Method and apparatus for using DFSS to manage a research project

• Main Author: CAWSE JAMES NORMAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.04.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CALCULATING; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LIBRARIES, e.g. CHEMICAL LIBRARIES, IN SILICOLIBRARIES; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

In an exemplary embodiment, an application of combinatorial materials development with minimum materials development, minimum variance, and maximum integration is provided. The embodiment is directed to a method of project development of a combinatorial materials development process using DFSS techniques having four major elements. The first element is the use of a design for six sigma (DFSS) process mapping to convert a complex and disorganized process structure to an organized structure that can be further analyzed. The second element comprises the use of quality function deployment houses as a method of flowing critical to quality characteristics (CTQ) through a research project. The third element comprises a transfer function that connects the overall steps of the project to the output which is measured as variability not as mean. Score cards are used as the "function" to total the variabilities of each process step. The final element comprises an extension of design of experiment (DOE) techniques.