• Perhaps you are frustrated at the lack of return on your investments in innovation?
• Maybe you are finding it tricky to harness the ideas in your organisation and direct the energy on development of winning products or services that offer compelling value to your customers?
• Perhaps you are great at doing the design, but find the translation of the concepts into operations or manufacturing is where things could be better?
• Do you sometimes wish you could start with a ‘blank sheet of paper’ and develop a profitable new concept that excited the customer, was ‘Lean’, flexible, responsive and was defect free from day one?

If so, then you will be interested in the Catalyst approach to Design For Six Sigma. This course builds on existing Six Sigma Green Belt knowledge and provides an additional and complementary range of tools and techniques to support highly effective and rapid new product/service development. Catalyst offer a range of DFSS training options as part of both our Open training programmes and as tailored In-house training. Clients we have recently worked with have been using the DFSS approach in a wide variety of applications, for example:

• A major logistics company improving the design of warehousing and logistics solutions for clients
• Next generation call centre design in a telephone based HR service of a large UK based organisation
• Design of new electronic components for Laptop computer displays
• Integration of Design for Six Sigma in the engineering design methods of a global pharma company
• Scale up of manufacturing in a high technology colours business
• Re-engineering of the innovation process for a global chemical company

"Andrew provided DFLSS training in a public workshop. He made an initially complex and challenging subject easy to grasp. He was very approachable, knowledgeable and willing to apply his learning to a wide array of scenarios to make the course meaningful for all delegates. His course materials were extremely comprehensive and well thought out, as were the group exercises. I would highly recommend Andrew for DFSS training". Paul Kelly, Fuji Chemicals

"The Catalyst Design for Six Sigma training was really excellent. Highly tailored to our needs and thought provoking. A great mix of new tools, new perspectives and guidance on practical application to help us design better solutions for our customers". Gary Keatings, Director, DHL EXEL Supply Chain

"Valuable training, effective trainer and useful hand-outs! I'm now ready to apply DFSS in the business".
Simon Blackett, AstraZeneca Engineering