DMAIC PROBLEM SOLVING

Create a Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® slide presentation addressing each of the process improvement phases of DMAIC.  Identify a process you want to improve in your personal life<~~ THIS ONE or in your organization, or one you know that may benefit from improvement.    

Research each of the following phases:

·         Define

·         Measure

·         Analyze

·         Improve

·         Control

Describe two different tools/techniques, using one slide per each phase of DMAIC and two tools/techniques per each phase, 3 slides total each phase, to analyze a process you have chosen to improve. 

Use 5 Whys and 5S as two of your 10 selected tools/techniques.  You may choose the other eight tools/techniques.For each phase, provide applied examples of process improvement within your workplace or an organization with which you are familiar and apply tools/techniques to each phase.

·         Define

o    Tool 1

o    Tool 2

·         Measure 

o    Tool 1

o    Tool 2

·         Analyze

o    Tool 1 

o    Tool 2

·         Improve

o    Tool 1 

o    Tool 2

·         Control

o    Tool 1

o    Tool 2

Tools/Techniques are from the text / toolbox such as 5 Whys, 5S, Flow Charts, Pareto Charts, Control Charts, Scatter Diagrams, Brainstorming, etc.

Format your PowerPoint® presentation consistent with APA guidelines.The presentation will need to be 19 slides and include the following: title slide, introduction, content, conclusion and reference slide. Each phase must have one description slide plus two slides for each technique/tool chosen and must also provide examples and personal application on the slide with details.

Use a minimum of 3 different references that are not from the same online text, library book or article.