Q IN THE TRAINING
We offer TRAINING and CERTIFICATION programs in many quality initiatives and tools. The training we offer is taught by seasoned professionals with formal educations and industry experience. We help our clients build in quality disciplines through appropriate training and build trust and safety throughout the company with methods that empower employees to willingly take ownership and be accountable in their daily activities. We offer regularly scheduled classes, but if you need on-site training we can accommodate that as well. Just let us know your needs.
TRAINING IN THE FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS
The phrase quality discipline refers to both a branch of knowledge, and a code of behavior. The branch of knowledge refers to the many tools a quality professional uses. These tools provide insight into how something is performing. Qvatis teaches your team to be experts in the tools fundamental to the success of any business. This will help your teams make clear, data driven decisions. No more grasping in the dark for solutions.
QUALITY DISCIPLINE
Branch of Knowledge
MEASUREMENT
SYSTEM ANALYSIS
Measurement System Analysis.
This is a one day course....
DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS
Design of Experiments.
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This is a one day course....
REQUIREMENTS
MANAGEMENT
Requirements Management.
This is a 3 day practitioners course...
METRICS
MATTERS
Metrics Matter.
This is a one day course designed for leadership...
STATISTICAL
PROCESS
CONTROL
Statistical Process Control.
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This is a one day course....
RELIABILITY GROWTH
Reliability Growth.
This is a 2 day practitioners course...
CERTIFICATION
We offer your managers a training report that shows employee progress toward your training plan. This enables them to see at a glance if their team is receiving the training they need and who is certified in a specific discipline.
See the section on training for more information on training and certification programs.
TRAINING IN QUALITY INITIATIVES
QUALITY DISCIPLINE
Code of Conduct
The phrase quality discipline refers to both a branch of knowledge, and a code of behavior. The code of behavior refers to a systematic approach that is followed within your company. This systematic approach will include a set of tools your team uses in a defined procedure when investigating problems. Qvatis consultants work with you to embed the approach that is appropriate for your specific needs. These approaches to problems are predefined techniques of applying sets of tools. We refer to the implementation of these larger approaches as quality initiatives. These initiatives change the fundamentals of how your company approaches problems and create culture change within your organization.
Quality initiatives we help institute are:
APQP
Advanced Product Quality Planning is a structured approach which calls out specific tools, techniques, standards and reference guides for the development of products. It primarily focuses on the tools, techniques and procedures which have the greatest impact on improving or controlling the quality of a product when it is first sent into production.
SIX SIGMA
Six Sigma is a data-driven, systematic approach to improving designs and manufacturing processes using a set of tools, techniques and statistical analysis to reduce the chance that a defect or cause of a defect will occur.
LPD
Lean Product Development is an approach of focusing on the value creation of a product, and the identification and elimination of all waste. The main enabler of this method is by making both the value creation and the waste visible through several methods and techniques.
LM
Lean Manufacturing is the approach of focusing on the value creation of a manufacturing line, and the elimination of all waste. The main enabler of this method is by making both value creation and waste visible through several methods and techniques.
MENTORING
QUALITY MANAGER
In growing companies we often find there are some great people leading a quality department who don't know the first thing about quality. You trust them because they are good leaders and self starters, but they have to spend huge amounts of hours just learning about quality management systems, problem solving techniques, reporting structures and a billion buzz words and acronyms. You can help your leaders lose frustration and save hundreds of hours with our deep knowledge, expertise and experience. This is a fantastic and very affordable way to help your team see your commitment to them and the quality of your product.
Do you have a team who could use an experienced quality professional? Maybe for a new product your are developing or a new process you are putting into place? This is a fantastic and very affordable way to help your team see your commitment to them and the quality of your product.
TEAM COACHING
TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT
Instituting a new technique like RM or FMEA can be difficult to accomplish without an experienced person to ask questions and use as a sounding board. Let us help you ensure your team executes efficiently and consistently.
SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT
Your suppliers are your partners in business. If they aren't performing then neither are you. There are many reasons why you continue to do business with partners who under perform, but the fact is you still must rely on their support. There real question is how do you limit and control what they are costing you. Their errors and delays manifest themselves on your assembly line, production schedule, inventory, customer perception and future orders.
GROOM LEADERSHIP
Are you grooming someone for a leadership position and you want that person to know how to think about product quality. Do they need to know what questions to ask and when to ask them? Do you want them to understand how to budget for quality and fund quality initiatives? Leverage our expertise and experience to groom them in the quality aspects of your products.
business development
Are you trying to develop your business with a new customer or put your best foot forward for a large new client? We would love to learn about your company and products and help you get more business
career path
Are you trying to keep your quality personnel engaged and on a learning path? Does your quality team have unrealistic expectations about how quickly they should accelerate through your organization? Are you looking for a defined path for your quality professionals to ensure they have the proven skills before you promote them? Having a defined career path is a valuable tool at your disposal. We have helped other organizations with this problem and would be happy to help you.