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This course covers the fundamentals and applications of quality tools, regardless of an employee’s role or position within the organisation, either from manufacturing or service industries. It provides step-by-step guidance on how to use these tools when deciding what to measure, gather, and present data for analysis.

Learning Outcome

  • Explain the importance of managing process variations
  • Explain the basic flow of problem solving
  • Outline various measures of useful statistics and key basics of normal distribution
  • Outline the objective and application of quality tools in problem solving

Methodology

The methods used here are the combination of lecture + interactive discussion.

Pre-requisite

No specific prerequisites are required.

Duration

1 Day

Target Group (who should attend)

Professionals who have not received formal training in problem-solving techniques and basic quality tools, including technicians, supervisors, executives, engineers, managers, directors, decision-makers, and staff.

Course Structure

  • Overview
    • Problem solving methodology
    • Process variation & quality problem (Defects)
    • Basic Statistics
  • 7 Basic Quality Tools
  • Process Map
  • Cause & Effect Diagram (Fishbone)
  • Check Sheet
  • Pareto Chart
  • Histogram
  • Time Series Chart
  • Scatter Plot
  • Other Quality Tools
    • Concentration Diagram
    • Box Plot
    • Cause & Effect Matrix