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QFD
Green Belt®
Update
Course
Continuing
Education
for QFD Green Belts®
October 26, 2008 (Sunday)
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
Registration | PDF Brochure
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Word Brochure | Venue
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Symposium
Recommended for:
Anyone who has attended the QFD Institute's
QFD Green Belt® Course in the past, especially those who earned
Provisional QFD Green Belt® before October 26, 2007.
This half-day Update Course is conveniently scheduled one day
before the public QFD Black Belt® Course
(October 27–31, 2008), so that if you wish, you will be able to attend both courses in
Santa Fe on a single trip. This course constitutes 0.5 CEU Credit Units.
For questions, please contact 1-734-995-0847 or
QFD
Institute
Course
Description
This workshop is part of the international program in
Quality Function Deployment.
You will learn:
Planned for the
2008 QFD Green Belt®
Update Course are the following
topics:
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Improved algorithms for defining Customer Needs (Demanded
Quality) for "new-to-world" products and services;
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Incorporating Blitz QFD®
into Dr. Akao's Comprehensive QFD to speed up the process;
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Why and how of
replacing ordinal scale calculations with ratio scale calculations of customer
needs priorities, sales point, competitive benchmarking, and matrix
relationship weights - to bring your QFD math to Six Sigma provisions;
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Introduction to
Kansei Engineering and Lifestyle
QFD.
Learning Outcomes and Benefits:
This course will introduce you to
the latest enhancements to the QFD Green
Belt®
courses and the most up-to-date
Modern QFD tools and methods. You will also receive the 2008 edition
of the QFD Green
Belt®
training manual.
CEU credits: 0.5 point
(4 hour course)
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Bring up to date and
enhance your QFD knowledge and skills learned in your earlier course.
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Get additional
coaching. You might have encountered questions since attending the previous
course. This is a good opportunity to get additional direction.
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Find out the latest
advancements in QFD and new-to-world concepts that the QFD Institute brings
about through its on-going research.
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Your Provisional QFD
Green Belt® had expired if you attended QFD Green Belt® Course before
October 26,
2008 and did not complete the Full Status review. By attending this Update
Course, you will get your Provisional Status reinstated and extended until
October 27, 2009.
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Attendees of this
Update Course are eligible for the QFD
Black Belt® Certificate Course in Santa Fe. We have scheduled this refresher
course 1 day before the QFD Black Belt®
course, for this convenience.
What to Bring:
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Your own laptop computer with a CD drive,
containing MS Excel®, MS Word®,
and Adobe Acrobat® 7.0; and
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Deployment samples that you have created on your own if you wish your work
critiqued.
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You may also suggest topics that you wish to review; please send your
suggestions to the
QFD Institute at least 1 week before the start of the course.
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QFD Institute's
Modern QFD templates on CD (ver. 2008); and
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The 2008 edition of the QFD
Green
Belt®
training manual.
Instructor
This QFD Green Belt® Update
Course will be taught by one of the following instructors.
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Certified
QFD Red Belt®
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1998 Akao
Prize®
winner for Excellence in QFD
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Executive
Director, QFD Institute
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Executive
Director, International Council for QFD
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President, Japan Business Consultants, Ltd.
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National
Academies of Science Board, Innovation
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Senior
Member of American Society for Quality
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Member of
Japanese Society for Quality Control
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Adjunct
Faculty, University of Michigan (ret.)
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Japanese
quality specialist, fluent in Japanese
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Richard E. Zultner
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Certified
QFD Red Belt®
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1998 Akao
Prize for Excellence in QFD
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Director,
QFD Institute
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President, ZULTNER & COMPANY
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Teaching
QFD since 1988
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Software
Quality Specialist
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TOC
Software Jonah
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Six Sigma Master
Black Belt
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The fee for this 1/2-day course is:
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US$495 per person when registration is
received by August 31, 2008; or
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US$545 per person when registration is
received by August 31, 2008.
Registration Form: Online
Registration Form
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MS Word Form | PDF Form
The above fees include your copy of the
2008 edition of QFD
Green Belt® training
material,
the latest Modern QFD software templates, and a coffee break.
To inquire or if you need a letter from the QFD Institute
for the purpose of applying for training budget, please contact
QFD
Institute Tel: +1 734-995-0847 (M-F 9am-5pm EST).
NOTE: Discounts are
offered for combined registrations with
2008 Symposium on QFD
and
QFD Black Belt®
Certificate Course. Discounts are also offered for early registrations, registrations
of three (3) or more employees from the same company submitted at the same time,
and US federal
government employees with a valid ID. Please see
Registration Form and
Terms & Conditions.
Venue
This course will be
held at the venue hotel below.
Hotel reservations should be made directly with
the hotel.
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 Hotel Santa Fe & The Hacienda
1501 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 USA
Telephone: 1-800-825-9876
Fax: +1 505-984-2211
E-mail: stay AT hotelsantafe DOT com
The QFD Institute's rates are (per night per room
rate, single or double occupancy):
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 Traditional Room: $134 plus taxes (1 king or
2 doubles, approx. 260 sq. ft)
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Junior Suite: $149 plus taxes (1 king bed
and a separate sitting area with full size sofa bed, approx. 370 sq. ft.)
Rooms with these special rates are limited in
quantity and
available on a-first-come-first-served basis through September 27, 2008 or until
they run out, whichever comes first. We recommend making reservations early to
avoid sell-out or rate hike.
More on this hotel and
travel information...
Travel Guides
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To inquire about this course or if you need a letter from the QFD Institute
for the purpose of applying for training budget, please contact
QFD
Institute Tel: +1 734-995-0847 (M-F 9am-5pm EST).
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