HKSM
What You Will Learn
- Apply Lean thinking principles to identify and eliminate waste across business processes
- Measure process efficiency using cycle time, throughput, and process cycle efficiency metrics
- Create and interpret Value Stream Maps to expose bottlenecks and plan workflow improvements
- Apply Little's Law to understand the relationship between work-in-progress, cycle time, and throughput
- Use 5S and visual management to organize work environments and increase team transparency
- Build A3 reports to document problems, root causes, and improvement actions on a single page
- Plan and run Kaizen events using a structured charter, timeline, and team-based approach
- Design standardized work procedures and use operator balance charts to reduce variation
Requirements
- No prior Lean Six Sigma experience required
- Familiarity with basic Lean or process improvement concepts will help, though not essential
What This Lean Six Sigma Intermediate Course Covers
This Lean Six Sigma intermediate course covers the core tools used in practical improvement work — starting with Lean thinking and waste identification, then moving through process cycle efficiency, DMAIC review, and into the tools that make up the bulk of a Lean practitioner's toolkit. The course runs under two hours.
The tools section covers Value Stream Mapping, Little's Law, 5S, visual management, line balancing, cellular layout, SMED, Kanban, and Poke Yoke. Each tool is explained with what it is, how it works, and when to use it. The A3 and Kaizen sections cover how to run improvement projects — from writing a problem statement through planning a Kaizen event and building standardized work procedures.
The course ends with the Cool Oil Project cast as a full A3 report — walking through problem statement, root cause analysis, and the improvement plan in A3 format. It shows how the tools connect when applied to a single project.
The course is self-contained and does not require prior LSS knowledge, though the beginner courses make a natural on-ramp. If you are starting from scratch, Introduction to Lean Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma for Absolute Beginners cover the foundations first. For a more advanced track, Advanced Lean Six Sigma is the next step.
This Course Includes
- 28 on-demand lectures
- Free access — no payment required
- Self-paced — learn on your own schedule
- Available on desktop and mobile
- Full A3 project walkthrough (Cool Oil Project)
Who This Course Is For
- Professionals who completed a beginner Lean Six Sigma course and want to apply the tools, not just understand them
- Operations and quality analysts looking to run structured improvement projects with Lean methods
- Team leads responsible for reducing waste and improving how work flows through their teams
- Students preparing for a Lean Six Sigma yellow or green belt certification
Course Curriculum
Course overview — what is covered, how it is structured, and how to get the most from it
The core principles of Lean and what creates waste in any process
The types of waste in Lean and how to identify them in service and office environments
Measuring what proportion of total process time actually adds value to the customer
The evidence-based logic behind structured improvement — hypothesis, test, and learn
The first phases of the DMAIC improvement cycle reviewed and extended beyond the basics
Completing the DMAIC cycle with a focus on Analyze, Improve, and Control
Visualizing the full flow of a process to identify where time and value are lost
The relationship between work-in-progress, cycle time, and throughput — and how to use it
Step-by-step walkthrough of drawing a current-state and future-state VSM
The five steps for building an organized, standardized, and sustainable work environment
Making process status visible to everyone without relying on meetings or reports
Distributing work across team members to remove bottlenecks and match output to demand
Arranging workstations to reduce movement, waiting, and transport waste
Reducing changeover time to increase flexibility and reduce downtime between tasks
How demand-driven production systems reduce overproduction, inventory, and waiting
Using visual signals to control the flow of work and prevent overloading any step
Designing processes that make errors impossible or immediately visible when they occur
Documenting a problem, root cause, and action plan in a structured single-page format
What Kaizen events are, when to use them, and what makes them different from ongoing improvement
Scoping and preparing a focused improvement event before the team walks into the room
Scheduling team activities, logistics, and facilitation for a productive improvement event
Creating repeatable work procedures that reduce variation, errors, and training time
Distributing tasks visually to match work content to takt time and team capacity
Mapping the sequence, manual time, machine time, and walk time for each work element
Showing operator movement, work sequence, and standard WIP at a workstation layout
Defining the problem clearly — scope, impact, and baseline — before any improvement begins
A complete A3 walkthrough of one improvement project from problem definition to action plan
- 28 on-demand lectures
- Free access
- Self-paced
- Desktop and mobile
- Full A3 project walkthrough (Cool Oil Project)