Description
Book SynopsisSo you've been asked to lead a quality control initiative? Or maybe you've been assigned to a quality team. Perhaps you're a CEO whose main concern is to make your company faster, more efficient, and less expensive. Whatever your role is, quality control is a critical concept in every industry and profession.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Understanding the Basics of Quality Control 7
Chapter 1: Defining and Explaining Quality Control 9
Chapter 2: Understanding the Importance of Quality Standards 19
Chapter 3: Using Quality Assurance for the Best Results 33
Chapter 4: The Role of Inspection in Quality Control 47
Part II: Putting Fundamental Quality Control Methods to Use 61
Chapter 5: Starting Down the Road to Quality 63
Chapter 6: Detecting the Voice of the Customer in Quality Issues 81
Chapter 7: Preparing to Measure Your Current Quality Process 95
Chapter 8: Collecting Your Quality Data 107
Chapter 9: Evaluating Quality with Statistics 131
Chapter 10: Assessing Quality with Statistical Process Control 155
Part III: Whipping Quality Control into Shape with Lean Processes 177
Chapter 11: Gathering the Nuts and Bolts of Lean Processes 179
Chapter 12: Keeping Your Eyes on the Process: Value Stream Mapping 199
Chapter 13: Focusing on the 5S Method 213
Chapter 14: Empowering Workers to Make Changes with Rapid Improvement 235
Chapter 15: Looking at Lean Materials and Kanban 255
Part IV: Surveying Other Quality Control Techniques 273
Chapter 16: Combining the Best of All Worlds in Total Quality Management 275
Chapter 17: Fixing Tough Problems with Six Sigma 289
Chapter 18: Delving into Quality Function Deployment 311
Chapter 19: Considering the Theory of Constraints 325
Part V: The Part of Tens 339
Chapter 20: Ten Steps for Incorporating Quality into a New Product and/or Process 341
Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) Web Sites with Quality Control Tips and Techniques 347
Index 351
