Design for Lean/Six Sigma Leadership Training

Training materials: DFSS demo software, Design for Lean/Six Sigma Leadership student participant guide

Course agenda:

I. THE WHAT AND WHY OF DFLSS
– What is DfLSS and how does it differ from Lean Six Sigma?
– Why do we need it?
– The benefits of DfLSS
– The vision of DfLSS

I. DFLSS SUCCESS STORIES
– Who is using it?
– What are some of their successes?

II. THE DFLSS PROCESS
– The Big Picture: Identify, Design, Optimize, Validate (IDOV)
– The Identify Phase
– The DfLSS Scorecard
– Voice of the Customer (VOC)
– The Design Phase
– Translating the VOC (Requirements Flowdown)
– Transfer Functions
– The Optimize Phase
– Expected Value Analysis Using Monte Carlo Simulation
– Parameter Design
– Tolerance Allocation
– The Validate Phase
– High Throughput Testing
– Discrete Event Simulation

IV. MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION (MDO) USING HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC)

V. MAKING IT HAPPEN: LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES IN DEPLOYING DFLSS

VI. EDUCATION AND TRAINING