Most people do not think in terms of a process; and some assume they do. This is one of the leading roadblocks to organizational enhancement through growth and/or cost reductions. In most organizations, things just happen. That is, there is no correlation or pattern of events as to why things or events occur.

DEIVIN employs a methodology which encourages every employee in a client organization to think or act as an engineer, focused on patterns of events and sequences of occurrences. We engender a “macro” focus from “micro” levels of the organization. This drives everyone in the client organization to strive for outcome efficiency and consistency.

The core of the DEIVIN methodology is Six Sigma. Simply stated Six Sigma is both a state of performance and a methodology. It is a state of performance because Six Sigma processes yield an average performance that is six standard deviations (sigma) from customer specifications or requirements. It is also a methodology because its known frameworks (DMAIC and DMADV) provide a platform by which to redesign and design processes with Six Sigma performance results, respectively.

DEIVIN also incorporates three other important tools as foundations to its guiding methodology: Lean, Simple Process Improvement (PI) and Kaizen. Lean is a set of tools that identifies value added versus non-value added steps within processes in order to reduce unnecessary costs and/or defect opportunities. Simple PI is a framework that uses a compilation of key Lean and Six Sigma tools to drive Six Sigma results in a quick period of time for non-complex processes. Kaizen is a continuous process improvement methodology that drives quick and break-through innovation that optimizes organizational performance and involves every level of the organization.

Together these tools (Six Sigma, Lean, Simple PI and Kaizen) form powerful process improvement/engineering vehicles which can train employees on the core fundamentals of engineering thinking and performance.