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COURSE OVERVIEW

Businesses that have adopted Six Sigma soon realise that there is a very important contribution to be made from design. There is a limit to how much manufacturing processes can be optimised, and when this has been achieved any further opportunities for improvement must come from design. In DFSS, cross-functional teams are used to optimise products & processes together. Decisions are based on data and an understanding of how products & processes behave, through the analysis of variation. A suite of tools & techniques are used in an Identify, Design, Optimise & Validate (IDOV) framework. The outcome is a design solution that meets customer requirements & can be manufactured consistently to a high standard

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To overview the Six Sigma improvement strategy

• To show how DFSS supports new product development

• To describe the management of a DFSS initiative

COURSE CONTENT

Overview of Six Sigma

• Why Six Sigma?

•  Complexity vs capability

•  The old & new philosophy of quality

•  Cost of change

•  The DMAIC approach

Design for Six Sigma

•  Goals, aims & benefits

•  Links with new product development processes

•  Management of critical characteristics

The DFSS IDOV Framework

•  Identify tools: VOC, Functional Analysis, QFD, System FMEA

•  Design tools: TRIZ, Concept Generation & Selection, Design FMEA, VAVE, DFMA

• Optimise tools: Measurement Systems Analysis, Statistical Process Control, Capability Analysis, Statistical Tolerancing, Hypothesis Testing, Regression, Reliability, Design ofExperiments

•  Validate tools: Design/Process Validation, Process FMEA, Visual Management, PokaYoke

The Management of DFSS

•  When is DFSS appropriate?

•  Implementing DFSS & DFSS best practice

•  Common mistakes

•  Managing a DFSS project