Purpose & Overview
The purpose of the seminar is to provide attendees with a detailed understanding of the philosophy and tools used in Six Sigma so that they can understand how to use it to their advantage in the workplace. The seminar covers the major steps associated with Six Sigma – Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC). It discusses the approach, explains the tools, and demonstrates the application of those tools. The ultimate goal is for attendees to realize how, and if, Six Sigma can economically be applied in their workplace.

Who should attend?
Managers and engineers who are responsible for the success and reliability of a product.
This seminar is geared to participants familiar with some quality processes.

Instructor: David Bigio - Biography

Seminar Content

Six Sigma improvement process
DMAIC:	The define phase Approach: voice of the customer as CTQs Tools: drill-down trees – discovery, deployment, team charter
DMAIC:	The measure phase Approach: selecting CTQs and defining performance Standards: actual process variation and output Tools: process maps and failure modes and effected analysis (FMEA), establishing data-collection plans, measurement system validation and data collection
DMAIC:	The analyze phase Approach: process capability and process modeling Tools: statistics tools, Z-scores and evaluation of process sigma, hypothesis testing and confidence intervals, identifying the vital X’s
DMAIC:	The improve phase Approach: improve philosophy Tools: analysis of variance review with design of experiments overview
DMAIC:	The control phase Statistical process control and DMAIC epilogue
Enterprise view – business and performance excellence

Seminar Fees	Before 4/23/08	After 4/23/08
SPE Member	$495	$595
Nonmember	$745	$745

Price Schedule

All forms of registration must contain payment, either by credit card or check, otherwise the registration will not be processed. Checks should be made payable to SPE Seminars in U.S. funds.

Use a separate registration form for each attendee.

If you do not receive a confirmation for the seminar prior to attending, please e-mail seminars@4spe.org or call SPE at +1 203-740-5403 to verify your registration.