Over at Quality Magazine, Evan Miller, president and co-owner of Hertzler Systems Inc., shares eight factors to consider in selecting statistical software for Six Sigma.
According to Miller, there are two categories of statistical software: the Advanced Statistical Analysis tools and the Real-time Enterprise SPC Solutions. How to work on both or either of these categories, the following will be your guide:
- How strong a background in statistics does the typical operator have?
- What types of data are operators most likely to encounter?
- If data are mined for information, how easily can multiple approaches with multiple options be tried?
- How easy is it to create a report or presentation that can be shared with other colleagues?
- What does it take to get new data into the system?
- Does the system automatically test new data for real-time process shifts?
- Are Data Stored in a Robust Relational Database?
- How Easy is it to Slice and Dice the Data?
