Donald J. Wheeler's Seminars and Workshops
Advanced Topics in Statistical Process Control Seminar
In this seminar you will learn why the tools and techniques of SPC work the way they do. This will free you from popular misconceptions and lay a sound foundation by providing clear explanations of the underlying theory. As a result, you will learn how to use process behavior charts more effectively.
The emphasis in this course is upon the "whys and wherefores" of SPC, rather than the "how-tos." Those with a practical working knowledge of SPC or those with an extensive background in statistics will benefit most from this course.
Topics include:
- evaluating the measurement process
- degrees of freedom for process behavior charts
- different methods for estimating dispersion
- process behavior charts and chaos theory
- autocorrelated data and process behavior charts
- cumulative sum techniques
- the role of the central limit theorem
- precontrol and zone charts
- normality and the process behavior chart
- power functions for process behavior charts
- origins of scaling factors for process behavior charts
- 21 different types of process behavior charts
- the theory behind charts for count data
- short run techniques
- difference charts and standardized charts
- differences between theory and practice
- using measurements to characterize product
- EWMA charts
- different detection rules
You will leave this course with a comprehensive set of reference materials and the ability to use the effectively.
Books included are:
- Advanced Topics in Statistical Process Control
- EMP III Using Imperfect Data
- Normality and the Process Behavior Chart
- Short Run SPC