Design for Lean Six Sigma Approach

 

  • The Design for Lean Six Sigma Approach is used to create a new product or process, or to redesign the existing one.

  • The five phases of DMADV help you to define the opportunity, understand the detailed stakeholder needs, generate design concepts, develop and optimise the design, and validate adherence to customer requirements.

  • Most new products can be created using this structured approach.

 

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Clearly define the opportunity; gather the Voice of Customer (value, wants, needs, requirements); determine project boundaries

 

Identify detailed stakeholder needs; quantify metrics and specifications; perform benchmarking; develop design scorecard

 

Identify and prioritise key functions; develop function structure; generate design concepts; perform risk analysis

 

Define design elements and requirements; develop detailed design; simulate, refine, and optimise design for robustness

 

Pilot and implement design; monitor outputs, control inputs; validate adherence to customer requirements; transfer control