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Six Sigma Overview |
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| Training
Week 1 |
| Define
Phase |
Define Opportunity – What is important ?
Validate business opportunity
Document and analyze processes.
Define customer requirements.
Build effective teams.
Introduce statistical software. |
| Measure
Phase |
Measure Performance – How are we doing?
- Determine what to measure.
- Manage measurement.
- Evaluate variation.
- Evaluate measurement system.
- Determine process performance.
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| Month 1 |
| Project charter
Action plans
Process Maps
Key process indicators
Data collection plan
Measurement Analysis
Baseline performance. |
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| Training
Week 2 |
| Analyze
Phase |
Analyze Opportunity – What is wrong ?
Identify potential root causes.
Implement comparative methods.
Conduct sources of variation studies.
Apply failure mode and effects analysis. |
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| Month2 |
Collected data
Data analyses
Sources of variation
FMEA study |
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| Training
Week 3 |
| Analyze
Phase
(Contd.) |
Complete Correlation and Regression
Analysis |
| Improve
Phase |
Improve Performance – What needs to be
done?
Conduct design of experiments.
Generate improvement ideas.
Evaluate and select solutions. |
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| Month3 |
Data Analyses (Cont.)
Validated root cause.
Potential solutions
Selected solutions
Communication plan |
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| Training
Week 4 |
| Analyze
Phase
(Contd.) |
Response Surface Methodology/ Quality
Functional Deployment |
| Improve
Phase |
Control Performance – How do we
guarantee performance?
Develop and execute pilot plan.
Plan and implement solution.
Implement process control.
Integrate processes.
Close project and recognize team. |
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| Month 4 |
Pilot plan
Control plan
Training plans
Implementation plans. |
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