| Indianapolis is home to the world's largest auto racetrack. QFD training teaches Indianapolis students product design and development 'gone right'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Price | $349 / student | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | In-person, instructor-led slideshow with exercises and a quiz to test comprehension. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Materials | Each student will receive a 3-ring binder containing print-outs of the slideshow. Assuming satisfactory quiz results graded a few days after class, each student will receive a Certificate of Completion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class Size | 5 - 10 students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| City | Indianapolis, IN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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About Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Training
Who is Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Training for?
Quality Function Deployment Training is for anybody hoping to maximize profitability resulting from the design of their service, process, or product. Sometimes, QFD is referred to as the "House of Quality" because its product planning matrices have the shape of a house. In our course, Indianapolis students learn:
Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Training Course Overview:
QFD training describes Quality Function Deployment - product design 'gone right' transforming customer needs into profit maximized launch plans. Far too often, engineers gather among themselves, and pump out designs with zero input from actual customers. The worst example we've seen was $20M spent on developing a pressure-based uninterruptable power supply system that had no market interest. The engineers thought it was a great idea. And technically it was pretty nifty. Unfortunately, nobody wanted to buy it, and it was a complete waste of shareholder dollars. To avoid mistakes like this, our students learn a structured approach to capturing customer needs and translating them into specific plans to produce products to meet those needs.
| Customer Needs. Capturing "voice of the customer" (VOC) through direct discussion or interviews, surveys, focus groups, customer specifications, observation, warranty data, field reports, etc. | ||
| Product Planning. Constructing a matrix to translate general customer "what's" into more specific engineering "how's" being product requirements or technical characteristics to satisfy the needs. | ||
| Part Deployment. Cascading assembly-level requirements down to the component level. | ||
| Process Planning. Evaluating candidate manufacturing processes and choosing processes to make each part. | ||
| Quality Control. Defining process control plans to assure retention of capability throughout each part's production. |
More Cities
If Indianapolis won't work for you, don't worry. MBB Consulting™ also offers Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Training in the following recommended cities plus many more:
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Excellent choice! Indianapolis is Indiana's capital, largest city, and home to the Indy 500. Indy's fame as an automotive racing mecca started early with construction of the National and Michigan roads solidifying the city's stature as a transportation hub. The National Road was the first major federally funded highway in the United States. Indy's historical nickname "Crossroads of America" reinforces its tie to road-based transportation. At one point, Indianapolis rivaled Detroit as a center of automobile manufacturing. Motor vehicle parts including automotive transmissions remain a major export. Meanwhile, a vibrant entertainment infrastructure also evolved offering many options after Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Training including a zoo, aquarium, and over 200 parks.
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Testimonials
Read what our students and clients have to say.
 Ben Aldridge Field Service Support Admin Energy I had the pleasure of working with our Master Black Belt at our energy tech firm. There, he created an internal mentorship and training program to teach lean/six sigma concepts. The training was made available to employees spread both horizontally and vertically throughout the organization. Executives, managers, assemblers and receptionists alike were soon finding and eliminating waste within their workday. This divide-and-conquer philosophy in executing the continuous improvement program was not only an incredibly efficient way to find and implement cost savings, but also created a culture of empowerment within our organization. Our MBB encouraged all of his students to use these techniques to add value to the organization, in-turn making them more valuable employees. |
 Dan S. Machining Supervisor Aerospace Training on SMED shared an aggressive mindset towards goals and informed us on several areas to continue to improve. I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of our new knowledge. |