Free Nano Courses
This section of Educate Virtually offers Free "Nano" Courses that cover complete topics in less than 10 minutes. These brief courses are short subjects from our e-Learning offerings. You can learn about new concepts or refresh your knowledge.
- Free Nano Course Contents
- Communication and Teamwork
- Design Development
- Lean Concepts
- Six Sigma Concepts
- Software Demonstrations
- Statistics
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Communication and Teamwork
| BruteThink Brainstorming | Tired of the same old brainstorming methods? Try the BruteThink creativity technique to get your team thinking outside of the box. This Nano Course video provides an example of how to apply this brainstorming method. |
| Edison Brainstorming | Tired of the same old brainstorming methods? Try the Edison creativity technique to get your team thinking outside of the box. This Nano Course video provides an example of how to apply this brainstorming method. |
| How to Enroll and Take an On Line Course | This video demonstration will show you how easy it is to enroll in one of our on line eLearning courses. We will also walk you through what a course looks like by showing you how to navigate within our Learning Management System (LMS).
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| Idea Box Brainstorming | Tired of the same old brainstorming methods? Try the Idea Box creativity technique to get your team thinking outside of the box. This Nano Course video provides an example of how to apply this brainstorming method. |
| SCAMPER Brainstorming | Tired of the same old brainstorming methods? Try the SCAMPER creativity technique to get your team thinking outside of the box. This Nano Course video provides an example of how to apply this brainstorming method. |
| Top Ten List for Team Failure | Why do Teams Fail? Our top 10 list for Team Failure will provide you with some insight and a few laughs. |
Design Development
| Process Design for Six Sigma | This video presents our step by step roadmap for applying the Design for Six Sigma method to the development of new processes. The roadmap comprises the following:
The Process Design for Six Sigma Roadmap is available in our store in pdf format. Get yours today! |
| QFD Process Design Roadmap | The task of designing a new process or dramatically improving an existing process can seem overwhelming. Quality Function Deployment, QFD, provides a collaborative tool to guide decision making and trade off evaluations. In this Nano Course you will learn the three step QFD Process Design Roadmap. It all starts with the Voice of the Customer for the process.
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| Quality Function Deployment in QFD Capture Software | Quality Function Deployement (QFD) is introduced using the QFD Capture Software tool. In this hospital example will learn about priorotizing the Voice of the Customer. You will learn how to evaluate the relationships between your processes and the impact they have on your customer's requirements. Then you will have a plan of attack for improving your process. This is a nano sized course that is less than 10 minutes. We are working on the QFD eLearning course offering. Webinar on Demand is very effective for applying Quality Function Deployment in real time. Contact us to set up your Webinar |
Lean Concepts
| Kaizen Improvement Process | This course will introduce you to the Kaizen Improvement Process that drives and sustains continuous improvement. The process is based upon the Deming Cycle and integrates with the DMAIC Improvement Process. |
| Kanban and Pull System Demonstrated | The Kanban and Pull System concepts for inventory management and control are illustrated in this video by the Sailboat Company of Naples, FL.
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| Kanban Calculator | The Kanban Calculator spreadsheet is demonstrated in this short course. This is an excerpt from the Analyze Phase of DMAIC and the Lean Root Cause courses. The Kanban Calculator will show you the amount of inventory that should be in your process based upon Current State performance measurements and provide the quantification of the reductions after improvements have been made for your Future State. The Kanban Calculator is available in both the MSOffice and OpenOffice.org productivity suites. |
| Process Activity Analysis | The Process Activity Analysis spreadsheet is demonstrated in this short course. This is an excerpt from the Analyze Phase of DMAIC and the Lean Root Cause Analysis courses. The spreadsheet quantifies the value added and non-value added activities within your process. Use the spreadsheet to set your Current State performance and then to quantify the improvements in your Future State process. This spreadsheet is available in both the MSOffice and OpenOffice.org productivity suites. |
| Pull System Illustrated | This Nano sized course illustrates how the pull system works. You will see both the downstream flow of materials and upstream flow of demand signals. Demand signals come from the customer and then work their way upstream against the flow of materials to trigger activity at each workstation. |
| TAKT Time Explained | Process Flow and TAKT time are explained using a bucket flow analogy in this Nano Course. The complete topic is explained in 5 minutes or less. |
Six Sigma Concepts
| Business Case Savings Projection | This Nano Course video will show you how to develop a business case savings projection. The savings projections are based on your process information of current cost of poor performance, process yield, and process sigma level. This method has passed muster with cost accounting groups in numerous organizations and has proven to be highly effective and accurate.
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| Classifying VOC using the Kano Model | Voice of the Customer (VOC) want and needs statements are classified using the Kano Model. The Kano model is explained and demonstrated in this Nano Course. The course includes an interactive quiz. A complete topic covered in just over 5 minutes.
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| CTQ Tree | The CTQ Tree (Critical to Quality Tree) is all about what needs to be measured to drive improvement in the eyes of the customer. The CTQ Tree provides a graphic to tie the progression of the requirements together. The progression starts with the Want or Need, which leads to the Drivers within the Process we must control, and then to the Critical to Quality Characteristics (CTQs) that we measure to control the Drivers. Once we know what to measure we must define what means good or bad, which is also called the specification. Typically our customers let us know what they want or need, but rarely do they define the CTQs and the specifications. |
| DMAIC #1 Define Case Study | We present the Define Phase of the Lean Six Sigma journey of the Sailboat Company of Naples, FL. This video will take you through the elements of the Define Phase of the DMAIC Improvement Process. The Sailboat Company is an eLearning Course. The course digs into the details and can be completed in less than 2 hours. Sign Up Today! |
| DMAIC #2 Measure Case Study | We present the Measure Phase of the Lean Six Sigma journey of the Sailboat Company of Naples, FL. This video will take you through the elements of the Measure Phase of the DMAIC Improvement Process. The Sailboat Company is an eLearning Course. The course digs into the details and can be completed in less than 2 hours. Sign Up Today! |
| DMAIC #3 Analyze Case Study | We present the Analyze Phase of the Lean Six Sigma journey of the Sailboat Company of Naples, FL. This video will take you through the elements of the Analyze Phase of the DMAIC Improvement Process. The Sailboat Company is an eLearning Course. The course digs into the details and can be completed in less than 2 hours. Sign Up Today! |
| DMAIC #4 Improve Case Study | We present the Improve Phase of the Lean Six Sigma journey of the Sailboat Company of Naples, FL. This video will take you through the elements of the Improve Phase of the DMAIC Improvement Process. The Sailboat Company is an eLearning Course. The course digs into the details and can be completed in less than 2 hours. Sign Up Today! |
| DMAIC #5 Control Case Study | We present the Control Phase of the Lean Six Sigma journey of the Sailboat Company of Naples, FL. This video will take you through the elements of the Control Phase of the DMAIC Improvement Process. The Sailboat Company is an eLearning Course. The course digs into the details and can be completed in less than 2 hours. Sign Up Today! |
| DMAIC Deliverables Review | This interactive course covers the deliverables required to complete each phase of the DMAIC Lean Six Sigma improvement process. Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control phase exit reviews are interactive. Does your project pass the phase exit reviews? If it does you could become certified in Lean Six Sigma. If you can't pass the phase exit reviews you will know what to work on.
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| FMEA RPN and Process Sigma | This Nano sized course introduces FMEA, RPN, and converting RPN to Process Sigma Level. FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is a powerful tool for identifying, defining, and quantifying root causes to operations issues. The RPN (Risk Priority Number) is calculated by multiplying the severity score times the occurrence score times the detection score. The RPN quantifies the impact of a potential root cause providing the means to rank the root causes. This is how we separate the vital few from the trivial many. Converting the RPN into a Process Sigma Level is shown in a handy table. When processes cycle infrequently the FMEA, RPN, and conversion to Process Sigma level provide the means to quantify the improvement.
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| QFD for Management Decision Makling | Quality Function Deployment, QFD, is used for management team decision making and consensus building. This example shows how a management team can use business goals and objectives to prioritize their improvement projects and reach agreement using this matrix method. |
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| SIPOC Process Mapping | The SIPOC Process Map is a high level description of the process that is being improved and defines the scope and boundaires of the improvement project. The SIPOC describes the suppliers that provide inputs into the process, the inputs they provide, 5 high level process steps, the outputs from those process steps, and the customers bioth internal and external that receive those outputs. |
Software Demonstrations
| Minitab ANOVA | An example of Analysis of Variance, ANOVA, is demonstrated using the Minitab Statistical Software tool. ANOVA is a powerful tool used for conducting hypothesis tests, designed experiments, and regression analysis. |
| Minitab Histogram | Minitab Statistical software is used to create Histograms of data sets. You will learn how to create a basic histogram of data, how to stratify multiple data sets using histograms, and how to conduct a comprehensive basic statistical analysis of a data set with a graphical summary.
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| Minitab Individual Measurements Chart | Minitab Statistical Software is used to create an individual measurements chart. The purpose of this control chart is to depict the data over time. The individual values are charted over time where the overall average is the centerline and the control limits are estimates if +/- 3 standard deviations above and below the mean, or centerline. If any of the control charting interpretation rules are broken they are depicted in red. Breakling a rule indicates the presence of a special cause, or an unnatural pattern of variation. |
| Minitab Intro 01 | This course will provide you with an introduction to Minitab Statistical Software. This free nano sized course explains the "How To" in 5 minutes or less!
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| Minitab Intro 02 | This course will provide you with an introduction to Minitab Statistical Software. This free nano sized course explains the "How To" in 5 minutes or less!
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| Minitab Intro 03 | This course will provide you with an introduction to Minitab Statistical Software. This free nano sized course explains the "How To" in 5 minutes or less!
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| Minitab Intro 04 | This course will provide you with an introduction to Minitab Statistical Software. This free nano sized course explains the "How To" in 5 minutes or less!
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| Minitab Pareto Analysis | Minitab Statistical Software is used to create Pareto Analysis Charts. Two charts are created. Does weighting the data make a difference in the decisions we make in the Pareto Analysis?
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| Variables Control Charts in Minitab | This course demonstrates how to create and evaluate variables control charts in the Minitab Statistical Software tool. Variables data is continuous and often measured with a device. The when, how, and why you use either an Individuals and Moving Range Chart or the X bar and R Chart are explained. What are the advantages or disadvantages of the I-MR or X-bar R process control charts? Watch the video and find out. |
Statistics
| F Statistic and the p Value | The F Statistic, or F Ratio, is the basis for determining the p Value probablilty that defines the answer to the question "Is there a difference?" We use the p Value to gives us confidence in making a decision about a test result. The test could be a Hypothesis Test, Designed Experiment, or a Regression. This video will help you to understand the origin of the p Value probablilty. |
| Multiple Regression Analysis | This chalk talk video explains how to evaluate a multiple regression analysis. You will learn the following:
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| Multiple Regression Multicolinearity | In this video the topic of multicolinearity in a multiple regression analysis is explained. Multicolinearity ocurs when two of the input X variables are related to one another. The situation is analagous to double dipping. In this video you will learn the following:
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| Origin of Control Chart Rules | This video outlines how the normal distribution was used to develop the rules for interpreting Special Cause and Common Cause variation on control charts. |
| p Value Explained 1 | When conducting a hypothesis test we rely on the p-value probability to define if the test shows a significant difference or not. This video provides two examples to illustrate how we can determine the results from our test. |
| p Value Explained 2 | When conducting a hypothesis test we rely on the p-value probability to define if the test shows a significant difference or not. This video provides an example when the p-value may provide us with misleading results when more than two items are being evaluated. You will learn how to resolve the dilemma and make a decision regarding the test results. |
| t Statistic and the p Value | The t Statistic leads to the p-Value that we use to determine if there is a difference or not we we test two averages. This video explains where the p-Value comes from when we conduct a t test. The paired t test is explained with our helicopter flight time example. |
| Testing Data for Normality | This video provides a detailed understanding of testing data for normality. You will learn how to interpret the results of an Anderson-Darling normality test. You will also learn the importance of having normally distributed data. |
