Find links and research for the South Carolina Center for Process Improvement covering Charleston, Florence , Greenville, Columbia, Charleston, the Lowcountry, the Midlands, and the Upstate. The Center for Process Improvement (CPI) offers online process improvement courses in the areas of problem solving, quality improvement, personal improvement, six sigma certification, lean six sigma certification, certified quality engineer certification, and certified quality auditor certification. CPI is part of Quality Minds Inc, a human capital development and process improvement firm located in Charleston, SC. Stephen Deas is the President of Quality Minds Inc He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt with twenty plus years experience in production, engineering, purchasing, and quality. Stephen Deas was certified as a Quality Engineer in 1991 and has a Bachelors of Industrial Engineering (Georgia Tech) and a Masters of Industrial Statistics (University of South Carolina)

1. The South Carolina Center for
Process Improvement
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2. Mission Objectives Services of The South Carolina
Center for Process Improvement
• Mission:
– Help South Carolina workers continuously improve as people
and professionals
– Support South Carolina organizations in continuous process
improvement
• Objectives:
– Support South Carolina organizations in quality improvement,
personal improvement, professional development, and process
improvement
• Services:
– On line training courses focused on process improvement,
quality improvement, and personal improvement for South
Carolina organizational development
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3. A Process: Converting Inputs into
Outputs
Inputs (quality, cost, delivery) Outputs (quality, cost, delivery)
Products
South Carolina Citizens Business
Process:
Process Improvement The steps
Techniques performed to
convert inputs into Services
South Carolina outputs
Management
The online courses are focused on quality improvement, cost
improvement, and delivery improvement of process inputs and
outputs
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4. Online Courses Offered by the South
Carolina Center for Process Improvement
• Personal Improvement
• Problem Solving
• Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) exam preparation
• Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) exam preparation
• Certified Six Sigma Green Belt exam preparation
• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt exam preparation
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
• Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification
• Basic Statistical Process Control
• Lean Concepts and Tools
• Basic Minitab
• Process Mapping
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5. Visit The South Carolina Center for
Process Improvement
• http://www.cpionlinecourses.com/index.htm
• Sign up to receive two free videos-How to
create a histogram in Minitab, How to
perform a regression analysis in Minitab
• Register for an online course today!
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6. About The South Carolina Center
for Process Improvement
• The South Carolina Center for Process
Improvement is part of Quality Minds Inc, a
human capital development and process
improvement firm located in Charleston, SC
• The President, Stephen Deas, is a certified six
sigma black belt. He has a Bachelors of
Industrial Engineering (Georgia Tech) and a
Masters of Industrial Statistics (University of
South Carolina)
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7. Contact the South Center for
Process Improvement
• Stephen Deas
• (843) 814 3864
• sd@qualitymindsinc.com
• www.qualitymindsinc.com
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