If a company changes a design after a product launch-and not during the concept stage-implementing the changes will cost 1,000 times more. Six Sigma, the near-perfect rate of only 3.4 defects per million opportunities and the management strategy to which Jack Welch attributes GE’s phenomenal success-is on the list of all successful organizations. Even with excellent Six Sigma implementation, most companies are able to achieve only Five Sigma, which is not enough in today’s ultracompetitive marketplace. For the first time, leading quality expert and author Subir Chowdhury presents Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), a revolutionary five-step process that takes a company all the way to Six Sigma.
Preface
Chapter 1 : DFSS : The Only Way to Achieve Six Sigma
Part I : People Power of DFSS
Chapter 2 : DFSS Implementation Strategy
Chapter 3 : People Roles in DFSS
Part II : Process Power of DFSS : IDDOV
Chapter 4 : Identify and Define Opportunity
Chapter 5 : Develop Concepts
Chapter 6 : Optimize the Design
Chapter 7 : Verify the Design
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author