Yellow Belt Is...
LEAN
Six Sigma
Key Terms
Pioneers
100

SME

What is subject matter expert?


Lesson 1 Page 13

100

Developed the principles of lean production.

Who is Taiichi Ohno?


Lesson 1 page A1

100

The output of a process.

What is "Y" (Lesson 2 page 8)

100

The variable changed by the independent variable.

What is a dependent variable? 

Lesson 2 page 10

100

The normal curve

Who was Gauss?  

Lesson 2 page7

200

Teaches tools for this

What is "fact based communication"?


Lesson 1 Page 15

200

#1 rule of Lean production.

What is eliminate waste?


Lesson 1 Page A1

200

3.4 DPMO...

What is six sigma?


Lesson 2 page 3

200

A statement that expresses an informed guess...

What is a hypothesis?

Lesson 2 page 10

200

Coined the phrase six sigma...

Who was Bill Smith?


Lesson 2 Page 7

300

Trained to see these

What are continuous improvement opportunities?


Lesson 1 Page 13

300

Lean methodology was developed for this auto maker?

What is Toyota?


Lesson 1 page A1

300

Any process inputs having assigned or inherent values...

What is x(s)

Lesson 2 page 8

300

Also known as "x"

What is the independent variable?


Lesson 2 page 10

300

"If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing"

Who was W. Edwards Deming?


Lesson 2 page 7

400

They generate these

What are ideas?


Lesson 1 page 13

400
A lean objective is improve this

What is process flow?


Lesson 1 Page 18

400

This is exposed to the independent variable...

What is the experimental group?


Lesson 2 page 10

400

A qualitative and quantitative way to measure why people do what they do...

What is the content analysis method?


Lesson 2 Page 10

400

Author of the Six Sigma Handbook

Who was Tom Pyzdek


Lesson 1 page A-6

500

Tend to make up 25 - 50% of the lean six sigma organization.

Who are Yellow Belts


Lesson 2 page 5

500

Japanese term for continuous improvement

What is Kaizen?


Lesson 1 page A1

500

Problem solving is activated through this

What is the DMAIC process?

Lesson 2 page 4

500

Not exposed to the experimental variable

What is the control group?


Lesson 2 page 10

500

Promoted six sigma as CEO - won Baldridge National Quality Award in 1988...

Who was Bob Galvin

Lesson 1 page A4