Alcoa Quality Institute

Alcoa, long regarded as a leader in process management, has partnered with SAE to offer a comprehensive selection of innovative, self-paced online courses known as the Alcoa Quality Institute (AQI). These courses live up to the standards of e-Learning at Alcoa, itself, as these are the courses that Alcoa uses to train their own quality professionals, technical staff, engineering personnel, executives, and managers. Consisting of 22 courses totaling 278 hours of learning, the AQI covers both basic and advanced concepts and techniques in Quality. The benefits of the AQI are numerous, and the features of the courses are flexible enough to suit all types of organizations and individuals.

Below is a list of all courses currently available through the AQI. Register as an individual or find out how these courses can be customized and branded to fit your organizational needs.

To see specific course descriptions, simply click on the course title to find out more. You will have access to any course for which you register within two business days. (Hours noted represent approximate number of hours to complete the course.)

• Basic Statistical Methods (32 hours)
• Basic Statistical Methods Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Concepts of Control Charts (16 Hours)
• Concepts of Control Charts Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Data Collection (15 hours)
• Data Collection Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Design of Experiments (32 hours)
• Design of Experiments Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Failure Mode And Effects Analysis (FMEA) (32 hours)
• FMEA Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Internal Auditing (24 hours)
• Internal Auditing Executive Overview (4 hours)
• ISO 9001:2000 Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Measurement Systems Analysis (16 hours)
• Measurement Systems Analysis Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Mistake-Proofing (16 hours)
• Mistake-Proofing Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Practical Problem Solving (16 hours)
• Process Capability (16 hours)
• Process Capability Executive Overview (4 hours)
• Regression Analysis (15 hours)
• Regression Analysis Executive Overview (4 hours)

How can you and your company benefit from the AQI e-Learning Courses?

• Use the AQI to help establish a standardized methodology for proactive and sustained process management
• Enhance knowledge of Quality principles and skills in applying Quality tools
• Improve process efficiency and predictability
• Provide consistent Quality training across multiple geographic locations
• Provide learning in short and effective time segments that prevent negative impact on worker productivity

For more information on AQI online courses or corporate and university licenses, view our list of Frequently Asked Questions or contact SAE Customer Service at 1-877-606-7323 or e-mail aqi@sae.org.