Patrick

Ok, I got a lot of different information (Thanks!) and it seems to me that: shifting the mean, even though it is easier, is not the right thing to do; reducing variation is the right thing to do.  Which is why we are paid the big $$ to do.

You are rather rude. What kind of company do you represent?

Thanks for the advice.  I’ll drop you a line.

Hi Marlo,
I agree that there you should be paid for your PPT.   How do you charge?  I am considering buying a copy from you. My email is [email protected]
Regards
Patrick

From my experience, it’s like asking whether one should tear down a house and build a new one in its place or make upgrades to make the rooms more functional. 
My usual preference is to merge DFSS into a current process.  I am familiar with product development processes that do a reasonable job of defining business processes and busi…[Read more]

Hi Manu,
Since your measurement is a continuous variable, I’m wondering if the following would work:
1. Determine the standard deviation (SD) of the sample measurements you’ve collected thus far.
2. Determine the degree of desired precision (P) for your assessment purposes (e.g., to the nearest 1 Newton? 5 Newtons? 10?)
3. Plug this…[Read more]

Should we transform the text into numbers?

I will have to coin a phrase for it but “thinking outside the box” is a good one or “its all hands to the pumps” followed closely by lots of daily management meetings about where its going wrong, then the panic is over and evryone retreats to their offices.
next month comes and guess what…same again. Dont you just love them
P

After all measure, I appears that the distribution is from an Normal shape.
Am I going to use the traditional X-LSL/3s, with the the LSL as 0?
Patrick
 

Great news; can you shoot me an email to discuss?
jrpc5[email protected]

Thank you all!!

I work for a telecommunications company that is implemeting SS.  Considering that we sell a large range of products (bundled in more “custom” packages than you could believe), and that compared to a manufacturing environment our volume would be considered low (hundreds of orders per month, not even 1000 usually), I can relate to your…[Read more]

If you know what is causing your biggest problems (and in this case I mean you REALLY KNOW what your root causes are, as in they are very obvious – some people call these “nail in the tire” projects) you probably have a “just go do it” situation.  Use some of the tools but don’t kill yourself trying to be too formal with the methodology.
If you…[Read more]

We are currently in the midst of the same type effort at my company.  We are a telecommunications company, so some of the manufacturing specific tools and issues don’t apply to us, but we struggled with the same questions about certification.
We use a consultant to provide 6 days of GB training, and require each GB to complete at least 1 project…[Read more]

Thank you for your information.

John
Could I alos please get a copy of those tests, my e-mail address is [email protected]
 
Thank you
 
Patrick

Tie a business case into the results of your project.  A good business case will address financial as well as non financial impacts over time.
For nnon financial impact just make sure that the benefit is linked to the clients objective and that the impact is measurable.
 

G,
I agree with not a real Dr.
for the sake of my sanity can you please post the answer
 

Barbara,
I’m not in a position to critique the Six Sigma Exchange conferences as I have not been to one yet. However, I surfed the site today and happened upon a few case studies about projects that seemed interesting…