Process Control school training courses in Cambridge, MA (public, in-house or online)

Statistical process control is a key ingredient in the drive to improve quality, productivity, and competitive position. The work of W. Edwards Deming in Japan, as well as that of Shewhart, Juran, Chambers, and others in the U.S. supports this claim. Many companies are now demanding that suppliers practice statistical process control in meeting contractual specifications.

This course teaches you the intermediate statistical concepts and techniques to begin implementing a statistical proce...

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Roll up your sleeves for hands-on learning and practice with SPC (Statistical Process Control) (SPC) tools such as Pareto analysis, and CpK (process capability index), The course includes the collecting and analysis of data for statistical distributions, and control charts for variables and attributes. (Two and a half day course).

Learning Objectives
Understand how SPC integrates into the total quality system
Differentiate data reporting and SPC reporting
Demonstrate compliance...

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When you complete this lesson, you will be able to describe generator construction and explain some of the principles behind generator operation and process control.

Identify the difference between induction and synchronous types of three-phase generators.
Describe the construction of a three-phase, two pole DC generator.
Explain how a sinusoidal waveform illustrates the number of amps produced over a given time.
List methods of control and identify their importance when placi...

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Data can tell you how well your process is doing or how badly. Your process may have too much variation in it because of special causes. SPC can tell you when to investigate these causes. SPC control charts will help you and your team decide if the variation comes from special causes or common causes.

Objectives:
In this course you will: identify the purpose of and advantages of using SPC to control a process, learn what SPC is and how it differs from the usual method of quality contr...

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The intent of this course is to provide a brief overview on the use of Minitab for new users. It is not for nor will you become a "power user" of Minitab at the end of this course.

Objectives:
In this course you will: launch the program and understand the key features of the various windows and menus used to perform exploratory data analysis, understand the various functions of the Menu Bar, Tool Bar, Session Window and Data Window, populate a Minitab worksheet and perform b...

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