Design for Six Sigma

by Brue, Greg; Launsby, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780071413763
• ISBN10: 0071413766
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

THE BRIEFCASE BOOKS SERIEsNow translated into 11 languages!This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every levelAll managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations.DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMASix Sigma has revolutionized the ways in which companies meet and beat today's stringent quality expectations. But achieving Six Sigma results first requires Six Sigma building blocks.Design for Six Sigmaunveils a systematic methodology for enabling the design of products, services, and processes to meet Six Sigma quality levels.Designed to be easily read and implemented, this concise Briefcase Book shows managers at all levels how to include Six Sigma at the earliest stages of virtually any manufacturing process. Here are DFSS's techniques for: Optimizing the design process to achieve Six Sigma performance Integrating Six Sigma from the outset of new product development Self-examinations, explanatory sidebars, and chapter-ending checklists

Author Biography

Greg Brue is the CEO of Six Sigma Consultants and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Brue and his expert team have successfully applied the Six Sigma methodology to more than 1,000 business and manufacturing processes.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
What Is Design for Six Sigma?	p. 1
Six Sigma: The Basics	p. 1
Design for Six Sigma	p. 4
Design for Six Sigma Defined and Explained	p. 8
Myths About DFSS	p. 10
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1	p. 12
Why Do Design for Six Sigma?	p. 14
Why New Products and Services Fail	p. 14
DFSS and the Customer	p. 16
DFSS and Quality	p. 17
DFSS and Time	p. 18
DFSS and the Bottom Line	p. 19
Competitive Advantages	p. 22
More Than Just Tools	p. 24
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2	p. 26
Core of Design for Six Sigma	p. 28
The IDOV Method	p. 32
P--Plan/Prerequisites Phase	p. 33
I--Identify Phase	p. 39
D--Design Phase	p. 46
O--Optimize Phase	p. 49
V--Verify/Validate Phase	p. 51
The Basics by Any Name	p. 52
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3	p. 53
Design for Six Sigma Metrics	p. 54
What Should You Measure?	p. 56
Standards	p. 58
Question Everything	p. 62
Measurement Reliability and Validity	p. 64
Financial Linkage of Metrics and Results	p. 66
Guidelines for Metrics	p. 66
Some Statistics	p. 72
Other Important Factors	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 78
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4	p. 79
People and Resources	p. 81
Key Players and the DFSS Infrastructure	p. 81
Executive Leaders	p. 82
Champion	p. 84
Master Black Belt	p. 86
Black Belts	p. 88
Green Belts	p. 90
Team Members	p. 92
Teamwork	p. 94
Rewards and Recognition	p. 95
Consultants	p. 97
On to Implementing	p. 98
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5	p. 101
Implementing DFSS Successfully	p. 103
CEOs and Executive Managers	p. 104
Executive Managers	p. 106
Executive Managers and Champions	p. 106
Champions	p. 108
Managers	p. 110
Obstacles	p. 111
Causes of Failure	p. 112
Recommendations	p. 115
Lessons Learned	p. 117
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6	p. 119
DFSS Tools, Part 1	p. 120
Phase-Gate Project Reviews	p. 121
Benchmarking	p. 123
Measurement System Analysis	p. 123
Voice of the Customer (VOC)	p. 125
Quality Function Deployment (QFD)	p. 127
DFSS Scorecards	p. 133
Pugh Concept Selection Technique	p. 134
Design for X (DFx)	p. 138
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7	p. 141
DFSS Tools, Part 2	p. 143
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)	p. 143
Anticipatory Failure Determination (AFD)	p. 147
Poka-Yoke	p. 148
Process Capability and Performance Studies	p. 149
Multi-Vari Analysis	p. 152
Design of Experiments (DOE)	p. 154
Monte Carlo Simulation	p. 157
Robust Design: Taguchi Methods	p. 158
Tolerance Design and Tolerance Analysis	p. 160
Control Plan	p. 160
Tools, Tools, and More Tools	p. 161
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8	p. 162
How to Sustain Design for Six Sigma	p. 164
After 99.99966%, What Next?	p. 164
Keeping the Capability	p. 166
Keep the Customers in Mind and Involved	p. 166
Make the Most of What You Know	p. 167
Vision and Leadership	p. 168
Infrastructure, Reinforcement, and Control	p. 169
Organizational Culture	p. 171
Into Every Area	p. 176
Expanding DFSS Beyond the Organization	p. 180
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 9	p. 181
Index	p. 183
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