Education & Seminars
Design for 6 Sigma

Using Voice of the Customer (VOC), and targeted Six Sigma Tools

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COURSE OVERVIEW
This 16 hour course presents a phased approach for identifying and implementing an effective DFSS program. Topics covered include the following:
Establishing Business Case and Project Charter
QFD (Quality Function Deployment)
Intro. to FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Optimizing Design for enhanced Process Capability
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this DFSS course, participants will be able to do the following:
Create a QFD House of Quality to determine CTQs
Leverage KANO and Customer Perception Models
Perform a FMEA
Correlate and Verify design requirements
Select appropriate DOE models for optimization

OUTLINE
Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA
CTQ - Critical To Quality
Relationship between PPM, DPM, and Loss
Variation and Six Sigma
Process Capability Indices
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
Chapter 2: IDENTIFY AND DEFINE DFSS OPPORTUNITIES - Phase I
Project Charter and Business Case
Project Scope and Key Milestones
KANO and Customer Perception Model
Building a QFD House for DFSS
Chapter 3: DEVELOPING CONCEPTS - Phase II
Multi-Voting and Criteria-Based Metrics
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Determining Critical to Quality (CTQ) characteristics
Chapter 4: OPTIMIZING DESIGN - Phase III
Quality Loss Function (QLF)
Parameter Design for Optimization
Design of Experiments (DOE) primer
Correlation of Design Requirements
Chapter 5: DESIGN VERIFICATION - Phase IV
Verify Process Capability
Build Prototype Test, Debug, and Fix
Pilot Run Verification
Appendix: Terms and Definitions
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