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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
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
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
Guiding the Use of Capability Indices-Keep It Simple!
From the pragmatic perspective of the practitioner, Six Sigma literature sometimes unnecessarily complicates the use of capability indices...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
Six Sigma and DOE Implementation
The Six Sigma environment naturally facilitates implementation of intimidating statistical tools such as Design of Experiments...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
Some Misconceptions about the Normal Distribution
This article exposes three misconceptions regarding the use of the normal distribution in theory and practice...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
Cpk vs. Ppk
Understanding the concept of "long-term" versus "short-term" variation is crucial to obtaining valid results from capability studies...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
An Empirical Study of Six Sigma Implementation under the TQM Mechanism
The experience of an electronics company in Taiwan demonstrates how TQM can be the foundation of a Six Sigma program and Six Sigma can be the evolution of TQM...
- Filetype: pdf
- Copyright: 2008
- Keywords:Master Black Belt
