Purpose
This seminar provides managers and supervisors with an opportunity to apply statistical skills acquired in earlier courses. Participants learn to synthesize and evaluate the results of research and data-gathering efforts as intelligent consumers of data, ask correct and appropriate questions, make appropriate observations, and suggest sensible follow-up strategies when presented with the results of industrial research. The participants will walk through the appropriate analyses of a number of studies actually conducted in various plants. Analyses corresponding to both the vendor and customer perspective are explored.
Time Requirement
2 to 3 days
Number of Participants
25 participants maximum
Prerequisites
Foundations of Industrial Research and Experimental Design
Content Outline
- Improving Incoming Material for Our Can Plant Customers
- Analyzing Steam Line Performance on Our Local EMC Pit
- Understanding the Surface Quality of Work Rolls from Our Local Roll Shop
- Selecting a Rolling Oil Vendor ... Statistically
- Why is Our Aerospace Customer Upset Over Elongation?
- Sampling Coolant Additives for Taste
- Should We Purchase the New Tester?
- An Exercise in Personnel Evaluation
- Selecting Saw Blade Vendors Based Upon Time to Failure (Life)
- Understanding the Statistical Calibration of our Moisture Analysis System