Splitting the DMAIC : Unleashing the Power of Continuous Improvement

Title: Splitting the DMAIC : Unleashing the Power of Continuous Improvement
Author: Tom Quick
ISBN: 0873899792 / 9780873899796
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 112
Publisher: ASQ
Year: 2019
Availability: Out of Stock

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In 1917, we split the atom and released an incredible force for destruction. In 2019, we split the DMAIC and released an even bigger force for improvement.

There is no doubt that the various improvement methods work. Whether it is PDCA or 7-Step problem-solving or A3 or Is–Is Not or DMAIC or any other tool, it has been used to great success in many organizations stretching back over decades. But why have some organizations been wildly successful with these and others not?

The reason is that much of today’s continuous improvement (CI) training is focused on tools. Training includes days or even weeks working through every possible tool a practitioner of CI might need. But rather than teach people about a set of tools that they might or might not use, why not teach them how to accomplish a specific objective? Why not give them a path for solving a particular type of problem that works most of the time? This way, anyone anywhere can make CI work by “splitting the DMAIC.”

This book shows four typical paths through the DMAIC process to accomplish four different objectives:

  • Reduce variability of a characteristic
  • Reduce failures of a machine
  • Reduce waste in a process
  • Reduce the frequency of a defect

For each path, the following is presented:

  • Methodology—an overview of the purpose and actual steps through the DMAIC process for that path.
  • Step Details—a detailed description of each step including specific tools used.
  • Checklist—a simple one-page sheet that anyone can use as a guide along the path. Think of these as a new app called DMAIC Maps, which helps people get around the DMAIC world the same way Google Maps helps in the real world.

Project selection and team management are also discussed, since the choice of projects is crucial to creating context and therefore success.

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Introduction

Chapter 1 :
Splitting the DMAIC
Chapter 2 : Brief History of CI
Chapter 3 : The Paths
Chapter 4 : Reducing Variability Path
Chapter 5 : Reducing Failures Path
Chapter 6 : Reducing Waste Path
Chapter 7 : Reducing Defects Path
Chapter 8 : What Comes Next - How Can You Do This?
Chapter 9 : Digitalization

Summary and Conclusions
References
Index