Motorola, Inc.
Rick Riemer, Corporate DFSS Master Black Belt
Cognition Cockpit provides an easy to use environment for managing the life cycle of a product development. It facilitates and interconnects Product Needs from Voice of Customer activities through Product Test and Certification processes. The ability of the Cockpit to create requirements, maintain necessary revision controls, and manage Critical Parameters from a performance and failure identification and mitigation perspective all in the same shared environment is unmatched in the industry. In my 4+ years of working with the team at Cognition, I have found their style and responsiveness of personalized Customer Care to be key in the successful deployment of DFSS at Motorola.
We have had >100 project successes where the use of the Cockpit and Critical Parameter Management has identified missing requirements, potential failure modes which would have gone unidentified, and the performance analysis and projections which identified improvement opportunities. These capabilities have allowed us to realize Design Performance Improvements, Reduced Product Development Time, and associated Cost Savings. As a DFSS Master Black Belt, Cognition Cockpit has been an invaluable tool for me personally and the best power tool on my belt.