Tolerance Analysis and Engineering Specification Setting for Quality

When specifications are set too tight or too loose, African manufacturers pay through needless rework, assembly problems or unhappy customers. This course teaches teams how to set defensible tolerances, analyse how individual part tolerances stack up in an assembly, and align specifications with real process capability. Participants work through tolerance stack up exercises drawn from practical manufacturing situations.

What you will be able to do

Explain the cost consequences of tolerances that are too tight or too loose.
Interpret dimensional tolerances on engineering drawings.
Perform worst case and statistical tolerance stack up analysis.
Align specifications with demonstrated process capability.
Negotiate practical tolerances with design and customer teams.
Document specification decisions for production and inspection use.

Course outline

01The True Cost of Tolerances
02Reading Dimensional Specifications
03Worst Case Tolerance Stack Up
04Statistical Tolerance Analysis
05Linking Tolerances to Capability
06Negotiating Specifications with Design
07Documenting Specification Decisions

Who should attend

This course suits quality engineers, design and process engineers, and inspection staff who set or apply dimensional specifications.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026	Durban	2	R10,000
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Sep 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100
28 to 29 Sep 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
2 to 3 Nov 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Online	2	US$900
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Dec 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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We can run Tolerance Analysis and Engineering Specification Setting for Quality privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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