The Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) is a professional who understands the principles of product and service quality evaluation and control. This body of knowledge and applied technologies include, but are not limited to, development and operation of quality control systems, application and analysis of testing and inspection procedures, the ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices, an understanding of human factors and motivation, familiarity with quality cost concepts and techniques, and the knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
This course teaches Quality Engineering concepts, quality management systems, auditing, product and process control and design, quality methods and tools, applied statistics, Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments, etc.
A rudimentary understanding of probability and statistics is recommended. Basic high school/college-level algebra will be helpful to understand statistical concepts.
This course is designed for Engineers, quality control personnel, inspectors, testing personnel, or all those interested in the quality engineering profession.
I. Management and Leadership
A. Quality Philosophies and Foundations
B. The Quality Management System (QMS)
1. Strategic planning
2. Deployment techniques
a. Benchmarking
b. Stakeholder
c. Performance
d. Project management
3. Quality information system (QIS)
C. ASQ Code of Ethics for Professional Conduct
D. Leadership Principles and Techniques
E. Facilitation Principles and Techniques
1. Roles and responsibilities
2. Facilitation tools
F. Communication Skills
G. Customer Relations
H. Supplier Management
1. Techniques
2. Improvement
3. Risk
I. Barriers to Quality Improvement
II. The Quality System
A. Elements of the Quality System
1. Basic elements
2. Design
B. Documentation of the Quality System
1. Document components
2. Document control
C. Quality Standards and Other Guidelines
D. Quality Audits
1. Types of audits
2. Roles and responsibilities in audits
3. Audit planning and implementation
4. Audit reporting and follow-up
E. Cost of Quality (COQ)
F. Quality Training
III. Product, Process and Service Design
B. Design Inputs, Techniques, and Review
1. Inputs
2. Techniques
3. Review
C. Technical Drawings and Specifications
D. Verification and Validation
E. Reliability and Maintainability
1. Predictive and preventive maintenance tools
2. Reliability and maintainability indices
3. Reliability models
4. Reliability/Safety/ Hazard Assessment Tools
IV. Product and Process Control
C. Acceptance Sampling
1. Sampling concepts
2. Sampling standards and plans
3. Sample integrity
D. Measurement and Test
1. Measurement tools
2. Destructive and nondestructive tests
E. Metrology
F. Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
V. Continuous Improvement
VI. Quantitative Methods and Tools
A. Collecting and Summarizing Data
1. Types of data
2. Measurement scales
3. Data collection methods
4. Data accuracy and integrity
5. Data visualization techniques
6. Descriptive statistics
7. Graphical methods for depicting distributions
B. Quantitative Concepts
1. Terminology
2. Drawing statistical conclusions
3. Probability terms and concepts
C. Probability Distributions
1. Continuous distributions
2. Discrete distributions
D. Statistical Decision-Making
1. Point estimates and confidence intervals
2. Hypothesis testing
3. Paired-comparison tests
4. Goodness-of-fit tests
5. Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
6. Contingency tables
E. Relationships Between Variables
1. Linear regression
2. Simple linear correlation
3. Time-series analysis
F. Statistical Process Control (SPC)
1. Objectives and benefits
3. Selection of variable
4. Rational subgrouping
5. Control charts
6. Control chart analysis
7. Short-run SPC
G. Process and Performance Capability
1. Process capability studies
2. Process performance vs. specifications
3. Process capability indices
4. Process performance indices
H. Design and Analysis of Experiments
1. Terminology
2. Planning and organizing experiments
3. Design principles
4. Full-factorial experiments
5. Two-level fractional factorial experiments
VII. Risk Management
A. Risk Fundamentals
1. Risk terminology
2. Types of risk management
B. Risk Planning and Assessment
1. Risk management plan
2. Risk assessment
C. Risk Treatment, Control, and Monitoring
1. Identification and documentation
2. Risk management system evaluation
3. Risk treatment strategies
4. Risk monitoring
5. Mitigation planning
This course is offered as a live, instructor-led, online training. Delivery will be via WebEx or MS Teams. The instruction is a blend of lectures, case applications, exercises and assignments.
ASQ course provides -
• The Certified Quality Engineer Handbook, 4th edition – Hard Copy
• Training Material – Hard Copy
• Training Participation Certificate on successful completion of the training – Soft Copy
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