Quality Companion 3 by Minitab was designed to help Six Sigma professionals take command of their projects. It's also the ideal tool for helping students learn how to manage and execute any quality improvement method that relies on data analysis.

This tool makes it easy to do quality improvement right by providing three key elements in a single package:

1. Organizational Power
   Quality Companion's Project Roadmap organizes projects into phases and creates a launch pad for the tools each requires. Instructors can easily create custom roadmaps to guide teams through any project.

   Quality Companion maintains all project documents, even ones created outside the program, in one file. Teams have instant access to the entire project with a single click.

   Quality Companion also shares data, so teams needn't worry about updating forms and tools. Data entered or updated in one tool, like the process map, automatically populate other tools, like the C&E matrix.

2. Practical Quality Improvement Tools
   Quality Companion provides integrated "soft" tools for tasks like brainstorming, value stream mapping, process mapping, assessing risk, and conducting analyses such as SIPOC and FMEA. Teams can even deliver presentations without leaving the software.

   It features more than 100 ready-to-use forms, including project charter and closure forms, control plans, funnel reports, DOE worksheets, and more.

3. Guidance
   Quality Companion's Coach feature helps guide teams through projects. It informs teams which analyses are appropriate for every phase, and why. It explains how to use each tool correctly and avoid common errors.

   Instructors can add information to the Coach to help their students, and can even create new coaches with their own guidelines and materials.

• Processor: PC with a 1 GHz 32- or 64-bit processor
• Memory: 512 MB or more of available RAM
• Disk Space: 100 MB free space available
• Operating System: Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or higher, Windows XP Service Pack 1 or higher, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
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• Software: Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher
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