Quality Management

A reference for those working at the interface of operations planning and optimization modeling, Operations Planning: Mixed Integer Optimization Models blends essential theory and powerful a..

If your goal is 100% zero defects, here is the book for you — a completely illustrated guide to poka-yoke (mistake-proofing) for supervisors and shop-floor workers. Many poka-yoke ideas come from line..

The book outlines the concepts of raw material selection, control of various process parameters in the preparatory processes like blow room, carding, combing preparatory and comber to optimize the pro..

In a "pull" production system, the final process pulls needed parts from the previous process, which pulls from the process before it, and so on, as determined by customer demand. This allows you to o..

Achieve Technological Advancements in Applied Science and Engineering Using Efficient Experiments That Consume the Least Amount of Resources Written by longtime experimental design guru Thomas B. B..

Written by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, the Second Edition is completely revised to reflect the latest changes to the ASQ Body of Knowledge for the Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)...

As quality becomes an increasingly essential factor for achieving business success, building quality improvement into all stages—product planning, product design, and process design—instead of just ma..

This practical reference highglihts Quality Function Deployment (QFD) as an information system that produces detailed and structured data in an easy-to-understand format-providing valuable q..

Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a method for satisfying customers by translating their demands into design targets and quality assurance points. For a thorough "how-to" on the implementation..

Quality Gaging Tips contains 144 instructive articles, arranged by topic, which originally appeared in a regular column (of the same name) in Modern Machine Shop magazine. Each of the articles prese..

The latest experimental design techniques for quality improvement "The methods taught in this book are a major contribution to statistical methods as an aid to engineers, as well as to those in ind..

The next step in the evolution of the organizational quality field, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has come of age. However, many challenges to using LSS in lieu of, in conjunction with, or integrated with othe..

Quality Management Handbook examines important issues in management policy, planning, and organization....discusses the most up-to-date financial measure for recovery costs and asset management, ..

This Second Edition of an excellent working reference affords an advantageous understanding of contemporary management and total quality systems without excessive employment of advanced mathematics—di..

Quality Management in a company comes of age when it is effectively applied to new product development.  First published as a series of articles in Kenshu, this book by Hitoshi Kume fills a void...