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Design for Six Sigma Green Belt & Black Belt
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Earn Your Design for Six Sigma Certification from the University of Michigan.
Many quality and warranty issues originate in product definition and design. The Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology aims to mitigate these issues by taking a more systematic and evidence-based approach to create more robust product, service, and process designs during new product development.
This program examines methods and tools to design products aimed to boost customer satisfaction and reduce future quality and warranty problems. The IDDOV methodology includes identifying customer needs and converting them into measurable design features, creating innovative design concepts.
Upon completion, you will have the knowledge to optimize and validate processes, helping you create quality products, meet customer needs, and achieve business goals.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Our hyflex learning format allows students to choose in-person or remote-live participation. This unique DFSS two-week program provides students the option to stop after week 1 to earn their Green Belt or continue for advanced Black Belt training.
Full DFSS Green Belt and Black Belt Certification require completion of both weeks.
In this program, you will:
- Learn tools and techniques to translate the voice of the customer requirements into functional requirements and quality metrics for designs during new product development.
- Learn tools to generate design concepts and methods to evaluate and then select among design options.
- Learn tools to identify potential design issues, failure modes, and techniques to address.
- Learn tools and techniques to assess the performance of functional requirements and quality metrics, including techniques for optimization and validation.
- Apply statistical and graphical analysis tools to support the analysis of design options.
- Apply Design for Six Sigma Methods (IDDOV methodology) toward the development of new products/services.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The hyflex program covers the Design for Six Sigma IDDOV methodology. The first week will focus on basic optimization and validation skills. The second week will teach advanced techniques for building statistical models and developing predictive equations for optimization, testing, and validation.
Week 1: Level 1 Green Belt Topics
- Introduction to New Product Development Challenges and IDDOV Methodology
- Defining Customer Requirements, Survey Analysis, and new product development opportunities
- Developing Functional Requirements and House of Quality
- Design Concept Generation using Benchmarking and Creativity Activation Tools, including TRIZ
- Design Concept Selection using Design Scorecards and Pugh Matrix
- System Boundary Diagrams and Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
- Design countermeasures including Design for Manufacturability and Assembly, Axiomatic Design Principles, and Error Proofing
- Identifying factors for optimization and robustness using P-Diagrams
- Evaluating alternatives using Statistical Hypothesis Tests and transfer functions and optimization using Linear Regression
- Analyze process design, validation, and modeling techniques, including introduction to tolerance simulation
Week 2: Level 2 Black Belt Topics
- Evaluating robustness using hypothesis testing
- General linear models with interactions and quadratic terms
- Binary Logistic Regression and Customer Satisfaction Loss Functions
- Conventional Design of Experiments
- Response Surface Methodology and Center Composite Design of Experiments
- Taguchi Design of Experiment (Static and Dynamic)
- Multi-Response Analysis using Total Desirability Index
- Validation Tests
- Reliability Analysis/System Allocation
- Tolerance Allocation Methods
Certification Requirements
To earn the DFSS Green Belt certification, participants must complete graded exercises outside class and a project. The project may involve the full IDDOV methodology or only Identify-Define-Design (IDD). Students are encouraged to select a project from their workplace. However, if you are unable to find a work project, students may use a Simulated Project.
For those pursuing DFSS Black Belt certification, they must complete additional graded exercises and pass the University of Michigan Design for Six Sigma Black Belt Certification exam with a score of 80% or higher. If you score below 80%, we will offer a one-time re-take of the DFSS Black Belt make-up exam.
Upon successful completion, you will be provided your University of Michigan Design for Six Sigma Green or Black Belt Certification.
COMPLIMENTARY SOFTWARE
The University of Michigan DFSS Green Belt Certification course includes a copy of QE Tools statistical analysis software. QE Tools is a user-friendly Excel add-in tool designed for Green Belts. Students will use QE Tools to apply the various course tools and statistical analysis methods both within the course and their DFSS project.
For the DFSS Black Belt course, students will need the Minitab Statistical Software. If students do not have access to this software through an employer, the University will provide students with a temporary license through the completion of their course certification projects. After completing the course, students may use equivalent software for projects involving advanced statistical analysis tools and modeling.
Who Should Attend
Design for Six Sigma is a great option for:
- Product designers and developers
- Manufacturing engineers
- Quality engineers
- Reliability engineers
A basic understanding of statistical analysis methods is required, including basic Microsoft Excel skills and basic statistics knowledge. Prior knowledge of Minitab statistical software is recommended, but not required for Black Belt topics.
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INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM
Pat Hammett, PhD
- Lead Faculty, Six Sigma Programs
- Associate Chair of Masters Education, Integrative Systems + Design
- Lecturer, College of Engineering
Don Lynch, PhD
- Instructor, ME-OPE
- Vice President of Quality, Strategy, and Transformation, SKF USA Inc.