Design for Six Sigma: an introduction

Authors:
Dr. Simon Barnard, Principal Consultant and Founder, SCB Associates Ltd. [1]
Dr. David Moseley, Technical Director, EnginSoft UK Ltd. [2]

This free introductory course covers the following topics:

• An introduction to Design for Six Sigma
• From problem solving to Design for Six Sigma
• Six Sigma roadmaps: the process improvement roadmap (DMAIC) and the design process roadmap (IDOV)
• Design for Six Sigma case study: Micro-actuator for Hard Disk Drive
  • Identify Phase - Customer Requirements and Critical to Quality (CTQ)
  • Design Phase
  • Optimise Phase: Design for Six Sigma using modeFRONTIER Design Optimisation
  • Validate Phase

The course is subdivided into 5 lectures with a total duration of about 1 hour. Each topic includes a questionnaire designed to test your comprehension.

To join this free course please do the following:

1. register to improve.it [3] website
2. follow this link [4] and log in