Design for Six Sigma and lean product development
Design for Six Sigma and lean product development
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六西格码设计和精益产品开发
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2012
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通讯作者：
J. Fouquet
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Ida Gremyr;J. Fouquet
Purpose – Six Sigma and lean production are established concepts in industry and academia. Both have given rise to associated concepts that have been applied in product development: Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and Lean Product Development (LPD), respectively. Proposals are being published for the merger of DFSS and LPD, and the purpose of this paper is to discuss potential benefits and risks of such proposals.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on an interview study encompassing 11 interviews at seven companies.Findings – The results show that a possible merger of DFSS and LPD could prove beneficial in providing guidance both on the structure and the content of improvement efforts. Further, a merger has a potential of supporting radical, as well as incremental, improvements. However, differences in industrial practices that should be considered in applications of a merged initiative are the overall goal of the improvement work (cost reduction versus waste reduction), the emphasis on what to d...
