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This question is already answered. http://forum.benchmarksixsigma.com/topic/689-lean-or-six-sigma/

Our Six Sigma Green belt Certification includes LEAN CONCEPTS. For a deep dive into Lean, however we have another add on program called Lean Management Certification. From a career perspective Six Sigma Green Belt should be the first step. Companies do organise lean training internally and do sponsor candidates for lean courses more openly. To make it simpler, Lean is for everyone while Six Sigma learning is for select few (who believe in taking bigger challenges).

We can sign a non disclosure agreement (NDA) with your company that assures that we shall not be sharing your project or data with anyone. We have hundreds of such projects that are archived once we have assessed them for project certification purpose. I hope you are aware that this project completion certificate is the second optional certificate.

Surely she can benefit a lot. Prevention is better than cure. The best application of Six Sigma is in prevention of defects, delays, mishaps, failures. The best time to apply Six Sigma techniques is right at inception stage.

Training Academy - Six Sigma can be used to 1. Define problem areas or to Define areas that carry opportunity for improvement 2. Measuring current performance in defined area. 3. Analyzing and identifying the significant contributing factors 4. Improving the significant contrbutors 5. Having controls in place to sustain the gains. Example improvement areas could be 1. Improvement in counselling success - conversion of walk ins. 2. Improvement in advertising success - increas in walk-ins 3. Improvement in placement performance 4. Reference management with alumni. 5. Enhancement in reaults of students.

"SME's cannot apply Six Sigma" is a myth. Singh Plasticizers is a small company that came into being utilizing the power behind Six Sigma. They did wonderful DOE (design of experiments) application in a very small 3 member team doing the implementation. This company has grown very well in the past few years as the utilized the power behind Six Sigma. Small companies can harness the power behind Six Sigma well because they have several advantages. 1. Quick Decision Making. 2. Less locations means quicker data collection. 3. Lesser operations or smaller scale means bigger changes are more feasible. The only limitation they may have is that they may not find it feasible to get many people trained in one batch. The solution is to send people in small groups in our open programs.

Here is the link for example projects in Textile Industry. http://forum.benchmarksixsigma.com/topic/844-lean-six-sigma-projects-in-export-industry-focus-on-textile-fashion-garment-industry/page__hl__%2Bexport+%2Bindustry__fromsearch__1 Here is the link for Marketing in any industry http://forum.benchmarksixsigma.com/topic/681-how-is-six-sigma-useful-in-front-end-areas-viz-marketing-business-development-sales-customer-service-etc/