DfSS 2008: A Total System Approach is your roadmap to the ultimate product development system

This event will help you synergize DfSS with your existing product development process and create a global language that will drive company buy-in, improve quality and produce long-term results

Now in its 10th year, Design for Six Sigma 2008 is your chance to attain the most current and beneficial knowledge on how to embed a connected design methodology in your company. This event will cover all the key issues that both manufacturing and transactional organizations are facing in deploying DfSS projects.

Receive guidance and best practice from companies who are leading the way with their DfSS initiatives and take away key methodologies that will give you the competitive edge:

• 1. Generate a global language and DfSS mindset across your company in order to align your design methodology
• 2. Guarantee workforce buy-in and support for DfSS beyond research and development
• 3. Exceed your customer's needs with a DfSS initiative that directly reflects and upholds their best interests
• 4. Align with market trends and improve your business strategy in order to maintain a competitive edge
• 5. Produce results that will ensure senior management buy-in and consistent allocation of resources

Also, don’t miss the pre-conference focus day on April 21, with sessions tailored specifically to those just starting their deployment and those dealing with more advanced issues:

(l) Track 1 – Early Starters’ Focus Day

Focus Day: This introductory day is for new practitioners and will explore how you can successfully overcome barriers to DfSS deployment

(l) Track 2 – Advanced Focus Day

• Workshop A: A Systems Engineering Approach to DfSS
• Workshop B: Value Engineering: Strengthening Design Concepts and Harnessing the VOC
• Workshop C: Integrating DfSS with Lean Product Process Development (PPD)

Who will I meet and who is speaking?

This year’s highly demanded event will feature a fresh speaker line-up of cross-industry experts, including:

• Rick Lux, VP, Engineering, Xerox Production Systems Group
• Don Owen, Vice President, Operational Excellence and Product Development, Mannington Mills
• Al Dickinson, I&CIM Deployment Champion, Delphi Steering
• Tom Judd, Director Product Development Quality, MBB, Motorola
• Rick Boyd, MBB and Manager of Six Sigma, Dominion Resources
• Brian Burlingame, Director, Global Operational Excellence, Merck and Company

Don't miss this event because...

An innovative and unique forum, DfSS 2008 presents ALL NEW case studies and never heard before DfSS applications to expand your current platform. It will give you an unrivalled range of strategies on DfSS that you can take back and apply in your organization!

‘Every DfSS project will save us 10 DMAIC projects at the other end,’
Roger Cliffe, Quality Director, Vodafone (onesixsigma)

Vodafone is taking advantage of the long-term changes that an integrated DfSS initiative brings to its process improvement and business strategy. The question is are you?

DfSS 2008 is a unique opportunity to network, collate, learn best practice and return to the office with fresh strategies under your belt - ensure that you’re not just one step further on with improving the robustness of designs and quality of your products, but ten steps ahead of your competition.

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time .

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