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Six Sigma TRIZ

Successful Inventive Problem Solving

TRIZ (or TIPS) comes from the Russian for 'Theory of Inventive Problem Solving' and is a powerful problem-solving toolkit that complements the more traditional Six Sigma Black Belt skills. Black and Green Belts often use process improvement or design methodologies such as DMAIC and DMADV, both of which rely heavily on solving business problems by optimisation alone. Unfortunately this is sometimes not enough and we need a more creative or inventive solution. TRIZ can provide a great deal to help Black Belts and their teams adopt the new paradigm of inventive and creative thought!

TRIZ and all its component parts were developed by Genrich Altshuller and a group of many others over a period of fifty years from the late 1940's, using work undertaken to study more than 2.5 million patents. By analysing technical inventions Altshuller was able to realise several laws, principles and algorithms for problem solving (such as ARIZ) based on the evolution of technical systems. His approach has been used extensively in Russia for decades, and is now being applied by engineers world wide to aid the solution of the increasingly complex design of products and systems.

Genrich Altshuller 1926 - 1998

The laws and principles of inventive problem solving are the product of a great deal of work undertaken by Altshuller in his native Russia, and although much has only recently been translated into English, the ideas are now being successfully applied across both Europe and the United States. Many organisations today realise that Six Sigma provides an excellent framework for quality and business improvement, and approaches such as TRIZ and Lean manufacturing can be readily integrated into DMAIC and DMADV to enhance the overall impact.

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