Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Certification

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Certification

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) provides methodologies and tools for designing quality into products, services and processes. It provides details with appropriate exercises in the tools, techniques and skills needed to effectively lead and implement design projects.

Course Benefits: Attendees learn Product DFSS or Transactional DFSS to successfully lead the deployment of DFSS in the organization. 

Prerequisite: Six Sigma Training

Topics Covered: 

• DFSS Orientation 
• DMAIC vs. DMADV Methodologies 
• DFSS Roadmap 
• Score cards and transfer functions 
• Quality Function Deployment 
• Concept Generation 
• Product or Transactional Design 
• Value Engineering and Value Management 
• Design for Reliability 
• Design for Costs 
• Monte Carlo Simulation 
• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis 
• Response Surface Methodologies for Design Optimization 
• TRIZ Concepts 
• Data Mining 
• DFSS for Service 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

1. Articulate DFSS Fundamentals
2. Determine the value of using DFSS methodology
3. Demonstrate DFSS concepts for product, process and service design
4. Distinguish DMADV vs. DMAIC process
5. Apply the DMADV methodology
6. Verify design performance
7. Examining and implementing DFSS tools
8. Evaluating Voice of the Customer
9. Identifying Customer Needs
10. Judging the 8 Dimensions of Quality
11. Sketching the Kano method
12. Experimenting with the practical application of DFSS
13. Evaluating financial analysis and conduct risk assessment
14. Articulate Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
15. Utilize QFD in workshop to transfer customer needs into product or service design
16. Design a commercial process with six sigma performances (case study)
17. Evaluate QFD for sales and marketing exercise
18. Grade design attributes and engineering measures
19. Evaluate product tolerance analysis including Monte Carlo simulation
20. Demonstrate design for reliability
21. Assess the TRIZ Principles (theory of inventive problem solving)
22. Determine design for life cycle costs
23. Experiment with design and Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
24. Assess design optimization

Technology/Equipment Required

Access and use of computer or internet. All courses are instructor-driven and provided via online or in-person.

Certification Requirements

To attain certificate of completion, attendees must pass the examination, earn a passing grade (70% score) in course assessments, and meet all prescribed professional requirements of attendance, participation, and learning objectives. Participants receive DFSS Black Belt Certification upon successful completion of the written examination and homework. 

Who Should Attend? 

This course is designed for people who have the responsibility to execute design, develop and service projects. They are the engineers, project managers, analysts, implementers, and change agents in an organization.