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Product Sheet :Six Sigma Yellow BeltWhy Lean Six Sigma?Six Sigma is used by most of the world’s leading organisations, includingthe majority of the Fortune 500, to realise substantial financial benefits byimproving their business processes.Six Sigma tools and techniques can be applied to all business processes, usingsound statistical data to continuously improve the quality and reliability ofoutputs, and resultant customer satisfaction.Like Six Sigma, Lean originated in manufacturing and has now spread intoalmost all market sectors delivering considerable efficiencies in a widerange of business processes. The combination of these two highly successfulmethodologies to prioritise improvement where it is needed most, is a logicalevolution.Individuals experienced in Lean and Six Sigma can bring considerable benefitsto their employers and are highly sought after in the marketplace.What is a Yellow Belt?For Lean Six Sigma to function effectively in an organisation, a structured teamof Lean Six Sigma experts – Yellow, Green and Black Belts – is necessary.Yellow Belt is the introductory level to Lean Six Sigma and this one-day traningtakes you to this level.Who Should Attend?Lean Six Sigma is now as relevant to those working in, or aiming to work in,any sector as it is in manufacturing. In fact, it is often these newer areas thatyield the biggest improvements.As a result, recent training participants have come from a wide range ofdisciplines and sectors including retail, logistics, health, finance, human resources,purchasing and marketing in both private and public sectors.All Unipart Expert Practices (UEP) Lean Six Sigma training programmesare equally relevant to those with a technical or non-technical backgroundirrespective of delegates’ individual level of academic achievement.A Firm FoundationYellow Belt Training Events are designed and conducted by UEP’s dedicatedSix Sigma Team to ensure delegates gain a strong grounding in Lean Six Sigmaby engaging them in involving and practical activity-based exercises.Delegates will gain an understanding of Lean Six Sigma’s methodology, its basicterminology, and three simple techniques. They will also be able to identifypotential applications for Lean Six Sigma in their own workplace processesand prioritise its application.“The course was very informative, wellcommunicated, and the examples used were easyto relate to. The presenters were enthusiasticand encouraged the group to participate.”Each delegate will be awarded with a ‘Unipart Lean Six Sigma Yellow BeltCertificate of Attendance’. UEP’s Lean Six Sigma Team will also help to identifyindividuals with the aptitude to progress to Green, and possibly Black, Belt.Customer Service team of an internationalpublishing house.

Performance throughengagementUEP’s Lean Six Sigma TeamMartin Scott – B.Sc, MBA, MIMMM, C.EngMartin’s experience of Lean and Six Sigma extends over twodecades and a wide range of clients and disciplines. Highlightsinclude leading GE Lighting’s Six Sigma implementation acrossEurope, the design and implementation of deployments forseveral pharmaceutical companies – one retail-based wherethe focus was on HR and Sales –, an advanced materialsmanufacturer and the Unipart Group itself. He has also providedLean Six Sigma project support to several UK Governmentdepartments and the NHS.He is also an experienced trainer, having led training anddevelopment for both a leading IT support company and aninternational publisher.Alison Coleman BSc Engineering,Certified Lean Sigma Master Black BeltAlison is an inspiring trainer and an experienced facilitator.She is people-focussed and highly-skilled in the explanation ofcomplex ideas in an accessible way, to anybody from frontlinestaff to top-line management. Equally at home deliveringsessions in both technical and non-technical functions, she is alsoextremely adept at the practical application of concepts due toher background in engineering, programme management andproduct development.Alison has worked across many different sectors, includingHealthcare, Retail, Logistics, IT, Publishing, Finance andManufacturing.Marie-Clare Pedersen ACMA,dual certified Lean Sigma Black BeltMarie-Clare Pedersen has many years of experienceimplementing transformational activities across a wide rangeof organisations using Lean Sigma to deliver outstanding resultsin productivity, quality, financial performance and customerservice. This wealth of experience allows Marie-Clare toeffectively translate complex ideas into real world applicationusing examples from such industry sectors as automotivemanufacturing, financial services, health and logistics. As aqualified accountant, Marie-Clare also brings a strong focus onbenefit realisation.Book Your Place TodayTo book your place at one of our open events, or to arrange a bespoketraining event for your organisation, please call the Six Sigma Team onTel: +44 (0) 02476 882006 oremail: sixsigma@unipart.co.uk.Visit our website www.unipartep.co.ukUnipart Expert Practices, Unipart House, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2PG UK.“The Unipart Six Sigma team have madea significant contribution to our ContinualImprovement framework. Alison, Martin andthe team have delivered Yellow Belt trainingto more than 100 Services Staff at our UKand European offices. The delegate feedbackhas always been very positive culminating ina decision to include the training as part ofComputacenter Learning and developmentroadmap. Benefits have included enhancingthe reputation of Computacenter’s CITeam and our associated methodology,however, more importantly supportingthe delivery of 150 recorded improvementprojects, benefiting both our Customers andComputacenter.”Continual Improvement Manager, Computacenter.