Six Sigma for Electronics Design and Manufacturing

by Shina, Sammy

• ISBN13: 9780071395113
• ISBN10: 0071395113
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Six Sigma is a customer-based manufacturing approach to realizing fewer defects and thus lowering costs and increasing customer satisfaction. This is a rigorous engineering book detailing the gritty, statistical work involved in making the Six Sigma process work in the electronics industry.

Author Biography

SAMMY G. SHINA, P.E. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and has previously lectured at the University of Pennsylvania's EXMSE Program and at the University of California, Irvine. He is a past chairman of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Robotics/FMS, a founding member of the Massachusetts Quality Award, and a member of the Masschusetts Engineering advisory committee for NTU. He is the author of two best-selling books on concurrent engineering and has contributed two chapters and over 75 technical publications in his fields of research.

Dr. Shina is an international conculstant, trainer and seminar provider on quality, six sigma, and DoE, as well as project management, technology supply chains, product design and development, and electronics manufacturing and automation. He worked for 22 years in high-technology companies developing new products and sate of the art manufacturing technologieds. He was a speaker for the HP Executive Seminars on Concurrent Product/Process Design, Mechanical CAD Design and Test, and the Motorola Six Sigma Institute. He received S.B. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Management from MIT, an S.M. degree in Computer Science from WPI, and a Sc.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. He resides in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:
The nature of 6 Sigma and its connectivity to other quality tools

Chapter 2:
The elements of 6 Sigma and their determination

Chapter 3:
Six Sigma and the manufacturing control systems

Chapter 4:
The use of 6 sigma in determining the manufacturing yield and test strategy

Chapter 5:
The use of 6 sigma with high and low volume products and processes

Chapter 6:
Six Sigma quality and manufacturing costs of electronics products

Chapter 7:
Six Sigma and Design of Experiments (DoE)

Chapter 8:
Six Sigma and its use in the analysis of design and manufacturing for current and new products and processes

Chapter 9:
Six Sigma and the new product lifecycle

Chapter 10:
New product and systems project management using Six Sigma quality

Chapter 11:
Implementing Six Sigma in electronics design and manufacturing