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SMTA Toronto Chapter to Focus on Six Sigma
September 10, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Minneapolis — "The Use of Six Sigma to Design, Manage, Test and Quality Control the Surface Mount Manufacturing Line" will be presented on November 5 by Sammy G. Shina, Ph.D., from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
This program, sponsored by the SMTA Toronto Chapter, will be held at Wyndham Bristol Place in Mississauga, Ontario.
This course is designed to provide attendees with the methodologies and techniques in successfully using and applying Six Sigma principles to the SMT line. Case studies will be provided on the data analysis, statistical quality control and troubleshooting of processes, materials, equipment and suppliers. Use of Six Sigma in SMT line DPMO calculations, predicting defect rates, and setting SMT line test strategy also will be presented.
Shina is a graduate of MIT, Tufts and WPI and currently is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He spent 25 years in high technology companies and consulted to numerous others on developing new products and state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies. He is the author of three books on concurrent engineering and Six Sigma, and he has written more than 80 technical papers in his fields of research. Shina is an international consultant on quality, product development, technology supply chains and electronics manufacturing.
For more information and for secure registration, visit www.smta.org/education/chapter_tutorials/chapter_tutorials.cfm.
The SMTA membership is a network of professionals who build skills, share practical experience, and develop solutions in electronic assembly technologies and related business operations. For more information, visit www.smta.org.