QFD Black Belt Certificate Course

This is a facilitators-level advanced QFD training for those who have mastered the basics of Modern QFD and plan to lead QFD processes for similar projects or train their own QFD Green Belts^® in the future. This course challenges the students to explore the breadth and depth of both Modern QFD and Comprehensive QFD, advanced tools and methods, how to efficiently apply them in your project, and more. Please see Prerequisites.

QFD is a powerful, yet flexible method for new product development and should be custom-tailored to the unique conditions of each company and its products. This is especially important with the QFD Black Belt^® training.

For this reason, QFD Black Belt^® Certificate Course is typically given as in-house custom training using a tailored process and course materials. This optimizes QFD to achieve the needs and objectives of your organization and customers. In-house training also helps create a pool of project team members capable of carrying out future QFD projects.

You may refer to the public QFD Black Belt® Course for the generic course description. For details on the in-house QFD Black Belt® training, please contact the QFD Institute, TEL +1 734-995-0847.

QFD Training FAQs has important information about assessing the quality of QFD training. The QFD Institute's QFD Black Belt^® training is the only Dr. Akao-approved advanced QFD curriculum outside Japan.

If your company is not yet ready for in-house training, the public QFD Black Belt^® Course is a good starting point. The QFD Institute opens the facilitator course to the public once a year at its annual Symposium on QFD. Those who attend the Symposium have an opportunity to learn QFD in both concept and application, as well as to earn a provisional QFD Green Belt^® and provisional QFD Black Belt^® at the same conference.

Prerequisites: You must have a full status QFD Green Belt^® or have earned a provisional QFD Green Belt^® from the QFD Institute in the last 12 months, or you have attended a QFD Green Belt^®Update Course in the last 12 months.

QFD Gold Belt^®, QFD Green Belt^®, QFD Black Belt^®, QFD Red Belt^®, and Blitz QFD^® are registered marks of the QFD Institute.