2009-10 Team Project Summaries

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Continental Guadalajara Services Mexico S.A. De C.V
Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco, Mexico

Conti-Guad Pactan Conquest Pack

Presentation: Tuesday, May 25, 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Room: 262

Type of Team: Six Sigma

The team’s objective was the reduction of chemical materials consumption used for manufacturing of electronic assemblies in the Guadalajara plant. The purpose was to reduce waste, achieve savings in material expenses, and positively impact the environment by reducing the amount of waste of chemical products. The team used several Six Sigma techniques, including project selection matrix, project charter, Pareto, SPC, DOE, hypothesis tests, and TRIZ. The projects resulted in a savings of more than $300,000 USD and a reduction of almost 1 ton in chemical waste to the environment. Also, this helped launch several other projects that have more than quadrupled the results obtained before. This has also helped change the culture of the company; chemical waste is no longer an acceptable result.

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