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Why Statistics Doesn’t Have to be Boring
Mention statistics and for many people the eyes glaze over, a hand moves to stifle a yawn and the body language says “boring” - or even worse “it’s maths and I have an hang-up from maths going back to school.” But statistics doesn’t have to be like that. Of course,...
Claim Substantiation – How to make sure ‘It does what it says on the tin’
When it comes to marketing your products, making sure that you can substantiate your claims is vital. All too often companies overclaim and fall foul of the Advertising Standards Authority or Clearcast. Our ‘Claim Substantiation’ course explains how to design &...
How Statistical Process Control (SPC) Saved a Supplier from being Delisted by a Fast Food Company
Fast food is big business. If you can get your products into one of the big chains you’ve got it made. Unless of course your product doesn’t come up to scratch. That’s exactly what happened to one of our clients – a supplier of chicken parts to a well-known...
How to use Statistical Process Control (SPC) to Reduce Costs in the Food Industry
When it comes to reducing costs in the food industry, effective weight control of the finished product can give huge savings. In this case study, we used statistical process control (SPC) to save our client £300,000 per year. A leading international manufacturer of...
Statistics Helps Solve the Problem of How to Reduce Engine Wear
The lubricant additives market is big business, forecast to be worth $16.2 Billion by 2019. So finding the optimum blend of additives to reduce engine wear is very important to companies competing in this crowded marketplace. Here's how we helped one company to...
Reducing Giveaway in the Canning Industry
As well as running training courses in statistics, we also provide one-off and ongoing statistical consultancy for our clients. Here’s an example of how we saved one client €3.5 Million per year! A food manufacturer contacted us to find out how to reduce the giveaway...
New Course: Statistics for Data Scientists
Big Data – it’s much more than just the latest buzz phrase. It’s a technological phenomenon that is changing the way companies do business.
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