Pre production planning and leadtime reduction using Six Sigma

Abstract

Companies now look to get competitive by cutting down costs associated with operation and also beat competition by cutting their turnaround times. Six- Sigma has been known to be a chosen process improvement methodology and companies are now looking at it as a new age mantra, to improve process variations and help make profits. The main objective of this study is to reduce the lead-times associated with the Pre-production department and also improve the internal process variation. The literature review provides a basic background into Six Sigma. The methodology used for this study breaks down six sigma into its 5 basic steps of define, measure, analyze, improve and control, each part helps attain the final goal of reducing the downtimes associated with the lead-times. The scope of the project is to identify critical area of opportunity for improvement by analyzing the required, missed and incorrect information, define and document future state of pre-production planning processes and achieve full implementation and complete compliance of the future state.