Prevention through Design

The Prevention through Design, or PtD, initiative focuses on workplace safety through elimination of hazards and controlled risks. ...

... "Educate business and finance leaders in the value of PtD to their organizations, not only in terms of human lives, injuries and illnesses but also in terms of improving business processes, productivity and creating workplaces of choice. " ...

Via CDC NIOSH: Design

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

Wistron Six Sigma Governance System

Wistron uses Six Sigma methodology as a governance framework for enabling workforce continuous improvement. ...

... "realizing that the company needed a stronger governing system, he hired a Six Sigma consultant from Motorola. Over the next two years the training revamped everything from the company's design processes to its business management ... " ...

Via Forbes: Contract Manufacturing Leadership

Google Voice of the Customer VOC Design Criteria

Google plans to launch an operating system in direct competition with Microsoft. The company is targeting netbook computers, as soon as 2010 and will collaborate with the open source community to meet the aggressive launch window. The voice of the customer is clear in Google's design criteria. ...

... "We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the Internet. " ...

Via Official Google Blog: Chrome OS

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

Taguchi Principles Integrate Quality into Design

Taguchi's methods are based on the framework, that quality is measured by the deviation from a specified target value and it must be integrated into the design of the process and the product. ...

... "Whereas SPC methods emphasize the attainment of an attribute within a tolerance range and are used to check product/process quality, Taguchi methods emphasize the attainment of the specified target value and the elimination of variation ... " ...

Via Loyola University: Taguchi Methods

Quality System Registration

Parker Hannifin Chomerics Division achieves AS9100B registration for products manufactured at its Woburn, Massachusetts; Hudson, New Hampshire; and Jalisco (Guadalajara), Mexico plants. AS9100B is an international quality system standard. ...

... "According to Chomerics Division Quality Manager David Quaglieri, Achieving AS9100B registration demonstrates Chomerics’ ongoing commitment to quality and continuous improvement, which includes the use of lean manufacturing techniques and the tools of six sigma. Building on the ISO 9001:2000 platform, AS9100B places greater emphasis on design and process control, product configuration management, purchasing and supply chain processes. " ...

Via Parker Hannifin Corporation: Chomerics AS9100B

Design for Manufacturability Defined

Intel focuses on being proactive in the design stage. ...

... "DFM is a means of proactively addressing product issues early in the design cycle. It provides a means for integrating specific manufacturing concerns into a product's design to obtain a product that is easier to manufacture with excellent overall quality. " ...

Via Intel: Design for Manufacturability