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TOWARDS AN INTEGRATION OF SIX SIGMA, DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA AND DESIGN METHODOLOGY
Schmidt-Kretschmer, M.; Warncke, T. R.
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2008
Editor:
Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
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Section:
Organizational understanding of product development
Page(s):
987 - 992
Abstract:
The selection and interpretation of methods and workflow within the product development process are not synchronous and practice usually varies between the departments involved (e.g. development and production). This complicates the utilization of company potential. The integration of the different practices could increase corporate understanding, work-content consistency and generate synergy benefits. The paper examines the possibilities and benefits of a consolidation of up to now detached approaches for problem solving, such as Design Methodology (DM), Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and describes a possible first approach to an interdisciplinary consolidation of viewpoints and presently applied approaches, bearing the entire product development process in mind, beyond the classical boundaries of production and design.
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