Description
Book SynopsisIncorporating modern ideas, methods, and philosophies of quality management, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, Third Edition presents a quantitative approach to management-oriented techniques and enforces the integration of statistical concepts into quality assurance methods.
Trade Review?Experimental design and Taguchi are will explained in the book and reliability analysis is introduced in a brief, but useful section.? (
Quality World, November 2009)
Table of ContentsPREFACE vii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO QUALITY CONTROL AND THE TOTAL QUALITY SYSTEM 1
CHAPTER 2: SOME PHILOSOPHIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON QUALITY 15
CHAPTER 3: QUALITY MANAGEMENT: PRACTICES, TOOLS, AND STANDARDS 27
CHAPTER 4: FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICAL CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES IN QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT 45
CHAPTER 5: DATA ANALYSES AND SAMPLING 73
CHAPTER 6: STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL USING CONTROL CHARTS 85
CHAPTER 7: CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIABLES 97
CHAPTER 8: CONTROL CHARTS FOR ATTRIBUTES 125
CHAPTER 9: PROCESS CAPABILITY ANALYSIS 151
CHAPTER 10: ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING PLANS FOR ATTRIBUTES AND VARIABLES 177
CHAPTER 11: RELIABILITY 197
CHAPTER 12: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND THE TAGUCHI METHOD 203