Announcing FMEA Tools for Excel

Aug. 12, 2008 - PRLog -- KnowWare International Inc. announces the new and improved Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) tool for Excel. The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) just released the Fourth Edition of the FMEA users guide. This new FMEA tool includes all 14 of the Design and Process FMEA formats.

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis seeks to analyze and prevent potential failures in systems, subsystems and parts of any product using “Design” FMEA. It can also be used to detect and prevent failures in the processes used to create a part or deliver a service. FMEA helps create products and services that have Six Sigma quality.

The FMEA tool is part of the QI Macros: an add-in for Microsoft Excel that automates all of the charts, forms and tools required for statistical process control (SPC) and Lean Six Sigma. There are over 80,000 registered users. The QI Macros are used by over 2,700 hospitals and medical centers to hold down costs and increase healthcare quality. The QI Macros consist of four parts:
1.  Macros that use existing Excel data to create 21 different charts: line, run, pareto, control charts, and histograms.
2.  Fill-in-the-blank templates, over 80 in all, for FMEA, flowcharts and fishbones, design of experiments (DOE), quality function deployment (QFD), and GageR&R studies.
3.  Statistical analysis tools like ANOVA, f-test, regression, and a sample size calculator.
4.  Data manipulation tools like restacking data and the PivotTable Wizard.

Unlike complex statistical tools, the QI Macros tools can be used by anyone from nurses to Lean Six Sigma Black Belts. Users most often say that the QI Macros are:
·  Easy to learn. The pull-down menu gives immediate access to all tools.
·  Works directly on Excel data. Over 90% of the world’s offices use Excel. With the QI Macros, there is no need to transfer the data out of Excel. Just select and go.
·  Affordable at only $139 per copy.

30-day trial copies of the QI Macros for Excel can be downloaded at http://www.qimacros.com/freestuff.html. Readers can also signup for a free email course on Lean Six Sigma. For more information, testimonials, and pricing go to http://www.qimacros.com/excel-spc.html.

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KnowWare Intl Inc sells the QI Macros SPC Software for Excel which draws pareto charts, control charts, histograms, box and whisker plots and more. Also includes over 70 fill in the blank templates including QFD, GageR&R, DOE, PPAP and FMEA.