The bold contrasts and geometric shapes of this logo express the spirit of Quality Function Deployment. They also give a sense of a bright future with expanding opportunities. - Seiko Semones, designer.
 

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  Consulting and Training by Glenn Mazur
   
Glenn Mazur has been certified by Dr. Yoji Akao at the highest level of QFD Mastery, the QFD Red Belt® and is authorized to teach these courses. For in-house programs, contact Glenn Mazur at glenn@mazur.net. For scheduled public courses, please visit www.qfdi.org/events/events.htm. Student testimonials.
QFD Belt Certification. Glenn Mazur follows the guidelines set by the QFD Institute for both provisional and full certifications. See the QFDI website for details on how to achieve full status certification, or email us.
 
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Description

QFD White Belt® 1-day introductory lecture on QFD principles and case studies. View samples of the over 100 page training manual. In-house and public.
QFD Custom Tailoring 2-day custom tailoring of QFD into your product development process. Required for in-house QFD Black Belt® training. In-house.
Technical Support Email and on-site support is available to former and current clients, as well as to non-clients who wish a review and advice with their QFD projects.
QFD Gold Belt® 1-day review of your tailored QFD process with top management to discuss deliverables and required support. In-house.
QFD Green Belt® 2-day team member workshop on QFD principles, tools, and application to your products. Includes software and Blitz QFD®. In-house course uses your custom tailored tools and sequence; public course uses generic models.
QFD Black Belt® 4-6 day facilitator workshop to apply your custom tailored QFD process to a live project. Taught in short just-in-time modules as project progresses. Prerequisites: Technical Review and QFD Green Belt®; QFD Gold Belt® recommended. Train QFD Green Belts®. In-house and public (generic course taught at annual QFD Symposium).

QFD Master Black Belt®

10-day QFD Specialist course on how to custom tailor the QFD process for multiple industries, how to train QFD Gold Belt® and QFD Black Belt®. Prerequisite: QFD Black Belt® and permission of instructor.

QFD Grandmaster
Black Belt®

30-day QFD Expert course. Prerequisite: QFD Master Black Belt®.

Voice of Customer for Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma

3-day course in deriving and understanding the voice of the customer, especially unspoken requirements, based on verbatims (surveys), observations (gemba analysis), and customer documentation (RFQ, Specifications). For 6s and DFSS practitioners.
   
Associated Methods and Tools
 

AHP

1-day course in prioritization and decision making using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Includes software. In-house.

Kansei Engineering

2-day course to explore aesthetic, image, and human factor needs of customers. In-house.

New Lanchester Strategy

2-day course to determine sales and product development strategies. In-house.
Hoshin 2-day Policy Management and strategy course to develop business and new product development strategies. In-house.
TRIZ 1-day course in classical TRIZ for innovative solutions to product and process problems. In-house.
TQM Principles, methods, and tools of Total Quality Management. Includes the above topics. Web-based course as taught at the University of Michigan, and In-house.

 

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