Design for Six Sigma at Daimler-Chrysler
Posted by: meikah | 20 August 2007 | 9:14 pm
During a DaimlerChrysler Black Belt symposium, Harry Flotemersch, a certified DaimlerChrysler Master Black Belt and structured innovation leader, says that the company’s long-term project is to lead the integration of structured innovation methodologies into their DFSS, problem solving and transactional (business processes) programs.
To accomplish this, Flotemersch is doing the following:
- overseeing dual-level mapping innovation
- employs the following DFSS tools: quality function deployment, taguchi robust optimization, finite element analysis, FMEA, computer-aided engineering, axiomatic design, multigenerational product planning, and design verification and report
He further says, “As we all get better at making subsystems and components that are created with strong connection to the needs and wants of the customer, our focus will shift to the vehicle system as a whole. This “vehicle-centric” perspective is already emerging in our industry. New tools/methods that help us consider millions of aspects of the vehicle as a system, and still offer it in a timely fashion for our customers will be in demand.”
Source: 6 Sigma Quality in Manufacturing
Filed under: Manufacturing, Six Sigma Organizations, Deployment, Innovation, DFSS, Chrysler, Daimler-Chrysler
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Enabling SOA through DFSS
Posted by: meikah | 27 June 2007 | 8:23 pm
In any organization, it always is a conglomerate of people and technology. For an organization to be successful, its processes must be a well systematic marriage of human skills and technology.
SOA or service-oreinted architecture promises a transformation of the information technology assets of a business by making it possible to do more with less.
According to an article by Robert Cardone and Russell Danziger for iSixSigma:
By incorporating the Design for Six Sigma methodology with SOA initiatives, the promise of SOA can be achieved by assuring services are optimally designed from the start. This approach also will result in improved success rates, shorter delivery times and significant savings relative to traditional development approaches.
Filed under: Deployment, Processes, iSixSigma, Technology, Data Analysis, DFSS
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DFSS for Recruiting Process Design
Posted by: meikah | 27 June 2007 | 7:49 pm
Let me share with you today case study that illustrates how a pharmaceutical company applied selected DFSS (Design for Six Sigma) tools to develop a new recruiting process for sales representatives.
Tools and activities are described along the IDOV (Identify, Design, Optimize, Verify) phases, which served as a guiding roadmap through this process design project.
Read the case study here.
More: DFSS - IDOV Methodology
Source: iSixSigma Europe Channel
Filed under: Tools/Toolkits, Manufacturing, Deployment, Six Sigma References, Processes, Pharmaceuticals, iSixSigma, DFSS
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Chrysler Adopts Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
Posted by: meikah | 11 June 2007 | 8:02 pm
Since Asian automakers, with Toyota leading the pack, has been slowly eating up the American market, many American automakers have begun rethinking their design and management strategies.
Chrysler is one of those American automakers that needs to do some rethinking, especially after its Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Nitro last year failed to get the consumers’ attention. But these duds won’t be for long as the company goes Six Sigma.
Chrysler began working with ASI Consulting Group in Livonia about 18 months ago. The firm, which previously worked closely with Hyundai Motor Co. to improve its vehicles, has helped Chrysler use a system called “Design for Six Sigma” to help engineers better determine upfront what features and qualities customers want in new vehicles.
The firm was hired to help “make a cultural change to move that needle to be proactive,” Klegon said. “We’re taking this on as an extreme change in the way we do predictive quality from the standpoint of customers. It’s embedded in our vehicle teams and it’s embedded in our components team.”
Rethinking strategies should be the order of the day for all businesses. Six Sigma or DFSS may or may not do the trick. But it’s a good start. I took a peek at Chrysler cars and they are all beautiful. Why they didn’t hit the mark is a mystery to me.
Source:
Autos Insider, Chrysler rethinks design after duds, a featured link from iSixSigma.
