Continuous Improvement Training

Quality

Quality Courses

Continuous Improvement Training

Duration: 0.50 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video 

This interactive online course identifies common causes of equipment failures and the steps involved with prioritizing the failure events and conducting failure investigations. The learner will be introduced to several investigative analysis tools used to forensically exam the failure and the importance of maintaining equipment histories.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • List common causes of equipment failures
  • Describe investigative analysis tools
  • Recall the importance of equipment histories
  • Identify failure events
  • List common steps to conduct a failure investigation

Duration: 0.75 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

Six Sigma is recognized as a strategy that utilizes data gathering and statistical analysis to evaluate process performance and isolate sources of defects. This course covers the basic concepts of Six Sigma, it’s management methodology, and the techniques and tools needed for process improvements in order to help businesses run more efficiently.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Summarize the basics of Six Sigma management methodology and its applicability
  • Define the use of statistical tools needed to measure performance of a process
  • Define tools to isolate the most common causes of defects in a process
  • Describe the DMAIC process and its use in Six Sigma

 

Duration: 0.25 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

Centerlining is a methodology used to reduce product and process variability and increase machine efficiency in manufacturing and other industrial processes. The two objectives of Centerlining are to determine the best settings for a production process and to ensure the best settings are always used during production. This course illustrates the key concepts of Centerlining and will guide your production team to produce products that are consistently made, which leads to satisfied customers and lower costs.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • The definition of centerlining
  • The importance of having consistent products
  • The importance of decreasing variation in a production process
  • The importance of not adjusting a process that is running well
  • Some guidelines for adjusting machine settings
  • The importance of machine maintenance

Duration: 0.25 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

Meeting the needs and expectations of the customer is important in any successful product design. Waste, products with inconsistent-quality, and even a poor company reputation can lead to not meeting customer expectations. This course focuses on ways to discover the needs and expectations of the customer, the different categories of product features, and the importance of following established production procedures.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • How to discover customer needs and expectations 
  • Required, unimportant, and bonus features 
  • Lean manufacturing and waste 
  • Achieving consistency 
  • Brand perception

Duration: 0.25 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video

The seven basic quality tools are a set of commonly used graphical statistical analysis tools. They can be used to help solve many different types of problems, not just quality problems. The seven tools are: cause and effect diagrams, check sheets, control charts, histograms, Pareto charts, scatter plots, and data stratification. It is important to understand the purpose of each of these tools and how to interpret the information. This course provides a summary of each tool, including common uses.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • List the seven basic quality tools 
  • Describe each of the tools and how they can be utilized

Duration: 1.00 Hrs

Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady

The European Community (EC) is a single trading bloc including many countries in Europe. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an organization working with the EC and other countries to develop worldwide standards for products and services. The series of quality system standards and guidelines is commonly called ISO 9000. The focus of this course will provide examples showing how process plant operations can be modified to comply with ISO 9000.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the basic purpose of ISO 9000.
  • Describe the role ISO 9000 plays on marketing, purchasing, and documentation.
  • Identify four production areas covered under ISO 9000.
  • List actions taken for nonconforming material.
  • Describe four basic steps in a typical corrective action process.
  • Explain what quality records, audits, and training requirements are under ISO 9000.