Plain-language books and short video courses on the Lean and Six Sigma tools used on real production floors. Learn the tool, fill out the worksheet, earn a certificate.
Or one course at a time, $29 each: FMEA · Root Cause Analysis · 5S · DMAIC
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Short, shop-floor video courses built from the Volume 1 books. Each one includes a training video, a worksheet and cheat sheet PDF, a 5-question certification quiz (pass at 80%), and a completion certificate.
All four Volume 1 tools in one package: find risk, find root cause, organize the workplace, and run an improvement project.
Find and rank what could go wrong before it reaches the customer.
Dig past symptoms to the real cause with the Five Whys and fishbone diagrams.
Build a cleaner, safer, better-organized workplace that stays that way.
Run a structured improvement project from problem statement to lasting control.
Secure checkout through Thinkific. Already enrolled? Student sign-in. These courses are a practical introduction, not a substitute for formal AIAG, AIAG-VDA, ASQ, or SAE training.
The calculators behind the Understanding Quality books, ready to use. Five working Excel workbooks for PFMEA and control plans, SPC, Gage R&R, capability and 8D. They follow the same methods and worked examples as the books, so you can check every number.
Secure checkout through Thinkific; download the files from your student area after purchase. Licensed for one person's use, including at your job. Please don't resell, share or post the files. These workbooks support learning and day-to-day work. They don't replace the AIAG / VDA manuals or your customer's requirements. The worked-example datasets are illustrative and were built to reproduce the summary results published in the books.
Every guide follows the same layout, built like a work instruction: plain language first, then the tool, then a blank worksheet you can use on Monday. Four guides in each full-color paperback. Checkout is secure through Lulu, and shipping is calculated at checkout.
All twelve guides are available today inside the three print volumes. Books 1–4 are also sold as single guides on Amazon; Books 5–12 will follow as singles.
Plain-language guides to the tools in the series: what each one is, when to use it, step by step, a worked example and the common mistakes.
Seven editable templates that pair with the books, so you can go straight from reading to doing. All seven are free. Enter your email and the download links open right away.
Process FMEA with an Action Priority column, a rating guide and a worked example. Legacy RPN is calculated too.
D0 to D8, with 5-Why and fishbone built in, from containment to verified corrective action.
25 scored questions, an automatic score summary and chart, and a red-tag log for Sort.
Plan, Do, Check, Act on a single page for quick, small-scale improvements.
Problem statement, scope, goals, team, and timeline on one page your sponsor will actually read.
A one-page SIPOC with start and end boundaries, a requirements section, a worked example and a review checklist.
Clause-by-clause questions with space for evidence, findings, and follow-up actions.
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Quick answers about the courses, certificates and books.
One focused training video (about 7 to 9 minutes), a downloadable worksheet and one-page cheat sheet, a 5-question certification quiz, and a completion certificate from Understanding Quality Institute.
Watch the lesson and pass the 5-question quiz with 80% (4 of 5). Your completion certificate is issued in Thinkific when you finish the course.
The books explain each tool in writing with a blank worksheet. The courses cover the Volume 1 tools on video and add a quiz and certificate. Many readers use both: read the guide, then prove it with the course.
The three full-color print volumes are printed and shipped by Lulu, with shipping calculated at checkout. Books 1–4 are also sold as single guides on Amazon.
No. These courses are a practical introduction. They are not a substitute for formal AIAG, AIAG-VDA, ASQ, or SAE training, or for your organization’s own quality management system requirements.
All course sales are final. No refunds.
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