Dassault Systemes Six Sigma Design

Dassault Systemes launches new release of Isight which has embedded workflows to enable efficient simulations for design optimization. ...

... "Isight users can use the workflows to run hundreds or thousands of simulations without manual intervention. Using optimization methods such as Design of Experiments, Approximations, and Design for Six Sigma, engineers are able to explore the complete design space to identify optimal performance parameters. " ...

Via Dassault Systemes: Isight 4.0 for Simulation Automation and Design Optimization

Design Innovation

Design is the key to differentiation with innovation today. Companies must own the complete customer experience with their products. ...

... "If Six Sigma and management thinking were our guides to efficient choice-making and profit maximization in yesterday’s era of global hegemony, stability and homogeneity, then Design is our guide to deep consumer understanding, generative option-making and strategic brand finding in an era of global heterogeneity, instability and diversity. " ...

Via BusinessWeek: Designomics

Lean Six Sigma Increases Product Velocity

Northwire CEO Katina Kravik is committed to sustaining her family legacy by satisfying customers using DFSS and lean techniques to accelerate the development of new products. Employee cross-training is the rule, not the exception. And, the company culture actively empowers the workforce. Northwire Culture: "The company culture is interactive and possesses a unique working environment where employees are actively involved in reducing costs, improving speed to market and continually advancing cable performance. "
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... "We will continue to invest heavily in our valued employees in the areas of professional development including Design for Six Sigma, project management and Lean. These platforms will enable us to add more value to our customers, and innovate a wider and deeper breadth of product offerings with increased velocity. " ...

Via Northwire Inc.: Chief executive officer

DFSS Discovers Hidden Customer Needs

Various types of innovation are discussed. Innovative ideas must be generated and shaped into achievable concepts. Understanding the voice of the customer and hidden customer needs can be improved by leveraging the DFSS process. ...

... "The process begins by first understanding that there are hidden customers who must be discovered, and then working together to find the best way to satisfy their needs. Today, the Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a systematic methodology to provide the means to attain new services and innovative designs. " ...

Via American Society for Training & Development: Innovation

CEO Career Path Enabled by Six Sigma Quality

GE reaches into its deep bench of quality talent to staff its CEO position for the aviation division. ...

... "Joyce joined GE in 1980 as a product engineer and spent 15 years in design and development of GE's commercial and military engines. He also held positions in customer and product support and in quality as a Six Sigma Black Belt. He earned both bachelor's of science and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and holds a master's in business finance from Xavier University. Joyce succeeds Scott C. Donnelly, who has taken a position with Textron. " ...

Via GE Aviation: Joyce Named President and CEO

TRIZ DFSS Linkage

Modeling Software with Six Sigma Performance

Computational fluid dynamics algorithms are used in modeling and simulation of computer data centers to understand designs before implementation. ...

... "For future modeling, ABN AMRO will buy Six Sigma software. They'll drop a bunch of hypothetical servers into a hypothetical CFD data center and gauge the outcome ... " ...

Via Search, DataCenter: CFD modeling

Design for Six Sigma Automotive Perspective

Upcoming seminar on Design for Six Sigma in the automotive industry. ...

... "Breakthrough Management Group (BMG) would like to invite you to attend an upcoming session in Detroit on Nov. 8. This complimentary, educational event will focus on how DFSS is being used to address some of the major challenges in auto manufacturing ... " ...

Via Breakthrough Management Group: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Executive Seminar for Auto Suppliers and Manufacturers

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