Design for Six Sigma: A Roadmap for Product Development

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The Latest Tools and Guidance Needed to Implement Design for Six Sigma in New Product and Service Development!

Hailed as a classic in its first edition, Design for Six Sigma has been fully revised and updated to equip you with everything you need to implement Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) in new product and service development.

The Second Edition of this indispensable design tool retains the core of the previous edition, while adding new information on innovation, lean product development, incomplete DOE, mixture experiments, and alternative DFSS roadmaps—plus new thread-through case studies.

From quality concepts and DFSS fundamentals…to DFSS deployment and project algorithm…to design validation, the updated edition of Design for Six Sigma gives you a solid understanding of the entire process for applying DFSS in the creation of successful new products and services.

Packed with detailed illustrations, careful directions and comparisons, and worked-out calculations, the Second Edition of Design for Six Sigma features: A one-stop resource for developing a sure-fire DFSS program Expert walkthroughs that help readers choose the right design tools at every stage of the DFSS process New to this edition: new chapters on innovation, lean product development, and computer simulation; new material on critical parameter management; new thread-through case studies

Providing real-world product development experience and insight throughout, the Second Edition of Design for Six Sigma now offers professionals in a wide range of industries the information required to maximize DFSS potential in creating winning products and services for today's marketplace.

Filled with over 200 detailed illustrations, the Second Edition of Design for Six Sigma first gives you a solid foundation in quality concepts, Six Sigma fundamentals, and the nature of Design for Six Sigma, and then presents clear, step-by-step coverage of: Design for Six Sigma Deployment Design for Six Sigma Project Algorithm DFSS Transfer Function and Scorecards Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Axiomatic Design Innovation in Product Design Lean Product Development TRIZ Design for X Failure Mode-Effect Analysis Fundamentals of Experimental Design Incomplete DOE Taguchi's Orthogonal Array Experiment Taguchi's Robust Parameter Design Tolerance Design Response Surface Methodology Mixture Experiments Design Validation

What Customers Say About Design for Six Sigma: A Roadmap for Product Development:

It is well written. This book gives a good explanation in TRIZ and in the DFSS algoritm.The axiomatic design could be better (lack of examples). If you decide to buy this book take a good deep breath. You should be good enough in algebra, and you should be quite comfortable with some six sigma basics.

The relatively newer trends as TRIZ and axiomatic design have also been nicely dealt with.Overall, this is a very nice and easy read book, with excellent and well defined examples. The systems approach allows an enthusiast reader to start anywhere, without having to spend time refering back to earlier chapters. A must for everyone who wants a quick refresher on the design principles of six sigma. I have not found such a comprehensive book for design of six sigma. I started using this book for advanced experimental design and taguchi methods, but ended understanding the complete roadmap for design of six sigma.

It can serve as a textbook for students/beginners and also can serve as a handbook for experienced engineers. This is an outstanding DFSS book for production development. I am reading the book right now, and the book is really beneficial to me. The title says it all- this is a roadmap for you to find the way correctly and easily. It contains integrated information and some of which you could hardly find anywhere else, thus with one book in hand, you have all the tools to get to your destination. This is also a easy to read book providing the reader with a solid understanding- Concepts are clearly defined, real world examples/ case studies are fully described and the chapters are well organized.

You can hardly find one page without errors/typos. However, this is the worst edited book I have ever read. This is a book with a lot of information. Each chapter can be used as a starting point for a specific six sigma technique.

Especially intriguing and novel concept of TRIZ. Yang and El-Haik have successfully written one of the most impressive and useful reads I have ever encountered within this field. A very worthwhile book, in any case. While the concept of six-sigma is a very popular one, it is not often that one can find such a comprehensive yet clearly-written volume devoted to the most important topics of six-sigma. A book that contains so much information and not just hot air is especially hard to find.