Statistical Process Control (SPC) with Minitab – Online

  • Interactive live webinars
  • Case study data sets
  • Minitab exercises & quizzes
  • Recording available for all participants
Live Online Interactive Video Tutorials
Practical course work
Downloadable Presentations & Data Files
Certificate of Completion

What is this course about?

SPC involves the collection and analysis of data in order to understand process behaviour, manage variation and control the process outcome. This online live-webinar course provides an introduction to basic and popular SPC techniques, using Minitab statistical software. The course is hosted over four 4-hour live webinars. The course is case study based. Participants will require laptops preloaded with Minitab. if a participant does not have immediate access to Minitab in-house, a 30-day free Minitab trial is available online at www.Minitab.com.

The course is also offered using Excel or SAS JMP software applications. All Lean Ireland online tutors are certified Lean Six Sigma black belts with several years’ experience in facilitating online workshops in a wide variety of sectors.

Looking for more info before you book? Call us now on +353 91 870708, or send an email.  We’re always happy to help guide you and discuss our courses in more detail.

Lean Ireland courses are offered on an in-company basis only i.e. all candidates are from the one organisation. Course content is customised to meet the organisation’s need, at no extra cost.

What Will You Achieve?

  1. What will you achieve?

At the end of this workshop participants will

  • understand the principles and practices of good data collection and sampling
  • understand the nature and causes of variation
  • be able to apply techniques that identify and quantify process variation
  • have confidence in assessing and applying the methods used to measure and modify process behaviour.

On completion, you will receive a Lean Ireland certificate of completion.

What Topics Will Be Covered?

  • Introductions
  • Descriptive statistics: Measures of location and variation
  • Introduction to Minitab
  • Data types & data collection
  • Measurement system analysis – variable data
  • Quiz
  • Control charts – intro
  • Control charts – variable data
    • SPC charts individuals data (ImR)
    • SPC charts samples data (XbarR & XbarS)
  • Quiz
  • Confidence intervals
  • Control charts – attribute data
    • SPC defectives (np & p)
    • SPC defects (c & u)
  • Control plans
  • Quiz
  • Process capability analysis
  • Cpk capability index
  • Long term process capability
    • Pp and Ppk indices
  • Review & close

Total contact hours = 16 over 4 x 4hour webinars. The webinars are hosted on a secure learning management system. In advance of course commencement, participants are enrolled in the secure group.

The course will run with a minimum of 8 and  a maximum of 15 participants. Please contact us to enquire about suitable course dates for your team.

We will gladly customise our courses to suit our clients. We can add modules, exams and more case studies relevant to your industry all with the aim of giving you even better value and learning from our courses. This course can also be facilitated via onsite workshops. Call us on +353 91 870708, or send an email for details.

How Will You Be Supported?

During this online course, you will

  1. be able to listen to and interact with the online course tutor and other participants;
  2. be able to ask questions and complete online quizzes to self-assess your understanding of the topic;
  3. be able to practice on the DOE simulation tool in your own time;
  4. be able to download all online course recorded webinars for your own future use, and
  5. be able to download soft copy presentation files, with data sets and case studies, for your own future use.

Meet Your Tutors

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Bernie Rushe

Welcome to our course page and I look forward to supporting you in learning new things, or how to do old things better. Over many years as a trainer and workshop facilitator, it has been a pleasure and privilege to enable teams in a variety of organizations to serve their customers better, and grow their businesses. My lean six sigma consulting engagements with clients and practical workshops have yielded benefits in the order of several €millions per year to client companies.

Prior to becoming a course facilitator, I was involved in the management of supply chain and business process improvement activities. After training as a lean six sigma black belt at Dell Computer Corporation, I left in 2001 to establish Lean Ireland. I am a science graduate, a certified ASQ lean six sigma black belt and hold a first class honours masters’ degree in supply chain management.

Please feel free to free to contact me about consulting and courses. Bernie@LeanIreland.ie

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Pat Cullinane

I look forward to helping you learn new skills or improve existing ones. With years 26 of experience as a trainer and Lean Six Sigma consultant, I’ve helped teams enhance customer service and drive multi-million-euro benefits. At Lean Ireland, I enjoy sharing engineering expertise and making technical concepts accessible. I’m excited to support your learning journey!

I have over 26 years’ experience in lean, six sigma, project and change management. I’m a certified Master Black Belt, Lean Expert & Certified Change Management Practitioner with international experience at site and corporate levels, supporting up to 31 locations with Covidien, and 10 locations with pharmaceutical multinational Mylan, in financial, supply chain, process & quality improvement. I am experienced in running & mentoring continuous improvement  projects with a strong focus on financial return. Contact Pat: Pat@LeanIreland.ie

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Membership and Accreditations

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Course ID: S11M

Tailor This Course For Your Company

All of our courses are customised to suit our clients’ environments and participant learning needs. We will be delighted to discuss modification of course content and inclusion of relevant case studies with you.

Call us on +353 (0)91 870 708