Six Sigma and Beyond: Design for Six Sigma, Volume VI
STAGE 4: BEGIN MASS PRODUCTION STARTUP
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Develop database on mass production capabilities versus plan.
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Identify problems and areas for further improvement.
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Integrate operator-suggested efficiency or effectiveness improvements into plan.
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Identify additional customer inputs.
| Note | Fourth and final quality management meeting held three months after start of mass production. Manufacturing leads; engineering participates. |
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Actual performance data integrated into QFD package
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Additional study needs detailed and commitments made
The importance and focus on the "voice of the customer" results in:
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Reinforcing the quality linkage between departments
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Setting the priorities for achieving marketplace advantage
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Reducing the time from concept to product delivery