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Chemical Week, Rapid Adjustment, Statistical Attack on Manufacturing "BASF, ISP, Dyno Nobel, and Witco have used a DOE system called multivariable testing (MVT), which is a 12-step problem-solving system distilled from DOE by QualPro (Knoxville, TN), a quality management consulting firm. Management at these companies credit QualPro with catering the statistical analysis aspects of DOE to manufacturing in such a way that engineers and plant workers can participate in the process..." "BASF's pigments plant in Huntington WV has eliminated grit in finished product by adding a temperature control system, adjusting pH, and changing the temperature in a filtration phase. Production process success rate increased from 85% to 95% equating to 'several millions of dollars worth of sellable material.' Waste disposal costs were cut by $750,000/year." "International Specialty Products has increased first-pass quality from an average of 60% to 90% at two facilities over a 15-month period." "Witco has saved $10 million since last September implementing DOE at various sites. The company's bill for training and consulting services, the only costs for implementing DOE, came to about $180,000." "DuPont has achieved $10 million in savings from an investment of less than $1 million at four of its agricultural products facilities..." Request a reprint of the entire article. |
Since 1982, QualPro has used Multivariable Testing (MVT®) with 1000+ companies to test 100,000+ improvement ideas. MVT® tests between 20 and 40 ideas simultaneously, accurately predicting the bottom-line impact of potential process changes in as short as 12 weeks. Take existing process initiatives, like Six Sigma, to a whole new level. All process improvement tools and approaches (TQM, DOE, Six Sigma, Re-Engineering, SPC) can be enhanced through the use of Multivariable Testing® by QualPro.
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