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New Professional Lean Six Sigma Training

Executive Fusion has launched its range of Professional Lean Six Sigma training accredited by ILSSI.

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Senior Quality, Lean & Operational Excellence · Global

Bring on the Toughest Problems.

When a problem is complex, recurring or commercially important, bring in senior Quality and Operational Excellence expertise to get underneath it. Executive Fusion combines structured problem solving, Lean Six Sigma, Quality leadership and practical consultancy — without the machinery of a large consulting firm.

✓ Master Black Belt✓ PhD + MBA✓ Senior Quality leadership✓ Complex engineering
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No retainer. No junior team.
QMS reviewFriday

Is the system actually working?

Independent challenge of the parts that matter.

Internal auditCAPARiskManagement reviewProcess ownership
90 minFocused review
1:1Direct with Alan
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Bring the problem. Leave with the next move.

Senior independent challenge without the machinery of a large consultancy.

60-minute expert session
Six Sigma project clinic · live project, data and assumptions
Choose the problem
LeanDMAICRCAISO 9001ThroughputCost reduction
£150 + VATExpert hour
FriCore availability
Alan Spong
Accredited training partner

Executive Fusion × International Lean Six Sigma Institute

Executive Fusion is an ILSSI Accredited Partner, offering Professional Lean Six Sigma Programmes that combine ILSSI-accredited learning, examination and certification with direct 1:1 practitioner mentoring.

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ILSSI Accredited PartnerAccredited online learning · ILSSI exam & certification · Executive Fusion mentoring
Master Black BeltPhD + MBASenior Quality leadershipFounder of two startupsHoneywell · Eaton · Chemring · UK MoD
The Executive Fusion difference

Sometimes you don't need a consultancy.

You need someone experienced enough to understand the problem quickly, challenge the thinking and help you decide what to do next.

  • Direct access to the person doing the work.
  • Method follows the problem — not the other way around.
  • Engagements stay deliberately bounded: an hour, a review, a workshop or a Friday.
  • The goal is stronger internal capability, not consultant dependence.

Why Alan

Independent reviewLive

What is really stopping progress?

Problem definitionChallenge
Evidence & dataTest assumptions
Root cause logicTrace causality
System responseMake it stick
Friday engagementFriday engagement

Facilitation, technical review, mentoring or training — without creating a long programme.

Use exactly enough consulting to move the problem.
When to bring in Executive Fusion

Real problems. Focused expert action.

Bring in experienced challenge exactly where it can change what happens next — without turning every problem into a consulting programme.

01

Your Six Sigma project has stalled.

The deck is growing. The result isn't. Stress-test the project, analysis and stakeholder plan.

02

The same defect keeps coming back.

Challenge the root cause, evidence and corrective action before another 8D closes too early.

03

Your QMS passes audits but feels weak.

Review whether audit, CAPA, risk and management review are actually helping delivery.

04

You need a senior sounding board.

Talk through Quality strategy, difficult stakeholders, transformation or leadership decisions.

05

Your training needs technical depth.

Build or review Lean, Six Sigma, Quality and RCA material with a practitioner.

06

Cost is rising or throughput is stuck.

Use Lean and data-led improvement to expose waste, constraints and the few changes most likely to improve flow and financial performance.

Flexible by design

Expertise in the size you actually need.

Executive Fusion is deliberately not built around multi-month placements. It is designed to fit alongside real jobs, real teams and real deadlines.

60

Expert session

Bring one live problem. Use the hour to challenge the logic, sharpen the plan or unblock the next step.

Focused advisory
£150 + VAT / 60 min

Remote globally. Direct with Alan. No retainer required.

90

Deep-dive clinic

More time for DMAIC, QMS, RCA or technical review with pre-read.

£225 + VAT / 90 min
½

Friday engagement

Facilitation, review, workshop or training for a defined outcome.

£Quoted + VAT

Ongoing mentoring

Regular confidential support for Quality leaders and improvement practitioners.

£150/hr · 3 hours £315 + VAT

Course / SME work

Technical review and development that can be completed asynchronously around your programme.

Quoted by scope
Alan Spong
Founder & Principal ConsultantAlan Spong
PhD · MBA
Principal-led by design

You are buying Alan's experience — not a consultancy logo.

Executive Fusion makes senior Quality, Lean, Six Sigma and Operational Excellence experience available in focused engagements. Alan's background includes major corporations such as Honeywell, Eaton and Cobham, alongside senior Quality, transformation and technical leadership work.

The value is breadth without vagueness: scientific depth, structured problem solving, business understanding and experience of complex engineering environments.

Lean Six Sigma Master Black BeltFlow, waste reduction, project challenge, coaching and capability.
PhD + MBATechnical rigour and commercial context.
Senior Quality leadershipSystems, governance, culture and delivery.
Complex organisationsEngineering, defence and multinational environments.

Meet Alan

Simple engagement

Start small. Escalate only if the problem earns it.

Introduction

20-minute fit check

Free

Decide whether Alan is the right person and what the smallest useful engagement looks like.

  • Remote
  • No obligation
  • Problem and scope fit
Deeper work

Friday engagement

£Quoted + VAT

For workshops, facilitation, training, reviews and defined advisory work.

  • Remote or onsite
  • Defined outcome
  • Scope agreed in advance
Questions, answered

Before you book.

Why is your regular consulting availability mainly Friday?

Executive Fusion is intentionally a limited-availability advisory practice. That makes it best suited to focused sessions, defined reviews, workshops, mentoring and project support rather than full-time interim assignments.

Can you work globally?

Yes. Most expert sessions, mentoring, project clinics, document reviews and course-design work can be delivered remotely worldwide. Onsite work is considered separately where the scope and location make sense.

Do you work onsite?

Yes, particularly across Hampshire and the South of England, where the scope and timing suit the engagement.

Can we start with one hour?

Yes. That is the point. If an hour is enough to move the problem, there is no reason to sell you a larger engagement.

Is certification included in the Lean Six Sigma programmes?

Yes. The relevant ILSSI examination and certification are included in the Yellow, Green and Black Belt programme prices. Certification is awarded by the International Lean Six Sigma Institute (ILSSI) on successful completion; Executive Fusion provides the accredited learning pathway and practitioner mentoring.

Got a problem you'd like a second pair of eyes on?

Start with a free 20-minute conversation. If Executive Fusion can help, we will agree the smallest sensible next step.

Book an introduction
Professional Lean Six Sigma Programmes

Learn it.
Apply it. Prove it.

Professional development rather than commodity e-learning. Each programme combines ILSSI-accredited online learning, examination and certification with private 1:1 mentoring so you can apply Lean Six Sigma to real operational problems and build practical judgement.

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Accredited learning. Expert mentoring.

Structured ILSSI-accredited learning, examination and certification, combined with Executive Fusion mentoring focused on applying the methods to actual operational problems.

Foundation

Yellow Belt

£695 + VAT

A practical introduction to Lean Six Sigma for people who need to understand improvement work and contribute effectively.

ILSSI-accredited online learningILSSI exam & certification included2 hours of private 1:1 mentoring
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Practitioner

Green Belt

£1,495 + VAT

For people expected to lead improvement projects and use DMAIC, data and structured problem solving with confidence.

ILSSI-accredited online learningILSSI exam & certification included4 hours of private MBB mentoring
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Advanced practitioner

Black Belt

£2,495 + VAT

Advanced capability for people tackling larger, cross-functional and analytically demanding improvement programmes.

ILSSI-accredited online learningILSSI exam & certification included6 hours of private MBB mentoring
Explore Black Belt

One professional package. No separate examination or certification fee. Programme prices include the relevant ILSSI examination and certification on successful completion. Certification is awarded by ILSSI. Other pathways are available on request.