Laboratory Excellence and AccreditationMeasurement Systems Analysis
Before a measurement can be used to control or improve anything, the measurement system itself has to be shown capable, and a surprising proportion are not. This course covers assessing them. Delegates work through resolution and discrimination, bias and linearity studies, stability over time, and repeatability and reproducibility studies for both variable and attribute measurement. The gauge study is run and analysed on real data, and the results interpreted against the decisions the measurement supports rather than against a fixed threshold. The course closes on improving a system that fails, which is usually a matter of procedure, training or fixturing rather than a new instrument.
Course objectives
- Assess resolution and discrimination against the tolerance being measured
- Conduct bias, linearity and stability studies
- Run and analyse a repeatability and reproducibility study
- Assess attribute measurement systems as well as variable ones
- Interpret results against the decisions the measurement supports
- Diagnose whether a failure is instrument, procedure, training or fixturing
- Improve a measurement system that has been shown incapable
Who should attend
- Quality engineers and laboratory quality staff
- Metrologists and calibration technicians
- Manufacturing and process engineers
- Inspection supervisors
- Continuous improvement practitioners
Course outline
- 01Why a measurement system must be assessed before it is trusted
- 02Resolution and discrimination
- 03Bias and linearity studies
- 04Stability over time
- 05Repeatability and reproducibility studies
- 06Attribute measurement system analysis
- 07Interpreting results against the decision at stake
- 08Improving a system that fails
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 to 16 October 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 26 to 28 October 2026 | Casablanca, Morocco | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 6 to 8 January 2027 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 13 to 15 January 2027 | Accra, Ghana | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |
| 20 to 22 January 2027 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | USD 995 per delegate | Register Now |