Woodside's Partners
Woodside Quality Solutions is proud to have close relationships with some other consulting groups and companies who provide us with "bench strength" for some engagements, complement our services with outstanding training and consulting of their own, and provide tools and software to round out our offerings.
This is the website for Donald J. Wheeler, author of "Understanding Variation" and 23 other books. Dr. Wheeler is a leading teacher and consultant in Data Analysis and SPC techniques. His seminar, Practical Data Analysis, has been judged to be an invaluable resource for statistical training for Six Sigma practitioners. The website provides information about all his books and seminars. It also contains a library of excellent articles written by Dr. Wheeler and other Quality authors.
Process Management LLC
To get the best and lasting results, our experience proves a systems approach to performance improvement is key.
Starting with a strategic planning process that explores, in detail, those things that can affect the organization in the near future followed by a self-assessment to identify areas to be addressed, a prioritized portfolio of projects is developed.
Whether Six Sigma, Lean, PDCA, or other approach is the best solution, specific training for that project team is provided with coaching for best results. Meanwhile, a study of the American and Japanese Quality Masters helps define a set of Operating Principles to govern the behavior of personnel of the organization.
This three pronged approach – strategy, process improvement/innovation, and behavior does indeed result in optimized and sustained performance improvement.
Minitab
Minitab® is a leading provider of statistical analysis software. It offers a comprehensive, powerful and easily-navigates set of tools for analysis of data in any quality improvement project. The format is intuitive and easy to teach, and Minitab offers a wealth of onboard and online analysis support in the form of tutorials, the Stat Guide™ online statistics text, direct links to the Minitab Answers Knowledgebase™ and one of the most intuitive help files available anywhere.
The QC Group
The QC Group Training Division is a leading training and consulting organization that offers more than 65 course titles for public workshops around the US. They provide ASQ Exam review courses for Certified Quality Inspector (CQI), Certified Quality Technician (CQT), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Calibration Technician (CCT), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) and Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE). QC also provides workshops in Blueprint Reading for Industry, GD&T - Fundamentals, Gage Calibration, Dimensional Measurement Tools, CMM Programming, FMEA, DOE, APQP, MSA, PPAP and many ISO management-auditing courses including Lead Auditor, AS 9100, TS 16949, OHSAS, 13485 and 14001 EMS. They also offer dimensional inspection and reverse engineering in their ISO 17025 accredited lab as well as providing quality professionals on a temporary or permanent basis.