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Introduction to Statistical Quality Control 8th Edition by Douglas C. Montgomery, ISBN-13: 978-1119592785

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Introduction to Statistical Quality Control 8th Edition by Douglas C. Montgomery, ISBN-13: 978-1119592785

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  • Publisher: ‎ Wiley; 8th edition (August 8, 2019)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • 771 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 111959278X
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1119592785

Once solely the domain of engineers, quality control has become a vital business operation used to increase productivity and secure competitive advantage. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control offers a detailed presentation of the modern statistical methods for quality control and improvement. Thorough coverage of statistical process control (SPC) demonstrates the efficacy of statistically-oriented experiments in the context of process characterization, optimization, and acceptance sampling, while examination of the implementation process provides context to real-world applications. Emphasis on Six Sigma DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) provides a strategic problem-solving framework that can be applied across a variety of disciplines.

Adopting a balanced approach to traditional and modern methods, this text includes coverage of SQC techniques in both industrial and non-manufacturing settings, providing fundamental knowledge to students of engineering, statistics, business, and management sciences. A strong pedagogical toolset, including multiple practice problems, real-world data sets and examples, and incorporation of Minitab statistics software, provides students with a solid base of conceptual and practical knowledge.

Table of Contents:

COVER

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

AUDIENCE

CHAPTER ORGANIZATION AND TOPICAL COVERAGE

NEW TO THIS EDITION

SUPPORTING TEXT MATERIALS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODERN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

1.1 THE MEANING OF QUALITY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

1.2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT

1.3 STATISTICAL METHODS FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT

1.4 MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

CHAPTER 2: THE DMAIC PROCESS

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

2.1 OVERVIEW OF DMAIC

2.2 THE DEFINE STEP

2.3 THE MEASURE STEP

2.4 THE ANALYZE STEP

2.5 THE IMPROVE STEP

2.6 THE CONTROL STEP

2.7 EXAMPLES OF DMAIC

PART 2: STATISTICAL METHODS USEFUL IN QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT

CHAPTER 3: MODELING PROCESS QUALITY

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

3.1 DESCRIBING VARIATION

3.2 IMPORTANT DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS

3.3 IMPORTANT CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS

3.4 PROBABILITY PLOTS

3.5 SOME USEFUL APPROXIMATIONS

CHAPTER 4: INFERENCES ABOUT PROCESS QUALITY

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

4.1 STATISTICS AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS

4.2 POINT ESTIMATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS

4.3 STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR A SINGLE SAMPLE

4.4 STATISTICAL INFERENCE FOR TWO SAMPLES

4.5 WHAT IF THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO POPULATIONS? THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE

4.6 LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS

PART 3: BASIC METHODS OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND CAPABILITY ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 5: METHODS AND PHILOSOPHY OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 CHANCE AND ASSIGNABLE CAUSES OF QUALITY VARIATION

5.3 STATISTICAL BASIS OF THE CONTROL CHART

5.4 THE REST OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

5.5 IMPLEMENTING SPC IN A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

5.6 AN APPLICATION OF SPC

5.7 APPLICATIONS OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS IN TRANSACTIONAL AND SERVICE BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 6: CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIABLES

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

6.1 INTRODUCTION

6.2 CONTROL CHARTS FOR x ¯ AND R

6.3 CONTROL CHARTS FOR x ¯ AND s

6.4 THE SHEWHART CONTROL CHART FOR INDIVIDUAL MEASUREMENTS

6.5 SUMMARY OF PROCEDURES FOR x ¯ , R, AND s CHARTS

6.6 APPLICATIONS OF VARIABLES CONTROL CHARTS

CHAPTER 7: CONTROL CHARTS FOR ATTRIBUTES

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

7.1 INTRODUCTION

7.2 THE CONTROL CHART FOR FRACTION NONCONFORMING

7.3 CONTROL CHARTS FOR NONCONFORMITIES (DEFECTS)

7.4 CHOICE BETWEEN ATTRIBUTES AND VARIABLES CONTROL CHARTS

7.5 GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTROL CHARTS

CHAPTER 8: PROCESS AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM CAPABILITY ANALYSIS

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

8.1 INTRODUCTION

8.2 PROCESS CAPABILITY ANALYSIS USING A HISTOGRAM OR A PROBABILITY PLOT

8.3 PROCESS CAPABILITY RATIOS

8.4 PROCESS CAPABILITY ANALYSIS USING A CONTROL CHART

8.5 PROCESS CAPABILITY ANALYSIS USING DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS

8.6 PROCESS CAPABILITY ANALYSIS WITH ATTRIBUTE DATA

8.7 DESCRIBING CAPABILITY FOR MANY PROCESSES

8.8 GAUGE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM CAPABILITY STUDIES

8.9 SETTING SPECIFICATION LIMITS ON DISCRETE COMPONENTS

8.10 ESTIMATING THE NATURAL TOLERANCE LIMITS OF A PROCESS

PART 4: OTHER STATISTICAL PROCESS-MONITORING AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES

CHAPTER 9: CUMULATIVE SUM AND EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE CONTROL CHARTS

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

9.1 THE CUMULATIVE SUM CONTROL CHART

9.2 THE EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE CONTROL CHART

9.3 THE MOVING AVERAGE CONTROL CHART

CHAPTER 10: OTHER UNIVARIATE STATISTICAL PROCESS‐MONITORING AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

10.1 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL FOR SHORT PRODUCTION RUNS

10.2 MODIFIED AND ACCEPTANCE CONTROL CHARTS

10.3 CONTROL CHARTS FOR MULTIPLE-STREAM PROCESSES

10.4 SPC WITH AUTOCORRELATED PROCESS DATA

10.5 ADAPTIVE SAMPLING PROCEDURES

10.6 ECONOMIC DESIGN OF CONTROL CHARTS

10.7 CUSCORE CHARTS

10.8 THE CHANGEPOINT MODEL FOR PROCESS MONITORING

10.9 PROFILE MONITORING

10.10 CONTROL CHARTS IN HEALTH CARE MONITORING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

10.11 OVERVIEW OF OTHER PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 11: MULTIVARIATE PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

11.1 THE MULTIVARIATE QUALITY‐CONTROL PROBLEM

11.2 DESCRIPTION OF MULTIVARIATE DATA

11.3 THE HOTELLING T 2 CONTROL CHART

11.4 THE MULTIVARIATE EWMA CONTROL CHART

11.5 REGRESSION ADJUSTMENT

11.6 CONTROL CHARTS FOR MONITORING VARIABILITY

11.7 LATENT STRUCTURE METHODS

CHAPTER 12: ENGINEERING PROCESS CONTROL AND SPC

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

12.1 PROCESS MONITORING AND PROCESS REGULATION

12.2 PROCESS CONTROL BY FEEDBACK ADJUSTMENT

12.3 COMBINING SPC AND EPC

PART 5: PROCESS DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT WITH DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS

CHAPTER 13: FACTORIAL AND FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTS FOR PROCESS DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

13.1 WHAT IS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN?

13.2 EXAMPLES OF DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS IN PROCESS AND PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT

13.3 GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS

13.4 FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTS

13.5 THE 2k FACTORIAL DESIGN

13.6 FRACTIONAL REPLICATION OF THE 2k DESIGN

CHAPTER 14: PROCESS OPTIMIZATION WITH DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

14.1 RESPONSE SURFACE METHODS AND DESIGNS

14.2 PROCESS ROBUSTNESS STUDIES

14.3 EVOLUTIONARY OPERATION

PART 6: ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING

CHAPTER 15: LOT‐BY‐LOT ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING FOR ATTRIBUTES

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

15.1 THE ACCEPTANCE‐SAMPLING PROBLEM

15.2 SINGLE‐SAMPLING PLANS FOR ATTRIBUTES

15.3 DOUBLE, MULTIPLE, AND SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING

15.4 MILITARY STANDARD 105E (ANSI/ASQC Z1.4, ISO 2859)

15.5 THE DODGE–ROMIG SAMPLING PLANS

CHAPTER 16: OTHER ACCEPTANCE‐SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

EXERCISES

STUDY GUIDE

READINGS

16.1 ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING BY VARIABLES

16.2 DESIGNING A VARIABLES‐SAMPLING PLAN WITH A SPECIFIED OC CURVE

16.3 MIL STD 414 (ANSI/ASQC Z1.9)

16.4 OTHER VARIABLES SAMPLING PROCEDURES

16.5 CHAIN SAMPLING

16.6 CONTINUOUS SAMPLING

16.7 SKIP‐LOT SAMPLING PLANS

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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