Design for Six Sigma and Project Identification

Question 1

The RPN is the product of

Whatever method the team deems necessary
Savings, Occurrence, Detection
Severity, VOC, Detection
Severity, Occurrence, and Detection

Answer 1

Severity, Occurrence, and Detection

*PRN = Risk Priority Number

Question 2

An FMEA is used to establish priorities

Answer 2

True
*FMEA = Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
evaluate a process or product and determine what might cause it to fail and the effects that failure could have.
Use RPN

Question 3

The benefits of DFSS include the following except

Enhanced quality and reliability
Improved product fit
Increased robustness of product performance
Management thinks that the process saves money

Answer 3

Management thinks that the process saves money
*DFSS = Design for Six Sigma
a business/engineering strategic process that focuses on
proactive design quality, rather than reactive design quality.
a systematic process to create produce-able designs by
reducing and managing variation in order to meet the “customer’s”
expectations of quality/performance.

Question 4

When two risks have the same RPN, the tie is
broken by the

Highest severity
Highest Occurrence
Project leader
Team consensus

Answer 4

Highest severity
*The risk priority number (RPN) is calculated from FMEA data, specifically the severity rating (S), occurrence rating (O), and detection rating (D). RPN = S × D
× O. The RPN is used to help determine the potentially highest-risk items to aid a project team in prioritizing the items to work on most aggressively

Question 5

The knowledge based approach is driven by the
company’s aim for

Profit
Competitive advantage
Design for excellence
Solving problems

Answer 5

Design for excellence

Question 6

A challenge of DFSS is

Innovativeness
Determining which metrics to evaluate the deployment against
Buy in
Resources

Answer 6

Determining which metrics to evaluate the deployment against

Question 7

FMEA is just a numbers game. It is easy to

minimize the RPN

Answer 7

False

Question 8

DMADV and DMAIC share the phases below except

Analyze
Define
Measure
Design

Answer 8

Design

Question 9

The main differences between DFSS and Six Sigma
all of below except

DFSS is more (customer) reactive
DFSS starts earlier
DFSS applies to new products
DFSS focuses on marketing

Answer 9

DFSS is more (customer) reactive
*a business/engineering strategic process that focuses on
proactive design quality

Question 10

The reasons for using DFSS include all of below except

Inadequate market analysis
Cost reduction projects
Increase success rate of new products
Minimizes waste of resources

Answer 10

Cost reduction projects

Question 11

A disadvantage of benchmarking is all except

Incomplete
Costly
Increases knowledge
Can be misleading

Answer 11

Increases knowledge

Question 12

A stakeholder analysis helps

identify and abate resistance

Answer 12

True
* Identify end users, subject matter experts,
process owners and other people or factors that will be affected by
a project, and describe how each of them can influence the project.

Question 13

One tip in process mapping includes

Never refining the process
Validating your steps
Making sure the process map is 100% complete
Mapping the process by yourself and in a cool dry room

Answer 13

Validating your steps

Question 14

The different types of benchmarking includes all
the following except

Performance
Process
Strategic
Park

Answer 14

Park

*competitive, collaborative and best practices

Question 15

When identifying stakeholders, remember that

They are always correct
Quality is defined by the customer
Quality is achieved through detection
We must do as they say

Answer 15

Quality is defined by the customer

Question 16

Project selection suggests that projects with the
highest financial benefit will always
get priority

Answer 16

False

Question 17

An advantage of benchmarking includes all of the
following except

Facilitates comparisons
Makes it easy to adopt best practices
Increases knowledge
Drives continuous improvement

Answer 17

Makes it easy to adopt best practices

Question 18

One of the questions we should ask ourselves

when defining a process is how to measure the process

Answer 18

True

Question 19

In a SIPOC, the customer and supplier can never

be the same entity

Answer 19

False

* SIPOC identification: suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers. (Process input and output)

Question 20

A typical benchmarking process would include all
of the following except

Distributing the data to all competitors in the industry
Re-calibrating and starting over again
Deciding what to benchmark
Obtaining data and collecting information

Answer 20

Distributing the data to all competitors in the industry