Members of the Quality and Productivity Section (Q&P) invite you to attend the 54th Annual Fall Technical Conference (FTC), which will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, from October 6–9. The conference is a premier forum in which to discuss topics at the interface of statistics and quality, leading to a more effective use of statistics to improve quality. The theme of this year’s conference is “Quality and Statistics: The Engines of Success.”
The program includes a range of talks on subjects such as experiment design, reliability analysis, assessing gauge repeatability and reproducibility, statistical process control, and graphics. Highlights include a plenary address by William Woodall from Virginia Tech and a memorial session in honor of Soren Bisgaard.
The Q&P invited session is titled “All Aboard? Turning Passengers into Engineers: A Panel Discussion on Effective Training of Process Improvement Tools and Methods.” It will be led by Frederick W. Faltin of The Faltin Group and Willis A. Jensen of W.L. Gore & Associates.
Q&P also is sponsoring a short course, titled “Experiences and Pitfalls in Reliability Data Analysis and Test Planning.” The course will be taught by William Q. Meeker of Iowa State University on October 9 and focus on the analyses of many life data analysis applications in product reliability and materials evaluation. The analyses illustrate the use of a mix of proven traditional techniques, enhanced and brought up to date with modern computer-based methodology. Using a series of real examples from reliability applications, this course will focus on graphical presentation of reliability data, statistical modeling, and interpretation of results.
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