History:
Bill Smith coined the term 6 Sigma & is called "Father of 6 Sigma"
Mikel Harry coined terms - Black Belt & Green Belt
Normal Curve - Carl Friedrich Gauss
1920 - Control Charts - Walter Shewhart
1935 - Design of Experiments - Ronald Fisher
1940 - FMEA - Failure Modes & Effect Analysis - US armed Forces
1940 - MSA - Measurement Systems Analysis - AIAG Automotive Industry Action Group
1960s - Ishikawa Diagrams - Kaoru Ishikawa
1960s - Six Thinking Hats - Dr. Edward de Bono
1960s - Pugh Method or Decision-matrix method - Stuart Pugh
1963 - Delphi Technique - Dalkey & Helmerr - Rand Corporation
1977 - Box Plot - John Tukey
Lean Tools:
5s - Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
Andon
Bottleneck Analysis
Continuous Flow
DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)
Gemba (The Real Place)
Heijunka (Level Scheduling)
Hoshin Kanri (Policy Deployment)
Jidoka (Automation)
Just-In-Time (JIT)
Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)
Kanban (Pull System)
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
Muda (Waste)
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) - Availability, Performance, Quality
PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act)
Poka-Yoke (Error Proffing)
Root Cause Analysis
Single-Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED)
Six Big Losses
SMART Goals
Standardization Work
Takt Time
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Value Stream Mapping
Visual Factory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkW_nrjiRk
DMAIC - Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
Define - Create the Project Charter, Interpret the Voice of the Customer, Understand the Current State, Develop Project Communication
Clarify the issue, Understand who is involved, Define the scope, Engage those impacted, Clarify customer expectations
Measure - Select Measures, Plan for Data Collection, Collect Baseline Data
Determine if issue exists, Assess if it's worth addressing, understand the process, focus projects effors, establish the baseline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50Tzn4x-iU
