QI Macros Outshines Other Addins
Can QI Macros really be faster to learn, easier to use and more affordable? Yes it can.
Criteria |
Other Six Sigma Add-ins for Excel |
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Ease of Use |
Designed to work like Minitab which was built to teach college students statistics. Users often report this makes the software difficult to learn and use. | Built from scratch with business users in mind. Can be learned in an hour with our online tutorials. |
| Create a Chart | 1. Use a decision tree to choose the chart. You have to know which chart you want. 2. Identify your data range to the software. 3. Set various criteria. 4. Run the chart. |
1. QI Macros is the ONLY software that asks you to select your data first which makes it possible to automate chart and stat selection. This makes you look like an expert. 2. Let one of the QI Macros chart wizards select the right chart for you. Or select the specific chart you want. 3. Analyze the resulting chart |
Data Mining |
Use Excel PivotTables to analyze raw data. | QI Macros is the ONLY software with an Improvement Project Wizard that can create entire improvement projects from rows of data with a single click. It creates PivotTables, control charts, Pareto charts and Fishbone diagrams automatically. |
Diagrams |
Use Excel Drawing tools or Visio. | QI Macros has over 100 fill-in-the-blank templates for Lean Six Sigma, many of which automate the creation of diagrams such as the Ishikawa/Fishbone Diagram and Value Stream Mapping. |
Formulas and Flexibility |
Provide just the numerical results. If you want to adjust an input such as significance or spec limits, you have to rerun the chart or stat. | QI Macros lets you see all of the formulas. If you change the significance in a t test, the calculations update automatically saving you the time needed to rerun the stat. QI Macros also interprets p-values and other results for you. No guesswork. |
| See Step-by-Step SPC Add-in Ease of Use Comparison to Understand Why QI Macros is so much easier to use. | ||
| Mistake Proofing | Built in code mistake proofs data formating and selection issues (ie numbers formatted as text). Because you select your data first, the QI Macros performs some data cleanup for you. | |
| Quality of Chart Output - See comparison of spc chart output by SPC software package | ||
Price |
SigmaXL - $399 per license SPC XL and DOE Pro XL $449 |
$375 USD per license. When you evaluate the exclusive features shown below, you'll understand why QI Macros is a great value. |
Highlights of Some of the Exclusive Features Only Available in QI Macros
QI Macros Wizards are not just complicated decision trees, they are actually automate chart selection and data analysis--rules built right into the code. Since QI Macros is the only SPC Software application that has you select your data BEFORE you select your chart, it is the only software that can automate these decisions for you.
- Control Chart and Chart Wizards that analyze your data and select the right chart for you. These simplify and collapse the learning curve for new users.
- Improvement Project Wizard that combines the power of Excel PivotTables, Control Charts, Pareto Charts and Fishbones into one tool that can create entire improvement projects with one click. What used to take Jay hours and sometimes days to do manually, can now be done in seconds with one click.
- Control Chart Template Wizard works like the Control Chart Wizard to select the right chart for your data. Fill-in-the-blank templates make SPC easy. Just enter the data and the chart grows as you type.
- Statistical Wizard that selects the best statistical tests for you
- Process Change Wizard that can identify trends and runs in your control chart and adjust limits automatically.
- PivotTable and Word Count Wizards that create PivotTables to summarize your data. These tools automate data mining.
Automated Fishbone Diagram - easy Fill-in-the-blank format for inputting root causes with a one-click button to create a fishbone diagram in Excel.
Automated Value Stream Map - easy fill-in-the-blanks template for creating Value Stream Maps in Excl.
Control Chart Dashboards - saves time by enabling you to easily update multiple control charts each week or month.
Compare QI Macros With These Excel Addins
SPC XL and DOE Pro XL
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