Define : The Goals and Project Selection

The first step in six sigma role is Define. The purpose of this step are

Extract the project that is most important in customer's side and have most consequence to management achievement. Define the project in order to promote its target. We can call it Critical to Quality (CTQ)

The activity step of Define are:
- Selecting the Projects
- Deep Analysis of the Project (Extract Project)
- Building the Project Team

Now, we will try to focus of Selecting the projects topic.
In the manufacturing six sigma, doing the project should be match with the business goals. For example, if the business issue say that most issue of this year about decreasing the material cost, so the project tittle or scoope is arround this issues.

To confirm business issue by outputting enterprise’s management policy, object and target of innovation, core ability and to select the Big Y of appropriate enterprise or dept.

(Big Y : Big Goal of Company/ Vision of Company / Big Issues)

Uderstanding the Big Y

☆ Should be connected with management task or strategy

-Select the one that can influence importantly to business outcome by reflecting to division core task.

-Connect with Key Performance Index in order to achieve the middle period target or division strategy task.

☆ Should be item that can be measured

-Check the current level and select the one can standardize about target level.

-Select by transforming to alternative item that can standardize for item that cannot measure directly.

Development of Big Y and Little Y --> Project Selection

by breakdown the Big Y into the little Y, we also can focus to the detail scoope and select the project based on the target.

The Other Steps to Select the Project
1. Select the candidate of Big Y

-- increase of market quality
- sales innovation of Company's product-
- increase of productivity
- secure competitiveness of prime cost of manufacture of Companys product

Standard of selection

-- Impact on basic year’s management

-- Beneficial for 6 σ Project

-- Possibility of direct support of MBB

-- Correspond to object of Chief of Dept.

2. Select the Big Y

- Productivity of OO product increased
3. .Application of Project (separate form)