The document provides an overview of the DMAIC process, highlighting its purpose and the common challenges faced in each phase. It discusses methods to overcome these obstacles and encourages participants to engage in further training and resources available through GoLeanSixSigma. The session includes polls and outlines the next steps for participants' DMAIC journeys.

1. DMAIC: Common Challenges
and How to Overcome Them
Presented by Elisabeth Swan
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3. Learning Objectives
After completing this webinar, you will be
able to:
• Define DMAIC
• Outline the purpose of each DMAIC Phase
• List the biggest challenge associated with
each phase
• Describe the techniques to
overcome common issues
• List the next steps in your
DMAIC journey
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4. Today’s Agenda
• A DMAIC Refresher
• The 5 Biggest Challenges
• Surmounting the Obstacles
• Planning Your Journey
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5. DMAIC
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6. Common DMAIC Missteps
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Shooting
for the
Moon
D
Bottom
Lining It
M
Finding the
Smoking
Gun
A
Feeling
the
Love
I
Sticking
the
Landing
C

7. Poll #1
Question: What is the toughest Phase of
DMAIC for you?
A. Define
B. Measure
C. Analyze
D. Improve
E. Control
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8. Define Phase
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9. Define Phase Overview
Create the
Project Charter
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Interpret the
Voice of the
Customer
Understand the
Current State
Develop Project
Communication

10. Shooting for the Moon
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11. Project Goals
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Goal
Reduce the complexity of the
ordering system and make it easier
to find vendors while removing all
the redundant steps and creating a
new guide for purchasing.
Creating an efficient new template
for everyone to enter their items
and submit to the department in
less time and with a faster
turnaround and cheaper products
that help increase margin.

12. Upgrading Goal Statements
Streamline the Accounts
Receivable department
Improve the efficiency of the
purchase order process to 100%
Reduce the time it takes to find
a vendor by creating an
approved list of vendors
Install new application
processing software
Reduce time to send an invoice
from 1 month to 1 day
Reduce the % of Purchase
Orders requiring rework from
22% to 11%
Reduce the time it takes to find
a valid vendor from 1 week
to 1 day
Reduce incomplete application
submissions from 13% to 6%
Not Great Better!
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13. Tools for the Job
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14. Sample Goal
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15. DEFECTS TIME
No Need to Shoot for the Moon
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Goal: 50%

16. Improvement Journey—Define Phase
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17. Measure Phase
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18. Measure Phase Overview
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Select
Measures
Plan for Data
Collection
Collect
Baseline Data

19. Bottom Lining It
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20. Isn’t It in the System?
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21. Check Sheets
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22. Bottom Lining it
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23. Improvement Journey—Measure Phase
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24. Poll #2
Question: What’s your most common data
collection experience?
A. I find what I need in the system
B. I use 2 or more system sources to get what I
need
C. I collect all the data manually
D. I use a hybrid of manual collection and
system data
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25. Analyze Phase
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26. Analyze Phase Overview
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Conduct
Process
Analysis
Conduct
Data
Analysis
Brainstorm
Root Causes
Develop
Root Cause
Hypotheses
Validate
Root Cause
Hypothesis

27. Finding the Smoking Gun
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28. Follow the Trail
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STEPSTEPSTEP
???

29. Where is the Problem?
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30. Isolating Root Cause
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???

31. Use Box Plots as Verification
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32. Finding the Smoking Gun
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Root Causes

33. Improvement Journey – Analyze Phase
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34. Improve Phase
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35. Improve Phase Overview
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Craft
Solutions
Filter
Solutions
Conduct Risk
Management
Determine
Solution
Approach

36. Feeling the Love
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37. Where to Connect
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38. Discovery & Relationships
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39. Improvement Journey—Improve Phase
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40. Control Phase
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41. Control Phase Overview
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Create
Monitoring
Plans
Develop
Response
Plans
Document
the Project
Pursue
Perfection

42. Sticking the Landing
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43. How Are We Doing?
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44. Visual or Huddle Boards
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45. Seeing Process Performance
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I remember that
one… we forgot to
put in the Conch
Salad order!
But our
improvements
are the reason for
this shift. We
made the process
steadily quicker!

46. Control Chart Template
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47. Improvement Journey—Control Phase
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48. Question for You
Do you have a different DMAIC challenge
you’d like to share?
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Please enter your
response in the
Chat area!

49. Recap: Common DMAIC Missteps
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Shooting
for the
Moon
D
Bottom
Lining It
M
Finding the
Smoking
Gun
A
Feeling
the
Love
I
Sticking
the
Landing
C

50. Planning Your Journey
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• Download free templates:
• Goal Builder, Check Sheet,
Process Walk Interview Guide,
Control Chart Template
• Read blogs:
• https://goleansixsigma.com/
10-guidelines-for-great-goal-statements/
• https://goleansixsigma.com/
finding-smoking-gun-root-cause-
analysis-less-guess-work/
• Check “Potholes and Detours”
in Problem-Solver’s Toolkit
• Plan ahead!
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51. Today We Covered
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• A DMAIC Refresher
• The 5 Biggest Challenges
• Surmounting the Obstacles
• Planning Your Journey

52. Questions?
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