NIBCO Six Sigma Green Belt Course

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NIBCO Six Sigma Green Belt
Arkansas Northeastern College, Solutions Group, and NIBCO collaborated to train 15 individuals in Six Sigma Green Belt. Scott Follett, mechanical instructor for ANC Solutions Group, has completed two sessions of 80 hour training in Six Sigma Green Belt. This training is considered hybrid with half of the training being completed online and the other half of training completed at NIBCO in Blytheville, Arkansas.

Six Sigma is a lean manufacturing program that increases quality and reduces cost in an organization by improving sampling processes and the ability to analyze lab results using statistical methods.

 
This is a team picture of the newest wave of Six Sigma Greenbelts with their instructor Scott Follett. NIBCO is using Solution Group's Six Sigma instruction to change the culture of the organization. During the class, the team started working on projects that are expected to save tens of thousands of dollars annually for the company. NIBCO plans to pursue more Six Sigma classes to fully integrate world class Six Sigma practices in the company. Nice job Greenbelts! It is no minor accomplishment completing this difficult and challenging course.

Some of the topics included: 
  • Enterprise Wide Deployment 
  • Process Management Overview
  • Team Management
  • Customer Identification/Voice of the customer
  • Goals 
  • Performance measures
  • Project Documentation
  • Project Management tools
  • Measurement and data
    • Process Characteristics 
    • Flow metrics
    • Analysis tools
    • Data collection
    • Systems analysis
    • Enterprise measurement
  • Basic Statistics
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Probability 
  • Common Distributions
  • Process Capability 
  • Performance Metrics 
  •  GAP Analysis 
  • Failure Mode Effects Analysis
  • Waste analysis
  • Root Cause
  • Company-wide project

Pictured are NIBCO Green belts holding their certifications.
The group worked as a team to reduce scrap in a rubber molding operation in their facility. Using the techniques they learned in the Six Sigma course taught through Solutions Group, the team analyzed the defects, identified and tested possible causes, and then did a root cause fix of the problem. The team's efforts saved the organization over $32,000 annually. They already have plans to apply their skills to future projects.




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