Training materials:  Texts:  Knowledge Based Management; Basic Statistics:  Tools for Continuous Improvement; Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments;  Software:  DFSS Master, DOE PRO XL, SPC XL, SIMWARE;  Design for Lean/Six Sigma student participant guide

Prerequisites:  proficiency in probability distributions, MSA, and designed experiments. 

Course agenda:

            Module 1        Introduction to DFSS
            Module 2        Keeping Score
            Module 3        Voice of the Customer
            Module 4        Pugh Concept Selection, Systems  Engineering, and Requirements 
                                     Flowdown
            Module 5        Transfer Function
            Module 6        Design for Robust Performance
            Module 7        Tolerance Allocation
            Module 8        Design for Manufacturability
            Module 9        Product Capability Prediction
            Module 10      Test and Validate
            Module 11      Design Cycle Time Considerations
            Appendix A     Helicopter Design Exercise
            Appendix B     Statapult™ Catapult Scorecard