Course Ref: XC5

DESIGN for SIX SIGMA (DFSS) PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING WORKSHOP

1 to 2 days Design for Six Sigma Product Development training workshop course which provides an overview of the methods and toolkit for pro-actively improving quality as well as reducing variance and defects during the design phase of developing products.

This workshop shows you how to use and optimise the methodologies and tools of DFSS

to develop new products
By controlling and optimising the key parameters of:
Performance Quality Variability, Cost, Time, Productivity, Reward, Risk and Resource
new product Profit can be maximised.

This workshop will provide you with understanding, practical tools and examples drawn from these methodologies to implement successful new product development and introduction. This training workshop will be tailored to your specific requirements.

Course Aims and Objectives

By the end of the course you should have:

• learned how to use tools drawn of DFSS to practically implement new product development and introduction

• explored potential time holes where time can be wasted

• been introduced to the principles of DFSS and Critical to Quality (CTQ) parameters.

• explored the use of DFSS Roadmaps quality, cost and time objectives.

• Understood the use of VoC information to determine customer needs

• looked at inventive problem solving (TRIZ)

• been introduced to Design Risk Management, Design for X (DfX) (Design for Performance; Design for Cost; Design for Reliability ……….

• understood the principles of Robust Design

• experienced practical tools and techniques from the DFSS toolkit

• been exposed to case studies from companies such as: Hewlett Packard; Intel; IBM; Sony; Toyota; Vodafone; Xerox ………

• defined the practical steps that you and your company can take to implement and gain benefit from the DFSS methodology and toolkit.
  

Style 

Participative, informative, interactive and fun
Practical examples to aid understanding
Experiential - 'thematic' exercises
Practical examples to aid understanding
Pragmatic hints and tips

Course Content

For more information contact us or follow the following links:

New Product Introduction (NPI) or New Product Development (NPD)
Product Definition (PD) and pragmatic Quality Function Deployment (pQFD)
Product Marketing and Management
Time to Market Control and Compression (TtMCC)
Product Innovation with Market, Technology and Process Innovation
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) or Six Sigma Product Development (SSPD) implementation programme
Product Development Training Course Workshop
Product Development, Marketing and Management Software Applications
Time to Market Product Development Healthcheck Assessment Audit