Lean Six Sigma Define Value: Voice Of The Customer Gain A Better Understanding Of The Voice Of The Customer

1. Define Value:
Voice Of The Customer
Gain A Better Understanding Of The Voice Of The Customer

2. • The Voice Of The Customer
(VOC) is your customer’s needs
and their perceptions of your
product or service
• Customers decide if a product,
service, or process is effective
• Processes design should focus
heavily on Voice Of The
Customer and customer
requirements
What is the Voice Of The Customer?

3. Who Are Your Customers?
• Customers: The recipients of products/or services from a
specific process
• It’s important to define customers by a specific process
• Are there external customers or internal customers or
both?
• Common internal customers are: Human Resources (HR)
and Information Technology (IT)
• External customers: people outside the organization that
receive products or services

4. What Are Customer Requirements?
• Customer cues are comments that state a possible need or
requirement. These are examples of common customer concerns:
• Affordable
• Responsive
• Flexible
• Friendly
• Convenient
• Accurate

5. Who Are Your Stakeholders?
• Stakeholder: Anyone who has a vested interest in
how a process performs but they do not receive
products or services from the process
• Stakeholders can be managers, owners,
shareholders, or external suppliers
• Stakeholder buy-in can be critical to the success of
projects
• It’s important to reach out and communicate
regularly with stakeholders

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