Design of Experiments

How does a problem that has plagued a company for years get solved in 45 days? Effective experimental design and analysis are critical to improving products and process, reducing waste, lowering costs, and improving productivity. This how-to workshop focuses on understanding the fundamental elements of experimental design and on the application of strategies. Numerous exercises are included and a statistical software package, Minitab®, is used for to help create designs, analyze the data, and interpret the results more efficiently and effectively. We will explore the design and collection of new data through designed experiments.Many companies in both the R&D and manufacturing functions try to solve problems based on theory, opinions or poorly-designed experiments, often with too few factors. We show how to use such theories and opinion to help create and then analyze well-designed experiments with as many factors as needed, where we emphasize experiments from 3 to 15 factors.