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Process Maps show the functional relationships between inputs and outputs. A Six Sigma Current State Process Map is a picture that identifies the steps, inputs & outputs, and other details that show how a process works. These Current State Maps provide a step-by-step picture of the process “as is.” The Map documents the hidden factors identifies opportunities for process improvement. Before we go any further, please review this 8-slide Process Map Development Guide.

What are inputs and outputs?

Inputs are the basic resources (products, material, services or information) needed to complete a task, make a product, or perform a job. Outputs are the products, material, services, or information provided to the customer (internal or external). Think of taking tomatoes (input) and making a can of tomato soup to sell to customers (output). This seems simple enough, but there are processes involved in making this can of soup.

Process Map Development Guide

  • Y = f (x) is used to characterize a process and the functional relationship of inputs and outputs
    • What does this mean? Y (outputs) equals a function of X (inputs)
    • X’s are inputs
    • Y’s are outputs
    • Outputs are a function of inputs
    • Variation in X’s cause variation in Y’s
    • The product depends on the process!
  • Big Y or Overall Process Output (Top Level, Process Map)
    • characterizes the product at the finished stage
    • a measurable or observable output characteristic
    • results oriented
  • Little y or In-Process Output (Detailed or Lower Level, Process Map)
    • characterizes the product during each interim step of the process, prior to the finished stage
    • a measurable or observable characteristic
  • Big X or Process Input (Top Level, Process Map)
    • an input to the overall process
    • a measurable characteristic, countable, observable
  • Little x or In-Process Input (Detailed or Lower Level, Process Map)
    • Little x or In-Process Input
    • an input to an interim step of the process
    • a measurable characteristic (also countable, observable)

Before you start this assignment, download and review the Six Sigma Process Map templatewhich includes both a top and lower/detailed level process map. This template is a PowerPoint file since most Six Sigma presentations use this format. You will use this template for your assignment.

Instructions:

Assume you are a quality analyst for the same company that you used for your Project Charter in Unit 1. Go back to your Unit 1 Project Charter file. Look for the problem area in your Unit 1 Project file.

You must develop a top level, current state process map to illustrate the overall process step (inputs, and outputs) for the same problem area in your Unit 1 Project file.

Download and use the Process Map Template.

Your Six Sigma Current State, Process Map should include each of the following:

  • Top Level Process Step (e.g., manufacturing air bags, cell phones)
  • Boundaries, Beginning and Ending (e.g., cell phone battery procurement to installation)
  • Top Level Inputs (e.g., battery or air bag raw material supplier, manufacturing or assembly)
  • Top Level Outputs (e.g., defect-free cell phone, air bag)

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Process Maps Wayne Potter What is a Process Map? ▪ A process map is a pictorial illustration which identifies the steps, inputs & outputs, and other details of a process ▪ Used to understand how a process works. ▪ Provides a step-by-step picture of the process “as is” and documents the hidden factory (or “to be”) ▪ Used to identify opportunities for process improvement ▪ Helps characterize the functional relationships between inputs and outputs Top Level Process Map INPUTS PROCESS X’s OUTPUTS Y’s X’s = Inputs and Y’s = Outputs Inputs and Outputs Inputs - the basic resources (products, material, services or information) needed to complete a task or perform a job. Outputs - the products, material, services, or information provided to the customer (internal or external). Inputs & Outputs are listed on the process map Functional Relationships ▪ Y = f (x) is used to characterize a process and the functional relationship of inputs and outputs ▪ What does this mean? ▪ Xs are inputs ▪ Ys are outputs ▪ outputs are a function of inputs ▪ variation in Xs causes variation in Ys ▪ the product depends on the process! We must control the Xs and monitor Ys for improvement Example: Process Map Inputs & Outputs Put original on glass Adjust Settings Close Lid Copier Operator Original Copier - control panel Operator Original - size - quality Copier - lid Operator Copier SOP Original - orientation - location Copier - readiness - toner supply Press START Copier lid - position Original - orientation - location Copier Operator Original Copier SOP Settings - copy quantity Status message Output tray - copy contrast - number of copies - staple setting - quality of copies - location - legibility - quantity - staple location - paper size - staple quantity - contrast Process Map Guidelines Process step names should be: “verb noun” Process outputs often have characteristics that are measurable or observable Adjust Settings Process step inputs: Usually placed directly below process step box Copier - control panel Operator Original - size - quality Indent characteristics beneath the output they describe Settings - copy quantity Characteristics should be stated neutrally rather than positively or negatively - copy contrast - staple setting - location - quantity - paper size Process step outputs: Usually placed below arrow extending downward from process step box Process Mapping Steps Develop Process Map Checklist 1 - Identify process boundaries 2 – Identify all steps in the process 3 - Identify and inputs (Xs) and outputs (Ys) for each step 3 - Identify process owner, customers, and suppliers 4 - Identify value added and/or non-value added steps 5 – Target process improvement projects on non-value added step unless they’re needed for compliance to other over-sight, i.e., safety, customer, government, etc. 6 - Brainstorm improvement; and implement Top-Level Process Map Date Project Name Input Key Process Process Boundaries: Process Owner: Customers: Suppliers: Output Detailed Process Map Date Project Name 1 Outputs y– y– 4 3 2 Outputs y– y– Outputs Inputs to Process Inputs to Process xxx- xx- xx- Notes: 1) xx- Outputs y– y- yy- Inputs to Process 6 Outputs Outputs yy- Inputs to Process 5 Inputs to Process x– x- yy- Inputs to Process xx-
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Assume you are a quality analyst for the same company that you used for your Project
Charter in Unit 1. Go back to your Unit 1 Project Charter file. Look for the problem area
in your Unit 1 Project file.

Inputs
The input is the speed and the load signals given to the machine. The speed and the load signal
depict the amount of the signal required to lift a given amount of force. In the robot two fans
connected directly to DC motors V 3.5 W 9 are installed, for a speed of 0.42 m / s, while making
control in the direction of movement of the robot, so that when both motors are activated
simultaneously in the same direction, the robot advances straight and if the turning direction is

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inverted in one of them, can be rotated to the right or left as appropriate. The fans are located on
the back of the structure.
Output
The output mechanism regulates the speed and the total amount of the force which can be lifted
per unit time. The machine has accelerometer as the output device which measures the amount of
the force. The triaxle accelerometer is located in the center of gravity of the robot. This sensor
therefore measures the acceleration components in the frame of the robot. To simulate the
behavior of the accelerometer virtual acceleration sensor was added to the robot was added a
noise component to this measure of acceleration.
Top Level Process Step
The use of plastic materials such as polystyrene allows the construction of structures stable in
Stanford robotic arm with a carrying capacity that enables push and encapsulated solids in a
pool, and then places them in a dry place. The prototype developed can begin to address the
problem of cleaning debris in high speed craft strain-water intake. This work demonstrates that
commercial and economic materials can provide a solution to a very serious, with the simple
integration of electronics, mechanics, sensor...


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Excellent resource! Really helped me get the gist of things.

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