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| | |  Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is an extremely effective methodology for improving the development of products, processes and services. It brings tremendous value to design, manufacturing and service organizations that successfully deploy the program. SigmaPro’s DFSS deployment strategy and curriculum provide a significant competitive advantage to our clients, and this simple fact can be verified by our client references. The SigmaPro DFSS training curriculum consists of training and certification for all organizational roles required to support successful DFSS deployment.
SigmaPro has developed and refined separate curricula for application of DFSS to industrial design scenarios as well as to service or transactional design scenarios. Technical and process design personnel receive a thorough grounding in probabilistic design, qualitative variables reduction, requirements definition and decomposition, risk mitigation techniques, and test & validation tools and methods. Product and process design managers and executives are receive hands-on knowledge and tools to assist in implementing, maintaining and managing a DFSS-based development process. Portfolio optimization, identification and selection of Design for Six Sigma projects, the DMADV methodology for DFSS projects, as well as a full suite of qualitative and quantitative tools supported by software round out the SigmaPro DFSS program. To view any of the descriptions for our DFSS training and consulting offerings, please click the appropriate course title. SigmaPro offers exceptional value in both on-site and public training and certification courses. Please call or email us for a quotation or if you have further questions. | | | | |
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| | | DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS102 | | Course Duration: | 1 Day | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
SigmaPro's highly effective Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Executive Overview seminar is a concise presentation of the issues involved in developing, deploying and sustaining a successful DFSS program for products and processes for manufacturing and design organizations. SigmaPro's extensive experience in DFSS deployment and training provides a singularly unique perspective that will assist executives and senior managers in deciding how, where, when, and why DFSS should be implemented. Participants will discuss a deployment plan based on strategic product launch criteria and the desired financial performance as well as how to allocate resources and manage the DFSS effort. Participants will also gain an in-depth knowledge of the popular DMADV strategy for product development. The DMADV (Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate) methodology forms the core of the SigmaPro DFSS approach. Participants will also gain a thorough understanding of how to integrate the DMADV methodology within an existing new product development life cycle.
Candidate Qualifications
There are no formal requirements for participation in this seminar. Participants are typically executives, senior managers, Champions and Master Black Belts that have ownership for or participate in DFSS deployment for a manufacturing organization. Previous candidates have come from electronics, automotive, construction, design, defense, as well as other manufacturing organizations. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits.
Participants Will Learn
How Six Sigma evolved from a glorified TQM approach to a highly effective improvement strategy for the development of new products, processes and services. How DFSS can be used to optimize the portfolio of products for a manufacturing organization. How the DMADV DFSS methodology is executed and managed in a manufacturing or design organization. How to effectively identify, select, launch and manage DMADV projects. How to design, plan, launch and sustain a highly successful DFSS effort in a manufacturing or design organization.
Software Requirements
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All rights reserved. LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS192 | | Course Duration: | 2 Days | | Course Availability: | On-site Courses |
Course Agenda
Using Lean or Lean Sigma principles, many organizations have focused on the simple strategy of removing waste from their processes in order to create more value for their customers. Having shown demonstrable results in operations, Lean Sigma is now having an upstream impact on the way products and services are developed. This Lean Product Development training course examines the creation of waste from the perspective of the nine types of waste pertaining to knowledge flow. The course will help participants understand and map the true “As Is” state of the product development process with regard to the nine types of waste. Eliminating these problems helps reduce development costs and lead time, while increasing design throughput and product innovation.
This course will also help design the “Should Be” state for the product development process. Topics to be addressed include the integration of Design for Six Sigma and DFSS training, the degree to which responsibility for value creation has been centralized or spread throughout the organization, the degree to which the organization has developed coaches and mentors, the degree to which designers have responsibility for the results of their activities, how information flows and is managed, the degree to which innovation is structured in the design activity. The overall result is to streamline the product development process in order to reduce “time to market,” to increase quality, and to decrease cost. The workshop will draw heavily from the recent work of Dr. Al Ward, a renowned researcher in the field of Lean product development. The first two days of the workshop cover key learnings, case studies, classroom exercises, while the third day is devoted to hands on application of Lean product development principles to the client’s product development process.
Candidate Qualifications
There are no specific candidate requirements for this particular course. Typical participants include R&D Executives, Directors, Senior Managers, Senior Technologists, Design Engineers, Master Black Belts, and Black Belts from service and industrial organizations.
Participants Will Learn
The difference between conventional and lean product development How to document the “As Is” state for the product development process How to identify sources of waste in the product development process How to eliminate waste in the product development process How to create the “Should Be” state for the product development process How to plan for future improvements
Software Requirements
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All rights reserved. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA CHAMPION TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS202 | | Course Duration: | 2 Days | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
SigmaPro's highly effective Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Champion Planning& Deployment Workshop is a detailed and informative training course on the issues involved in developing, deploying and sustaining a successful DFSS program. The course content has been specifically designed to provide industrial and design Champions with detailed tools and methods to set up and manage a DFSS program. SigmaPro's extensive experience in DFSS deployment and training provides a singularly unique perspective that will assist executives and senior managers in deciding how, where, when, and why DFSS should be implemented in a manufacturing or design organization.
Participants will discuss and actually develop a deployment plan based on strategic product launch criteria and the desired financial performance as well as how to allocate resources and manage the DFSS effort. Participants will learn how to identify, select and launch service DFSS projects, and will identify and select projects from their own product portfolio. Participants will gain an in-depth knowledge of the most popular DMADV DFSS strategy (Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate).
Candidate Qualifications
There are no formal requirements for participation in this seminar. Participants are typically executives, senior managers, Champions and Master Black Belts that have ownership for or participate in DFSS deployment at the organizational or functional level. Previous candidates have come from electronics, automotive, construction, design, defense, as well as other design and manufacturing organizations. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits.
Participants Will Learn
How Six Sigma evolved from a glorified TQM approach to a highly effective improvement strategy for the development of new products and processes How DFSS can be used to optimize any product portfolio How the DMADV DFSS methodology is executed and managed How to effectively identify, select, launch and manage DMADV projects How to design, plan, launch and sustain a highly successful DFSS effort
Software Requirements
USA and International Copyright © 2007 SigmaPro Inc.
All rights reserved. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS302 | | Course Duration: | 12 Days | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
SigmaPro’s Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Industrial Green Belt training and certification program has received extremely positive reviews from our clients. This program has been specifically developed to provide manufacturing and design personnel who do not have previous Six Sigma experience with a thorough knowledge of how to design new products and processes. Participants will gain an in-depth knowledge of the most popular DFSS strategy -- Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate (DMADV) as well as the technical tools to support the DMADV DFSS strategy. Hands-on exercises, examples, case studies and group activities all contribute to an effective learning experience for application of DFSS in a manufacturing or design environment. To facilitate rapid learning and knowledge retention, the training is delivered in four training blocks which are normally separated by one month with an additional three days of coaching by an experienced SigmaPro DFSS consultant. This allows participants to implement classroom learnings on a project pertaining to their job.
Candidate Qualifications
Candidates for this course are typically design or manufacturing personnel who have no previous experience with Six Sigma or Design for Six Sigma. Previous candidates have come from electronics, automotive, construction, design, defense, as well as other design and manufacturing organizations. An optional DFSS Industrial Green Belt examination may be given at the close of the training. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits. Formal DFSS Green Belt certification is granted upon completion of the training course, completion of a DFSS project, and review of the project results by the SigmaPro instructor.
Participants Will Learn
How Six Sigma evolved from a glorified TQM approach to a highly effective improvement strategy for the development of new products, processes and services How DFSS can be used to optimize any product portfolio How the DMADV DFSS methodology is executed and managed How to effectively identify, select, launch and manage DMADV projects Detailed analytical tools and methodologies that are involved in the execution of the DMADV process
Software Requirements
Minitab 14 or later (other statistics packages may be used for on-site training courses)
USA and International Copyright © 2007 SigmaPro Inc.
All rights reserved. VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER SUPPLEMENT TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS382 | | Course Duration: | 3 Days | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
SigmaPro's Voice of the Customer Supplement for Industrial Applications training program provides a detailed and informative treatment of the issues involved in planning for as well as obtaining and analyzing Voice of the Customer (VOC) data. SigmaPro's extensive experience in DFSS deployment and training provides a singularly unique perspective that will assist service Green Belts, Black Belts, Master Black Belts and Champions in all areas of VOC. Participants will receive classroom instruction in VOC methods and apply these tools in hands-on exercises.
Participants will also gain reinforcement in the most popular DFSS strategy -- Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate (DMADV) as well as the technical tools to support VOC-related activities in the DMADV DFSS strategy. To facilitate learning and increase knowledge retention, this training is delivered in a single 3-day training block.
Candidate Qualifications
VOC Supplement participants are typically Champions, Master Black Belts, Black Belts or Green Belts in a service organization who are interested to know how to collect and analyze VOC data and set requirements for new products, new processes or DMAIC improvement projects. Previous candidates have come from defense, automotive, electronics, medical equipment, and other manufacturing and design industries. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits.
Participants Will Learn
- How VOC and DFSS evolved as part of the Six Sigma improvement methodology
- The basics of market research
- How to optimize a portfolio of products or services using DFSS and VOC
- How to plan for and obtain innovation in the development of new products or services
- How to effectively set up and run focus groups and qualitative interviewing
- How to design, analyze and interpret surveys
- How to transform raw VOC data into clear, meaningful requirements
- How to effectively link requirements to attributes of a new service or product
Software Requirements
Minitab 14 or later (other statistics packages may be used for on-site training courses)
USA and International Copyright © 2007 SigmaPro Inc.
All rights reserved. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA SUPPLEMENT TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS422 | | Course Duration: | 5 Days | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
The SigmaPro Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Supplement for Industrial Candidates training course has received extremely positive reviews from our clients. This program has been specifically developed to provide design and manufacturing personnel with previous Six Sigma experience with a condensed version of our popular Industrial DFSS Black Belt course. The course provides a detailed and informative treatment of the issues involved in developing, deploying and sustaining a successful DFSS program. Participants will also gain an in-depth knowledge of the most popular DFSS strategy -- Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate (DMADV) as well as the technical tools to support the DMADV DFSS strategy.
Candidate Qualifications
Candidates for this course are typically either designers with strong technical backgrounds or individuals with previous Black Belt, Green Belt or Master Black Belt certification. Previous candidates have come from electronics, automotive, construction, design, defense, as well as other design and manufacturing organizations. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits.
Participants Will Learn
How Six Sigma evolved from a glorified TQM approach to a highly effective improvement strategy for the development of new products, processes and services How to design, plan, launch and sustain a highly successful DFSS effort How DFSS can be used to optimize any product portfolio How the DMADV DFSS methodology is executed and managed How to effectively identify, select, launch and manage DMADV projects Detailed analytical tools and methodologies that are involved in the execution of the DMADV process
Software Requirements
Minitab 14 or later (other statistics packages may be used for on-site training courses)
USA and International Copyright © 2007 SigmaPro Inc.
All rights reserved. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS496 | | Course Duration: | 15 Days | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
The SigmaPro Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Industrial Black Belt certification program has received extremely positive reviews from our clients. This program has been specifically developed to provide industrial personnel who do not have previous Six Sigma experience with a thorough and rigorous treatment of how to design new products and processes. Participants will gain an in-depth knowledge of the most popular DFSS strategies -- Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate (DMADV) as well as the technical tools to support the DMADV DFSS strategy. Hands-on exercises, examples, case studies and group activities all contribute to an effective learning experience for application of DFSS in a true product or process design organization. To facilitate rapid learning and knowledge retention, the training is delivered in four blocks of varying length which are normally separated by one month along with 4 days of coaching by an experienced SigmaPro DFSS consultant. This allows participants to implement classroom learnings on a project pertaining to their job.
Candidate Qualifications
Candidates for this course are typically design or manufacturing personnel who have no previous experience with Six Sigma but plan to manage and execute DFSS projects for product or process design. Previous candidates have come from electronics, automotive, construction, design, defense, as well as other design and manufacturing organizations. An optional Industrial DFSS Black Belt examination may be given at the close of the training. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits. Formal DFSS Black Belt certification is granted upon completion of the training course, completion of a DFSS project, and review of the project results by the SigmaPro instructor.
Participants Will Learn
How Six Sigma evolved from a glorified TQM approach to a highly effective improvement strategy for the development of new products, processes and services How DFSS can be used to optimize any product portfolio How the DMADV DFSS methodology is executed and managed How to effectively identify, select, launch and manage DMADV projects Detailed analytical tools and methodologies that are involved in the execution of the DMADV process
Software Requirements
Minitab 14 or later (other statistics packages may be used for on-site training courses)
USA and International Copyright © 2007 SigmaPro Inc.
All rights reserved. DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA MASTER BLACK BELT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPANTS
| Course Reg. Code: | DFSS596 | | Course Duration: | 10 Days | | Course Availability: | Public and On-site Courses |
Course Description
SigmaPro's highly effective Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Master Black Belt training and certification program is a detailed and informative treatment of the issues involved in developing, deploying and sustaining a successful DFSS program. SigmaPro's extensive experience in DFSS deployment and training provides a singularly unique perspective that will assist service and industrial Master Black Belts in deciding how, where, when, and why DFSS should be implemented. Participants will discuss a deployment plan based on strategic product or service launch criteria and the desired financial performance as well as how to allocate resources and manage the DFSS effort.
Participants will also gain an in-depth knowledge of the most popular DFSS strategy -- Define-Measure-Analyze-Design-Validate (DMADV) as well as the technical tools to support the DMADV DFSS strategy. To facilitate learning and increase knowledge retention, this training is delivered in two 5-day training blocks which are typically separated by one month.
Candidate Qualifications
DFSS Master Black Belt candidates are typically either service or industrial designers with strong technical backgrounds or individuals with previous Black Belt certification. Previous candidates have come from varied service and industrial organizations. A training certificate will be provided which may be used for recertification credits. Design Master Black Belt candidates must successfully complete the SigmaPro DFSS MBB certification examination at the close of training.
Participants Will Learn
How Six Sigma evolved from a glorified TQM approach to a highly effective improvement strategy for the development of new products, processes and services How to design, plan, launch and sustain a highly successful DFSS effort How DFSS can be used to optimize any product or service portfolio How the DMADV DFSS methodology is executed and managed How to effectively identify, select, launch and manage DMADV projects Detailed analytical tools and methodologies that are involved in the execution of the DMADV process
Software Requirements
Minitab 14 or later (other statistics packages may be used for on-site training courses)
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