SDI Tools is a set of commercial software add-in tools for Microsoft Excel developed and distributed by Statistical Design Institute, LLC., a privately owned company located in Texas, United States.
SDI Tools were first developed in 2000 by Dr. George Chollar, Dr. Jesse Peplinski, and Garron Morris as several Add-Ins for Microsoft Excel to support a methodology for product development that combined elements of Design for Six Sigma and Systems Engineering[1][2]
Today, SDI Tools are split into two main Microsoft Excel Add-Ins called Triptych and Apogee.
^G. Chollar, "A Statistical-Analysis Approach for System Requirements Definition and Flowdown.", PhD Dissertation, Texas Tech University, May 2000
^T.W. Simpson, J.D. Peplinski, P. N. Koch and J.K. Allen, "Metamodels for Computer-based Engineering Design: Survey and recommendations", Engineering with Computers, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 129-150.
^G. W. Chollar, "Effective Tools for Requirements and Concept Development", Aero Engineering USA Conference, November 2010
^G. W. Chollar, "Effective Tools for Design Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization", Aero Engineering USA Conference, November 2010
^B. Demczar and G. W. Chollar, "Getting Results From DFSS In Product Development At IBM", 11th Annual Design for Six Sigma Excelling in Product Development Conference, June 22–24, 2009
^J. Pica, M. Tracy, and G. W. Chollar, "Quality Function Deployment at Lockheed Martin MS2", The 20th Symposium on QFD (ISBN1-889477-20-6)
^G. W. Chollar, G. K. Morris, and J. D. Peplinski, "Applying Systems Engineering and Design for Six Sigma in a Requirements-Based Cost Modeling Process", Proceedings of the 2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, J. Fowler and S. Mason, eds, 2008
^G. W. Chollar, "Effective Methods and Tools for Developing Specifications, Products, and Assessing Risk", 7th Lean Six Sigma for Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Medical Device Excellence, February 2009
^G. C. Martin, "Constructing a Regional Adolescent Health and Wellness Index for British Columbia, Canada", M.S. Thesis, University of Victoria, 2008
^T. Woods, "System Engineering the Mission Critical Software Release Decision", PhD Dissertation, Southern Methodist University, December 2010
^P. Hart, “A PLM Implementation for Aerospace Systems Engineering-Conceptual Rotorcraft Design”, Master Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2009
