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		<title>Software short: Adding some style to your charts in CHARTrunner</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/06/10/software-short-adding-some-style-to-your-charts-in-chartrunner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scottjohnson1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I’m complimented on the way my charts look.  I’m not going to give myself all the credit. I mainly give the credit to the CHARTrunner and its designers.  Each month, I create a chart for our monthly newsletter, Quality eLine. I have found myself utilizing CHARTrunner’s chart style options more and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=325&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: Automatic emailing in the new GAGEpack 8.5</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/04/24/software-short-automatic-emailing-in-the-new-gagepack-85/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scottjohnson1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month we released GAGEpack 8.5 that includes a new software utility GAGEmail. GAGEmail is a separate application that improves the way automated emails are sent. 24/7 email alerts (emails even with GAGEpack is closed) IT folks can manage this as they do other applications that run as a service GAGEmail can run on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=267&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: Lloyd Nelson control limit option</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/03/27/software-short-lloyd-nelson-control-limit-option/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevedaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customers often request that we add very specific statistical features to our software products. Before we decide to implement new features, we consider several questions. Is the feature within our realm of core competency? Is the feature related to the types of analysis we already do? Will the feature appeal to a narrow or wide [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=241&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: 9 easy steps to creating GAGEpack reports</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/03/16/software-short-9-easy-steps-to-creating-gagepack-reports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scottjohnson1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each week I get calls from GAGEpack users who need to create new reports. It just so happens that we have an easy way to create new reports without having to know a single line of SQL coding. Creating your own report allows you to pick all the columns and design it just the way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=225&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: Software pricing based on usage</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/02/27/software-short-software-pricing-based-on-usage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevedaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For 20+ years we have been selling our software based on a per-workstation license. The idea is that for each computer where the software is installed, the user must purchase one license. This has worked well and we will continue to offer this option into the future. One of the trends we are watching is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=212&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: Direct data in SQCpack</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/02/16/software-short-direct-data-in-sqcpack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scottjohnson1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a call from Tom who was keying gage data into SQCpack through a keyboard. Tom called because his company was interested in reducing the amount of time that it was taking to get their data into SQCpack. I learned that he was writing down the readings, walking across the plant to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=180&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: A more informative x-axis label for your control chart</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/01/30/feature-friday-a-more-informative-x-axis-label-for-your-control-chart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevedaum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke with a customer the other day who wanted multiple labels along the x-axis of his control chart. His data set and original chart looked like this: Did you notice how the x-axis labels contain only the date column? He also wanted the batch number as part of the x-axis label. In the chart [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=124&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: Creating a wild card filter in GAGEpack gage calibration software</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/01/23/feature-friday-creating-a-wild-card-filter-in-gagepack-gage-calibration-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scottjohnson1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are surprised when they see GAGEpack’s Search and Replace function in action. This is a powerful feature that I think most every GAGEpack user could use. But, use this feature with caution, as ALL gages can be modified. First, let’s suppose you name all of your gages with a 3-digit code for department. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=80&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software short: Charting time data on a control chart</title>
		<link>http://blog.pqsystems.com/2009/01/16/feature-friday-charting-time-data-on-a-control-chart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was given an Excel file that contained some data for the time it took to complete a task. The data had a column that listed the “time” and the data was in time-of-day format. I wanted to make a control chart showing how long, in minutes &#38; seconds, a task took. Unfortunately, Excel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.pqsystems.com&amp;blog=5110862&amp;post=54&amp;subd=pqsystems&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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