Track 1 Session 3
1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday June 20, 2007

Introduction to Design for Six Sigma

As our global customers continue to express requirements for breakthrough level improvements in reliability and robustness, it is clear that a strategic shift from the current reactive domain in reliability methods to a preemptive approach is needed. Design for Six Sigma is a key enabler in achieving order-of-magnitude levels of reliability and robustness improvements. This presentation will be a technical interchange session designed to generate open dialogue with attendees to discuss strategic deployment of Design for Six Sigma as a preemptive reliability process. The session moderator will lead the attendees in a two-way exchange of experiences in planning and executing Design for Six Sigma initiatives.

Key Words: Reliability, Robustness, Parameter Design, Tolerance Design, p-Diagram, Function Diagram, Blackbelt, Master Blackbelt, Project Champion, TRIZ, Quality Functin Deployment, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Design Of Experiments, Taguchi Methods, Pugh Analysis, Axiomatic Design, Critical Parameter Management, DMAIC, DFSS, Response Surface Methodologies, Statistics, Measurement Systems Analysis, FMEA, Risk Analysis, Optimization, Sigma Level, Signal to Noise Ratio, Quality Loss Function, Phase Gate, DFSS Score Card, Ideal Function, Control Factors, Noise Factors, Noise Factor Management Strategy, Countermeasures, KJ Analysis, Kano Analysis, Affinity Diagram, Error States, Coupling, Energy Transformation, Pareto Analysis, Cause and Effect Diagram