Are you interested in creating innovative new products or services with greater acceptance in the marketplace? Do you need shorter time-to-market to be competitive? Do you need to focus on the customer, improve quality, or reduce product costs?
With Design for Lean Six Sigma tools and approaches, we help our clients design and develop new high-value products and processes that meet the cost and timing goals of the business while delighting customers. If you’re interested in developing internal capability, we know that one size does not fit all and have many training programs to choose from. Check out our agendas and introductory modules below.
In addition to Design for Lean Six Sigma training, we offer assessments, deployment planning, coaching, and leading significant projects.
Training Courses
Design for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt This course delivers comprehensive training in Design for Lean Six Sigma. Black Belts will be equipped to lead design projects that drive significant results for the business.
Design for Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
At the end of this course, students will have the tools needed to lead well-scoped design projects, or to support a Black Belt on larger innovation projects.
Design for Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Our Yellow Belt course features an interactive design simulation that introduces Design for Lean Six Sigma in a fun learning environment.
Design for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Course
This two week curriculum follows the DMEDI methodology (Define, Measure, Explore, Develop, and Implement). The modules are packed with both product development and new process examples. Our unique format makes it easy to learn and easy to teach.
Introduction to Design for Lean Six Sigma
Overview of the Define Phase
Charter, MGPP, Risk Management, Communication Plan
Measure Phase
Voice of the Customer
Quality Function Deployment
Target Costing
Scorecards
Intro to Minitab
Basic Statistics
Understanding Variation and Control Charts
Measurement Systems Analysis
Process Capability
Explore Phase
Concept Generation
TRIZ for New Product Design
Transactional TRIZ
Concept Selection – Pugh and AHP
Statistical Tolerance Design
Monte Carlo Simulation
Hypothesis Testing
Confidence Intervals
Texting Means, Medians, and Variances
Proportion and Chi-Square
Simple and Multiple Regression
Multi-Vari Analysis
Design FMEA
Develop Phase
Detailed Design
2-Way ANOVA
Intro to Design of Experiments
Full-Factorial DOE
Fractional Factorial DOE
DOE Catapult Simulation
Key Lean Concepts
Lean Design
Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Intro to Reliability
Design of Experiments with Curvature
Conjoint Analysis
Mixture Designs
Robust Design
Helicopter RSM Simulation
Overview of the Implement Phase
Prototype and Pilot, Process Control, Implementation Planning
This two week curriculum follows the DMEDI methodology (Define, Measure, Explore, Develop, and Implement). The modules are packed with both product development and new process examples. Our unique format makes it easy to learn and easy to teach.
Introduction to Design for Lean Six Sigma
Overview of the Define Phase
Charter, MGPP, Risk Management, Communication Plan
Measure Phase
Voice of the Customer
Quality Function Deployment
Target Costing
Scorecards
Basic Statistics
Understanding Variation and Control Charts
Process Capability
Measurement Systems Analysis - Appendix
Explore Phase
Concept Generation
TRIZ
Concept Selection – Pugh and AHP
Statistical Tolerance Design
Monte Carlo Simulation
Design FMEA
Develop Phase
Hypothesis Testing
Testing Means and Variances
Solution Development
Intro to Design of Experiments
Full-Factorial DOE
Fractional Factorial DOE
DOE Simulation
Lean Design
Design for Manufacture and Assembly
Intro to Reliability - Optional
Overview of the Implement Phase
Prototype and Pilot, Process Control, Implementation Planning
This three day course introduces students to the basic tools and methodology of DMEDI (Define, Measure, Explore, Develop, and Implement) via a highly interactive and engaging design simulation.
We have consulting experience with engagements as diverse as mergers and acquisitions, operations strategy, supply chain acceleration, shop-floor process improvements, and call center efficiency improvement.
Assessments are customized to meet your goals, leveraging our frameworks and knowledge of best practices from years of industry experience. Recent work has been in financial services, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain.