Rene, I recommend Statistical Process Control for Surface Mount Technology by Dr. William Messina. His company, Data Sleuths do consulting work. Another TechNet member, Rich Carruth, and I attended his tutorial at last year's SMTA International and we were given his book. This book actually focuses on developing SPC data retrieval methods specifically for SMT, but can be adapted for practically any area. Hope this helps. Jason Gregory Production Supervisor LaBarge Inc. (918)459-2367 [log in to unmask] "Atkinson, Neil" <[log in to unmask]>@ipc.org> on 01/08/2003 01:36:15 AM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum." <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to "Atkinson, Neil" <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: Re: [TN] SPC Courses A really good book is Statistical Process Control (A really practical approach) by John Oakland this covers all SPC charts, Capability Indices (cp / cpk) and implementation. Six Sigma courses teach a much wider range of statistical tools and if you are wanting to get into Six Sigma check out www.minitab.com who manufacture statistical software and provide six sigma training and free support lines manned by statisticians when you buy their software. A really good book for DOE etc is Statistics for Experimenters by Box, Hunter, Hunter. This is a relatively easy book to read and is very much THE classic text on the subject. Hope this helps, Neil _____________________________ Neil Atkinson Electronics Quality Manager UK-NSI Co. Ltd. Merse Road, North Moons Moat, Redditch, Worcs. B98 9HL, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 1527 585055 Fax: +44 (0) 1527 585025 e-mail: [log in to unmask] _____________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Rene Lopez [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 06 January 2003 19:01 Subject: SPC Courses Hello To All, I am looking for some sort of training manual on SPC methods. My knowledge on SPC is limited and I need more of an understanding of certain terminologies within SPC. Does anyone know of a good book or training course where one can get the basics of SPC, Cpk, Six Sigma and so on. Your help is greatly appreciated. Rene Lopez --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------