Free Quality Tools

A web site created by Penn State University Quality and Manufacturing Management graduate students offers free downloading of tools for performing quality and quality management related calculations. Each tool performs a specific function or calculation, so you only need to download the tools that do the calculations you need.

Free Quality Tools Downloads

Most of the tools require Microsoft Excel or Access, but some, such as the Six Sigma Calculator (shown to the right), are stand-alone applications that run on any Windows computer.

This site also has a page that provides independent research documents that provide references and instructions on a variety quality-related topics such as:

Benchmarking
Deming Prize
Basic 7 Tools
Five S's
Learning Curves
Management by Fact
American Customer Satisfaction Index
Total Quality Human Resource Management (TQHRM)
Green Design

And many other subjects... Over 70 documents are available and may be freely downloaded.