Public Courses & Workshops
All training by the QFD Institute is compatible with ISO/QS-9000, Six Sigma, DFSS, Stage Gate, EFQM, TQM, Baldrige, and other quality initiatives.
The QFD Institute's QFD Belt programs are set at the highest standards in QFD training nationally and internationally and are the only QFD curricula authorized by Dr. Yoji Akao, founder of QFD, outside Japan.
Listed below are QFD Institute's public course menu. Public courses use generic training manuals and generic QFD deployment model common for most industries.
Those who seek advice and application in their specific business and situation should consider in-house custom training.
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Public QFD Green Belt® Certificate Course is regularly offered in conjunction with the QFD Institute's annual Symposium on QFD.
Additional public courses are also offered several times a year at various locations in the US as well as overseas. New course dates are announced on www.qfdi.org as well as through the our email newsletter.
The public QFD Green Belt® Certificate Course may be also held in your company when there are several employees who wish to attend.
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Contact us (+1 734-995-0847) if you wish to be informed of the next course dates by email or would like to schedule one at your company location.
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This course is typically given as an in-house training, but it is opened to the public once a year at the QFD Institute's annual Symposium on QFD.
The public QFD Black Belt® Certificate Course is an intensive, 5-day advanced QFD course for those who satisfy the prerequisites.
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For in-house QFD Black Belt® training, please Contact us (+1 734-995-0847)
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Lifestyle QFD / Kansei Engineering is product development focused on unspoken customer needs, emotional design and branding.
This workshop is typically given as in-house training, but a public workshop may be offered in conjunction with the QFD Institute's annual Symposium or other public events.
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Many in the DFSS field still equate QFD to only the House of Quality.
For example, despite the fact that QFD is positioned in the first subheading of the Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Body of Knowledge by ASQ, most books and seminars focus only on the transfer function of QFD, with little attention paid to the steps that have the greatest impact on understanding the Voice of the Customer. This weak link could inadvertently skew the outcome of otherwise good DFSS intentions.
This workshop shows how to expertly link QFD and DFSS. Much of this content is now included in the QFD Green Belt® Course, but a separate workshop may be offered in conjunction with the QFD Institute's annual Symposium or as an in-house training at your company.
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Hoshin Planning is a quality approach to strategic planning and policy management.
This workshop is typically given as in-house training, but a public workshop may be offered in conjunction with the QFD Institute's annual Symposium or other public events.
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The New Kano Model helps you discover latent customer needs and uncover exciting quality into your product development.
This workshop is typically given as in-house training, but a public workshop may be offered in conjunction with the QFD Institute's annual Symposium or other public events.
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TRIZ means Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, the Russian born systematic innovation methodology for developing creative solutions.
This workshop is typically given as in-house training, but a public workshop may be offered in conjunction with the QFD Institute's annual Symposium or other public events.
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