. in Finance, Operations Management and a B.S. in Industrial and System Engineering from the California Poly Technic Institute. He is a nationally recognized expert in Lean Six Sigma application with practical and academic knowledge. His experience spans to working with numerous projects over many industries such as Retail, Health Care, Government Service, Manufacturing, and nonprofit organizations. Mr. Vyas, a visionary leader and senior business executive provides in-depth knowledge and a roadmap on how to penetrate and succeed in competitive global markets.

Teaching Method Using case studies, current business articles, interactions and a team project, the faculty will lead you to focus on the key knowledge and skills you need to understand business from an overall perspective. In-class and team projects will provide the opportunity for participants to apply new models to their own business units or organizations.

Fee
$950 per person includes tuition and course materials. There is a 10% discount for three or more registrants from the same company.

Financial Aid?
The USC Marshall School of Business, Office of Executive Education, does not offer any financial aid for its programs. However, you may be able to find external financial aid to help you with our courses. These two private loan programs are available for executive and continuing education programs. This is not an exhaustive list; The USC Marshall School of Business, Office of Executive Education, does not specifically endorse any financial aid program.

Sallie Mae Career Training Loan

Wells Fargo Education Connection Loan