Business Improvement Training

The Outliers Mining Solutions Business Improvement Training Program is a Lean and Six Sigma training suite designed specifically for business improvement work in a mining environment.

It is an opportunity to rapidly build internal capability and skills within a mining organization and empower employees to deliver sustained productivity gains and cost savings in all departments through business improvement work. Trainees work on real projects in their area as they progress through the program. This gives the opportunity to practice the learnings from training and provide value for your organization right away.

Business Improvement Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training

The Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt training program is designed to give trainees all of the skills required to be an effective business improvement practitioner and realize production gains and cost savings through execution of business improvement projects.

Trainees apply these skills as they work through improvement projects completed as they progress. This allows the candidate to apply the learnings from the training and cement knowledge through practice while delivering immediate value to the organization.

Project Scoping and Chartering
  • How to drive a project from scoping and chartering stage through implementation and control stage
  • Project planning, tracking and communication tools
  • Develop a business case to clearly identify business value of a project
Change Management
  • Emphasis on stakeholder engagement
  • Effective project communication
  • Monitoring gains to sustain improvement
Data Analysis
  • Analyzing data using methods appropriate to
    data type
  • Data-driven decision making
  • How to present data for maximum
    influence
  • How to interpret inconsistent or
    incomplete data
  • Training in Minitab for quick and effective
    analysis
Workshop and Meeting Facilitation
  • How to properly prepare for and facilitate
    meetings.
  • Application of BI business tools (root
    cause analysis, 5-Why’s, FMECA.)
  • Facilitation of rapid improvement
    workshops (Kaizen), 5s, and quick
    changeover (SMED)

Business Improvement Lean Six Sigma for Operators and Leadership Training

Business Improvement for Operations & Leadership – Yellow Belt course grows the culture of business improvement at site and provides attendees with the foundation of practical knowledge and skills to successfully conduct improvement work in their area and support improvement projects.

This translates to improved performance and culture sitewide.

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Read a case study validating our approach and learn more about this program.

Purpose of Program

The Business Improvement Foundations Training for Managers & Leadership addresses the following areas:

  • Introduction to Business Improvement
  • The DMAIC process
  • Project Definition & Defining Business Value
  • The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement
  • Change Management for Sustained Improvement
  • Lean & The Elimination of Waste
  • Theory of Constraints
  • Project Management
  • Visual Management
CASE STUDY

Benefits of a Mining-Focused Business Improvement Training Program

In 2016, Outliers Mining Solutions delivered a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program at a partner Gold Mining Operation in Canada. The program, conducted over a 6-month period, included two waves of 12 attendees across all aspects of the operation, including mine operation, geology, human resources, finance, and safety departments.

Foundations Training for Managers and Leadership

To compliment a emerging Business Improvement program within and organization the Business Improvement Foundations Training for Managers and Leadership program serves to increase knowledge and Foundations of DMAIC, Six Sigma, and Lean improvement methodologies including use of some improvement tools.

Purpose of Program
  • Create a foundation of understanding of business improvement to allow leaders to support BI work being carried out in their area
  • Provide leadership with relevant business improvement tools and processes to use within their role, adding value for the organization.
  • Grow the business improvement culture within a mining organization and create a ‘common language’ of continuous improvement.
Course Module Overview

The Business Improvement Foundations Training for Managers & Leadership addresses the following areas:

  • Introduction to Business Improvement
  • The DMAIC process
  • Project Definition & Defining Business Value
  • The Importance of Stakeholder Engagement
  • Change Management for Sustained Improvement
  • Lean & The Elimination of Waste
  • Theory of Constraints
  • Project Management
  • Visual Management

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