Free tools

Learn it by doing it.

The best way to understand SPC, MSA and FMEA is to see a process, a gauge and a failure chain behave in front of you. They are free and need no sign-up. Each one starts with short lessons, one step at a time.

SPC simulator: crimp heights piling up between the specification limits as parts are measured
SPC · Free

SPC simulator

Watch a process part by part, then see what the control chart and Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk say about it.

  • Short lessons, one step at a time
  • Shop-floor problems: off-centre setting, tool wear, an over-adjusting operator
  • Is the process stable, and is it capable?

Open the SPC simulator

MSA simulator: a gauge R&R result with %GRR and where each appraiser's readings land
MSA · Free

MSA simulator

Choose what is wrong with a gauge, run the study, and see what it finds and what it misses.

  • Short lessons, one study at a time
  • Gauge R&R, bias, linearity, stability, destructive tests and go/no-go checks
  • What the gauge does to your decisions: good parts rejected, bad parts shipped

Open the MSA simulator

FMEA simulator: worksheet rows for a brake caliper, written from the structure tree and failure network
FMEA · Free

FMEA simulator

Build the diagrams behind a good FMEA yourself, then watch them write the worksheet.

  • Failure chain first: effect, failure mode and cause
  • Block diagram or process flow, structure tree, P-diagram and failure network
  • A Design FMEA (brake caliper) and a Process FMEA (bolt tightening)

Open the FMEA simulator

Templates and downloads

  • Excel · Free

    7QC Tools Template

    All 7 QC tools in sequence: flowchart, check sheet, histogram, Pareto, fishbone, scatter and control chart. Yellow cells are inputs.

    Download (Excel, 66 KB) How to use it

How to use them

  • On your own

    Start with the lessons, then explore at your own pace.

  • With your team

    Put a simulator on a screen and ask: "what would you do now?" before it shows the answer.

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