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DMAIC

Meaning in industrial engineering & manufacturing, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In industrial engineering & manufacturing, DMAIC means: The five-phase roadmap of a Six Sigma project: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control.

In Turkish: Tanımla-Ölç-Analiz Et-İyileştir-Kontrol Et, DMAIC döngüsü

How it is used

Projects move through the DMAIC phases, often with a gate review at the end of each one. People say 'we are in the Measure phase'. It is usually pronounced 'duh-MAY-ik'. DMADV is a related roadmap for designing new processes.

Example sentences

  1. We are following DMAIC, and the Measure phase should be finished by the end of May.

  2. In the Control phase of DMAIC, we handed the new control plan over to production.

Common collocations

  • DMAIC phase
  • DMAIC project
  • follow DMAIC
  • DMAIC roadmap
  • Six SigmaA data-driven method for improving processes by reducing variation and defects, aiming for no more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities.
  • root cause analysisA structured way of finding the deepest reason for a problem, so that it can be fixed for good instead of only treating the symptoms. Often shortened to RCA.
  • process capabilityHow well a stable process can produce parts within the specification limits, usually expressed with indices such as Cp and Cpk.
  • PDCA cycleA four-step improvement loop: Plan a change, Do it on a small scale, Check the results, then Act by making it standard or trying again.

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