FAQ's

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Why should I choose ObDOE training?

At ObDOE we understand that you are running a business. Yes, you want the best products and the smartest people, but they are of no use if you don't create revenue.

We teach your development staff to innovate -- to develop ideas to create revenue. Our values of frugality -- to maximize the return from every dollar spent -- and responsibility are applied to our partnership with your company.

We will work with you to develop a plan specific to your business, focused on your strategic goals. We will deliver the service you require from a partner. And we will do this for you cost effectively.

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How much can fixed and variable expenses be cut?
For a typical situation, you can cut materials and labor by 80% for experimentation! Even if your development staff spends only 10% of its time experimenting, this equates to an 8% annual savings in materials and labor.

This is an estimate for a typical 5 factor experiment from "Statistics for Experimenters," by Box, Hunter, and Hunter, p. 313


Why doesn't my staff already know this?

• Invention spends money to create ideas.
• Innovation develops ideas to make money.
• Engineers and Chemists are taught the techniques of invention in school.
• Using the techniques of invention to innovate wastes a lot of time and money.

• Hiring us to train your engineering staff in the techniques of innovation is a very cost effective way to increase your efficiency dramatically, saving money every day.

What's the risk?
Your staff may not apply what they have learned. If they don't, your money is wasted.

Many training courses are taught with so much jargon that students can't follow much of what is said. Many training "workshops" provide little or no practice of the concepts in class. Many, many workshops do not provide after class follow-up help for free. These factors prevent your staff from using what they learned.

Your employees will learn to use what they are taught. How can we keep this promise?

• We teach in plain English -- without technical jargon, so students can concentrate on the objectives and the practical implementation of the methods, rather than learning a new vocabulary.
• We use no complex math in the teaching. We teach the important mathematical concepts using pictures. These pictures are quite literally worth a thousand mathematical words.
• Students are encouraged to ask as many questions as they want during the workshop.
• If questions arise after the workshop is over, students can still ask questions about what they were taught -- for free -- using E-Mail, FAX, US Mail, or our toll free telephone number. They can ask these questions for as many years as they may have questions.
• Your people will practice what they learn immediately after learning it. We tell students what the objectives are for each section of the workshop, we teach the objectives, then the students practice the objectives in hands-on exercises using data from real industrial work.

We will help your people be successful!


What is the Return on Investment on ObDOE training?
To determine your specific Return On Investment (ROI), please use our worksheet.

In general, if you train 10 people with our uniquely practical ObDOE method, and assume only one person doubles his/her efficiency, the training costs for all 10 people will be recouped in one year.

In this article Lexmark International quoted an ROI of 70% from ObDOE training!