Track 1 Tutorial 3
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Thursday June 19, 2008

Taking Design for Six Sigma to the Next Level: New Tools and Methods

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a recognized process for capturing the voice of the customer and linking that to the products or services a company produces. Yet even experienced Black Belts (BBs) sometimes have trouble making the leap from Six Sigma to DFSS. Part of this is a fault in the way training is traditionally conducted both in content and in the manner of instruction.

This tutorial will link what is taught in the classroom to real-life situations and present some new tools that have been developed and taught to the Master Black Belt (MBB) community within John Deere by Tim Williams. This will not be a dry lecture of statistical theory or high-level processes. Rather, the audience will be actively interacted with and engaged, and you will have new tools and ideas that you can use in your applications. For the inexperienced, this presentation will help you understand what DFSS is really about. Experienced BBs and MBBs will find that the presentation challenges what they already know.

Tim Williams is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt for John Deere and provides training, guidance and project support to Deere facilities around the world based upon his expertise and experience using DFSS methods in real-life situations.

Key Words: Six Sigma, Design, DFSS, Tools, Optimization, Reliability, Methods, Engineering, BB, MBB, CTQ