COURSE CALENDAR QPLS2x
This course's lectures run from May 01, 2018 - June 19, 2018 (lectures release weekly),
and the course ends on July 17, 2018.
Deadline for Verified Certificate: June 3, 2018
GRADED ASSIGNMENTS DUE DATES
The homework sets are due at 23:30 UTC (!! Check your time zone and submit early! No late submissions are possible.)
29 May 2018 (Homework Session 1)
05 June 2018 (Homework Session 2)
12 June 2018 (Homework Session 3)
19 June 2018 (Homework Session 4)
26 June 2018 (Homework Session 5)
03 July 2018 (Homework Session 6)
10 July 2018 (Homework Session 7)
No homework Session 8
COURSE SYLLABUS AND RELEASE DATES:
Session 0: Course Welcome - May 01,2018
0-1 Welcome & Greetings from Munich
0-2 Course Structure
0-3 HELLO! Getting to Know Each Other - Discussion Board Post!
Session 1: ANALYZE - Root Cause Analysis - May 01,2018
1-1 LECTURE: Cause and Effect Analysis
1-2 LECTURE: Pareto Analysis
1-3 PRACTICE: C&E and Pareto Analysis
1-4 EXERCISE: Ishikawa's Fishbone Diagram
1-5 LECTURE: Correlation
1-6 LECTURE: Regression
1-7 LECTURE: Multiple and Non Linear Regression
1-8 PRACTICE: Regression and Correlation
1-9 CASE STUDY: Production Problem at Melon Helmets
1 PROJECT: ANALYZE - HANWAG Hiking Shoes
1 HOMEWORK: due May 29, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 2: ANALYZE - Inferential Statistics - May 08, 2018
2-1 LECTURE: Confidence Intervals
2-2 LECTURE: Confidence Intervals
2-3 EXAMPLE: Confidence Intervals - Table Factory
2-4 PRACTICE: Confidence Intervals (Population Mean)
2-5 EXERCISE: Interactive Confidence Intervals (vary n, sigma, alpha)
2-6 LECTURE: Confidence Intervals with Unknown Sigma
2-7 LECTURE: Hypothesis Testing
2-8 LECTURE: Hypothesis Testing
2-9 LECTURE Hypothesis Testing
2-10 PRACTICE Hypothesis Testing
2-11 GUEST LECTURE: t-test for Six Sigma Professionals (Zubair Anwar)
2 PROJECT: ANALYZE - Kopfschitz Kerzen
2 HOMEWORK: due June 05, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 3: IMPROVE - Design of Experiments - May 15, 2018
3-1 LECTURE: Design of Experiments
3-2 EXAMPLE: DOE - Part 1: Problem Statement and Data Table
3-3 LECTURE: Design of Experiments - Main Effects
3-4 EXAMPLE: DOE - Part 2: Main Effects
3-5 LECTURE Design of Experiments - Interaction Effects
3-6 EXAMPLE: DOE - Part 3: Interaction Effects
3-7 EXERCISE: Design of Experiments
3-8 PRACTICE: Design of Experiments
3 PROJECT: IMPROVE - HANWAG Hiking Shoes
3 PROJECT: IMPROVE - Kopfschitz Kerzen
3 HOMEWORK: due June 12, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 4: IMPROVE - Analysis of Variance - May 22, 2018
4-1 LECTURE: Analysis of Variance
4-2 EXAMPLE: One-Way ANOVA
4-3 GUEST LECTURE: One-Way ANOVA (Zubair Anwar, ASQ)
4-4 EXAMPLE: One-Way ANOVA
4-5 LECTURE: Two-Way ANOVA
4-6 EXAMPLE: DOE - Part 4: ANOVA
4-7 GUEST LECTURE: ANOVA and DOE Example using Minitab (Prof. Indrajit Mukherjee)
4-8 PRACTICE: ANOVA
4 HOMEWORK: due June 19, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 5: CONTROL - SPC and Control Charts - May 29, 2018
5-1 LECTURE: Statistical Process Control & Control Chart Theory
5-2 LECTURE: X-bar and R-Charts
5-3 EXAMPLE: X-bar and R-Charts - part 1
5-4 LECTURE: X-bar and R-Charts
5-5 EXERCISE: X-bar and R-Charts - part 2
5-6 PRACTICE: X-bar and R-Charts, Control Limits
5-7 CASE STUDY: SPC at Melon Helmets
5 PROJECT: CONTROL - HANWAG Hiking Shoes
5 PROJECT: CONTROL - HANWAG Hiking Shoes
5 HOMEWORK: due June 26, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 6: CONTROL - Other Control Charts - June 05, 2018
6-1 LECTURE: p-and c-charts
6-2 CASE STUDY: Rational Subgrouping
6-3 LECTURE: X-Charts, MA/MR, EWMA Charts
6-4 PRACTICE: p-, c- and I/MR Charts
6-5 LECTURE: Other Control Charts
6-6 LECTURE: Control and Response Plans (Zubair Anwar, ASQ)
6 HOMEWORK: due July 03, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 7: Quality Tools - Design for Six Sigma - June 12, 2018
7-1 LECTURE: The 8 Disciplines
7-2 GUEST LECTURE: Deviation Management using the 8 Disciplines (Elmar Fedrow)
7-3 PRACTICE: 8D
7-4 LECTURE: 5 Whys
7-5 PRACTICE: 5 Whys
7-6 LECTURE: DFSS - Design for Six Sigma (Zubair Anwar, ASQ)
7 HOMEWORK: due July 10, 2018 23:30 UTC *Please check your time zone!
Session 8: Six Sigma Scenario - June 19, 2018
8-1 Application: Six Sigma Overview, Introduction, DEFINE and MEASURE
8-2 Video Cookie du Chef
8-3 Application: sigmaGuide - guideline for Six Sigma Projects
8-4 Application: Six Sigma DEFINE
8-5 Application: Six Sigma MEASURE
8-6 Application: Six Sigma ANALYZE
8-7 Application: Minitab-Files for Six-Sigma Cookie du Chef
8-8 Application: Six Sigma IMPROVE
8-9 Application: Six Sigma CONTROL
8-10 Course Summary and Close