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Gainpracticalskillsforanalyzingandimprovingworkprocessesandfor
organizinginitiativesforcontinuousimprovementofprocesses.Learn
howtoplanandexecuteprocessimprovementswithframeworksand
techniquesfromSixSigmaandLeanManagementinitiatives.
About the Course

Anybusinesscanbeviewedasacollectionofvariousprocesses.Processesare
Sessions
November2015Dec27th2015
usedforalltypesofwork,includingnewproductdevelopment,andproductionand
deliveryofgoodsandservices.Thiscoursewillprovideyouasetoftoolsthatyou
canusetoimproveworkprocesses.
Youwilllearntoconductsystematicrootcauseanalysistodiscoverprocess
improvementsaimedatmakingprocessesmorecosteffective,dependable,
responsive,andflexible.Youwillalsobeintroducedtotechniquesforsetting
organizationalobjectivesandprioritiesforprocessimprovementinitiatives.
Theprocessimprovementinitiativescoveredinthiscourse,suchasSixSigmaand
LeanManagement,arewidelyusedbyworldclassorganizationstoachieve
sustainablecompetitiveadvantage.Theseinitiativescanalsobeusedtoexploreand
realizesynergiesamongprocessesthatcutacrossorganizationalboundariesof
supplychainpartnersandmergingcompanies.
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Course at a Glance
4weeksofstudy
68hoursofwork/week
English
Englishsubtitles
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Thiscoursewillbebrokenupinto4weeklymodulescoveringthefollowingtopics:
GopeshAnand
(https://www.coursera.org/instructor/gopeshanand)
(https://www.coursera.org/instructor/gopeshanand)
UniversityofIllinoisat
UrbanaChampaign
(/illinois)
Week1:ProcessThinkingandPrinciplesofProcessImprovement
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Course Syllabus
Week2:StrategyDeploymentandOrganizationofImprovementInitiatives
Week3:ProjectManagementandRootCauseAnalysis
Week4:SustainingImprovementsandManagingChange
Recommended Background
Basicstatisticsknowledge,includingtheconceptsofvariationanddistribution,is
recommended.
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