Lean Six Sigma
New courses designed to help businesses with the different challenges the next few months may bring are on offer in MENTA’s new winter training programme.
Among the highlights is a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt course aimed at equipping its participants with a range of best practice tools to increase productivity and quality while reducing costs.
MENTA, which offers business advice and support in Suffolk and Norfolk alongside its training options, is working with Andy Skinner to deliver this new training offer. Andy has 20 years’ experience practicing Lean and Six Sigma and is one of very few certified Master Black Belts in the UK (the system uses martial arts terminology to indicate experience and qualifications.)
Lean and Six Sigma were each developed by leading manufacturing companies with Lean from Toyota and Six Sigma from Motorola but have now evolved to be relevant to any type or size of business. Together they provide a process management system for firms that want to improve, rather than remedies for businesses in trouble. Because MENTA works closely with businesses that are just starting or relatively new this course is ideal to help them adopt best practice from the early days.
MENTA CEO Alex Till explained that the new training programme has been drawn up as a result of client demand, as the pandemic continues to challenge businesses. He added: “MENTA has always developed the offer to our clients to meet what they tell us they want from business support. We will be offering these places, which I anticipate will be highly sought after, at a very cost-effective rate.”
Places on the course, which currently will be taught online in a three-hour session, will be limited to ensure participants gain the maximum benefit. Those taking part will achieve the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt qualification and certificate. They will leave with a good understanding of the basic Lean Six Sigma methods, which will enable them to not only participate as contributors to Lean Six Sigma projects but also start to address improvements in their own working area and business.
Andy said: “I’m very much looking forward to helping local SMEs through this partnership with MENTA. I have worked with clients from hairdressers to builders’ merchants and I know that wherever there is a process there is an opportunity for improvement. This tool kit can help any size business, it’s certainly not just for big companies.”
The first event is on November 19 with subsequent sessions each month throughout winter and places are just £45 per person. For more information and to book a place click here.
