{"id":23135,"date":"2017-05-14T21:30:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T02:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=23135"},"modified":"2017-05-14T21:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T02:32:18","slug":"dfss-design-for-six-sigma-understanding-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/dfss-design-for-six-sigma-understanding-the-process\/23135\/","title":{"rendered":"DFSS Design For Six Sigma: Understanding the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dfss-sixsigma-quality-excellence.jpg\" alt=\"diss, six sigma, quality, excellence, shmula blog\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dfss-sixsigma-quality-excellence.jpg 800w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dfss-sixsigma-quality-excellence-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dfss-sixsigma-quality-excellence-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dfss-sixsigma-quality-excellence-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a business-process management method related to traditional Six Sigma. DFSS is used in industries, such as finance, marketing, engineering, process industries and electronics. It is based on the use of statistical tools like linear regression and enables empirical research similar to that performed in other fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sigma.us\/dmaic-step-zero-leadership.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Six Sigma practices require a process<\/a><\/strong> to be in place and functioning for application. DFSS has the goal of determining the needs of customers and the business, then driving those needs into the product solution.<\/p>\n<h2>Designing Excellence with DFSS<\/h2>\n<p>Measurement is the most important part of most Six Sigma or DFSS tools. Six Sigma measurements are made from an existing processes, and DFSS focuses on gaining a deep insight into customer needs and using them to inform every design decision and trade-off. DFSS practices seek to avoid process problems by using advanced techniques to avoid process problems at the outset.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sigma.us\/design-for-six-sigma-dfss.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DFSS techniques<\/a><\/strong> include tools and processes to predict, model and simulate the product delivery system. DFSS looks at the processes tools, personnel and organization, training, facilities, and logistics to produce the product or service. While these tools are sometimes used in the classic DMAIC Six Sigma process, they are uniquely used by DFSS to analyze new and unprecedented products and processes.<\/p>\n<h2>Qualifications to Master<\/h2>\n<p>Expertise for DFSS is signified in Yellow Belt, Green Belt and Black Belt proficiency. Qualifications for these belts for mastery are as follows:<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sigma.us\/product\/providence-rhode-island-yellow-belt-dfss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yellow Belt<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a2 Applying the Lean Six Sigma mindset and methodologies to product, service and process design<br \/>\n\u00a2 Phase-Gate design structures, checklists and principles of concurrent development<br \/>\n\u00a2 Defining and chartering design projects<br \/>\n\u00a2 Deploying the Voice of the Customer (VOC) through product, service and process design<br \/>\n\u00a2 Identifying risk in the design process<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sigma.us\/product\/providence-rhode-island-green-belt-dfss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Belt<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a2 Management of design and process related risk<br \/>\n\u00a2 Gaining and understanding the Voice of the Customer<br \/>\n\u00a2 Deploying the Voice of the Customer through initial stages of product design<br \/>\n\u00a2 Tools and techniques for benchmarking<br \/>\n\u00a2 Using a Design Scorecard to ensure success<br \/>\n\u00a2 Development of the Functional Mindset; Functional Mapping &amp; Analysis<br \/>\n\u00a2 Concept Ideation: Ideal Final Result &amp; the Morphological Matrix<br \/>\n\u00a2 Concept Generation and Controlled Convergence (CGCC)<br \/>\n\u00a2 Design for X (manufacturability, serviceability, etc.)<br \/>\n\u00a2 Piloting and Prototyping<br \/>\n\u00a2 Planning and Transitioning the design to production<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.6sigma.us\/design-for-six-sigma-dfss.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Belt<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a2 Advances understanding of customer needs through Kano Analysis<br \/>\n\u00a2 Enabling creativity through the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving<br \/>\n\u00a2 Effectively handling contradictions in the design process<br \/>\n\u00a2 Efficient handling of functional requirements<br \/>\n\u00a2 Using effective design principles to manage interfaces and keep the design simple<br \/>\n\u00a2 Using simulation to efficiently test the system design<br \/>\n\u00a2 Understanding and managing reliability and robustness in the design process<br \/>\n\u00a2 Advanced experimental techniques to enhance design robustness<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a business-process management method related to traditional Six Sigma. 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