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Metrics that Trigger Actionable Discussions: Prioritize Process Improvements Using Gauge R&R and SPC Capability
Integrating tools like FMEA, GR&R, and SPC provides a quality improvement framework for monitoring process health and prioritizing improvements. An eight-step model begins with documenting quality characteristics and leads to the creation of a "process he..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2007-12
- Keywords:Master Black Belt, SPC, Metrics
Metrics that Trigger Actionable Discussions: Prioritize Process Improvements Using Gauge R&R and SPC Capability Presentation
Integrating tools like FMEA, GR&R, and SPC provides a quality improvement framework for monitoring process health and prioritizing improvements. An eight-step model begins with documenting quality characteristics and leads to the creation of a "process he..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2007-12
- Keywords:Master Black Belt, SPC, Metrics
Process Control and Causes of Variation
The author responds to Earl Naumann's explanation of common-cause and special-cause variation, presenting his own perspective on the best way to teach the difference...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
Some Comments on Control Charts with Large Subgroup Sizes
Large subgroup sizes can result in Shewhart control charts that are sensitive to small and practically irrelevant changes in a process characteristic...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Black Belt
Axiomatic Design and DFSS
AD is a structured approach to performance improvement for complex systems that is useful in the concept, preliminary and detail design stages of the systems engineering model...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
Three DPMO: A Six Sigma Calculation that Makes Practical Sense
Defects are attribute data and cannot be fractional. Sigma shift can vary between 1.4 and 1.6. Why not consider a Six Sigma calculation that allows us to keep defects whole numbers by adjusting shift?..
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Black Belt
A Designed Statistical Experiment in Automotive Production Engineering
This designed experiment case study demonstrates the use of statistical analysis to determine the source of both common cause and special variation...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Black Belt
What's Wrong with Six Sigma? Part Three: Six Sigma Perfection Isn't Always Perfect
The final part of this series airs contradictory but parallel criticisms, one pronouncing that Six Sigma perfection does not go far enough, the other that it goes too far...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
Help Desk Improves Service and Saves Money with Six Sigma
The help desk for a telecom company used Six Sigma to reduce the average solution time for customers from 9.75 hours to 1 hour and decrease operating costs...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Black Belt
Can the Automotive Industry Benefit from Six Sigma?
Because Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) already addresses Six Sigma's DMAIC phases, full-scale Six Sigma may not be the best practice for the automotive industry...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Black Belt
