Dr. Reiner Hutwelker 
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (LSSMBB)
  • Consultant and Trainer for Business Process Improvement
  • Senior Lecturer and Academic Director for LSS at Technical University of Munich (TUM)

    • Experience

    Professional  (Consulting & Training)
  • Automotive: Harman Becker / Metzeler
  • Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals: BASF / Sachtleben / Schering
  • Electrical Engineering: Bosch-Rexroth / Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte / Siemens
  • Finance: Click and Buy / First Data / TeleCash / Siemens
  • Material: Advanced Nuclear Fuels / Austria Metall / Heraeus Quarzglas / Kennametal / Vacuumschmelze
  • Microelectronics: Infineon / Zeiss
  • Packaging: Huhtamaki / Linpac Plastics
  • Retail: Primondo
  • Telecommunication: Kabel Deutschland / M-net / MobilCom / Telefonica
    • Academic (Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer) 
  • Hochschule München
  • Hochschule Nordakademie
  • Hochschule Pforzheim
  • Management Center Innsbruck (MCI)
  • Technische Universität München (TUM)
  • Universität Hamburg

    • Books & Articles
  • Hutwelker R., Ott H. (2022) A Lean Six Sigma Certification MOOC: Balancing Standard Material and Individual Guidance to Help Participants Implement Real Projects. In: Guralnick D., Auer M.E., Poce A. (eds) Innovations in Learning and Technology for the Workplace and Higher Education. TLIC 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 349. Springer, Cham. 
  • Hutwelker, R. (2019). Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Project - Identification, Implementation and Evaluation. Springer, Cham.
  • Hutwelker, R. (2019). Process Improvement with Six Sigma. edX for Business. 
  • Hutwelker, R. (2015). Praktische Prinzipien zur Problemlösung in Prozessen. In: Gundlach, C. & Jochem, R. (Hrsg.): Praxishandbuch Six Sigma. Duesseldorf: Symposion Publishing
  • Hutwelker, R. (2015). Six Sigma in der Wilhelm Tell AG: Ein fiktives Projekt. In: Gundlach, C. & Jochem, R. (Hrsg.): Praxishandbuch Six Sigma. Duesseldorf: Symposion Publishing
  • Leyendecker, B. Schindewolf, S., Hutwelker, R., & Weigel, H. (2011). Erfolgsfaktoren für die Etablierung von Six Sigma, QZ - Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit, 07/2011
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  • Hutwelker, R. (2005). Hard & Soft Facts zu Prozessverbesserungen - Teil Six-Sigma
  • Hutwelker, R. (2005). Hard & Soft Facts zu Prozessverbesserungen - Teil KVP

    • e-Learning

    Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification  -  for students and job-seekers  - TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning & edX
     
    Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification  -  for employees  - TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning 
     
    Six Sigma for Operational Excellence  -  for anyone interested  -  iversity/ Springer

     Process Improvement with Six Sigma

    awards & Recognitions

    2022-2025 - four times in a row
    Best Lean Six Sigma Course to Take in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
    for: TU Munich Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification  -  by: class central 
    2022
    edX Prize Finalists - top 10 - for Innovation in Online Teaching
    for: TU Munich Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification -  by: edX.org 
    2021
    Bronze - Best Online Program
     for: TU Munich Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification  -  by: QS Reimagine Education 
    2021
    Runner-Up Award - Blended Learning - Academic Division
     for: TU Munich Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification  -  by: International E-Learning Association (IELA)
    2021
    Honorable Mention - Blended Learning - Business Division
    for: TU Munich-Infineon eLearning Program  -  by: International E-Learning Association (IELA)
    2020
    Honorable Mention - Blended Learning - Academic Division
    for: TU Munich Global Outreach Green Belt Award  -  by: International E-Learning Association (IELA)

    news

    2025
    20,000 downloads of my book: Six Sigma Certification Project
    Springer Nature  
    2025
    Learners from 125 countries and regions are enrolled in my course now (according to edX insights)
    TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning - offered by edX.org  
    2024
    The 8th Lean Transformation and Digitalization Conference - Cairo - 2024
    TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning  
    2023
    TUM Lean Six Sigma Sustainability-Project Award for my Students: Julieta Duarte Ramirez (USA) and Tim Luong Van (Vietnam) - TTUM Institute for LifeLong Learning
    2023
    edX Prize Shortlist Announcement
    TUM School of Management  
    2023
    Webinar: Lean Six Sigma Sustainability Projects
    Symbios - Cairo  
    2023
    Interview with TUM: Yellow & Green Belt: Optimize your business with Lean Thinking
      TU M news  
    2022
    TUM Lean Six Sigma Sustainability-Project Award for my Student Awe Olamide David, Lagos, Nigeria - TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning
    2021
  • news: Bronze medal goes to TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt for Best Online Course worldwide  -  TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning
    • 2021
  • news: For Your Career and Our Planet – Six Sigma Sustainability Green Belt  -  TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning
    • 2020
  • PRME-Report: Principles for Responsible Management Education  -  TUM School of Management 

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