Lean, Six Sigma & Quality Management is a structured track of 15 lessons that build a complete, interview-ready understanding of the topic. Work through them in order, then use the quiz and flashcards in each lesson to revise.
What this course covers
- What Lean Actually Is and Where It Came From - Lean as a system of flow and problem-solving, not a toolkit of posters.
- The Seven Wastes and How to Spot Them on Site - Each waste with what it looks like on a real shop floor or in an office.
- Flow, Pull & Levelling Production - Creating flow, pulling to demand and levelling an uneven schedule.
- Standard Work, Visual Management & Workplace Organisation - Making the standard obvious so deviation is visible immediately.
- Kanban and Pull-Based Replenishment - Sizing a kanban loop, and where pull systems break in practice.
- Quick Changeover and Total Productive Maintenance - Cutting setup time and building maintenance into daily operations.
- Continuous Improvement, Kaizen & Problem-Solving Culture - Why improvement stalls when it depends on a central team.
- What Six Sigma Is and How It Differs From Lean - Variation reduction versus waste removal, and when to use which.
- The Improvement Cycle: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control - Each phase, its deliverable and the gate that must be passed.
- Statistical Tools Every Improvement Project Uses - The core tools, with what each one is actually for.
- Process Capability, Control Charts & Variation - Reading a control chart, and separating common from special cause.
- Quality Management Systems, Standards & Audits - How a quality system is documented, audited and kept alive.
- Cost of Quality and Building the Business Case - Prevention, appraisal and failure costs, quantified for a finance audience.
- Using AI in Defect Detection and Root Cause Analysis - Vision-based inspection and pattern detection, with the validation required.
- Applied: Running an Improvement Project End to End - One project from problem statement to sustained control, with the numbers.