Minitab

Minitab : Minitab is one of the world’s leading developers of statistical software and software for lean, Six Sigma and quality improvement projects.

Thousands of companies use Minitab software and there are more than 4,000 colleges and universities which use Minitab for teaching and research. Some of the clients includes, Toshiba, DuPont, Boeing, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nestlé and Pfizer. Minitab Inc. is headquartered in State College, PA, operates offices in the United Kingdom, France and Australia, and has additional representatives throughout the world. Minitab’s products are backed by outstanding services, including training and free technical support.

Minitab products include Minitab 17, Qeystone, Quality Trainer, Quality Companion and Minitab Express.

1.Minitab 17

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Minitab 17, is a leading software used for quality improvement and statistics education. Minitab 17 offers many functionality and enhancements to make statistical analysis easier, and to give quality improvement professionals greater insight into their processes.

The Assistant in Minitab includes two new analyses, the Design of Experiments (DOE) and the Multiple Regression. There are also improvements to Graphical Analysis and enhancements for the statistics it already covered, including Measurement Systems Analysis, Capability Analysis, Hypothesis Tests, and Control Charts.

There is also a powerful new tools for regression analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). A new interface let the users quickly specify predictor variables, and automatic model selection makes identifying important variables easy. A wider range of graphical options offer more ways to visually explore results, while the response optimizer makes it easy to find the optimal settings for process variables.

The enhanced DOE capabilities help users more effectively determine factors and interactions affecting their processes. The response optimizer can be applied to general factorial designs, and response surface designs can include categorical factors.

Automatic model selection is available for both factorial and response surface designs. Some of the other features include Bubble Plot, Poisson Regression, Outlier Tests, Tolerance Intervals, Stability Studies, Equivalence Tests and Updated Graphic.

2.Qeystone

Qeystone, is a Project Portfolio Management platform designed to manage an organization’s entire Lean Six Sigma deployment. It is a cloud based project portfolio management platform designed specifically for managing, monitoring and understanding the impacts of an organization’s Lean Six Sigma program.

Qeystone makes it easy to access this aggregated information by combining powerful quality tools like FMEA and value-stream mapping with a cloud-based dashboard that provides high-level reports and graphical summaries of a company’s entire improvement program. As quality teams work and update their project files, those updates automatically roll up to the dashboard and ensure that managers have the latest information.

3.Quality Trainer

Quality Trainer, is an e-learning course that teaches quality improvement statistics and how to use Minitab Statistical Software.

4.Quality Companion

Quality Companion, is a process improvement software for executing quality improvement projects.

5.Minitab Express

Minitab Express, is a software product that runs on both Mac and Windows and is designed specifically for introductory statistics.

Minitab Express enables instructors to seamlessly teach across platforms and gives students greater flexibility. Minitab Express includes essential graphs and statistics related to probability, summary statistics, hypothesis tests, regression and ANOVA.

To help students use the software, Minitab Express provides simplified menus, illustrative icons, informative graphs, step-by-step examples, and help interpreting output.