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Features

• Provides essential tools for improvement in real terms
• Introduces a sequence of disciplines that facilitate a Six Sigma design
• Provides strategies for achieving robustness in designs and processes and describes criteria for selecting the appropriate strategy
• Describes the key concepts behind DFSS
• Explains the relationship between CDOV and DMAIC
• Reviews the phases of DCOV along with tools and methodologies used during each phase
• Explains the importance of transfer functions in DFSS and describes processes for obtaining them
• Explains how the role of the review can impact the success of DFSS
• Teaches how to participate in and conduct DFSS reviews
• Covers specific interrelated topics that Shotgun Six Sigma Masters need to be familiar with

In this volume of the Six Sigma and Beyond series, quality engineering expert D.H. Stamatis addresses design improvement from the perspective of prevention rather than correction by introducing you to the tools of the Six Sigma design process.

Six Sigma and Beyond: Design for Six Sigma is among the first to cover the issue of design for Six Sigma. Dr. Stamatis introduces DFSS (DCOV) and provides linkages between the traditional DMAIC and the DFSS model. He details the phases, roles, and leadership responsibilities for this prevention approach to Six Sigma methodology. Topics covered include customer satisfaction, quality function deployment (QFD), benchmarking, systems engineering, axiomatic design, flow analysis, robustness, value engineering, reliability and maintenance, design for manufacturability, mistake proofing, failure mode & effect analysis, project management, and financial concepts.

About the Author

D. H. Stamatis, Ph.D., ASQC-Fellow, CQE, CMfgE, is president of Contemporary Consultants, in Southgate, Michigan. He received his B.S. and B.A. degrees in marketing from Wayne State University, his master's degree from Central Michigan University, and his Ph.D. degree in instructional technology and business/statistics from Wayne State University.

Dr. Stamatis is a certified quality engineer for the American Society of Quality Control, a certified manufacturing engineer for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and a graduate of BSI's ISO 9000 lead assessor training program. He is a specialist in management consulting, organizational development, and quality science and has taught these subjects at Central Michigan University, the University of Michigan, and Florida Institute of Technology.

With more than 30 years of experience in management, quality training, and consulting, Dr. Stamatis has served and consulted for numerous industries in the private and public sectors. His consulting extends across the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Europe. Dr. Stamatis has written more than 60 articles and presented many speeches at national and international conferences on quality. He is a contributing author in several books and the sole author of 20 books. In addition, he has performed more than 100 automotive- related audits and 25 preassessment ISO 9000 audits , and has helped several companies attain certification. He is an active member of the Detroit Engineering Society, the American Society for Training and Development, the American Marketing Association, and the American Research Association, and a fellow of the American Society for Quality Control.