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Design for Six Sigma
(DFSS) Training

Our Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) courses can be taught at your facility or you can attend one of our public seminars. If you do not have an established training office or facility, ask about our turn-key training solution which provides a local venue, course registration, course evaluation, and more.

DFSS Green Belt Program

Two-Week Course (4.5 Days per Week)

Our DFSS Green Belt program is a two-week course which includes printed course materials and the software Quantum XL and Pro-Test. The course was created for design engineers with the simple goal of making them more effective in designing products to meet the customers' requirements. Our approach to training includes multiple hands-on exercises, including the optimization of a self-balancing inverted pendulum robot.

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    Week 1 (4.5 Days)

    • Introduction to DFSS
    • Obtaining Product Requirements
    • Design Scorecard
    • System and Functional Partitioning
    • Pugh Concept Selection and Functional Modeling
    • Identifying and Controlling Key Critical Design Variables
    • Statistical Concepts for Design
    • Hypothesis Testing
    • Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
    • MSA for Design and Development
    • Attribute MSA
    • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Introduction (Optional)

    Week 2 (4.5 Days)

    • Introduction to DFSS
    • Introduction to Regression
    • Introduction to DOE
    • Regression Analysis
    • Two-Level Designs
    • Three-Level Designs
    • DOE Summary
    • Expected Value Analysis
    • Robust Design
    • Tolerance Design
    • Introduction to Reliability
    • Validation Techniques

DFSS Black Belt Program

One-Week Course

Our DFSS Black Belt program is a one-week course which builds on the Green Belt course. Rather than a 'one size fits all' approach, our DFSS Black Belt course is typically customized for each client to meet their specific needs. We have found that different clients will need different skills depending on their industry and goals.

  • DFSS Black Belt Example Content
    • Advanced MSA Techniques
    • Advanced Hypothesis Testing
    • Regression Diagnostics
    • Generic and Engineering Based Transformation
    • Qualitative Input Variables in DOE
    • Blocking in DOE
    • Binary Logistic Regression
    • Nominal Logistic Regression
    • Optimization of Deterministic Simulators
    • Historical Data Analysis
    • D-Optimal Designs
    • Power and Sample Size
    • Introduction to Reliability Modeling

DFSS Executive Overview

One-Day Course

Our DFSS Executive Overview is for executives and managers who lead design groups. The course provides an introduction to DFSS and an overview of the methodology. This one day course includes printed course materials.

  • DFSS Executive Overview Course Outline
    • DFSS Introduction and Motivation
    • Introduction to IDOV
    • Identification of Customer and Business Requirements
    • Design Overview
    • Optimization of Key Design Variables
    • Design Validation Overview