Product performance improvement proposal: A multi-methodological approach from Design For Six Sigma and Design of experiments

Abstract:

This article uses the structure and elementary concepts of Design of experiments to apply to the corporate environment, as a structural basis for the stability of the manufacturing process, improvement of product performance, and, consequently, the reduction of industrial costs (a constant bottleneck in the corporate environment). Sincere the fundamental proposal used in the experimentation is the concrete understanding of the impact of the input variables (factors), as well as knowing the relationship (interaction) between them. Only that, with such knowledge, there is full mastery of the process in question. As it is a robust model, which is associated with an investment for its implementation, it is understood that, in a previous stage, the process or product that will ok analyzed is in full alignment with the strategic objectives of the business. Thus, after modeling and applying the Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) philosophy and its various methodologies, together with statistical experimentation techniques, it was concluded that it is possible to maximize the performance of a product starting from the strategic vision of the business and unfolding it into effective product (service) actions.

David de Oliveira Costa He is a Production Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, has a Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Management and an MBA in Six Sigma and Quality Management, is currently a student of the Master’s Program in Production Engineering at Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil) and is developing his research in Operations Research, in the Multicriteria Analysis area, aligns with the corporate strategy. He is also a student of the Professional Master’s Program in Environmental Management at the Instituto Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil), with research in Energy Efficiency in manufacturing industries. He has more than 20 years of experience in multinational industries of great expression in the market, having held management and technical roles: industrial operations supervisor, applications engineer, and technical assistance engineer. He currently serves as Technical Sales Executive.

Ruben Huamanchumo Gutierrez He is a Associate Professor at the Fluminense Federal University. Doctor (1997) and Master (1990) from COPPE/UFRJ (CApes 6) Rio de Janeiro. Graduated- “Universidad Nacional de Trujillo/ Peru” (1985). He has business and teaching experience (22 years) in Quality Management, Process Improvement, and Maturity; Projects and evaluation; Business Strategies; and Financial Analysis and Cash Flows; He teaches topics on Marketing Strategies, portfolio competitiveness and performance, Process Management, Projects and Services, Multicriteria and Decisions, GIS – Management Information Systems, Business performance, scenarios and integrated management. He has co-authored 3 books, and 7 book chapters. He has also published 9 articles in reputable journals. He has published 105 articles in events such as ENEGEP, ENANPAD, SIMPEP, SIMPOI, EPIO (Argentina), CORS (Canada) etc. He was a speaker at several events. He has successfully supervised 61 master’s dissertations, and 53 other final papers for courses such as TCC, MBA, etc. I participated in more than 360 evaluation boards. He also worked in scientific societies such as ABEPRO, SOBRAPO, CLADEA. E Acts since 1995 as a referee and collaborator in events such as ENEGEP, ENANPAD, SIMPEP, SIMPOI, EPIO (Argentina) etc. He is also a reviewer and referee for national and international journals GEPROS, G&P (Management and Production), Online Production, S&G (Systems and Management), African Journal of Business management, Revista Ingenieria Industrial.

Carlos Francisco Simões Gomes He is a Associate project manager, researcher at the Center for Analysis of Naval Systems (CASNAV) from 1997 to 2007, he was Head of the Department of CASNAV, and later Deputy Director of this Center until 2008, when he left the active service of the Navy. Has experience in Administration, Production Engineering, and Information Technology (IT) and Information Architecture, with emphasis on Risk Management, working mainly on the following topics: Multicriteria, Operations Research, Logistics, Project Management, Information Systems focusing on Accessibility and Usability, Decision Analysis, Analytical Methods applied to the solution of Brazilian business problems and Strategic Planning using IT. Speaker at UFRJ, UFPE, Candido Mendes, Uff – Volta Redonda, UVA and FGV, Escola de Guerra Naval and Escola Superior de Guerra. Vice President of SOBRAPO. Participated in 63 undergraduate, Master’s, Doctoral and Doctoral Qualifying Exams; of 68 congresses and/or symposia, national and/or international events. He has 34 articles published in national and international journals, and another 85 articles published in congresses, symposia, national and international events. He has supervised 19 undergraduate monographs. Author of the books Management of the Supply Chain Integrated to Information Technology, Publisher CENGAGE LEARNING; and Managerial Decision Making – Multicriteria Approach (3rd Edition); Atlas Publisher. He participated as a member of the Brazilian delegation to the International Maritime Organization (UN body for the Oceans based in London) in the negotiations of the Ballast Water and Double Hull agreement, being in both of them the author of the work that marked the Brazilian position. technical reviewer of journals: European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR); Operational Research; Management and Production; Production Magazine; Brazilian Journal of Operations and Production Management and Annals of Operations Research and Engevista.

Maros dos Santos He has over 700 articles published, it has a Scopus H-8 index. He held two post-docs, namely: one in Space Sciences and Technologies at the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) and another in Production Engineering at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). He holds a PhD in Production Engineering (from UFF) in the Research Line: Systems, Decision Support and Logistics. Master in Production Engineering (from COPPE/UFRJ) in the Operational Research Research Line. He has a degree in Mathematics and a Specialist in Mathematical Instrumentation (also from UFF). Coordinator of the 1st MBA in Operations Research and Decision Making in Brazil. Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Systems and Computing (PPgSC) at the Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME). Professor of Advanced Mathematics at the Computer Engineering graduation at IME. Permanent Professor of the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at UFF. MBA Professor in Data Science and Analytics at the University of São Paulo (USP). Professor of Corporate Governance and Organizational Excellence at Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA). Creator of several mathematical methods to support decision making (all published in international journals), including: SAPEVO-M Method, ELECTRE-MOr Method, AHP-Gaussian Method and PrOPPAGA Method.

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Design of Experiments (DOE), Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), Product Development