Corporate Leadership Profile
Six Stories of Innovation with Six Sigma By Elaine Schmidt
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a powerful methodology for product innovation or radical process redesign. Six companies – Cummins, GE Commercial Finance, Maytag, Raytheon, Standard Register and Bank of America – share their DFSS success stories.
Research
Using Design for Six Sigma By Jonathan Atwood
This issue’s benchmarking study presents the results of a survey exploring when, where and why companies use Design for Six Sigma.
"Final Tollgate" Project Example
Design of an Operational Risk Management System By Robert Tripp
With an existing operational risk management system that was not capable of meeting current requirements, the Six Sigma team employed DMADV, one of many Design for Six Sigma roadmaps, to find an elegant and complete solution.
The Final Tollgate features a Six Sigma project as it would be presented to a panel of company executives at the final project review. The objectives of such a presentation are to 1) communicate significant results of the project, 2) share highlights of how results were achieved and 3) gain agreement to close the project. The slides are the Black Belts visual presentation and the accompanying text is the verbal presentation. It is assumed that the project leader has been making regular presentations at each tollgate and that the executives in the audience have a basic understanding of Six Sigma. The content for this project was assembled for illustration purposes. It is based on fabricated data from a fictional company. Any similarities to an actual project are coincidental.
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Strategy
Axiomatic Design – Preemptive Quality By Al Hamilton
Axiomatic design provides a rational and scientific way to develop and assess design alternatives, and preemptively addresses and resolves design issues.
Methodology
DFSS: A Mantra for the New Millennium By Mark Kiemele, Philip Mayfield and Rick Murrow
Learn about the application of the Design for Six Sigma methodology in this comprehensive overview.
More Features
Business Innovation: Process or Passion? FMEA: Preventing a Failure Before Any Harm Is Done Designing Financial Services with DMEDI Six Sigma and Innovation: Natural Partners from the Start
Also In This Issue
Editor's Notes
Best Black Belt
Blog Blurbs
Six Sigma Basics
Tool Spotlight
Shop Talk
Six Sigma News Scan iSixSigma Crossword Puzzle
The Cox-Box Cartoon
Open Mike
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Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a powerful methodology for product innovation or radical process redesign. Six companies – Cummins, GE Commercial Finance, Maytag, Raytheon, Standard Register and Bank of America – share their DFSS success stories.
