Regal Beloit - Yellow Belt Six Sigma

Regal just completed a 16 hour Six Sigma Yellowbelt class. The participants are applying what they learned in the class to improve efficiency and quality in the factory. Scott Follett, Manufacturing Instructor at Arkansas Northeastern College, The Solutions Group. Spent time at Regal before the class to customize the training specifically to what they manufacture. After successful completion these participants were able to improve quality at Regal. Regal utilized grant money from Great River Economic Development Foundation and Grant money from the Office of Skills Development (Existing Workforce Training Program) to assist in paying for this training.

Some of the topics of the Yellowbelt class included: 

 I.                     Lean Overview

a.       Value Added Activities

b.       Lean Building Blocks

c.       Teaming

II.                   Lean Systems

a.       Toyota Model

b.       Seven Wastes

c.       Traditional vs. Lean Manufacturing

d.       Metrics

III.                 Six Sigma Overview

a.       Purpose

b.       Methodology

c.       Technical Details

IV.                Statistical Process Control

a.       Basic Statistics

b.       Variation

c.       Charts

d.       Interpretation

e.       Monte Carlo Games

V.                  Design of Experiments

a.       Overview

b.       Exercise

VI.                Seven Basic Quality Tools

a.       Cause-and-effect diagram (also called Ishikawa or fishbone chart

b.       Check sheet

c.       Control charts

d.       Histogram

e.       Pareto chart

f.        Scatter diagram

g.       Stratification

Thank you Regal for allowing us to train your employees! We look forward to hearing about the wonderful things you will accomplish!

Blog by:
Stacey Walker

Coordinator, Industrial Training