Statistics & Reliability Group Meeting: October 12

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The Statistics & Reliability Discussion Group cordially invites you to
attend an outstanding FREE presentation:

Topic: SPC and Sampling Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

Panelist: Mr. Lester Wollman, Mr. Ed Russell, and Dr. John Flaig

Chair and Moderator: Dr. John Flaig

Assistant Chair: Dr. Don Mintz

Sponsor: Mr. Ravi Chandra from Applied Materials

Objective:
To provide you with an opportunity to ask questions and learn about this powerful

tool. Bring your questions and/or problems for us to discuss. The panel will
try to answer the audience's questions or provide suggestions where they might
find the answers.


Suggested Questions:


1. What is Statistical Process Control (SPC)?
2. How can I tell which variables to track?
3. How do I know if I picked the right variables?
4. What do I do if my variables are correlated?
5. How does autocorrelation affect my SPC control procedure?
6. Do I need a gage capability study for each SPC variable?
7. Does it make much difference if the variables are discrete or continuous?
8. What does "in-control" mean?
9. What is the difference between static control and dynamic?
10. Is it possible for a process to be in-control and produce defects?
11. When should you look for causes of unusual process behavior?
12. Is a control chart the same as a hypothesis test?
13. What does "out-of-control" mean?
14. If the process is out-of-control should you fix it?
15. Is an Assignable Cause the same as a Special Cause?
16. What is the probability that a point will fall outside 3 sigma limits?
17. If a point is inside the control limits can it have a special cause?
18. If a pattern does not violate any of the Test Rules can it still be the result

of a special cause?

19. How many possible ways can a process show instability?
20. On a multivariate chart how can you tell which x caused the signal?
21. Is the mean chart more "sensitive" than the x chart?
22. Is the individuals chart invalid if the data is non-normal?
23. Is the reason control chart work because of the Central Limit Theorem?)
24. How were Shewhart control limits derived?
25. Do Shewhart control charts assume that the data is normally distributed?
26. If the data is not normal should you transform it before putting it on a

control chart?

27. Are Shewhart control limits based on statistical or economic considerations?
28. If a process is stable for some time and then shifts to a new level and is

stable there, is this a common cause variation?

29. Does everybody use 3 sigma limits?
30. Are there charts to address multivariate SPC?
31. Can you do SPC on reliability data e.g., returns per calendar interval?
32. Is sampling inspection obsolete?
33. Which is more sensitive attribute or continuous variables sampling?
34. What are Continuous Sample Plans (CSP 1) and how do they work?
35. What are single, double, and multiple sample plans?
36. What is the AQL, AOQ, AOQL, RQL or LTPD, ATI or ASN, ARL
37. Is random sampling always best?
38. What is the break even point for sampling?
39. Or whatever interests you.

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MEETING DETAILS

6:00 to 6:30 pm Introductions and Networking

6:30 to 7:30 pm Presentation

7:30 to 8:00 pm Question and Answer Session

MEETING LOCATION

Applied Materials

Bowers Cafe (aka Campus Cafe)

3090 Bowers Ave.

Santa Clara, CA. 95054 (see directions below)

MEETING SCHEDULE

Our 2011 scheduled speakers and topics:

(all meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month)

* = Joint ASQ and IEEE meeting, ^ = Joint ASQ and ASA meeting

Jan 12* - Dr. Laura Higgins - New Reliability Tools in JMP 9

Feb 9* - Dr. Dave Trindade - Reliability Modeling of Field Data for Repairable

Systems

Mar 9^ - Mr. Ed Russell - Functional Data Analysis

Apr 13 - Mr. Mike Silverman - Estimating Field Failure Rate from HALT

May 11 - DOE Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

Jun 8 - Dr. John Flaig - Systematic Problem Solving vs RCA

Jul 13* - Reliability Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

Aug 10 - Dr. Sarah Kalicin - Things That Haunt Me: Measurements

Sep 14 - Dr. Jack Tomsky - Locally Most Powerful Invariant Tests with

Applications to Baseball Batting Averages

Oct 12 - SPC and Sampling Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

Nov 9 - Mr. Scott Wise - Data Mining for Six Sigma/Quality Improvement

Nov 9 - Speakers Dinner

Dec - No Meeting, Happy Holidays!

ARCHIVED PRESENTATIONS

To access any of our archived presentation files on the Statistics &

Reliability Yahoo Group Site, you need to be a Member of the Group

and you NEED to have a Yahoo ID.

If you DO NOT have a Yahoo ID, you will need to create a Yahoo ID first

and then go to:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Statistics-Reliability_Discussion_Group/

Then, on the Right side, click on the blue box "Join This Group!"

If you DO have a Yahoo ID and are a Member of the Statistics & Reliability

Discussion Group, then go to:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Statistics-Reliability_Discussion_Group/files

and click on file names you wish to download.

Silly problems that happen often at this Yahoo Group Site:

1. Files cannot be downloaded! The problems are usually with Yahoo.

So, you may need to try again later.

2. It is a good idea to reset your computer by restarting again, or

shutdown and wait a minute or two then restart again.

3. Finally, check to make sure your computer is set up to accept

at least 3MB files.

NEWS

1. Recertification unit credits from the ASQ

If you attend a Statistics & Reliability Discussion Group

meeting, you will earn .2 recertification units for "professional

development" from the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

2. Our Future Presentations

We are always looking for interesting topics and great speakers for

our meetings. If you are interested in making a presentation to our

group or know of someone who would be a great speaker, please

email me (
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Potential speakers should review our Yahoo Groups website file

"Presentation Pointers" written by Rosetrina Flaig, MBA to get some

helpful suggestions for making a great presentation.

So far our planned 2012 program schedule looks like this:

* = Joint ASQ and IEEE meeting, ^ = Joint ASQ and ASA meeting

Jan 12-

Feb 9-

Mar 9- Mr. Ed Russell - TBD

Apr 13- DOE Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

May 11-

Jun 8- Dr. John Flaig - TBD

Jul 13*- Reliability Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

Aug 10-

Sep 14-

Oct 12- SPC and Sampling Panel Discussion (Bring your questions)

Nov 9-

Nov - Speakers Dinner

Dec - No Meeting, Happy Holidays!

3. Training and Consulting Services from Applied Technology

Applied Technology provides training classes and

consulting services in the following areas:

Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments,

Robust Process Design, Process Capability Analysis,

Measurement Systems Analysis, Statistics, Reliability,

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Lean Six Sigma,

Supplier Management, ISO, Sampling, Data Mining

Quality Function Deployment, 5S, DFM, DFX

Root Cause An alysis, 8D, and Systematic Problem Solving.

For more information contact John Flaig at:

Applied Technology

1237 Clark Way

San Jose, CA 95125

Tel: (408) 266-5174

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Website: www.e-AT-USA.com

4. JMP/SAS

JMP offers a free training class at 10:00 am Friday of each

week to those interested in learning more about JMP.

Please see the JMP website www.JMP.com and search

for webinars. You can also download a free 30 day trial

of JMP 9.0 from their website.

5. Upcoming Reliability Seminars at Quanta Labs

For more details contact Mr. Terry Liu

Quanta Laboratories

3199 De La Cruz Blvd.

Santa Clara, CA 95054

Tel: (408) 988-0770

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Website: www.quantalabs.com

6. American Society for Quality

The Silicon Valley Section of the ASQ is looking for individuals

that would be interested in joining the Leadership Team.

The team sets direction and selects activities for our section.

Several positions are available where your skills can be used

to manage one of the largest and most active chapters of the

American Society for Quality. For more information please

contact the section chair Greg Novacek at

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7. Scholarships and Awards

The Silicon Valley section of the ASQ offers scholarship awards

in the amount of $1000 to students attending local colleges.

The section also sponsors a Quality paper competition with

prizes of $1000, $500, and $250. Please see the section website

for details (www.asq-silicon-valley.org).

8. IEEE

The IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section has presentations scheduled.

Please check their website for details.

www.ieee-sfbac.net/santa_clara_section.htm

9. American Statistical Association (ASA)

The San Francisco Section of the ASA has seminars scheduled.

Please check their website for details.

www.sfasa.org/seminars2011.htm

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

These presentations are brought to you through:

1. The generous support of our outstanding speakers.

2. The excellent facility accommodations provided by Applied Materials.

3. The sponsorship of the American Society for Quality (www.ASQ.org).

4. The outstanding program management, planning, and

communication provided by Rosetrina Flaig, MBA

of Applied Technology (www.e-AT-USA.com).

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DIRECTIONS TO THE STATISTICS & RELIABILITY GROUP MEETING

Applied Materials

Bowers Cafe (aka Campus Cafe)

3090 Bowers Ave.

Santa Clara, CA. 95054 (see map link below)

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** From 101 (Going South from Palo Alto):

* Take the Bowers Ave exit and turn right at the

light (i.e., go west -- away from Great America).

* Go about 1/2 mile, you will cross Scott Blvd.

* Turn right at the second driveway after passing

Scott Blvd. and park in the multistory car park in

the rear. There is a bike trail sign near the driveway

entrance. If you cross Central Expressway, you

have gone too far.

* The Bowers Campus Cafe is behind Applied Materials

building #2.

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** From 101 (Going North from San Jose):

* Take the Great America Parkway exit and turn left

at the light (i.e., go west -- away from Great America).

* Go about 1/2 mile, you will cross Scott Blvd.

* Turn right at the second driveway after passing

Scott Blvd. and park in the multi-story car park in

the rear. There is a bike trail sign near the driveway

entrance. If you cross Central Expressway, you

have gone too far.

* The Bowers Campus Cafe is behind Applied Materials

building #2.

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