PQ Systems eLine - Quality Quiz

Vol. 9, No. 2

February 2007

Contents

Analyze wear trend, customize icons in GAGEpack

Quality Quiz: With a video!

MSA with Jackie Graham

Data in everyday life

Bytes and pieces

FYI: Current releases

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Welcome to Quality eLine, a monthly newsletter from PQ Systems, Inc., developers of software products and training services that help organizations improve their processes and products and achieve compliance to standards. This newsletter gives you industry news, case studies, and information about product enhancements and tips to enhance your software use.

In this issue you will find:

Analyze wear trend, customize icons in GAGEpack release
Quality Quiz: Another quiz from Professor Cleary--and last month’s winners! Plus, watch a video to support the quiz.
Data in everyday life: Charting trends in gas prices
Bytes and pieces: Quality Expo; Events calendar; 5 million lives initiative
MSA with Jackie Graham: Measuring your measurement system
FYI: How to check current version numbers and maintenance releases.

Analyze wear trend, customize icons in GAGEpack release

Measurement systems analysis has come a long way since the days of manual records on 3 X 5 cards, and new features in GAGEpack provide a clear example of the ways in which this is true. Based on changing customer needs, these features render analysis easy and accurate in ways that earlier systems could never do.
Read More.

Quality Quiz:
Another quiz from Professor Cleary—and last month’s winners!

Winners of last month's quiz and a copy of Quality Gamebox were Greg Boos (St. John Macomb Hospital); Peter Dominic (SPS Inc.); Bob Fullenkamp (American Honda Corp.); Tracie Morris (Michigan Precision—MPS); and Matt Winkler (Fujipoly Corp.). Congratulations! For this month's quiz, and a chance to win a copy of the popular Quality Gamebox program, go to Quality Quiz. Submit your response by February 19 to be entered in the drawing.

MSA with Jackie Graham:
Measuring your measurement system with performance curves

Excessive variation in measurement systems, can cause product to be produced that is out of specification. Graham addresses ways to diminish variation.
Read More.

Data in everyday life:
Charting trends in gas prices

This chart shows trends in retail gas prices (regular gas) and inflation rates from 1999-2006.
See chart.

Bytes and Pieces:
Quality Expo; Events calendar; 5 million lives initiative

Quality Expo moves to September: Chicago will be the site of the nation’s largest design and manufacturing trade show with Quality Expo, Assembly Technology Expo and National Manufacturing Week shows September 25 to 27, 2007 http://www.qualitymag.com/CDA/Articles/News/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000020101
Quality events calendar: For month-by-month listings of upcoming quality events (including PQ systems seminars and webinars): http://www.isixsigma.com/ne/events/
Five million patients saved from medical harm in the next two years. Learn more about this initiative launched by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/Campaign/

An “Essentials for Excellence” conference, sponsored March 1-2 by the American Association for Quality, emphasizes awareness of quality management systems in the service sector. http://www.asq.org/conferences/quality-management/index.html

Current versions of software:

To determine the most recent version of PQ Systems' primary software products, check Help/PQ on the web/check for updates on your program (for SQCpack, GAGEpack, and CHARTrunner). To review current maintenance downloads and version numbers for all PQ Systems software, go to: http://www.pqsystems.com/support/SoftwareUpdates.php