How German Car Makers Are Using Design For Six Sigma in Addition to LSS

Bülent Yurdakul, Managing Director, SSI - Six Sigma & Innovation, Bocholt, Germany

Keywords: Advanced Management, Quality Design, Development Innovation 

Industry:  Automotive

Level: Intermediate 

Abstract

Although many companies use Six Sigma, there are few companies that know DFSS methodology. It is the logical addition or part of a Six Sigma strategy to secure the development process for products and processes. This is today even more relevant, since our experience the goal of many companies is to stabilize the time to market without sacrificing robust, cost-effective and innovative products / processes.

In the future, companies which will be able to transfer robust and innovative products into robust and innovative production processes while complying to the time to market deadlines, will be able to increase their productivity significantly. The goal of bringing products to the market with short ramp-up times, allowing them to start products at different production sites at the same time, and the goal to reduce the production and product costs will only be achieved with a methodology that makes the goal comprehensible and measurable. This will be achieved with Design For Six Sigma (DFSS). A DFSS case study from automobile industry showing the execution of DFSS Methodology.