Initiating Six Sigma - IE Six Sigma - Robust Productive Process Design

Lesson 410  of  Industrial Engineering ONLINE Course -  IE Statistics and IE Six Sigma Module.

Robust Productive Process Design

IE Six Sigma - Robust Productive Process Design

Industrial engineers have to do six sigma improvement or calculation of the process redesigned by them using the latest engineering and process knowledge.

Acquiring and Using the Latest Engineering Knowledge.

Industrial engineering have to develop engineering knowledge acquisition system and develop a knowledge management system that provides them the links to appropriate knowledge when they are evaluating a process for improvement.

Acquiring Process Knowledge

Analyst has to become intimately familiar with the process and develop a graphic to represent it.

Steps.

Analyst observes and records information about the process

One-on-one interviews with those familiar with the process

A graphic model of the process is developed based on these interviews

Group meetings with personnel familiar with process

The analyst records the discussion of the meeting.

A graphic model of the process is developed based on the group meetings.

Based on the comprehensive process chart and detailed information on each operation of the process (Operation information sheet) process is analyzed and improved with the collaboration of the operators, supervisors and engineers using the process.

The six sigma procedure identifies the set of discrete parameters that give the lowest variation. So after industrial engineers redesign the process, that provide additional steps or values of discrete parameters, six sigma exercise can be done. This exercise will confirm the productivity benefit of IE redesign and also in addition confirms the quality of the process also. It is a good integration of productivity and quality dimensions.

Robust product design and process planning in using process capability analysis

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing volume 26, pages459–470 (2015)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10845-013-0802-6

Initiating Six Sigma

Dr. T. P. Bagchi , Department of Management, IIT Kharagpur

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd2xKiG8nnw&list=PL8F39D0611CB7BD3B&index=4

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Ud. 15.3.2026

Pub. 20.3.2022