Minitab Training for Manufacturing Quality Coming to San Jose September 23
(PRWEB) July 31, 2013 -- In a highly competitive economy, keeping your skills sharp isn’t just an advantage—it’s a necessity. Quality improvement practitioners in the San Jose area will have the opportunity to refine their skills by attending public training sessions being offered by Minitab Inc. in September.
Minitab, the leading provider of software for quality improvement and statistics education, will offer its Manufacturing Quality training series Sept. 23-27 at San Jose ExecuTrain, 2025 Gateway Place, Suite 390, San Jose, CA 95110.
The series consists of five day-long courses:
• Day 1: Introduction to Minitab
• Day 2: Basic Statistics
• Day 3: Advanced Regression and ANOVA
• Day 4: Statistical Quality Analysis
• Day 5: Factorial Designs
The courses are tailored for professionals working in manufacturing companies, and course materials include examples with metrics such as diameters, pressure and hardness.
The full five days of training costs $2125; registration for individual sessions is also available. People who register for two or more days of training and pay before August 24, 2013 receive a 10% early-bird discount. In addition, two or more people from the same organization receive a 5% discount if they register before Sept. 23. Registration is available online at http://www.minitab.com/en-US/training/instructor-led/training-details.aspx?eventId=2001118.
Minitab trainers are seasoned statisticians with years of experience implementing quality improvement projects. They make complex concepts easy to grasp, and are highly regarded for their engaging style and personal attention.
Jim Colton, Minitab technical training specialist, will be the instructor for the San Jose sessions. Colton, who has more than 12 years of experience as a Minitab trainer, developed his industrial skills at companies including Kellogg’s and Pratt & Whitney. “Working daily with product developers at Kellogg’s and engineers at Pratt & Whitney taught me how to explain statistics in practical terms,” he says.
The skills covered in the five day-long courses are detailed below.
Introduction to Minitab
Participants learn to create, manipulate and restructure data, and how to create and interpret a wide variety of graphs and numerical measures useful for quality improvement initiatives. Topics include Charts, Histograms, Boxplots, Dotplots, Scatterplots, Tables, Measures of Location and Variation, and ODBC.
Basic Statistics
Participants learn to match appropriate statistical tools to their own applications and how to correctly interpret statistical output to quickly reveal problems or show evidence of improvement. Strong emphasis is placed on making good business decisions based on the practical application of statistics. Topics include t-Tests, Proportion Tests, Tests for Equal Variance, Power and Sample Size, Correlation, Simple Linear and Multiple Regression, ANOVA and GLM.
Advanced Regression and ANOVA
Participants learn to build on fundamental statistical analysis concepts taught in the Basic Statistics course by exploring additional statistical modeling tools that help reveal key inputs and sources of variation in processes. Topics include Multiple and Stepwise Regression, GLM with Covariates, Nesting and Random Factors, MANOVA and Binary and Nominal Logistic Regression.
Statistical Quality Analysis
Participants learn the basic fundamentals of statistical process control and how these quality tools can provide the necessary evidence to improve and control manufacturing processes. Topics include Gage R&R, Destructive Testing, Gage Linearity and Bias, Attribute Agreement, Variables and Attribute Control Charts, Capability Analysis for Normal, Non-normal and Attribute Data.
Factorial Designs
Participants learn to generate full and fractional factorial designed experiments, then interpret and communicate results to improve products and processes, reduce process variation and expedite development projects. Topics include Design of Factorial Experiments, Normal Effects Plot and Pareto of Effects, Power and Sample Size, Main Effect, Interaction and Cube Plots, Center Points, Overlaid Contour Plots and Multiple Response Optimization.
About Minitab
Minitab Inc. is one of the world’s leading developers of statistical and process improvement software. Thousands of distinguished companies use Minitab software, including Toshiba, DuPont, Boeing, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nestlé and Pfizer. Minitab products are backed by outstanding services, including training, e-learning opportunities and free technical support.
Minitab Inc., headquartered in State College, Pa., operates offices in the United Kingdom, France and Australia and has additional representatives throughout the world.
Eston Martz, Minitab Inc., 1-814-753-3270, [email protected]
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