To compete in today's rapidly changing business world, companies must be able to go to production with innovative designs. And they must be able to quickly attain high-yield, cost-contained, robust ...

It is almost a certainty that anyone engaged in U.S. manufacturing or design today has been exposed to a Six Sigma initiative of some sort. These practices have helped U.S. manufacturers improve their ...

The manufacturing industry saw significant improvement in quality within the last few decades due to the implementation of Lean Manufacturing process and Six Sigma quality control measures. Lean ...

Remember Design For Six Sigma (DFSS)? Back in 2002, author Subir Chowdhury described the difference between Six Sigma and DFSS as "the difference between getting a tune-up and getting a brand-new ...

Essentially a simple metaphor stretched to publishable length, this book of business strategy by automotive industry consultant Chowdhury follows the author's bestselling The Power of Six Sigma. Six ...

This excerpt provides insight on a step-by-step process for succeeding with design for Six Sigma. Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) offers engineers powerful opportunities to develop more successful systems ...

How do you implement the Six Sigma methodology? Consider the 5W1H approach when implementing it for your organization. 5W1H (who, what, where, when, why, how) is a method of asking questions about a ...

WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- July 17, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that its virtual prototyping tool, SystemVisionâ„¢, supports Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodologies ...

Lean Six Sigma is a structured, data-driven approach to quality and waste reduction that integrates seamlessly with Agile, ...

ABSTRACT In this paper a design methodology for automotive heat exchangers has been applied which brings robustness into the design process and helps to optimize the design goals: as to maintain an ...

Services are designed to benefit paying customers. The actual and perceived quality of services can significantly impact the financial well being of organizations. Even if the overall average quality ...